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Healthy Banana Carrot Muffins

Published on March 25, 2021

These are the best healthy banana carrot muffins! They’re dairy-free carrot muffins made with whole wheat flour and zero refined sugars. You’ll love them!

Let me tell you a little secret. I took these photos in JUNE last year! Gasp! No, I’m not just that good at getting ahead of my work (haha). I took the photos but then realized I’d rather share these in spring when carrots are more of a thing. At least, I feel like they’re more of a thing during spring and Easter. Carrot cake, carrot muffins, you know. Next week I’ve got another carrot recipe coming!

Anyway, I may have taken the photos for these almost a year ago, but I’ve been making the muffins and enjoying them for at least a few years now! They’re a great muffin for my kiddos, thanks to the whole wheat flour and unrefined sugars. My oldest isn’t the biggest fan of banana, but throwing it into a muffin, along with another flavor seems to be ok for him! He likes these and I often throw them into his school lunches. SOME things do come back from school, but these muffins never do!

The carrots and banana ensure these muffins stay nice and moist, even with the whole wheat flour. They’re so good!

What makes these carrot muffins healthy?

As I mentioned, these muffins are made with whole wheat flour, and zero refined sugars. That constitutes healthy in my books! If that’s not enough to convince you, they’re made with coconut oil, maple syrup, and coconut sugar and they contain healthy good-for-you spices like cinnamon!

Many muffins are loaded down with sugars and unhealthy fats, but these won’t leave you feeling heavy; however, they’re definitely hearty enough to make a pretty good breakfast or snack!

How do you make banana carrot muffins?

Start this recipe by mashing up your bananas nice and smooth! This recipe will use 2-3 bananas, about 1 cup mashed in total. After the bananas are mashed, shred the carrots. I use a medium shred for the carrots, and again you’ll need about 1 cup!

Sift together the dry ingredients and then whisk together the eggs with the coconut oil, before whisking in the coconut sugar and maple syrup. Next, add the bananas and thoroughly combine, trying to rid yourself of as many lumps as you can. Add in the vanilla, then combine together the dry ingredients with the wet, stirring just until combined.

Gently fold in the carrots and chopped walnuts.

Line a muffin tin with paper liners and preheat the oven to 425 F. Fill each muffin cavity about 3/4 full, leaving some room for them to pop up!

The muffins will bake at the high temperature for 5 minutes, before you need to reduce the temperature to 350 F and bake them for an additional 9-10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

The muffins are SOOO good fresh from the oven, but they are great for 3-4 days after too!

Can you make these banana carrot muffins vegan?

I have not tried these muffins without eggs, but I think they’d work well with 2 vegan flax eggs. Here’s a great article on how to make a flax egg. Other than the egg, this recipe is totally vegan-friendly!

The perfect little snack, you will love these healthy banana carrot muffins!

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