This is one of those special banana nut muffin recipes that will jump start your day–a moist, subtle mocha-flavored banana muffin enhanced with macadamias and semi-sweet chocolate mini chips.
It’s made healthy with white whole wheat flour, bananas, and yogurt, and contains only 2 tablespoons of butter, which equals only ½ teaspoon per muffin.
This banana mocha macadamia nut muffin is adapted from a recipe I saw in Super Natural Cooking: Five Ways To Incorporate Whole and Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking for Espresso Banana Muffins that called for 6 tablespoons of room temperature butter to be creamed with sugar until light and fluffy.
Fresh baked banana mocha mac nut muffins
Although, this creates a lighter cake-like consistency, digging out the electric mixer (affiliate link) first thing in the morning is a no-starter for a quick-and-easy focused cook like me, who likes to ease into the day.
I also prefer my banana nut muffin recipes a little heavier and less cake-like; they seem healthier and more satisfying somehow.
By opting to melt the butter I was able to stir the ingredients together with a wooden spoon – quick and easy. The result is my simpler version of banana mocha macadamia nut muffins.
Banana mocha mac nut muffins
How Many Calories and WW Points in these Banana Mocha Mac Nut Muffins?
According to my calculations, each muffin has about 244 calories and
10 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
10 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
8 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
8 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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How to Make Banana Mocha Macadamia Muffins, Step by Step
Because we are a small family of two, I cut this recipe in half when I made it recently so we would only have 6 muffins.
Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients.
Ready to make the muffins
Step 2: Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Lightly grease the bottoms of a 12-cup muffin tin (affiliate link) or line with paper liners.
Step 3: In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, coffee powder, and cocoa powder until combined.
Whisking the dry ingredients
Step 4: In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, yoga and mashed bananas with a wooden spoon (affiliate link) until well combined and creamy.
Mixing the sweetener and wet ingredients
Step 5: Gently stir the dry ingredients into the liquid until just combined, being careful not to over mix or the muffins will be tough.
Stirring the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients
Step 6: Stir in ¼ cup of the nuts and ¼ cup of the chocolate chips.
Gently stirring in the mac nuts and mini chocolate chips
Step 7: Fill the muffin cups equally. I love to use an ice cream scoop (affiliate link) to make quick, neat, and easy work of filling muffin tins.
Fill the muffin cups with the batter
Step 8: Sprinkle the remaining nuts and chocolate chips equally among the muffin tops.
Top the muffins with remaining nuts and chocolate chips
Step 9: Bake until golden, about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the muffins comes out clean.
Fresh baked muffins
Step 10: Cool muffins in the pan for 5-10 minutes and then remove the muffins from the pan and let cool completely on a wire rack or enjoy warm.
Cooling muffins on wire rack
Step 11: Store leftover muffins in an airtight container.
Banana Mocha Mac Nut Muffins
Variations
This recipe can easily be made into banana mocha macadamia nut bread. Just pour the batter into a greased 9×5-inch loaf pan (affiliate link) and bake at 350F for about 45 to 60 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. If you are using a glass loaf pan (affiliate link), lower the temperature to 325F and bake about ten minutes less since glass is a better heat conductor than metal.
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Banana Mocha Macadamia Nut Muffins Recipe
This is one of those special banana nut muffin recipes that will jump start your day.
Servings (adjustable): 12
Calories: 244
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Lightly grease the bottoms of a 12-cup muffin tin or line with paper liners.
In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, coffee powder, and cocoa powder until combined.
In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, yogurt and mashed bananas with a wooden spoon until well combined and creamy.
Gently stir the dry ingredients into the liquid until just combined, being careful not to over mix or the muffins will be tough.
Stir in ½ cup of the nuts and ½ cup of the chocolate chips.
Fill the muffin cups equally. I love to use an ice cream scoop to make quick, neat, and easy work of filling muffin tins.
Sprinkle the remaining nuts and chocolate chips equally among the muffin tops.
Bake until golden, about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffins comes out clean.
Cool muffins in the pan for 5-10 minutes and then remove the muffins from the pan and let cool completely on a wire rack or enjoy warm.
Recipe Notes
Serving size: 1 muffin
Click here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.
10 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
10 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
8 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
8 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition Facts
Banana Mocha Macadamia Nut Muffins Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 muffin)
Calories 244 Calories from Fat 95
% Daily Value*
Fat 10.6g16%
Carbohydrates 43g14%
Fiber 3g12%
Protein 6.3g13%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Source: This banana mocha macadamia nut muffin recipes adapted from Super Natural Cooking: Five Ways To Incorporate Whole and Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking by Heidi Swanson.
*PersonalPoints® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan’s ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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