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Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins

Shirley Braden

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It’s Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins for March Muffin Madness today! This recipe is the creation of Sarah at Sarah Bakes Gluten Free.

These beautiful muffins are gluten free, dairy free, and egg free, with a vegan option. I love that this recipe is egg free, but uses ingredients that anyone who is gluten free will have on hand.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins. Gluten free, dairy free, egg free, and easily vegan, but lacking for nothing! You'll be so happy whenever you have two ripe bananas and you can make this recipe! (photo)

Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins

Enjoy learning more about Sarah and her Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins (see the whole line-up of bloggers, blogs, and muffin recipes here). 

I was “introduced” to Sarah Hornacek and her blog by way of a Google Hangout on Entertaining the Kids on Turkey Day, which my good friend Lexie (Flo and Grace) hosted. Lexie shared that Sarah was fairly new to the blogosphere and that she had a beautiful blog.

I took a look and Sarah’s blog was indeed beautiful (and her blog has only gotten better since) and included so many terrific recipes. Plus, I could tell from listening to Sarah talk to Lexie in the Thanksgiving discussion that she was clearly a sweetheart.

Sarah Hornacek Bio Pic

Shortly after that, I contacted Sarah and asked her if I could include her Vegan Pumpkin Pie in a Pumpkin Pie Roundup on gfe . Happily she said yes!

You’ll also want to check out Sarah’s more recent recipes for Vegan Pumpkin Hand Pies and Classic Pumpkin Pie.

What else do I think you should check out from Sarah’s blog? Start with these recipes.
~ Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies

~ Coconut Rice Pudding

~ Honey Oat Bread

~ The Perfect Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie

~ Vegan Chocolate Mocha Layer Cake

~ Vegan Everyday Bread

~ Vegan Multigrain Bread

And because this is a muffins event, I’d be remiss if I did not point out some of Sarah’s earlier muffin recipes!

~ Vegan Blueberry Muffins

Gluten-Free Vegan Blueberry Muffins. From Sarah Bakes Gluten Free.

~ Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Gluten-Free Chocolate Zucchini Muffins. Recipe from Sarah Bakes Gluten Free.

~ Cinnamon Roll Muffins

Gluten-Free Cinnamon Roll Muffins. From Sarah Bakes Gluten Free.

~ Glazed Donut Muffins

Gluten-Free Glazed Donut Muffins. From Sarah Bakes Gluten Free.

Now it’s time to hear from Sarah and get her new Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins recipe.

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Hello there! My name is Sarah and I’m the baker/blogger over at Sarah Bakes Gluten Free.

I LOVE baking! It just fills my heart with joy.

For the past 3 years, I have been baking 100% gluten free. My husband has celiac disease and both my son and I have a gluten allergy. Most of my baking is also dairy and egg free.

It was quite the adventure, learning how to transition over to gluten free baking. Now I have a passion for sharing delicious gluten-free recipes with others so that they can also have the confidence to bake again!

Check out more of my recipes at Sarah Bakes Gluten Free. Happy baking!

Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins Recipe

Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins. Gluten free, dairy free, egg free, and easily vegan, but lacking for nothing! You'll be so happy whenever you have two ripe bananas and you can make this recipe! (photo)

Yield: 12

Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins

Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup, plus an additional 1/4 cup of your favorite gluten-free flour blend (here's mine)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (my "go to" salt)
  • 2 bananas, mashed
  • 1/2 cup So Delicious unsweetened coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup organic cane sugar
  • 1/3 cup canola oil or sunflower seed oil
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup] or [honey
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup good quality cocoa powder

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare muffin tin by lining with paper liners or spraying with nonstick cooking spray. In large mixing bowl, sift together 1 1/4 cup gluten-free flour blend, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside. Mix together the mashed bananas, coconut milk, sugar, oil, maple syrup and vanilla. Add to flour mixture and stir to combine.
  2. Take out 1 1/2 cups of batter and pour into separate mixing bowl. Add 1/4 cup additional gluten-free flour blend to one bowl of batter and 1/4 cup cocoa powder to remaining bowl of batter. Mix each batter until combined. Add 1 tablespoon of banana batter to each muffin well. Top with 1 tablespoon chocolate batter. Continue to alternate with batters until evenly distributed. Swirl batter gently with a toothpick.
  3. Place muffins in preheated oven. Bake for 15-17 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Place muffins on a cooling rack to cool completely. Store in air-tight container.

Notes

Makes 12 muffins.

© Shirley Braden
Category: Breakfast, Dessert

Originally published March 25, 2014; updated December 4, 2018.

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Comments

  1. Regina says

    March 25, 2014 at 9:53 am

    I must make these muffins being as I have a serious addiction to chocolate and love bananas. I use this combo for my smoothies quite often. Thanks so much!

