This healthier recipe for low fat banana chocolate chip muffins incorporates honey, nonfat yogurt, applesauce, egg whites and whole grain flours. Instead of chocolate chips being mixed into the batter, they are sprinkled on top. This gives you the pleasure of having a little bit of chocolate with your muffin (but not too much!)

Review from a RecipeGirl reader:

“Unbelievable! I made these muffins last night and had one for breakfast too. This recipe is the best muffin recipe I’ve ever made- low fat or not!!! I didn’t expect this muffin to turn out this good and it did not disappoint! This is my new replacement for my banana chocolate chip coffee cake I get at the coffee shop I go to which has 350+ calories. Thanks so much for sharing this. Your recipe has motivated me to find more low fat recipes that actually taste good! Thanks again & keep them coming!”

Ingredients needed:

mashed ripe banana honey plain nonfat yogurt unsweetened applesauce egg whites vanilla extract whole wheat flour whole grain oat flour (or just regular oats) baking soda and salt ground cinnamon miniature chocolate chips

Note about the oat flour:

You may not wish to buy a big bag of oat flour for this recipe, but there’s an easy solution. You can just take regular oats and give them a whirl in the blender or food processor until they are finely ground (that turns them into oat flour!) Or you can simply use oats in place of the oat flour in these muffins, and that will work out just fine too.

How to make Low Fat Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins:

The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.

These muffins have just 2 grams of fat per muffin. I’d say that’s pretty good considering that most muffin recipes are much like eating a piece of cake. There is no oil or butter in the recipe at all! This is a nice lower fat alternative for those who might be watching what they eat.

The recipe makes 12 muffins. They freeze well, so if you don’t trust your willpower then go ahead and wrap and freeze them individually. Or put them in an airtight container and take them out to defrost one at a time.

The texture of these muffins is just like any other good banana muffin recipe. They’re delicious. Enjoy!

Favorite Banana Muffin Recipes:

Whole Grain Banana Muffins Peanut Butter Banana Muffins Bakery-Style Banana Nut Muffins Brown Sugar Banana Muffins Whole Wheat Banana Blueberry Muffins