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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins*

By Jessica / 96 comments »

Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins from www.thenovicechefblog.com

Jorge likes bananas as much as I like sugary kid cereal, glittery eyeshadow, Sex & The City reruns and shoe sales — all combined. No seriously, that is how much he loves bananas.

When we first met, he was having a party at his apartment and he ate a banana while drinking a beer. I have no idea if he remembers this, but it firmly stuck in my mind as one of the weirdest combinations I had ever seen.

However a few weeks later, he topped the Banana & Beer special when he had his spaghetti with a side of banana. And yes, a side of banana is the correct term. He actually put the banana on the side of his plate — almost right on top of his spaghetti. And ate bites of it in-between bites of spaghetti. It was horrifying and made my eating habits seem perfectly normal.

Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins from www.thenovicechefblog.com

So it should come as no surprise, that bananas are a constant thing in our house. Usually they are always eaten before they become overripe, but since Jorge travels a lot for work, sometimes the bananas go bad (or is it go better, since you can make yummy things with them?).

Jorge got home on Friday from a work trip to South Carolina and I had a bunch of bananas that were way more brown than yellow. And that could only mean one thing, Banana Dream Cake or Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins. Since Nutella is always a winner, the muffins won this round.

Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins from www.thenovicechefblog.com

These muffins are one of my absolute favorite ways to use up overripe bananas. Obviously they are tasty (hello, banana + Nutella = match made in heaven), but they also can be whipped up in under 30 minutes from start to finish. Total win-win in my book.

Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins

Yield: 18 muffins

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 medium over-ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped pecans
nutella

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin pan with liners.

In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt until well combined. Set aside.

In large bowl, whisk together banana, sugar, brown sugar. Beat in egg, vegetable oil and vanilla extract. Slowly whisk in the flour mixture, until there are no lumps. Fold in pecans.

Fill muffin tins 3/4 full. Top each muffin with about 1 teaspoon of Nutella and use a toothpick to swirl it into the batter.

Bake muffins for 15-17 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Serve warm or store in an airtight container until ready to serve.

Posted In 30 Minutes or Less, Breakfast, Chocolate, Muffins, Original Recipe

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96 Responses to “Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins”

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Amanda — January 20, 2013 @ 11:24 pm

Oh my, these are gorgeous! And I am totally in the same boat, Kevin feels exactly the same as Jorge about bananas! I will have to make these for him.
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Averie @ Averie Cooks — January 20, 2013 @ 11:58 pm

Jessica I love the story-telling…oh so classic and thanks for sharing! And these muffins, and recipe, beautiful!! I love Nutella and always have bananas to use. I am in love with the photo styling, too. And the images are so sharp and crystal clear – stunning! Pinning!
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Gerry @ Foodness Gracious — January 21, 2013 @ 12:02 am

Awesome story and you can actually buy banana beer, we used to sell it in Whole Foods!
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Maggie @ A Bitchin' Kitchen — January 21, 2013 @ 12:18 am

Man, I thought I ate weird combinations! I’ve never eaten a banana with my beer before…how funny!

These look great!
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Clem — January 21, 2013 @ 1:00 am

I love these! I’ve been looking for the perfect nutella muffin recipe for years, and finally here it is!
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marla — January 21, 2013 @ 6:19 am

Such pretty, swirly and tempting muffins!
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angela @ another bite please — January 21, 2013 @ 8:50 am

i love recipes using over ripe bananas since i always have a couple just laying there on the counter that i refuse to pitch…and lucky for me and the family i have an open jar of nutella that i’ve been trying to avoid sticking a spoon in and eating LOL.
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Marnely Rodriguez-Murray — January 21, 2013 @ 9:17 am

Love his love for bananas, as I am the same. Must it be a Latin thin (assuming he is Latin?) because I love bananas on the side of my rice, beans, and fried chicken. It just balances out all the savory-ness of the meal with a hint of sweet!
- Jessica replied: — January 21st, 2013 @ 2:32 pm
  
  LOL Yes he is Puerto Rican
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raquel from Florida — January 21, 2013 @ 9:54 am

I agree with Marnely: plantains and banana are staple in latin food. Great recipe Jessica, I can;t wait to try it! Thanks!
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Alyssa @ Kitchen Cures — January 21, 2013 @ 10:17 am

These look delicious and so pretty. I also like that they only have 1/4 cup oil in them, that’s great!
- Jessica replied: — January 21st, 2013 @ 2:33 pm
  
  Yes! The bananas keep them moist so they save some fat and calories with only needing a little oil…well then we add back in those calories with nutella. But whatever
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Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough — January 21, 2013 @ 10:28 am

