Banana and Peanut Muffins

For the full list of ingredients and comprehensive instructions, please see the recipe card at the end of this post. Before you scroll, there’s important stuff to know in the blurb!

Breakfast is an easy meal to miss, especially when you’re on the go, getting ready for work, getting the kids up or working shifts.

We’ve found it to be such an important meal to eat as if we don’t have something in the morning, we tend to want to snack all the way to lunch, so we’ve created these tasty Banana and Peanut Muffins so there’s no excuse to go hungry all morning!

These muffins can be eaten on the go or served with some fruit and yoghurt. You can make them in advance to save yourself time in the morning, or even if you fancy a mid morning pick-me-up instead of heading for the vending machine.

What diets are these Banana and Peanut Muffins suitable for?

These Banana and Peanut Muffins are suitable for vegetarians.

Please make sure to double or triple check all of your ingredients if you’re cooking for people with allergies.

Do you need any special ingredients to make these Banana and Peanut Muffins?

Firstly, you will need some Peanut Butter Powder.

Peanut Butter Powder is a fantastic ingredient that means you can enjoy recipes like these muffins or Satay Chicken without ruining your weight loss goals. But what is it, and where can you get it?

It is made by pressing out most of the natural oils from roasted peanuts and then grinding the nuts into a fine powder. The result is a powdered peanut product that retains all the flavour with far less of the fat and calories. There are a variety of brands depending where you buy from. Stockists of Peanut Butter Powder include Asda, Holland & Barrett, Lakeland and some Aldi stores.

Some people have also used a powdered Peanut Butter Drink like Peanut Hottie. It will work, but check the nutritional information as it varies from the powdered peanut butter powders above.

Secondly you will need some granulated sweetener which is a sweetener that has the same weight and sweetness as sugar e.g. Canderel Sugarly or Natvia, NOT the finely powdered sweetener, which weighs less than sugar so you may need less of in this recipe.

And of course, you can always substitute for sugar! Keep in mind this will effect the calories so check how this fits into whatever weight loss plan you are following.