Healthy Toddler Banana Oat Muffins – 3 Ways!
These Healthy Toddler Banana Oat Muffins are a quick, nutritious, customizable, grab n’ go breakfast that’s toddler tested and approved!
What do your mornings look like? Mine? The first alarm goes off at 4:30 am… the second at 4:40… third at 4:50… You get the idea. Mornings start early and are hectic around here getting everyone ready for school and work, but even still, one thing that we make an absolute priority: a nutritious breakfast for my toddler. These Healthy Toddler Banana Oat Muffins are our latest time-saving way to make sure M starts her day delicious!
Ingredients Needed
I love make-ahead grab n’ go breakfasts and snacks. Especially when they’re super easy to make, like our Spinach and Feta Egg Cups, Broccoli Cheddar Quinoa Bars, and our Peanut Butter Chocolate Energy Bars. And also when all the ingredients are pretty much staples in our kitchen.
Once you have your base of oats, flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, milk, bananas, a touch of butter, maple syrup, eggs, and vanilla extract, then it’s up to you! You can bake them in muffins as they are, or add a variety of goodies! In this batch, we decided to make Strawberry Almond Chia, Blueberry Apple Flax Seed, and finally a “Carrot Cake” made of carrots, raisins, and nutmeg.
Mixed with the banana oat base and they’re ready to go. Baked for 30 minutes and boom. Healthy Toddler Banana Oat Muffins – 3 fun ways!
M tested and approved! Her first, the Strawberry Almond Chia, she loved so much I had to take the wrapper away from her because she was eating part of the wrapper when she was trying to scrape it clean… ha!
Even better, these little healthy muffins freeze great. So for 3 days this past week, M not only had breakfast done, but each one was different! And once Baby K #2 comes, I’m sure that we’ll be sooo happy to have these guys in the freezer to pull out for a quick nutritious breakfast when our mornings become even crazier.
These will also be fun to experiment with flavors with your little one. Let him/her decide what creations to make! Add nuts, chocolate chips, or any other kind of fruit!
I can’t wait for the next batch to see what my little M wants to make. Based on her current food favorites, I have a feeling she’ll ask for toast, mangos, and rice muffins! 😛
Other Muffin Favorites
Sourdough Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins
Healthy Raspberry Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
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Healthy Toddler Banana Oat Muffins – 3 Ways!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups Old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 large bananas mashed, 1 1/2 cups
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 2 tablespoons salted butter melted
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
Strawberry Almond Chia
- 1/2 cup fresh strawberries, chopped
- 1 tbsp sliced almonds
- 1 tsp chia seeds
Blueberry Apple Flax
- 1/4 cup fresh blueberries
- 1/4 cup fresh apples, chopped any variety
- 1 tbsp ground flax seed
“Carrot Cake”
- 1/4 cup fresh carrots, grated
- 1/4 cup golden raisins
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin tin with liners or generously spray with a non-stick cooking spray. *You can also lightly spray the muffin liners as I’ve heard some have had trouble with them sticking to the liners.
- In a large bowl mix together oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, smash bananas and add milk, butter, eggs, vanilla, and maple syrup. Add slowly to the dry ingredients and mix well.
- In separate bowls, mix together the Strawberry Almond Chia, Blueberry Apple Flax, and “Carrot Cake” fillings. Add some of each mixture to 4 muffin liners, leaving a little bit of each behind to top the muffins. Gently fill each muffin tin to the top with oats and bananas mixture and top with remaining filling. (If you have extra oat and banana mixture, make some ‘plain’ muffins or toss in whatever else you have!)
- Bake muffins for 20-30 minutes, until slightly browned. Check after 20. Cool and enjoy!
- Store in the fridge in an airtight container for up to a week or in the freezer for 6 months.
Oh my goodness, hats off to you lady, there is no way I could have my kids out the door that early in the morning. I am literally dragging them to get to school by 8.30 🙂 These little muffins sound like the perfect little piece of nutrition to get them started on a busy day. Can’t wait to try them out for my kids, they are obsessed with anything in a muffin tin!
Oh good. So I’m not the only grown ass adult that hits the snooze button for almost an hour? I always feel like an irresponsible lazy teenager when I do that, but knowing I’m not alone… I feel a lot better. Haha 😉 I am hella jealous that you make it to your desk by 7am, though. #Goals. I guess having a toddler gives you no choice.
These muffins look fantastic and totally worth getting up for. I really hope my future spawn eats nourishing stuff like this! And giirrrrrrrl, I need to make those cheddar broccoli quinoa bars. Savory is my jam, and they sound unreal!
I love this healthy and nutritious recipe. The fact that is portable and perfect for little hands is a huge plus too. Of course as non toddler I can guarantee I would love to have these for breakfast in the morning!!!
What a fun start to her day! These will be great for my preschooler when we are back in school this fall. I’m going to have to make them when it is our turn to take snack!
Yum! I love this idea. I totally get you about the busy mornings. When my daughter was younger my go-to was overnight oats. Now she is in elementary school she likes to try and snack while waiting for the bus so muffins are much better for that. I love that the base recipe is so easily customizable because she loves variety!
Well if it’s good enough for a toddler — it past the taste test — then it’s good enough for me. Sometimes I just don’t want to make a breakfast and these muffins are an ideal way to get in some nutrition without sacrificing taste. Will definitely be trying them out.
I don’t have a toddler but I’m more than happy to eat my share of this! This looks amazing and perfect for those busy mornings. I actually have a batch of these in my freezer for when I don’t have time to do a weekly prep!
Well, I’m not a toddler….and I would for sure eat these. I will be having the grandkids here 2 days a week all summer long. Making “healthy” options for them to eat is a must. I can’t send them home all full of sugar….my daughter would go crazy!!
That is an early alarm!! I am not surprised that you snooze! The muffins sound fabulous (not just for toddlers). I’d eat one right now if it was in front of me.
I don’t have a toddler, but I am pretty picky when it comes to breakfast! I love that these muffins look so delicious and healthy. I need to start meal planning a little, because I keep skipping breakfast when I don’t have time to make anything! (So.. maybe I’m the toddler in this scenario LOL)