These are UNREAL. Almost too pretty to eat — though they’d still never stand a chance in our house. Yummy!
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Joanne @ Fifteen Spatulas — January 21, 2013 @ 10:52 am

Ohhhh this is a brilliant recipe. Nutella + bananas, it just sounds like the perfect match! I wish I loved bananas as much as Jorge…they’re good for you! But most of the time I’ll only eat them if they’re flambeed with sugar and rum in a good old bananas foster LOL.
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Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) — January 21, 2013 @ 11:28 am

These are some seriously beautiful muffins. Banana and nutella swirled together into a muffin? Brilliant!
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Joanne — January 21, 2013 @ 1:15 pm

I am SUPER picky about my bananas so I feel like they are constantly getting too ripe for me. This flavor combo is perfect! Way more perfect than banana+tomato sauce…
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Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen — January 21, 2013 @ 1:20 pm

Those swirls slay me!
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Kim - Liv Life — January 21, 2013 @ 1:47 pm

Positively perfect!!! My daughter is a huge banana fan, and these will be right up her alley. Love that there isn’t too much oil in them… and quick is a plus!!
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Lauren — January 21, 2013 @ 3:12 pm

that is one pretty looking muffin!
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Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe — January 21, 2013 @ 4:12 pm

Bananas and Nutella – now that is a match made in heaven. And a fun way to jazz up banana muffins! I am so bad (good?) at letting bananas turn brown, so I always have some on hand for baking muffins. I’m going to throw this recipe into the rotation and see how they turn out. Plus, it might stop me from eating all of the Nutella by the spoonful straight out of the jar…
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Karly — January 21, 2013 @ 5:48 pm

My daughter walked in while I was reading about Jorge eating bananas and spaghetti and she shouted “What?! What’s wrong?” Apparently I looked just as horrified as I felt.

These muffins…man. They’re gorgeous.
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Julie @ Table for Two — January 21, 2013 @ 6:29 pm

i really need to make these. i love any kind of muffins but nutella swirled on top is a winner!
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Michelle — January 21, 2013 @ 7:15 pm

These are in the oven as we speak! I made a half batch (I only had 2 ripe bananas). Can’t wait to see how they turn out! They smell amazing
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Diana @ Sweet y Salado — January 21, 2013 @ 8:19 pm

Not sure if it’s a Latin thing but I’m Colombian and we tend to put bananas on everything, even soups and stews. Here’s a funny tidbit, this morning I was craving something sweet and the first thing I grabbed was a banana and as I was looking for some peanut butter to dip it in, I came across a jar of Nutella. Then I thought “I bet this is an interesting combination”, tried it, loved it and immediately my mind started racing with all kinds of ideas on how to make it into banana bread or even muffins. You and I are on the same wavelength, my dear. =)
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Stefanie @ Sarcastic Cooking — January 21, 2013 @ 10:18 pm

Yuck those banana combos are so gross! These muffins however are awesome!
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megan @ whatmegansmaking — January 22, 2013 @ 7:14 am

OK, those banana stories seriously cracked me up! Banana and spaghetti?? Weird But these muffins look fabulous. I’ve still never baked with nutella, and this may be the recipe that changes that!
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Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar — January 22, 2013 @ 12:11 pm

Waaaant! These sound absolutely lovely!
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claire @ the realistic nutritionist — January 22, 2013 @ 1:03 pm

Oh my gosh these are INSANE!!
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Jess @ OnSugarMountain — January 22, 2013 @ 4:22 pm

I love how you swirled them! They are so adorable and I bet they’re an awesome quick breakfast
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Whitney @ Whitney Brooke — January 22, 2013 @ 4:42 pm

These look phenomenal! Going straight home to make them
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ErinsFoodFiles — January 22, 2013 @ 5:31 pm

Great minds think alike regarding banana & nutella! YUM! I must make these!
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Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking — January 22, 2013 @ 5:31 pm

Now this is my kind of breakfast! These look amazing, Jessica!
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Suzanne — January 22, 2013 @ 5:54 pm

I like slightly green/barely ripe bananas, and my husband likes speckled bananas, so we rarely have spare bananas in our house. I think Imay have to get extra so I can let them ripen and make these beautiful looking muffins.
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Megan {Country Cleaver} — January 22, 2013 @ 10:01 pm

I was eating a banana with peanut butter and nutella yesterday and that was my only banana in the house – after one day without I’m going through withdrawls… I might “like” bananas, but Jorge totally takes the cake on this one.
And I now need bananas, a fresh jar of nutella and these muffins.
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Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. — January 22, 2013 @ 10:14 pm

