'Awesome' Banana Nutella Swirl Muffins! {Choose GF or Regular}

Delicious and easy, awesome home-made banana muffins with chocolate hazelnut Nutella swirls? Yes! Yes! and Yes! 🙂  Talk about some amazing tasting muffins with 2 of our favorite flavors, banana and chocolate hazelnut!  These delectable muffins will really hit the spot for breakfast and snacking.  Make them regular or gluten-free!  

Plus , what's a girl to do, when the bananas on the counter are not that lovely golden-yellow color anymore and has those sad looking brown spots.  *Ewww!*  Yes, you know what I mean. * Ewww!*  And I haven't yet met a person that doesn't like Nutella!  Not yet anyways.   So this is what they call 'destiny'.  

This might sound a little bizarre, but I actually get excited when the bananas start to turn brown! The opportunities are endless what you can whip up in your kitchen.

(BTW...There are more banana recipes, if you put 'banana' in the blog's search engine! Or actually anything you want to find like 'nutella', it's works like any search engine)

And as far as Nutella goes...Nutella rocks!  I have been known to eat it by the spoonfuls.  Glorious spoonfuls!  And it is certainly delicious swirled into banana muffins!  

Ingredients You Need

Regular Banana Nutella Swirl Muffins

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 ripe bananas mashed
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• ¼ cup canola oil or coconut oil melted
• ¼ cup buttermilk or milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup Nutella

GF

• 2 cups gluten free flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 ripe bananas mashed
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 large egg
• ¼ cup brown sugar optional
• ¼ cup coconut oil melted
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup Nutella

How to Make Banana Nutella Swirl Muffins

Regular Banana Nutella Swirl Muffins

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-count muffin pan with liners or spray with non-stick spray.
2. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
3. In another bowl, combine the mashed bananas, sugar, brown sugar, egg, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla extract and stir until well combined.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and and mix gently until just combined.
5. Using an ice cream scoop, drop the batter evenly into the muffin cups, or if you don't have a scooper, fill muffin tins almost to the top of the muffin cup tins.
6. Place the ½ cup of Nutella into a microwave safe bowl and heat 15-30 seconds, or until Nutella is smooth and easy to stir.
7. Divide batter among the muffin cups. Spoon approximately 2 teaspoons of Nutella on top of each cup and swirl together Nutella and batter with a toothpick.
8. Bake until muffins are golden, about 17-20 minutes.
9. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, invert onto wire rack, turn muffins right side up and let cool completely. (Or eat warm!)

GF

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a 12-count muffin pan with liners or spray with non-stick spray.
2. In a bowl, combine the blanched almond flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
3. In another bowl, combine the mashed bananas, honey, egg, coconut oil and vanilla extract and blend well.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix gently until just combined..
5. Using an ice cream scoop, drop the batter evenly into the muffin cups, or if you don't have a scooper, fill muffin tins almost to the top of the muffin cup tins.
6. Place the ½ cup of Nutella into a microwave safe bowl and heat 15-30 seconds, or until Nutella is smooth and easy to stir.
7. Divide batter among the muffin cups. Spoon approximately 2 teaspoons of Nutella on top of each cup and swirl together Nutella and batter with a toothpick.
8. Bake until muffins are golden, about 15-17 minutes. (Time is different for GF)
9. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, invert onto wire rack, turn muffins right side up and let cool completely. (Or eat warm!)

These muffins are perfect for box lunches, afternoon snacks, gifting and breakfast!  It's a fast and easy recipe, so you have to dig that!  So, if you're on board, here are the recipes for Gluten-Free and Regular style!

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• Old-Fashioned Banana Spice Cakes 

'Awesome' Banana Nutella Swirl Muffins! {Choose GF or Regular}

Kim Lange

Tender, home-made banana muffins with chocolate hazelnut swirls? Yes! Yes! and Yes! 🙂

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 17 mins

Course Breakfast

Servings 18 Servings

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Ingredients

  

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Regular Banana Nutella Swirl Muffins

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 ripe bananas mashed
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• ¼ cup canola oil or coconut oil melted
• ¼ cup buttermilk or milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup Nutella

GF

• 2 cups gluten free flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 ripe bananas mashed
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 large egg
• ¼ cup brown sugar optional
• ¼ cup coconut oil melted
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup Nutella

Instructions

 

Regular Banana Nutella Swirl Muffins

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-count muffin pan with liners or spray with non-stick spray.
• In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
• In another bowl, combine the mashed bananas, sugar, brown sugar, egg, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla extract and stir until well combined.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and and mix gently until just combined.
• Using an ice cream scoop, drop the batter evenly into the muffin cups, or if you don't have a scooper, fill muffin tins almost to the top of the muffin cup tins.
• Place the ½ cup of Nutella into a microwave safe bowl and heat 15-30 seconds, or until Nutella is smooth and easy to stir.
• Divide batter among the muffin cups. Spoon approximately 2 teaspoons of Nutella on top of each cup and swirl together Nutella and batter with a toothpick.

  You can also pipe or add some extra Nutella to the center of the muffins, if you want more inside.
• Bake until muffins are golden, about 17-20 minutes, check them after 17 minutes.
• Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, invert onto wire rack, turn muffins right side up and let cool completely. (Or eat warm!)

GF

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a 12-count muffin pan with liners or spray with non-stick spray.
• In a bowl, combine the blanched almond flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
• In another bowl, combine the mashed bananas, honey, egg, coconut oil and vanilla extract and blend well.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix gently until just combined.
• Using an ice cream scoop, drop the batter evenly into the muffin cups, or if you don't have a scooper, fill muffin tins almost to the top of the muffin cup tins.
• Place the Nutella into a microwave safe bowl and heat 15-30 seconds, or until Nutella is smooth and easy to stir.
• Divide batter among the muffin cups. Spoon approximately 2 teaspoons of Nutella on top of each cup and swirl together Nutella and batter with a toothpick.

  You can also pipe or add some extra Nutella to the center of the muffins, if you want more inside.
• Bake until muffins are golden, about 15-20 minutes, check them after 15 minutes.
• Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, invert onto wire rack, turn muffins right side up and let cool completely. (Or eat warm!)

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