A few readers were wondering whether my Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Banana Mini Muffins could be made into a loaf as a banana bread. And the answer is …..of course it can! It is a HUGE loaf as you can see here. This needs more baking time as opposed to the mini muffins, but who cares! This is more of a dessert if you ask me. If I were making this for breakfast I would take out the chocolate chips for my kiddies, just prefer to not have them eat chocolate in the morning! The mini muffins are a perfect afternoon snack and so is this bread, yum! This can also easily become gluten free by substituting the white whole wheat flour for your favorite gluten free flour. Let me know if you do, I”d love to hear from you!
Nutrition Info with chocolate chips
Servings: 10* Calories: 219* Fat: 10g* Fiber: 4g* Carbs: 31g* Protein: 6g* Points+: 6*
Nutrition Info without chocolate chips
Servings: 10* Calories: 114* Fat: 4g* Fiber: 3g* Carbs: 18g* Protein: 4g* Points+: 3*
This recipe is being shared at Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, Tasty Tuesday, Melt in Your Mouth Monday, Gluten Freely Frugal.
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 eggs
- 4 oz cream cheese, light, softened
- 2 c. white whole wheat flour or gluten free flour
- 1 tbsp. flaxseed meal
- 1/2 c. applesauce, unsweetened
- 1/2 c. milk of choice ( I used 1%)
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 6 packets stevia, powdered or 1/2 c. honey
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- optional: 1 c. chocolate chips ( I used grain sweetened)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a stand mixer, add eggs, vanilla, milk, applesauce and stevia or honey and blend well.
- Add bananas and cream cheese and mix until combined.
- In another bowl combine flax, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix well.
- Mix one cup flour mixture to mixer. Add the other cup of flour mixture and mix until its all incorporated. Add the chocolate chips now if using any.
- Spray a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and pour mixture into pan.
- Bake for 75 minutes until a toothpick in center comes out easily with just a few crumbs.
If you’d rather have a healthier version of this why not try my sugar-free Blueberry Banana Bread which is just as good!
This bread looks absolutely delicious! I have some browning bananas, stevia, and almost everything else on hand. I will have to whip some up
YES!!!!
Thank you! I have two bunches of bananas on top of the fridge just waiting to get nice and ripe. I made sure I bought two huge bunches so we don’t eat them all and I can make this sometime in the next few days!
I noticed in the directions it said to add the water. I could not see water listed in the ingredients. How much stevia would it take when you use the measuring kind? Sounds delicious.
I got my choffy through the mail. We tried it plain, but did not care for it. We are going to try it with a flavored milk or cream and stevia. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Thanks for catching that Charlotte. I was going to add water and then decided when making it that it wasn’t needed. Thanks all fixed now!
The Choffy is good as a smoothie! I wouldn’t have drank it plain either, I did add cream and stevia like I would for my coffee and it was great!
I have yet to bake with stevia…I have been put off by the flavor in the past but have been wanting to brave the waters again! Thanks for sharing with us @ Allergy Free Wednesdays!
This recipe looks delicious. I have a suggestion & a question.
Agave Nectar can be used in place of the honey & it won’t spike blood sugar levels. So it would be more diabetic friendly.
What is grain sweetened chocolate chips (I’ve never heard of it) & where can they be purchased?
Grain sweetened chocolate chips can be found at Whole foods market and probably other healthy food stores. On my package it is sweetened with barely malt. I do not use agave at all as it is highly processed and not as healthful as portrayed. I have some articles listed on my post here about it: http://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/top-3-refined-sugar-free-sweeteners/
Thank you for the information. Ok, sorry…I did not know that about agave nectar.
I’m new to the sugar free world but isn’t anything malted equal to maltose which is just a form of sugar?
Are you speaking about the chocolate chips I’m assuming? Well they may be but they are a better alternative than regular chocolate chips and I’m happy with that. When I followed the Prism weight loss program and detoxed barley malt was allowed. Also there are many things like honey, that are still forms of sugar but are less processed and refined than white table sugar. For me I don’t have cravings when I use less refined sugars.
ai yi yi! It’s all so complicated isn’t it? Thanks for the response. I guess it all depends on how far you want to take it. I really like your blog…it has given me a lot of ideas.
Could regular whole wheat flour be substituted for the white whole wheat? Is the white just for taste / texture? I ask because I personally prefer the taste of whole wheat with banana; the banana is overwhelming to me in white banana bread or muffins.
Thank you for sharing your recipe!
yes absolutely!
I made this recipe, and it is delicious, but I couldn’t get the center of the bread to form. The center ended up kind of doughy, but that could be because I cut the recipe in 1/2 using only 1 and a half bananas. But taste is really good!
Well this was my first sugar free recipe to make and I loved it! I didn’t have any white whole wheat so I just used regular whole wheat and it turned out great. I can tell it has less sugar than my normal banana bread, but I didn’t miss it.
I’m so glad!
Is there anything I can sub for the flax? I don’t have any on hand. Thank you! This recipe looks amazing!
I just use it for the added health benefits. I think it would be fine to omit or try using wheat germ if you have any.