I don’t think I could ever eat bananas with spaghetti, but they are just so good! These muffins are perfect!
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Caroline @ chocolate & carrots — January 23, 2013 @ 7:27 am

Bananas are a staple in our house too. We actually have a banana smoothie with chocolate chips for dessert most nights. Mmm! I hope your trip to Charleston was awesome!
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Tina | My Life as a Mrs — January 23, 2013 @ 10:40 am

oh my gosh – those looks SO good! What a pretty swirl! & our hubby’s have yet another thing in common… shocker lol
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Katie — January 23, 2013 @ 2:06 pm

yes, please! I love the idea of adding nutella to just about anything! :0
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Joy @ Baking-Joy — January 23, 2013 @ 4:54 pm

These muffins look delicious! Banana + nutella = heaven
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Jorge Segarra — January 23, 2013 @ 8:15 pm

I love reading some of your reactions to my banana-eating habits (so far, favorite is Karly’s).
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Rosie @ Blueberry Kitchen — January 25, 2013 @ 10:33 am

Ah these look absolutely delicious, love the banana-nutella combination!
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christa — January 28, 2013 @ 6:53 pm

I had several banana’s that were in the process of becoming overripe and knew i wouldn’t be able to eat them all before that happened. I looked on Pintrest for an interesting recipe to use that WASN”T banana bread…..that is always what i make and wanted something different….plus I always end up with too much banana bread….i know how can you make too much banana bread….but i love to bake so i wanted to try something and i had all the ingredients. I am super excited to try these….they are in the oven baking right now!!!! Thanks so much!!!!
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Natalie F. — January 31, 2013 @ 4:08 pm

I made these and they were soooo delicious!! They were gone within minutes at my office:)
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Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust — February 8, 2013 @ 9:40 am

Those are fabulous! SO pretty. I love the combo of banana and nutella!
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Sanjeeta kk — February 9, 2013 @ 11:34 am

What gorgeous muffins…love those swirls. Think ‘g’ got busy gorging on the muffins from the sugar…(1/2 cup granulated suar…)
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Marcie@FlavortheMoments — February 14, 2013 @ 7:32 pm

Just found your site today and boy am I thrilled! I guess there’s someone that loves bananas more than me. I do have at least one a day. I’ve never had Nutella before, if you can believe that, however. That’s about to change because these muffins look SO good. I’m gonna try it!
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Julie — February 21, 2013 @ 6:56 pm

Just ate my first one. So good! I left out the pecans because of an allergy, but this recipe is a keeper.
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Kena — February 23, 2013 @ 5:47 pm

SO GOOD!!!! “DELICHUS” my family love them!! I already made them twice this week!!!

Becoming a fan from your bolg!

Thnks again, greetings from Mexico
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ilse — February 25, 2013 @ 10:27 pm

did u want to mean granulated sugar?
- Jessica replied: — February 25th, 2013 @ 10:30 pm
  
  Yes! Sorry spell check didn’t catch “suar” for some reason!
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ilse — February 25, 2013 @ 10:32 pm

tanks I am from mexico and i dont wan to make mistekes, tomorrow will try the recipe
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FoxyMaven — February 27, 2013 @ 5:21 pm

Hey girl! This recipe is to die for! I just made it but used a loaf pan instead of cupcakes. Needless to say, the cooking time needed to be upped. I cooked it for almost 40 minutes before pulling it out of the oven and it was still pretty gooey after I cut into it. Any suggestions? After 30 minutes it was a little more brown on top so I lowered the temp to 325* …. Still delicious, gooey and all! Thanks for the amazing recipe and I hope to try out more from your site
- Jessica replied: — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:17 pm
  
  I really don’t have any suggestions since I only make it into muffins. Maybe you could keep the temp at 325 the whole time?
  
  Glad it still tasted good!!
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Hope @ Hanna Bananas Boutique — March 3, 2013 @ 12:12 pm

Jessica,
I just made these and I love them!! Will be making them again for sure!!! They are a huge hit!
- Jessica replied: — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:16 pm
  
  Yay!! So glad to hear it!
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Vincenzo — March 5, 2013 @ 6:00 pm

My partner and I just baked these– OMG I am in HEAVEN. So many calories though :p :p :p Time for a run!
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nahoko — March 12, 2013 @ 6:58 am

amazing recipe!!!
I baked and they were all gone immediately!
My family fell in love with the muffins!
I definitely will bake them again soon! maybe tomorrow!
Thank you!!
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Kate — March 12, 2013 @ 10:34 pm

These are so pretty! I’m always looking for recipes for “breakfast on the go” and this will definitely be the next one I try! Do you think whole wheat flour could be used? We are trying to use up a bag. Thanks!
- Jessica replied: — March 12th, 2013 @ 10:44 pm
  
