88 Reviews of Whole Wheat Honey Banana Muffins

From: Jeff's Girl Way Out West

On Mar 30, 2006

This was a very delicious muffin!!! I loved the hearty whole wheat. For our family, the sweetness was just right. Instead of using all oil, I used 1/2 olive oil and 1/2 unsweetened applesauce. I'm sure the applesauce added to the overall sweetness of the muffins. I halved the recipe, baked them 16 mins. and had a yield of 12 plump, moist muffins. Also, I would recommend toothpick testing these as they didn't "feel" done to the touch but were actually baked to perfection. Wonderful, no-guilt muffin!!! **Editing this review to say that I end up using 5 or 6 medium bananas to attain 2 cups mashed.** ~Jeff's Girl Way Out West

From: LUVMY2BOYS

On Sep 12, 2005

These were DELICIOUS! I used unsweetened applesauce intstead of the oil-I was a bit nervous about that but they turned out great! I also used 1/4 cup honey & 1/4 cup Splenda. Baking time was right at 15 min. I've recently switched to whole wheat flour so THANK YOU so much for enabling me to keep eating delicious muffins without the guilt!

From: BrotherAdso

On Feb 12, 2006

Love this recipe! I've made it three times now, the first time totally as per the recipe, the other times substituting applesauce, adding a cup of oat bran, and using buttermilk rather than water. I've found 3-5 bananas neccessary for full banana flavoring...and next time, I think I'm definitely going to sub some maple syrup for the sugar....yum! Anyway, these are healthy, hearty muffins good any time of the day, with peanut butter or without, and thanks for sharing the recipe!

From: ladypit

On Sep 15, 2005

Yummy! I wanted to make banana muffins for my son to take to kindergarten today for snack (Well, he wanted me to!). I put "whole wheat banana muffins" into search and this is what came up. I used flour that was hand milled and it gave these a slightly odd texture but the flavor was wonderful. Nice and sweet and moist and I loved being able to send them to school with nothing refined in them. My son said most of the kids ate them and frankly that is a win! Thanks Messy Cook!

From: Karamia

On Jul 24, 2005

These are great! Very healthy, moist, and delicious. I halved the recipe and used a little bit extra bananas. They are just slightly sweet,I might add a little vanilla extract next time to add some more sweetness w/o using sugar. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!

From: Mishy111

On Jun 28, 2007

Thanks for the great recipe. I was specifically searching for whole wheat recipes when I came across this one. Boy, I'm glad I did... I've made these muffins several times now, and I'm so impressed that a whole wheat honey recipe taste as good as one using white flour & sugar. The only things I've done differently than the recipe states - I don't add the wheat germ, and I add 1 cup of walnuts to the batter. YUM! Everytime I make them...I can't stop eating them!!

From: Chef #958282

On Sep 16, 2008

OMG...I am SO glad I found this recipe! I've been sticking to a healthy, very low calorie, diet for a really long time and have lost nearly 60 pounds, which is my goal weight, so now I'm ready to be able to eat a few more calories which can include some goodies...that are still healthy of course...hehe. I used the suggestion of substituting the applesauce for part of the oil, but I did a little less than the half and half suggested. I added 3 Tablespoons of oil in the measure cup, then filled it the rest of the way to the 2/3 C. mark with pure, no sugar added, applesauce. The muffins still came out moist and delicious! My hubby, kids, and best friend love them too!

From: Mrs.R

On Feb 1, 2008

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! I subbed 1/3 C applesauce for half of the olive oil. I also replaced 1 egg with 1 T. flax seed plus 3 T. water, as a previous reviewer recommended. And 6 bananas equalled the required 2 cups. I also added 1 T. vanilla. These are great for snacks, breakfast, etc. I wrapped mine in plastic wrap, and 1 gallon bags, then froze them. When we want one, we just mic it for 30 seconds, add a little butter and voila! Thanks Messy!

From: doggy momma

On Jul 10, 2007

Yummy! I halved this recipe but forgot to halve the amount of bananas so I ended up using 4 ripe bananas. These still turned out well! I also added a teaspoon of vanilla. Definitely sweet enough for us!

From: Chef #524793

On Jul 10, 2007

This made 22 muffins for me. I substituted half of the oil with unsweetened applesauce, as suggested. And I added 1 teaspoon of cinnamon (though this wasn't enough cinnamon to taste it). I also added some chopped walnuts and hazelnuts. It took about 5 large bananas to get 2 cups mashed bananas. As for the end product, they taste good for healthy muffins, but compared to more unhealthy ones they are just okay. The one thing I really didn't like was how the top of the muffin was wet the next day - due to the applesauce, or bananas, I'm not sure. Maybe if I had used all oil this wouldn't have happened. I will make them again because they were really easy and I can freeze them so I always have a healthy snack available.