Easy Banana Nutella Muffins with Oats

Homemade banana Nutella muffins easy to make. Blending your favorite two flavors of chocolate with your overripe fruit is so yummy. If you love our banana pineapple muffins you are going to love this other duo with a swirl of chocolate.

Healthy Nutella Muffins

I mean you can make our easy 4 ingredient banana bread into muffins and spread some of this goodness on top. BUT baking it within the baked goods is out of this world amazing. I mean you can add it to the top too but you know what I’m talkin’ about.

If you don’t already have a long list of overripe banana recipes you can share mine. They are way too good to throw away when they get real brown. This is the time to create goodness with them and try something new. For easy you can make cake mix pumpkin banana muffins. From scratch these are amazing. Here’s our latest creation.

Can you use old fashioned oats instead of quick oats in muffins?

You can but it will change the overall texture. Below we added 1 cup quick oats which cook faster and become softer while Old Fashioned is more nutritious but will make them chewier. Choose whichever you have on hand but I would suggest with this recipe that you only substitute 1/2 cup ideally.

Before these I did make some chocolate banana muffins but those used cocoa powder and chocolate chips. This hazelnut spread is a bit different, but it sure does taste amazing too.

What do you start with, well with your naners of course. These are not as ripe as I’d like but you can imagine what I mean by using as ripe as possible so they’re super sweet. Beyond that you can use our easy muffin recipe batter with a swirl inside or follow instructions below.

You can make all sorts of baked goods with a, or a few spoonfuls of this. You can make cake mix Nutella brownies with it, mug cake, swirl it inside of a cheesecake…the possibilities are endless. If you microwave it for 30 seconds it will melt a bit and get softer to work with.

Banana Muffins with Nutella Ingredients

1. All purpose flour is the main dry item
2. Ripe bananas mashed, you want well browned not black
3. Quick oats not old fashioned
4. Water is required
5. Milk or dairy free alternatives work
6. Oil or applesauce works
7. Brown sugar and vanilla extract
8. Egg is best added when at room temperature
9. Baking soda and baking powder
10. Large bowl and whisk

Variations

You could add about 1/2 cup of add ins too if you’d like. If you wanted another batch to have fruit mixed in, fold in some homemade pressure cooker jam instead of this chocolate spread. Peanut butter is another option that goes well with bananas and crushed nuts is always a win. Works the same way since both are basically the same consistency.

Here’s how you want to do it. There is a complete step by step version below you can print as well but you can get the gist real quick here.

How to Bake Nutella Banana Oat Muffins

• First go ahead and spray muffin pans or use muffin papers. Preheat oven to 375°. Create buttermilk by stirring lemon juice into your milk. Set aside while mixing ingredients.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the brown sugar. In another bowl, mix together quick oats and boiling water.
• Whisk your egg and oil into the made buttermilk. Add quick oats to flour mixture. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until muffin batter is creamy. Mash bananas and add to muffin batter.
• Warm room temperature spread in microwave for 15 seconds so it’s easier to deal with.
• Fill muffin tins 3/4 of the way full with batter. Add a teaspoon of Nutella into the center of each muffin cup. Swirl the Nutella in with a toothpick. Bake for 20 minutes.
• When they are done allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Use a knife to carefully remove the muffins.

How long to bake fluffy muffins

You never want to overbake your baked goods. Check after the minimum of time suggested in your recipe. Then the best way to avoid them drying out is to take out when they spring back, touched in the center, and immediately take out of the hot pan and on to a cooling rack instead. If no they will continue cooking and drying out.

How long to bake in a loaf pan

When baking any kind of muffins you can use the same batter in a larger pan like our Nutella Bread and just bake for longer if you’d prefer. If so a little spritz of non stick spray is necessary so it slides right out. Test typically around 50 minutes or when the middle springs back when touched gently.

How long to bake air fryer nutella muffins

You can see how they will look before taking a trip into the oven here. If you were to make muffins in air fryer using silicone baking cups you’d do the same thing. The cook time would be different slightly but that is a great way to make a small batch if you want.

How to save leftovers

Leftover muffins save quite well too if you store them correctly. Using air tight bags or containers are the best. Remove the air every time you open it. The next few days on the countertop will keep the same texture, beyond that it will change. To save longer freeze them flat instead. It will extend their life from 3 days to 3 months easily. It’s easy to defrost one or a few on the countertop and enjoy weeks later.

Serve them as is or with a bit of butter which will melt and soak in when warmed slightly. More of a dessert I guess you could enjoy after dinner too. Let us know what you think!