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Gluten-Free Banana Split Muffins

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As March Muffin Madness continues, today I have the privilege of sharing some creative and delicious gluten-free Banana Split Muffins from Lisa of Pocketfuls. Lisa’s muffins are gluten free, dairy free, egg free, and vegetarian, with vegan option (depending upon the chocolate used in the recipe).

Get your banana split fix with these amazing gluten-free Banana Split Muffins from Pocketfuls! [featured on GlutenFreeEasily.com]

Enjoy Lisa’s recipe and see the whole line-up of bloggers, blogs, and muffin recipes here.

March Muffin Madness

Lisa is a writer, wife, and mom to two boys. She lives in Canada. Her family made some very significant changes to their diet nearly six years ago when they discovered that both Lisa’s youngest son and Lisa herself had multiple food intolerances. Lisa says that their whole family is now healthier as a result. She shares their inspiring story here.

Lisa Betik Pocketfuls Bio Pic

Lisa says that she considers her blog to be a creative outlet that combines several of her passions:  humorous and heartfelt storytelling, healthy cooking and baking, and sharing ideas that can help others. Her blog is really all those things, so it is really a lovely and helpful place to visit!

Some of Lisa’s delightful recipes that have caught my eye in the past are Chocolate Hazelnut Snowballs, Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins, Mini Pumpkin Pies in Mason Jars, and Go Bananas Chocolate Almond “Ice Cream” Sandwiches, and last but not least, Banana Spit Freezer Pops!

Yes, Lisa has a talent for banana split-themed creations! Let me stop talking so we can get to Lisa and her gluten-free Banana Split Muffins. Here’s Lisa and a close-up of her yummy treats! And now Lisa takes the floor …

Get your banana split fix with these amazing gluten-free Banana Split Muffins from Pocketfuls! As you can see, they're chock full of goodness. [featured on GlutenFreeEasily.com]

Hello there!  I’m Lisa from Pocketfuls, and I’m very happy to be here on gfe to share a recipe as part of Shirley’s March Muffin Madness event.

As a mom to two active, growing boys (one of whom is intolerant to gluten, dairy, and eggs), I spend a lot of time in my kitchen baking nutrient-dense snacks so I can keep my kids feeling energetic and happy.  Muffins have long been a favourite snack in our house, and while we have some well-loved reliable recipes that we turn to again and again, every so often I like to try and come up with something new and fun for our family to enjoy.

When I asked my boys what kind of muffin recipe I should create for this event, they answered as they always do when I ask them to help me with ideas:  “Make something with chocolate!”  I went with their suggestion, because it seems to me you can’t go wrong whenever chocolate is involved!

These gluten-free Banana Split Muffins are also full of other ingredients that make them both healthy and delicious:  almond flour, pure oats, chia seeds, walnuts, coconut oil, and three different kinds of fruit.  It’s great to have another muffin option now that my boys and I can all feel really good about eating. I hope you’ll enjoy these yummy banana split muffins as much we do!

UPDATE: These muffins included a small amount of oat flour. On April 4, 2023, Gluten-Free Watchdog issued a new statement, Gluten-Free Watchdog Cannot Recommend Any Brand of Gluten-Free Oats. Read the full statement here. This statement was followed by details on recent testing results of gluten-free products that contain oats., which showed 30% of the labeled gluten-free oat products tested contained quantifiable gluten.

This statement was followed by details on recent testing results of gluten-free products that contain oats, which showed 30% of the labeled gluten-free oat products tested contained quantifiable gluten. I’m not eating any oats and I urge all of my readers who eat gluten free for medical reasons to also abstain. Some good news however; it’s easy to sub in gluten-free flour mix (I use my Two-Ingredient Gluten-Free Flour Mix) for the oat flour in this recipe!

Gluten-Free Banana Split Muffins Recipe

What an appealing display! Get your banana split fix with these amazing gluten-free Banana Split Muffins from Pocketfuls! [featured on GlutenFreeEasily.com]

Yield: 12 muffins

Gluten-Free Banana Split Muffins

Banana Split Muffins from Pocketfuls. One of many fabulous gluten-free muffins shared during Muffin Madness!

I bet you had no idea you could satisfy your banana split craving with an absolutely delicious--and nutritious--muffin!

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Inactive Time 10 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F, and fill a 12-cup muffin tin with paper baking liners. In a large mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, ground oats, sea salt, and baking soda.
  2. Whisk together the melted coconut oil, maple syrup, and vanilla in a smaller bowl, and then add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir well to combine. (The mixture will be somewhat dry and crumbly.)
  3. Add the mashed bananas and the chia seed gel to the mixture and stir until a thick, uniform batter forms. Fold in the strawberries, cherries, walnuts, and dark chocolate.
  4. Divide the batter evenly between the 12 lined muffin cups. Place a banana slice on the top of each muffin and sprinkle some additional chopped walnuts and dark chocolate on top. Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes. Cool and serve.

