These best-ever banana flaxseed muffins can be made from scratch in just 30 minutes. Packed with nutritious ingredients such as banana, flax meal, and whole wheat flour, they are a family favorite!

These banana muffins are a quick, easy, and wholesome choice for breakfast, snack, or dessert. Made from whole wheat and ground flaxseeds, they are loaded with nutrition, and kids will love their decadent taste, similar to my almond flour banana muffins, and banana bread pudding.
These banana flaxseed muffins are also toddler-friendly. As bananas are the main ingredient of this dish, it comes with its natural sweetness, and I add agave or maple syrup for additional sweetness.

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Watch How to Make Banana Flaxseed Muffins
What is Flaxseed? Why add it to your diet?
Flax seeds are tiny brown or golden seeds packed with nutrition. Their origins date back thousands of years and were widely cultivated in the Middle East. In fact, for centuries, these tiny seeds have retained their place as a superfood and are part of many cuisines worldwide.
They have a high content of heart-friendly Omega-3 fibers and many more benefits. If you are still thinking about why flaxseeds are suitable for your diet, here are some more nutritional facts about this super-food:
- They are loaded with nutrients like Thiamine, Copper, Magnesium, and phosphorus, all of which are necessary for proper body functions.
- They are a good source of protein, so they are a superfood for those following the vegan diet.
- The Omega-3 fatty acids contribute to overall well-being.
- They contain soluble fiber that helps in keeping your hunger pangs at bay.
These Banana Flax Muffins are:
Just like the power-packed flax seeds, these whole wheat banana muffins come with great benefits like:
- They are made with wholesome ingredients available right in your kitchen
- Made with 100% whole wheat flour.
- As bananas are the primary ingredient, they keep the muffin overly moist and delicious.
- They are also not overly sweet, as the recipe calls for maple syrup instead of refined sugar.
- You can skip the chocolate chips if you want only the natural sweetness of the banana.

How to make Whole Wheat Banana Muffins?
This wholesome banana breakfast muffin requires no other appliances except the oven. All you need is a large bowl to thoroughly blend all the ingredients together. Overly ripe bananas are the best for this muffin. You know, the ones with all brown spots over them. The more spots, the sweeter the banana.
Before you start the ingredient mix, preheat the oven to 425°F (218°C) and grease a 12-count muffin pan. If you have liners, you can use them instead of greasing the pan.
- Take a large bowl and add the peeled bananas. Mash them with a fork. Depending on your preference, you can mash them well or a bit coarse if you like chunks in your muffins.
- Then, add avocado oil or any other vegetable oil to the mashed bananas. As they don’t add any flavor, avocado oil is a great choice for baking.
- Then add the maple syrup, eggs, vanilla extract, and yogurt to the mashed bananas and mix well.
- Add a pinch of salt along with cinnamon, baking soda, whole wheat flour, and flax meal. Fold all the ingredients gently till they are mixed. But take care so that you don’t overmix.
- Add the mini chocolate chips to the mix and save some to top the muffins in the baking pan.

- Spoon the batter into each muffin cup evenly and spread the chocolate chips on top.
- Bake them in the preheated oven for 7 minutes, and then reduce the temperature to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Keep baking at the reduced temperature for about 10 minutes. You will know that your banana muffins are ready when you insert a toothpick in the center and it comes out clean.
- Finally, remove the muffins and place them on a wire rack to cool them completely.
- Once they have cooled down, enjoy the delicious and nutritious muffins as a breakfast or snack.
- You can also store them in an air-tight container for a quick 3 p.m. snack.

Pro-tips to make the best-ever banana muffins:
- Make sure that all the ingredients are at room temperature before you start the recipe, as they bring out a better flavor.
- The more ripe the bananas are, the better the sweetness of the muffin, as this recipe has no added sugar.
- A few chocolate chips will give that extra boost of sweetness. You can also top with chopped walnuts if you prefer.
- Once you mix the wet and dry ingredients, do not overmix.

As muffins are a family favorite, we also love to make other super-nutritious and kid-friendly muffins like:
- Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Whole Wheat Carrot Muffins
- Whole Wheat Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins.
- Lemon Blueberry Muffins
Be sure to give them a try and let me know how they turn out in the comments below!!

Banana Flaxseed Muffins
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Ingredients
- 3 Bananas
- 1/3 cup Avocado oil, or another vegetable oil
- 2 Eggs, room temperature
- 1/4 cup Agave syrup, or maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup Yogurt, plain
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1-1/4 cup White Whole wheat flour, about 164 gms
- 1/4 cup Flaxseed meal, about 25 gms
- 1/4 cup Chocolate chips, I used mini
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 425°F (218°C). Also, grease a 12 count muffin pan (you can use liners if you prefer).
- In a large bowl, add the peeled banana. Mash them well with a fork, but if you like them a little bit chunky, then mash them coarsely.
- Add oil, agave syrup, eggs, vanilla extract, yogurt and mix well.
- Now add the salt, cinnamon and baking soda, and then the whole wheat flour and flax meal. Fold it all gently with the wet ingredients. Do not overmix.
- Add the mini chocolate chips and mix. Save some to top in the baking pan.
- Spoon the batter evenly into each muffin cup. Sprinkle some chocolate chips on the top.
- Bake in preheated oven for 7 minutes then reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees and continue to bake 8-10 minutes until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Remove from muffin pan and let the muffins cool completely on a wire rack and enjoy! Store muffins in an airtight container.
Hi. These look and sound yum! What other oil would work best? I don’t have avocado – but have coconut, macademia, canola and olive oils. (And butter!). Thanks.
Hi Harriet – I have used canola and olive oil in muffins, and they both work well. My first choice would be olive oil ๐
I have flax seeds.How can I make flaxseed meal with that?
Hi Puneeta – I believe you can just grind the flax seeds using a coffee or spice grinder to make flax meal. Hope you enjoy the muffins.
Great recipe! I make these all the time for my kids lunches. Thank you!
Hi Alison – Happy to hear the kids enjoy the muffins for their lunch. Thanks for sharing back!
I make these all the time! So yum! Can you substitute Apple sauce for the oil? I donโt know why Iโm asking because theyโre so good as is but other recipes I use for muffins donโt have oil so I was just curious. Thanks!
Hi Stacey – Glad to hear you enjoy the muffins. Typically oil or butter is added to these muffins. I prefer to use oil to make them a little healthier compared to butter. You might be able to reduce the quantity a little, but I don’t think it will work well to eliminate the oil completely.
I typically reduce the fat (oil or shortening) in baked goods recipes by half and substitute apple sauce. If you do, I recommend reducing the Agave or maple syrup. Win-win!
Hi Colleen – Thats a great idea. Thanks for sharing your tips!
Seems yummy!
Thank you for posting this recipe. I am going to try this and will update.
Lovely. Any replacement for eggs?
Hi Lakshmi – Thank you! I have not tried, but you can try adding 1/4 cup applesauce as a substitute for eggs. I would love to hear how it turns out with the substitution.
Love the recipe! I put flax seeds in my kids oats which they have for breakfast. Tnx for the recipe:)
Hi – So happy to hear that. Thank you for sharing it ๐
Lovely recipe….any replacement for maple syrup
Hi Varuna – You can use agave, honey (same quantity) or sugar (2/3 cup) too. Hope you enjoy the muffins!
Instead of whole wheat can you use oat flour?
Hi Swati – Sorry, I have not tried these muffins with oat flour so cannot say for sure if they will work.
Looks delicious! Can you substitute Greek yogurt for the regular yogurt?
Hi Nilu – Yes, greek yogurt will work well too. Hope you enjoy the muffins!