Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffin Tops because, why waste the bottom when you can just eat the best part? So easy-to-make and are the perfect on-the-go breakfast or snack made with REAL ingredients! Also paleo, gluten-free and have a vegan option!
Let’s just talk about something really serious for a minute.
MUFFIN TOPS. Yeah, I know you like ’em too. Don’t get me wrong, I lurve whole muffins too but there is just something so special about those tops. Fun fact: I save the muffin top for last when eating muffins. Yeah people think it’s weird when they see me eating the stem first but when they hear my explanation, they wonder why they don’t eat it like that. I guess you could call me a #trendsetter.
But fo realz though, you gotta agree with me . Muffin tops are theeeeee best part of a muffin hands down. You get all the goods stored in the muffin tops. They are the fluffiest, cakiest, moistest (sorry) part of the muffin and also contain the streusely goodness. So have I convinced you to totally ditch the bottom part yet!?
Well if I haven’t, let’s get on to these homemade Banana Blueberry Muffin Tops, shall we? I am so stoked with how these turned out, they couldn’t have resembled a muffin top more perfectly. I kind of just adapted the batter from one of my old recipes that I never posted because I have to re-do the pictures and ima procrastinator but the base is bangin’.
Let’s get down to the deets on these fluffy, streusely, pucks of perfection:
Almond flour
Baking soda
Almond butter
Egg or flax egg
Banana
Blueberries
Coconut sugar
Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffin Tops
You would never guess that these Banana Blueberry Muffin Tops are healthy! You would have guessed that they were cut off from a whole muffin! They are perfect for a nutritious on-the-go breakfast or snack and made with real whole food ingredients and are so easy to make! These muffin tops are paleo, gluten-free and also can be vegan if a flax egg is used instead of a real egg.
Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffin Tops {Paleo, Vegan + Gluten-Free}
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1 egg or flax egg
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 ripe banana mashed
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- TOPPING
- 1/3 cup crushed nuts I used hazelnuts
- 1 tbsp coconut oil melted
- 1-2 tbsp coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine almond flour and baking soda in a large bowl. Combine almond butter, egg, maple syrup and banana in small bowl and mix well. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well, add in blueberries and combine. Make topping by combining all ingredients together. Spoon batter into 6 large or 12 smaller muffin tops and divide topping between tops. Bake for 15 minutes or until done.
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Questions of the day!
So do you agree that muffin tops are the best part of the muffin?
What’s your favorite type of muffin?
Yes, I totally love the muffin top parts; I’m pinning this to hopefully try soon! I was excited to see it does work well with a flax egg, because we have a friend who can’t have dairy, eggs, or grains, so this is just perfect. <3 Thanks girls.
So I like muffin tops. But I LOVE blueberry muffin tops! A lot. Especially when they are this golden and fluffy. True story: the other day I was eating a leftover blueberry muffin (because apparently we think alike today) and I just ate the top and gave the bottom to my dog. She thought it was a treat and didn’t even know what she’s missing so win-win 🙂
I love it! I always thought it was funny at my coffee shop, so many people would buy a muffin, tear off the top and throw the rest away. I guess I should have made tops like this!
Now I completely understand why, if I go to take a seat in my local coffee shop, the bottom part of the previous customers’ muffin is still sitting in the paper case on their plate! They’ve only eaten the muffin top. As you say, that is the best bit. Agreed!
Will try this for sure,I love muffin tops 🙂
Oh wow, I will try that, for sure. I don’t really do much pinning so I think that I will just bookmark it instead.
You’ll love these, Alice!
Then you’ll love these!
Haha now you can understand!
Haha the tops are the best part for sure!
Haha aren’t you sneaky! At least your dog wasn’t aware that the top is the best part!
Glad you enjoyed them Emily 🙂
the top of the muffin has always been my favorite part. These sound delish!!
Thanks, my son liked it very much! He didn’t eat raw blueberries but these cupcakes are amazing!
Thanks Alyssa!
Can you use coconut flour instead of almond if that’s what you have ?
Hi Jen,
We would not recommend using coconut flour because it absorbs more water and the recipe would not turn out. You could use an type of gluten-free flour in place of almond flour, it just would be Paleo anymore. Let me know if you try it! 🙂
This recipe is DIVINE!!!! Thank you for making such a yummy muffin!!!! my tummy is so happy right now…
So glad you enjoyed them Elia! 🙂
Is there any way to replace the nut butter? Soy butter or sunflower are no options. Let me know and thanks!!!
Mary
Hi Mary,
sunflower seed butter would work! Let me know if you try it 🙂
Thanks for your answer but I would need to substitute any seed butter at all. Do you recommend any other ingredient?
Many thanks
Mary
Sorry I misread that! How about coconut butter?
I think would work, thanks!!
I don’t have almond flour. Would regular flour work?
Thanks I live in Spain and almond flour is very expensive here, as are almonds.
Monica
Hi Monica,
Yes that should work! Hope you enjoy 🙂
These are so good!! I was planning on making some coconut energy balls, but realized I didn’t have any oats — then, came across your recipe. I had to remind myself they are for breakfast to stop me from consuming them all in one sitting!
Hi Amber,
So happy to hear you enjoy them! Thanks so much for making 🙂
I love the tops the best too! I love blueberries and lemon together. Thinking of grating some zest to add in 🍋. I also love orange cranberry and maybe a chocolate chip with toasted hazelnuts? Thanks for the recipe!