Banana Oat Muffins

Since my husband is fanatical about banana bread, I'm constantly experimenting with various different versions of it. He really likes to have these muffins around for breakfast because they're a great grab and go. But of course I want to make sure that he has a well-rounded breakfast to start his day off right. So I figure if I add in some oats and some flax, I have a pretty good breakfast-y muffin and banana bread all wrapped up in a cute little package. And since pretty much everything can be made better with the addition of chocolate chips, I threw in a few of those too. However these muffins are ALMOST as good without the chocolate chips. If you want to leave them out and substitute raisins or some other dried fruit that would be great as well. One of the best parts about these muffins is that they're free of refined sugar, and they've got loads of fiber and protein in them. I hope you enjoy these as much as my hubby does!

Ingredients:
3 large or 4 medium very ripe bananas
1/4 cup extra virgin coconut oil, melted (or butter if you prefer)
2 eggs
4 tbsp pure grade B Maple Syrup (you could substitute honey for the maple syrup if you prefer)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup almond flour
3/4 cup oats, soaked
1/4 cup ground flax seed
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of sea salt
1/4 cup chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare your muffin tin with butter or coconut oil. You can use the paper liners or these silicon liner if you like. 
In a large mixing bowl, combine your bananas, eggs, melted coconut oil (make sure it's cooled so that it doesn't scramble your eggs!), maple syrup and vanilla. Mix with a hand mixer or whisk until well incorporated.
In a separate mixing bowl, combine almond flour, oats, flax, baking soda and salt. Mix with a fork, making sure to get rid of the clumps.
Mix the wet with the dry until well incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips if using.
Distribute evenly into prepared muffin tin, filling about 2/3 of the way up.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.