    Reply
  2. Theresa Schlosser says

    March 25, 2014 at 9:59 am

    Those look really good.

    Reply
  3. Laurel says

    March 25, 2014 at 10:00 am

    I think I’m going to start making it a point to over buy bananas from today on. They couldn’t look any more desirable if they tried.

    Reply
  4. Alliesong says

    March 25, 2014 at 10:03 am

    Mmmmmm, a good reason to fire up the oven. Snow on the ground here too, comfort food needed!

    Reply
  5. Pamela Hurlbert says

    March 25, 2014 at 10:15 am

    Well yeah, these have to be good.

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  6. Kristen says

    March 25, 2014 at 10:33 am

    Yum! Can’t go wrong with banana and chocolate! 🙂

    Reply
  7. kristina macomber says

    March 25, 2014 at 10:37 am

    I have bananas that i need to use up….this recipe came at just the right time…thanks!!!!

    Reply
  8. Katie says

    March 25, 2014 at 11:10 am

    Swirl anything is good in my books! Especially when there are no eggs! These look great 🙂

    Reply
  9. Cresenda says

    March 25, 2014 at 11:10 am

    Look delicious! But what can I sub for coconut milk? It’s something I haven’t stocked in my pantry. (Could I use whole milk? I still have dairy in my diet.)

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      March 25, 2014 at 12:11 pm

      Cresenda, whole milk should work just fine in this recipe!

      Reply
      • Cresenda says

        March 25, 2014 at 1:07 pm

        Thank you! 🙂

        Reply
  10. Tracey says

    March 25, 2014 at 11:34 am

    Their so pretty? Can I use olive oil or coconut oil.
    No canola for me and I don’t have sunflower.

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    • Sarah says

      March 25, 2014 at 12:12 pm

      Tracey, melted coconut oil should work fine in this recipe, but it might change the texture slightly. Olive oil might be too strong of a flavor, but it’s a worth a try!

      Reply
  11. Adele says

    March 25, 2014 at 11:55 am

    They look amazing, definitely want to try this recipe!

    Reply
  12. Dee Fedor says

    March 25, 2014 at 12:07 pm

    Yes! This is the first g free recipe I have clicked on today that does NOT include NUT meal or NUT flour! Will try this soon!

    Reply
  13. Amanda says

    March 25, 2014 at 12:20 pm

    These are beautiful! I’m really excited to take a look at the other recipes mentioned above as well.

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  14. KarenW says

    March 25, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    These muffins look amazing!

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  15. Megan says

    March 25, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    These look delicious! Can’t wait to try! Do you think sesame oil could be used instead of sunflower seed oil?

    Reply
  16. Kristi Gibson says

    March 25, 2014 at 12:45 pm

    Just recently going gluten free and living how I feel . I’d love to have a big blender for all the yummy smoothies I been making for breakfast and snacks . I’m currently using my small portable mix and go cup and so there not as big as I’d like then to be …

    Reply
  17. Ronalyn Hurley says

    March 25, 2014 at 12:55 pm

    Hmmm, I just happen to have both bananas and chocolate on hand….

    Reply
  18. Helen V says

    March 25, 2014 at 1:12 pm

    Can’t wait to try these! I have a friend who’s daughter cannot have eggs, gluten, nuts, dairy and on and on. These will be great for her!

    Reply
  19. Karen says

    March 25, 2014 at 1:24 pm

    I wonder if mine will look as pretty as those!

    Reply
  20. Amanda (amethystjean) says

    March 25, 2014 at 2:07 pm

    Looks so good. I love the blog and can’t wait to try some more recipes. PS did you know that after nearly 33 years on this planet, this is the first I’ve ever added chocolate to my banana muffins/bread? In fact I only this year had banana chocolate chip bread for the first time! I’m so weird!

    Reply
  21. Linda S says

    March 25, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    Yum! Thank you!

    Reply
  22. Erin says

    March 25, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    Sarah, I love all your recipes! Everything I have tried is so good and so easy to make too! Thank you so much!!! My family is blessed by you!

    Reply
  23. Susan says

    March 25, 2014 at 4:16 pm

    Chocolate and banana together … mmmmmmmm! Thank you for this recipe!

    Reply
  24. Angela H says

    March 25, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    OMG! I’ve been resisting the urge to bake all month long, saving recipes, waiting until my kid gets home from college, so I have someone to help me eat them, but this one does it. Chocolate + bananas = Angela’s making these babies today and eating every single one of them 🙂

    Reply
  25. Chrystal in Canada says

    March 25, 2014 at 4:46 pm

    the chocolate swirl effect is so beautiful on these muffins!

    Reply
  26. patricia says

    March 25, 2014 at 7:09 pm

    Looks delicious. Always seem to have bananas on hand to use up.

