These Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins are loaded with chocolate chunks and have a peanut butter swirl – you’d never guess that they’re gluten-free and the batter is sweetened entirely with bananas!

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins are loaded with chocolate chunks and have a peanut butter swirl - you'd never guess that they're gluten-free and the batter is sweetened entirely with bananas! Chocolate, peanut butter, and bananas. Three of my favorite ingredients, and I use each one of them a whole lot individually…so naturally, I love it when they come together into one fantastically delicious dish, like this oatmeal or these nom-worthy pancakes.

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins are the one of the best combinations of chocolate, peanut butter, and bananas I’ve had in a while – they’re gooey, chocolatey, rich, and amazingly, fully gluten free and refined sugar free! The magic behind the muffins?

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins are loaded with chocolate chunks and have a peanut butter swirl - you'd never guess that they're gluten-free and the batter is sweetened entirely with bananas! Bananas! Bananas are the secret magic ingredient behind this Paleo Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread where they act as the sole sweetener, and they play the same role in these muffins.

Make sure you use extra ripe bananas so you have that additional sweetness, or you risk the cocoa powder overtaking the banana’s sweetness. Using extra ripe bananas helps ensure you get some banana flavor in your muffins, too!

The chocolate chunks, of course, do add a bit of additional sweetener. You can choose to make your own refined sugar free chocolate chunks, or if you’re really wanting to cut down on the sugar, just leave the chocolate chunks out entirely. The cocoa powder in the batter will still make the muffins super chocolatey!

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins are loaded with chocolate chunks and have a peanut butter swirl - you'd never guess that they're gluten-free and the batter is sweetened entirely with bananas! Peanut butter makes an appearance in a couple ways: it’s used for flavor and fat in the muffin batter, and a bit more is swirled right into the muffins before they’re baked, adding a rich peanut butter-y topping and that makes the absolute best muffin tops.

If peanut butter isn’t your thing (I don’t understand you, but I know you’re out there…) or an allergy forbids you from enjoying it, feel free to substitute in almond butter, another nut butter, or sunflower seed butter. The muffins will still turn out wonderfully!

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins are loaded with chocolate chunks and have a peanut butter swirl - you'd never guess that they're gluten-free and the batter is sweetened entirely with bananas! This recipe is quick and simple and comes together in just a few minutes – it’s the perfect weekend morning surprise for your family, or you can make a batch on Sunday night to keep as breakfast for the week.