Muffins are usually loved by everyone, and these Banana Weet-Bix muffins aren’t just a fabulous recipe to use up bananas with, they’re also a great way to use up the crumbs at the bottom of your weet bix box, so you will never throw the crumbs out again!
I have been making these Banana Weet-Bix muffins for my kids since they were in kindy, and whenever I tell them I’m going to do a big bake up, they usually always request I make up a batch of these. They are quick and easy and make a wonderful lunch box addition in their school lunches.
Don’t forget to lightly grease your muffin tray, to avoid the mixture from sticking when baking. You can also us a silicone muffin tray.
A bonus to this recipe is that it has very little sugar, so it’s a great snack to add to your kid’s school lunches. It’s super easy to make, and there’s no need for an electric mixer, just use a bowl and a spoon!!
Banana Weet-bix Muffins
- 3 ripe bananas
- 4 Weet-Bix
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 80g margarine
- 1 1/2 cups SR Flour
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C, fan forced.
- Lightly grease a 12-hole muffin tray or line with paper patty cases.
- In a medium bowl, add bananas, Weet-Bix and milk, mix to combine. Set aside for 10 minutes to soften.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs and margarine.
- Spoon in banana mixture and fold.
- Add flour, sugar and chocolate chips to banana mixture, mix to combine.
- Spoon mixture evenly into muffin cases.
- Bake muffins in
oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden and cooked through. - Rest in
tray for 5 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
By Kat – The Organised Housewife
As I do with most of the muffins and cookies I bake, I make up a batch of these and place them in the freezer to have available for lunchboxes, not just for the kids, but for the whole family.
TIP: For a fruity alternative, swap chocolate chips with sultanas.
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61 comments
Thanks for this recipe – I need to use up some bananas! I might try it with sultanas instead of the choc chips (my eldest doesn’t like chocolate!), and see how it goes. Did the kids like it?
My kids came home today saying they loved them. Yay, win win cause they are healthy!! Adding sultanas is a great idea!
Awesome. I will have to try them tomorrow morning. We are still on school holidays here, and I need something to take to a friend’s house. Thanks for the update 🙂
How many Wetbix
4 🙂
I was wondering what to do with the weetbix “scraps”… Will try these this arvo.
Thanks 😀
great use for weetibix scraps, I used scraps in mine, I worked out my scraps was equivalent to one biscuit. Hope you enjoy the recipe
Thank you Katrina, how did you work out the scraps as being 1 biscuit? I have scraps from 2 boxes and was wondering how to work out how many weetbix they make ….
Hi Angela, I would say about half a cup of scraps would make up 1 weetbix 🙂
i brought bananas today and got given some so i currently have about 12 bananas in the house, we would never get through this many! will try this tonight, thanks!
Naomi, freeze the bananas that you can’t use so you can use them for recipes in the future. I freeze them with the peel on, then thaw on the bench for 2 or so hours and then peel and add to the recipe. They don’t look the best thawed, but they still taste exactly the same. Hope you enjoy this recipe
I mash them, put them in a ziplock bag and then freeze them as they take up less space and also are faster to defrost.
great idea Tracey!
If you need to defrost frozen bananas quick place them in some hot water while still in the skin.
great suggestion!
I love that recipe, I have been using it since I found it on Taste a couple of years ago and my girls love them. I partner will take some to work as breakfast too as they fill him up.
Just made this…OMG..AMAZING!!!!
they are great aren’t they, my kids finished the last of them yesterday and asked me to make more. So pleased your family enjoyed them too.
I am a Grandmother and I just love your site, recipes great. Thank you and well done!
My pleasure, Margaret 🙂
I’m in the US. What is weetbix? Hoping to make these for our house! Love your site!
You can use Weetabix in the US. I’ve just made these this afternoon, and my kids have devoured them. Many thanks.
Sally-Anne is right – Weetbix are a wheat flake “brick”, if you will. Weetabix are a perfect alternative.
Hi, has anyone made these using a sugar alternative? Just wondering of rice malt syrup or stevia would work (and how much to use) I’m not much of a cook so need specifics!!
You could try honey. I’m going to try 2 tablespoons when i make these next week. I swap honey for a lot of things with sugar in it
Opal is right, you can use any alternative you prefer. The sugar is to help add a bit of sweetness as Weetbix can be a bit dry.