  Two people mentioned that they did half regular flour and half whole wheat flour and they were tasty! So yes, try half & half first!
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I found myself with some ripe bananas and tried this recipe…my boys LOVED these!
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Michelle — March 20, 2013 @ 7:59 pm

I made these today! Incredible! The smell while baking was mouthwatering! So worth making and will do so again! I did make them as mini’s instead of full size and it made about 52 muffins. Great idea!
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Eleonora — March 22, 2013 @ 6:10 am

Ooook they look great and I just can’t wait to bake them.
Only one problem: I’m Italian, we don’t measure in cups put in kgs… How big is you cup?
What I mean is: to how many grams corresponds one cup?
Grazie, ciao!
- Jessica replied: — March 27th, 2013 @ 11:04 am
  
  Hi Eleonora,
  
  I would recommend a website like this to convert recipes from cups to weights! http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking/
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MEGan Go — March 22, 2013 @ 9:15 am

hi, what if i opt not to put nuts? would tht be okay?
- Jessica replied: — March 27th, 2013 @ 11:02 am
  
  Yup, nuts are optional!
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Linda — March 24, 2013 @ 4:24 pm

I have made these twice now- and they are ahhhhhhmazing, but I’m having trouble swirling the Nutella in the batter. The Nutella is wayyyy thicker than the batter and it doesn’t blend for me at all( of course I don’t mind when I bite into them and I get the big glob of Nutella:)) I tried mixing a bit of the batter in with the Nutella to make it thinner, but I guess I didn’t add enough. I was afraid of taking too much banana batter away. Can anyone help?
- Jessica replied: — March 27th, 2013 @ 11:06 am
  
  Try putting your nutella in the microwave for a few seconds and stirring it really well. It should thin it out! Mine wasn’t too thick and I was able to move it around. However, sometimes you get a jar that is harder to move…so I just pop it into the microwave for about 20 seconds!
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Nikki Levene — March 25, 2013 @ 10:33 am

I made these muffins yesterday and OMG they are glorious!! I’ve had to smack hands constantly so they weren’t all gone before I could take one to work today. Ha! I mentioned you on my blog post about these. This is definitely a new favorite!!!
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Shraha — March 27, 2013 @ 12:51 pm

Awesome!! Added a bit of cinnamon and traded out 1 cup of white flour for whole wheat. Still delish.
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Jessica — March 30, 2013 @ 12:43 pm

I made these with Jules Gluten free flour (my 3 kids and I have Celiac) and they were heavenly! My kids loved them as a afterschool snack, thank you for the recipe!
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Michelle — April 2, 2013 @ 5:23 am

Just made these as an alternative to my usual banana bread. They’re delicious and I love that there’s no butter. I cheated a bit on the oil and nutella too and they’re great Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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Carole — April 7, 2013 @ 5:26 pm

Bonjour,
J’ai fait ces muffins cet après midi et waouhhhhh, ils sont délicieux!!! Même pour moi qui ne suis pas très fan de banane! J’ai remplacé l’huile par du beurre fondu et j’ai éliminé les pecan (car allergies….) mais même comme ça, ils sont vraiment fabuleux!!! Merci pour cette super idée!
Hi,
I made these muffins this afternoon and waouhhhhh, they’re delicious!!! Even for me who’s not very found of banana! I replaced oil with melted butter and eliminated pecan (because of allergies…) but even this way, they’re really fabulous!!! Thank you for this super idea!
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Jones sabo just about the most least means of buyi — April 16, 2013 @ 8:58 pm

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Shannon @ Pretty Plain Janes — April 18, 2013 @ 10:14 am

Just made these and I’m ashamed to admit, devoured not one but TWO. Sooooo good!
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Erika — April 18, 2013 @ 11:44 pm

Wow, these were amazing! I’m trying to cut down on wheat and sugar, substituted 1/2 almond flour and upped the baking powder and soda a teeny bit, and also substituted the brown sugar for slightly less agave syrup…delicious. Thanks for the recipe!
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Laura — April 26, 2013 @ 9:16 pm

They are awesome and so good. I made them twice already. But just a tip put the nutella in the microwave for 10 to 20 secs so it is runny and easier to swirl into the muffins.
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pjlee — May 13, 2013 @ 7:18 pm

YES ~~ tried them and loved them. very easy and I used coconut oil for the shortening and added 1/2 cup or organic coconut… Delightful ~~
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tillie — May 15, 2013 @ 9:02 pm

does anyone know a rough calorie count per muffin thanks..
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Amanda — May 15, 2013 @ 9:45 pm

I wonder if you can do the same with peanut butter?

Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins*

Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins

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