Banana Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins

Oh my god. Isn't the title of this post enough to make you drool like crazy?! Anyways, this is the absolutely perfect snack for a serious snack/sweet craving. Seriously, I couldn't stop eating the batter. To be honest it doesn't fit ALL of my criteria (this recipe has a bit of milk in it) but these muffins are 100% gluten-free, have no added sugar, zero butter, and they pack a perfect protein punch for a mid-morning/mid-day/mid-night nibble!

Alright enough raving about how fabulous these are, time to tell you how to make them yourself. There are only eight ingredients that go into these little magical muffins:
3 cups of old-fashioned oats
2 tsp baking powder
4 egg whites
1 1/4 cup of non-fat milk
3/4 cup of mashed bananas (I'm so naughty, I put in A WHOLE CUP)
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (again, I put a cup...sorry I can't help myself when it comes to chocolate)
2 tablespoons of honey

SO EASY!!! And half of that stuff I already had in my apartment. Truthfully, I stumbled across this recipe whilst watching three fugly brown bananas waste away on my counter. I felt too bad for them; they had to have a purpose.

First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Next, either spray a cupcake tin or place in the little cupcake papers. Then, put everything in the bowl. I wish I could tell you a fancy order for this mixture, but seriously it doesn't matter what order they go in the bowl. So long as they all make it in! And once you've scooped an even amount of mix into each cupcake cup, cook for about 15 minutes! You'll know when they're done when the tops are golden brown and the chocolate chips are nice and melty.

Mashing up all of my brown bananas!! I love when they get super brown, they're great for baking because they're so sweet!

Putting milk in was kind of painful for me because I've been trying to stay away from dairy, but it had to be done for the better of the oatmeal muffins!

Everything in the bowl together! Just a mixing bowl of pure happiness. And yes, I snuck about 10 chocolate chips. 

MY FINAL PRODUCT!!!!! These beauties are SO scrumptious, and let me repeat, they have no added sugar, butter, or flour. 

DIG IN!!

--Lara