Healthy Chocolate Banana Protein Muffins made with oatmeal and quest chocolate protein powder. These easy flourless chocolate protein muffins are made in a blender and are gluten free and sugar free too!

Since people voted for choc protein banana muffins over oatmeal muffins on my Instagram stories, here you have it 🙂

Not gonna lie, shooting these protein muffins really annoyed me. I spent a good 20 minutes putting up a perfect stack of muffins, aligning all the chocolate chips and perfectly shaped muffins, all the good stuff.

Spent another 25 minutes shooting about 3 different scenes.

And then in the last 5 minutes I took a bite shot that (I think) looked SO much better than any of those previous ones!

Ingredients for Chocolate Banana Protein Muffins

The flourless protein muffins are made with healthy ingredients like oats and stevia sweetened protein powder, and only a bit of coconut oil – no added sugar, just natural ones from the banana.

Ripe Bananas the spotty blackening ones
Chocolate Protein Powder – I use the one from quest nutrition for these protein muffins. You can also make these muffins with vanilla protein powder instead.
Instant or Rolled Oats – use gluten free if you need
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder or Cacao Powder
Almond Milk to add moisture to the muffins, but keep them dairy free. You can use normal milk if non dairy isn’t a restriction
A bit of Melted Coconut Oil
An Egg
Baking Powder

And then I’d say these are optional, but who doesn’t love a good double chocolate protein muffin, so: Chocolate Chips! I’d recommend the sugar free ones from Lakanto (you get a discount with the code HAYLSKITCHEN)

Healthy Chocolate Banana Protein Muffins made with oatmeal and quest chocolate protein powder. These easy flourless chocolate protein muffins are made in a blender and are gluten free and sugar free too!

How to make Chocolate Protein Muffins in a Blender

These protein blender muffins are super easy to make – just blend all the ingredients and bake!

Preheat your oven to 350°F and line 8 cups of a muffin tin with cupcake lines. Lightly spray the insides with oil spray (so the muffins come off easily)
You can also use a non-stick pan.

Combine all the ingredients in a blender (except the chocolate chips) – bananas, oats, protein powder, cocoa powder, baking powder, almond milk, coconut oil and egg.

Pulse or blend on low until just combined. You should have a thick muffin batter.
Taste the batter and add more sweetener (Stevia or Monkfruit is best) if the batter isn’t sweet enough.

Divide the mix among the muffin cups, filling them about ¾ way to the top.
Optionally, top with Chocolate Chips

Bake the muffins for about 25-27 minutes until a tester inserted into the center comes out dry.

How to Store Banana Oatmeal Protein Muffins

These chocolate banana protein muffins make a perfect meal prep breakfast, snack or dessert and can be stored on the counter, in the fridge or freezer too.

Wrap the protein blender muffins in plastic wrap or place them in an airtight container and you can keep them on the countertop for 2-3 days, fridge for 5 days or freezer for 2-3 months.

How to defrost frozen muffins:

To defrost frozen chocolate protein muffins, leave them on the countertop or place them in the fridge overnight. I would not recommend using the microwave.

Tips for Quest Chocolate Protein Powder Muffins

While this recipe is easy, there are a few things to keep in mind to make these whey protein muffins.

Use completely ripe bananas or the protein muffins won’t be sweet enough since you’re using unsweetened cocoa powder for chocolate flavor.

Use room temperature eggs and room temperature milk to prevent the coconut oil from hardening and forming holes in the muffins when baking.

Taste the batter and see if you need some extra sweetener (I’d recommend stevia if needed). Quest protein powder – both the vanilla and chocolate – are quite sweet so my muffins turned out just sweet enough.

Grease the cupcake liners with cooking spray – this will allow the muffins to come off easily!

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