We made these today and they taste great! The only thing is they have really stuck to the muffins cases for some reason?
Do they freeze ok?
Yummo I made these today using wild berry weetbix bites (1 cup) and the kids have gobbled them up. I didn’t have chocolate milk bits so I used white chocolate bits which I think made the flavour a little more caramel. Will try next time with wholemeal flour and omit the sugar.
Can I make this without egg? My son is allergic.
If you are using up the dregs of weetbix in the bottom of the box, how many cups would you need? Approx
Each weetbix is 30g if that helps.
Oops, make that 30g per serve, so 15g per weetbix.
These are fabulous!! I used sultanas instead of chocolate too. Will definitely make these babies again and again and again. Thanks
Ooh i love the idea of using sultanas, Wendy! They sound very yummy.:)
Easy to make and delicious. I used frozen bananas – peeled and put into clip lock bags. Instead of choc chips I used cocoa and also added walnuts.
Ooh i like the sound of using cocoa instead of choc chips!
My son is allergic to banana. Do you think this recipe would work with puréed apple instead?
Absolutely, i can’t see any reason why. It actually sounds really yummy with banana.:)
These are YUM with saltanas instead of Choc chips!!!!!!! I made them to freeze for lunches but they didn’t make it to the freezer. Now I have to make another batch but I’ll sneak them in the freezer before my husband and daughter see them ???? Definately a new fav!!!
Misty, Sultanas is a fantastic variation. Sounds very yummy.:) I must give it a try.
So tasty!! My 3 and 1 year old love them. I used I cup of sultanas and only 2 teaspoons of raw sugar and they turned out fantastically! Thanks 🙂
Fantastic Melissa.:) Yum sultanas in them sund delicious!
I tried these today using Gluten-free weetbix and omitting the sugar. Delicious. There are NONE left. Thanks for great recipe.
So I was scrolling through my FB feed at 6am this morning and your muffin post popped up. Suffice to say that got me up, and I baked ’em! What a great way to use up my very ripe bananas that were sitting in the fridge awaiting their demise.
Awesome tasting muffins, nice and light and the white choc chips were a great touch.
Kirsty, they are so yummy aren’t they!.:)
How many grams/ml per cup? Not in Oz and my jugs have uk and us cup measurements. Which do I use?
My kids absolutely love this recipe. Thank you for sharing it some time ago. I also only do 1/2 cup of choc chips and it normally makes 18 muffins for me. Love it, thank you.
Hi, this recipe looks fab but I do not like to use margarine. If I used butter, can you advise if the quantity would change. Many thanks.
Hi, I was just wondering do these freeze well and defrost nice and moist. I have a mile of weetbix!! I could make like 100 batches but we may be sick of them by then. Any other ideas to make with weetbix that are moist and freeze and defrost well for school lunches. TIA
My little bloke love love loves this recipe!! And now that I’ve started the back to school bake-a-thon, these are on my radar 🙂 Quick question, would subbing the SR flour for wholemeal SR flour still work? Unsure as have never subbed it out before.
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Use up more Weet-Bix crumbs with this Chocolate Slice – mix 3 1/2 Weet-Bix (1 cup), 1 cup coconut or sultanas, chopped dried apricots, etc, 1 cup SR flour, 2 tabs cocoa (optional), 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 teas vanilla with 125 g melted butter/margarine. Press into slice tray and bake 20 minutes at 180 degrees. Ice with chocolate icing and sprinkle with coconut. Cut into squares when cool.
Worked out ok, if a bit bland.
I added 2 tablespoon cornflour for that cvakey texture YUM!
I added 2 tablespoon cornflour for that cakey texture YUM!
Thanks so much for this recipe. It has been one of our go-to school morning teas for ages now. You can leave out the choc chips, use less sugar, use other high-fibre cereal dregs, add some cinnamon, and it is always great.
Poke some blueberries into some of the muffins in the tray for the people that like them, instead of choc chips, too.
Such a great idea! I love blueberries
Hi Katrina and all. So glad to have found your site. Can I use olive oil instead of margarine? If yes what is the equivalent? Thanks so much
I haven’t tried this before Leigh, but a few websites suggest it would work fine. The conversion rate according to http://thepassionateolive.com/baking-with-olive-oil-instead-of-butter/ suggests 1/4 cup olive oil. If you give this a go, please let me know how it turns out. Kat 🙂