    Reply
  27. kinsey says

    March 25, 2014 at 8:28 pm

    Yes please yummy

    Reply
  28. Tracy says

    March 25, 2014 at 9:24 pm

    I cant wait to try this! Thanks for sharing!!

    Reply
  29. susan reed says

    March 25, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    Yummy! You have kept me busy this month

    Reply
  30. Sarah L says

    March 25, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    These look yummy! I plan to make these and share with friends this weekend. Can’t wait!

    Reply
  31. Ruth M. Henshaw says

    March 25, 2014 at 10:21 pm

    Well this gives me another tasty sounding muffin to make real soon. It is truly my favorite thing to bake because it is so easy to share.

    Reply
  32. Bev says

    March 25, 2014 at 10:38 pm

    Looks beautiful with swirl and very yummy!

    Reply
  33. Norene Mackley says

    March 26, 2014 at 2:59 am

    Sarah,
    I just want to say you have given me encouragement to bake again since I found out I am gluten intolerant. It is a difficult diagnosis, but I am finding there are reasonable substitutes if we search hard enough! I am so glad I found your website and I love your GF flour mix and have been using it for several months. This recipe for Chocolate Banana Swirl Muffins looks like a real winner and I can hardly wait to try it! Keep up the good work, you are helping a lot of us out here!

    Reply
  34. Jessi says

    March 26, 2014 at 11:50 am

    These look amazing…Thank you for these recipes that I can share with the family!

    Reply
  35. Cindy W. says

    March 26, 2014 at 4:00 pm

    Bananas and chocolate – yum!

    Reply
  36. Jennifer Werstein says

    March 26, 2014 at 5:33 pm

    Gotta love me some banana … cannot wait to try these

    Reply
  37. Lindsay says

    March 26, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    These look amazing! I cannot wait to give them a try!

    Reply
  38. Jamie says

    March 26, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    Love the swirls………

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  39. julie says

    March 26, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    These would be great if almond milk would work! I don’t usually buy coconut milk.

    Reply
  40. Janis S says

    March 27, 2014 at 12:36 am

    yum, chocolate and bananas, what a great combination of flavors.

    Reply
  41. Dana says

    March 27, 2014 at 9:54 am

    Sarah, I’m a big fan of yours and I love your other banana muffins, but I just made these and they are incredible!! So moist and delicious and fancy looking, yet super easy! Thanks again for another tasty and healthy treat that I feel good about giving my kids (and myself!)
    -Dana

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  42. Dana says

    March 27, 2014 at 9:57 am

    By the way I used my own GF flour blend and 2% milk and they came out great.

    Reply
  43. susan reed says

    March 27, 2014 at 11:45 am

    tried were DELISH!

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  44. Teufelchen says

    March 27, 2014 at 11:58 am

    They look so swirly. I have to try them, as soon as I found a replacement for the Rice flour.

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  45. Stephanie says

    March 27, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    I love the look of the swirls!

    Reply
  46. Kay says

    March 27, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    They look so good!

    Reply
  47. Molly (Sprue Story) says

    March 27, 2014 at 10:37 pm

    Okay, so, I’m one of those weirdo banana-haters (we exist), but even so these look beautiful. I love the marbling job you did! Marbling well is not as easy as it seems. Looking forward to checking out some of your other recipes!

    Reply
  48. Cheryl Harris says

    March 28, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    Those are so beautiful. I love the way muffins puff up…it’s something I miss with grain-free, vegan baking.

    Reply
  49. Wendy says

    March 28, 2014 at 9:37 pm

    These muffins look so light! I’d like to try them.

    Reply
  50. Venessa says

    March 28, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    Ooh I love anything with chocolate and bananas! Can’t wait to try these!

    Reply
  51. Bev says

    March 29, 2014 at 10:33 am

    These look really good and I love that I have the ingredients.

    Reply
  52. sharon says

    March 29, 2014 at 3:34 pm

    The swirls in these muffins are so beautiful! We love the combo of chocolate and banana so we will definately be trying these!!

    Reply
  53. Linda @ Itsy Bits And Piecesd says

    March 29, 2014 at 10:06 pm

    These look delicious…can’t wait to try them! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

    Reply
  54. Susan says

    March 30, 2014 at 1:53 am

    They look gorgeous!

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  55. Janelle says

    March 30, 2014 at 9:52 am

    These look very tasty! Nice short recipe too!

    Reply
  56. Karen says

    March 30, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    I’ll be making these as soon as my bananas are ripe enough, sound delicious.

    Reply
  57. Mary Tokar says

    March 30, 2014 at 10:36 pm

    I love bananas and chocolate!

    Reply
  58. Karol says

    March 30, 2014 at 11:32 pm

    Ok, these look crazy good. I love the flavor combo.

    Reply
  59. Cindy (Vegetarian Mamma) says

    March 31, 2014 at 9:44 am

    These look great! I love Sarah! 🙂 Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂

    What great recipes this week in the link up!

    Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com

    Reply
  60. Lewann Rice says

    March 31, 2014 at 3:30 pm

    Yummy! Banana and chocolate! What could go wrong!!!

    Reply
  61. Laura O| Petite Allergy Treats says

    March 31, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    Great idea; 2 batters with just 1 recipe. I love making things once but getting more than one post out of them!

    Reply
  62. Laureen says

    March 31, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    I avoid banana, but these look good!

    Reply
  63. Bri says

    March 31, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    Love the idea of a swirl.

    Reply
  64. Tracy mann says

    March 31, 2014 at 10:51 pm

    Yum! A great twist to my usual “what do I do with these bananas” question. Next time I’ll try this and not just banana muffins!

    Reply
  65. Tamara Hamilton says

    March 31, 2014 at 10:55 pm

    Anything with chocolate is a winner in my book. Gotta get some bananas. Looks great

    Reply
  66. Ilissa says

    March 31, 2014 at 11:24 pm

    yum! I need to make these!!

    Reply
  67. Sarah says

    March 31, 2014 at 11:30 pm

    These look like they’d be a delicious treat!

    Reply
  68. Lori Lewis says

    March 31, 2014 at 11:46 pm

    OMG yes, yes, yes! These look so amazing, I think my fave on the list so far! I want to bake these tonight! Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  69. Lindsey says

    March 31, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    Love the chocolate and banana combo!

    Reply
  70. VaGF says

    May 13, 2014 at 11:32 am

    These are great! They were very easy, even with the extra step of separating the batter, well worth the effort. I will make these again soon – everyone loved them. I used almond milk and melted coconut oil – they turned out great, I think I undercooked a bit, so they were better the next day when they firmed up a bit. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!!

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    • Shirley says

      May 13, 2014 at 2:20 pm

      Hi VaGF!–Welcome to gfe! 🙂 So glad that you loved these muffins from Sarah and I really appreciate you taking the time to share that will all of us. She’ll be thrilled to hear your review, too!

      Shirley

      Reply
  71. Susan says

    August 14, 2014 at 12:11 am

    These are awesome! My four year old recently became gluten free and I wanted to make him a treat. I was a bit nervous as this was my first attempt at GF baking from scratch but they turned out perfectly!! All three of my kids loved them and begged for more. I think we finished them off in two days. I used almond milk, maple syrup and, since I didn’t have the ingredients for the special GF flour blend called for in the recipe, I just used regular all purpose GF flour (and added xantham gum) and they turned out great! Thank you so much for this. I can’t wait to try more of your recipes!

    Reply
    • Shirley says

      August 15, 2014 at 12:19 am

      Hi Susan–Welcome to gfe and thanks so much for taking the time to leave such a terrific review of Sarah’s recipe! 🙂 Sounds like you are off to a phenomenal start on your gf/ef baking (I saw your first comment earlier here on gfe, too, about your family’s new transition). This recipe was a guest post from Sarah of Sarah Bakes Gluten-Free Treats, so do check out her blog further, but I definitely think you’ll find some recipes that your family will enjoy from me on gfe as well. 😉

      Shirley

      Reply
  72. swathi says

    February 21, 2016 at 1:57 pm

    Looks delicious thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning and tweeting.

    Reply
    • Shirley Braden says

      February 24, 2016 at 1:01 am

      I love the swirl effect, Swathi, and chocolate and banana is always a great combo. Thanks so much for sharing!

      Shirley

      Reply
  73. Allie says

    July 22, 2016 at 10:38 pm

    I spaced and accidentally mixed all of the ingredients together in the beginning thus making chocolate banana instead of swirl; Great recipe, they still turned out great. I did substitute silk soy milk because of my coconut allergy and I added 1/4 cup of applesauce to the recipe (again, spacing out).

    Reply
    • Shirley Braden says

      July 22, 2016 at 10:54 pm

      Hi Allie–Welcome to gfe! 🙂 Haha! I know the spacing out thing. Glad these still turned out so well for you! I know that Sarah will appreciate hearing that as well. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment!

      Shirley

      Reply
  74. April says

    April 22, 2017 at 8:34 pm

    I made these last night and although they tasted ok they are horrible for digestion! The coconut milk made them so greasy it was unbelievable. For hours i was in pain, I felt i had a grenade in my stomach!
    I was really excited to try this recipe but im sorry to say it was horrible!

    Reply
    • Shirley Braden says

      April 22, 2017 at 8:44 pm

      April–I am sorry to hear that. Others have really enjoyed this recipe. It sounds like you have issues with coconut milk or some ingredient in So Delicious coconut milk, specifically. If you tolerate dairy, regular milk will work or if you don’t another dairy-free milk will work fine. Or you can simply try another recipe on gfe.

      Shirley

      Reply

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