Notes

I used frozen fruit that I let thaw just enough to be able to chop it into pieces.

This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, egg free, with refined sugar-free and vegan options (depending upon the chocolate used in the recipe).

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© Lisa Betik
Cuisine: American / Category: Dessert, Breakfast

Originally published March 7, 2014; updated August 25, 2023.

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Comments

  2. Laureen says

    I can’t do bananas, but the rest looks really good! What an awesome idea! I love bananas and miss them so much, but noticed a major increase in my anxiety and migraines when eating them :/

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  4. Lisa says

    Thanks, Shirley, for inviting me to be part of this marvellous March Muffin Madness event! It was fun to share my recipe here. 🙂

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  12. Ruth M. Henshaw says

    I love making muffins and this one really looks intriguing. It’s fun sharing with all my friends and hearing them say Yummy! when I hand them some.
    Looking forward to this.

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  15. Heather Brandt says

    Wow! I love the idea of this recipe but may have to tweak it to incorporate it in a grain-free muffin. It won’t be quite the same but the combo of flavors but hopefully it will capture a tiny bit of this awesome flavor combo! Great recipe & giveaway!

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  18. Susan says

    These sound wonderful! I love the combination of the fruits and chocolate and now that my chia seeds have arrived I have to add these to the list of to-makes!

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    • Lisa says

      Nice to ‘meet’ you too, Tessa! I was very interested in your sweet potato muffin recipe earlier this week — looks yummy!

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    • Lisa says

      Hi Karen. I haven’t done much baking with teff or sorghum flours, so I’m not sure how they would work as a substitute for the oat flour, but it’s worth a try! I’d be interested to know how it turns out if you experiment. 🙂 Coconut flour might be another option (though I think I’d use less than 1/2 cup). Hope that helps!

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      • Karen says

        Thanks. Yeah coconut has such absorbency that I would definitely cut it to maybe 2 Tbsp. I’ll think on it. I prefer coconut, seed, and nut flours. I have fewer problems with them. I appreciate your response.

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  32. Emily says

    I love that this uses almond flour AND is vegan. We have a hard time finding recipes with that combination. I’ll have to check out Lisa’s blog!

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    • Lisa says

      I’m sorry, Tina, but I don’t have that information. (Providing the nutritional breakdown for recipes is not something I have any training or experience in.)

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    • Lisa says

      I’m not sure, Amanda — I find almond flour has different properties than non-nut gf flours, so you’d have to do some experimenting with the ratios of the other ingredients if you wanted to try something different. Let me know how it works out if you do! 🙂

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  43. Karen Culbertson says

    These look fabulous. I am always looking for recipes to impress upon my wheat-eating friends that being gluten-free doesn’t mean being “muffin-free”!

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  46. Susan Scott says

    Ok! I’m making these today!! 🙂 I have the bananas that need to be used right away. I’ll leave out the cherries. Chocolate , bananas and oatmeal? Bliss!!

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  49. Teufelchen says

    I baked them but replaced the oats ( can’t tolerate them) by shredded coconut, It turned out really well. Thank you for sharing.

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  51. Laurel says

    I appreciate your response on the oat flour and although I realize things bake up more bread like using it substitutions can still be difficult. I like the idea of 2 Tbsp coconut flour for 1/2 C oats.

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  54. Margaret says

    I’m going to make this recipe to take when I travel to see my two youngest granddaughters on the 22nd. I know they will love them and I will also. Thank you Lisa for the recipe.

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  58. Susan says

    These muffins look like a great dessert idea! My husband said “Wow, those sound good! ” when I told him about them.

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  61. Patricia Hinds says

    These look and sound so delicious have got to try them for sure. Thanks for all the great recipes and giveaways!!! you ROCK!!!

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  64. Linda says

    These look totally amazing. I love that you don’t use a lot of weird ingredients, only items I have heard of.

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  78. Lori Lewis says

    Looks like a bit of work but totally worth it! Those photos made me drool on my keyboard. Thanks for the recipe!

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  84. April J Harris says

    It was really nice to ‘meet’ Lisa, Shirley and I love her deliciously healthy Banana Split Muffins. Thank you for sharing Lisa’s blog and this yummy recipe with us at the Hearth and Soul hop. Pinning and sharing!

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    • Shirley says

      April, Lisa is a dear and she has so many really delightful recipes, but I think these Banana Split Muffins are genius for sure! 🙂 Happy to link up and I so appreciate all your sharing!

      Shirley

      Reply

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