Busy days. Busy evenings. Summer is going full steam ahead! Wonder how you’re going to keep yourself from just grabbing something convenient but not necessarily healthy to start your crazy day? Breakfast (or snack!) is served. Healthy peanut butter honey banana muffins. Easy to make and easy to take on the go!
Peanut butter and banana go so well together that you don’t have to think twice about making a muffin out of the combo! Since honey roasted peanut butter is one of my favorites, I decided to use all honey as the sweetener. I know some people have an aversion to a strong honey flavor, but there’s only a hint of the honey flavor in these muffins. Just enough to boost the sweetness of the bananas without being overpowering.
The honey not only adds sweetness but it keeps the muffins moist. The result is a tender, hearty muffin that is healthy without tasting healthy. Make a batch on the weekends so they’ll be ready to go throughout the week. Just what you need to fuel you through these busy days!
- ¼ C butter, softened
- ½ C honey
- ½ C no-stir natural creamy peanut butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ C mashed bananas
- ¾ C non-fat milk
- 1¼ C whole wheat flour
- 1 C white whole wheat or all-purpose flour
- 2½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅓ C peanut butter chips, optional
- Preheat oven to 375. Line muffin tin with cupcake liners or spray tin with non-stick cooking spray.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or with a hand mixer, beat together butter and honey until creamy. Add in peanut butter, eggs, vanilla, bananas, and milk.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flours, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until combined. Stir in peanut butter chips, if desired.
- Pour batter into muffin tin, filling each cup about ¾ full. Bake for 8-11 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove to a wire rack to cool. Store leftovers in an airtight container.
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I could have these muffins every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
These look so perfect!! I always crave these flavors!
I actually have a bunch of ripe bananas ready to be used right now…saving this recipe!!
Wow! Great combo for muffins. And beautiful photos!
Pinnning!
Peanut butter chips…that’s what every muffin is missing!! 🙂 Can’t wait to make these!
I never heard of peanut butter chips before… Glad I could learn of them here. Nice pictures, Jessica, it looks like you had fun with these. Best,
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I had never heard of peanut butter chips; glad I could learn of them here. It looks like you had fun with these, Jessica- nice pictures!
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I love nutritious grab-n-go breakfasts like this, and the peanut butter chips sound like such a nice, indulgent addition!
sounds delicious! i love pb & honey together 🙂
Love these! I could eat a few right now!
These muffins look just perfect. What a lovely combination.
I made honey muffins about a year ago. Don’t know why I haven’t made them again. Regardless honey and peanut butter on toast is one of my favorite snacks. Now a muffin version! Yes, please!
I love these muffins!! They sound absolutely perfect 🙂
Looks like we both had banana muffins on the brain today! I love the peanut butter and honey in these, so classic!
Yum! I love the combination of peanut butter, banana and honey (sooo tasty as a sandwich too haha)
I bet almond butter would be really nice here as well, or walnut butter, if that exists. I better check on that!
The perfect breakfast!!
I want one of the ones with PB chips! I can’t get enough muffin recipes. I love to have them on hand and this one looks SO good. Very nice!
On days where I rush out thinking I can wait to eat, I always regret not having breakfast. Having delicious muffins on hand is a super easy way to avoid that problem 😀 These look absolutely delicious. I love the peanut butter banana combo.
Absolutely marvelous! I can have these as many. 😀
I can’t start my day without peanut butter in some form or other. Next week it shall be muffins!
I think this is one of my favorite muffin combinations! I love anything with peanut butter and banana together, and the honey sounds like the perfect touch!
Your food photography looks awesome! This sounds like a perfect breakfast to me! 🙂
Peanut butter and banana… perfect flavors together. 🙂
Oh yes! This is just the kind of thing I want to keep around for mid afternoon munching. I actually like peanut butter and banana together better than peanut butter and chocolate. But don’t tell chocolate I said so! 🙂
All that’s missing is a fat slice of bacon on the side for the ultimate Elvis breakfast! Peanut butter, banana and honey — can’t do any wrong there!
These muffins are brilliant! Love that you used honey to healthily sweeten these and that it makes them even better!
I’m a big fan of banana peanut butter and honey everything! 🙂 These muffins look incredible!
I like it, my favorite sandwich turned into a muffin!