A sweet muffin filled with pomegranate seeds
I guess I missed the memo or something, but I never realized you could eat the entire pomegranate seed. I always just ate the juicy part and then spit out the remaining seed. Then I saw the whole world of recipes using the entire seed. I was a little skeptical at first, and thought my test tasters wouldn’t like the chewiness, but I gave them a try in my go-to banana muffin recipe.
I baked these in jumbo muffin tins, but you could use a standard size tin as well. Along with the pomegranate seeds, I folded in pecans and chocolate chips. The result was a muffin bursting with hints of pomegranate and bites of nuts and chocolate. This new addition really took my traditional muffins up a notch.
Are there any ingredients you didn’t know could be eaten or used in different ways?
- 2 overripe bananas
- ¼ cup canola oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup pomegranate seeds
- ½ cup pecan halves
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a jumbo muffin tin with cooking spray.
- Mash bananas in large bowl. Once mashed, mix in oil and sugar.
- Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix into banana mixture.
- Fold in pomegranate seeds, pecan halves and chocolate chips.
- Divide up evenly into prepared jumbo muffin tin.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Hmmm.. I wouldn’t have known you could eat the whole seed either. Interesting. These look delicious!
Thanks Laura! From my research, it seems you can eat the whole seed. It’s mainly up to personal preference if it is eaten or not.
I would love to start the day with one of these muffins. I can’t get enough of pomegranate during this time of the year!
I had been holding off on getting a pomegranate and hate I did. I’ve been enjoying the seeds with my cereal, too!
I love this! I just bought a ton of pomegranates and need more things to try with them. This one sounds fantastic 🙂
Thank you, Chelsea! If you give these a try, let me know how they turn out 🙂
Pomegranate and bananas…a very happy play! Nice, very nice! 🙂 ela
Thank you, Ela!
How creative to put pomegranate seeds in a muffin! I have never thought of that, but it is so perfect for winter when the berries just aren’t very good!
I hadn’t thought of it either, Cate, but I gave it a try and it was a great combo!
Love these jumbo muffins! I love pomegranate seeds and am always looking for new ways to eat them and they sound wonderful in these muffins, thanks for sharing Megan 🙂
Thank you, Kelly! Let me know of any other ways you use pomegranate seeds. I’ve been looking for some new ways, too.
Ha, you know, I used to do the same thing when eating pomegranate seeds. Then one day I accidentally ate the seed and I was like “well that wasn’t so bad.” So now I will just eat the seeds. These muffins look great, Megan! Hope you have a wonderful holiday. 🙂
Thank you, Julie! Who knew we were missing out by not enjoying the whole seed? 🙂
Another amazing recipe Megan!! I love that you put the seeds right on the batter. I love the crunch of pomegranate seeds and these muffins will brighten any day 🙂
Thank you, Zainab! You are right. They most certainly brighten the day!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🙂 ela
Thank you! Hope you have a great 2014!
These muffins look so moist and plump – does plump make sense? Thx for your support this year and happy blogging.
Yes, I know what you mean, Peter. These muffins were perfect. Happy New Year!
I love how these muffins turned out! So fluffy and tall, just like the bakery ones ;—)
Thank you, Consuelo! I loved how big these were 🙂
I love muffins and these look so yummy! I never thought to combine bananas and pomegranates but I love both, so why not. 🙂
Thank you, Tina! I was a bit worried about trying the combo, but ended up loving it!
you can never go wrong with a great big muffin – and I LOVE the pom seeds 🙂
Thank you, Heather!
Love banana muffins, but with pomegranate that makes them even better. Love this recipe…great idea to add pomegranate! They really look good…thanks!
Thanks for stopping by, Jodee! Hope you have a great day 🙂
We actually love pomegranate-seeds, and we usually add them to a green salad
I’d loooooove to try these muffins, as they look and sound fantastic.
Saving the recipe, thanks!
I love them in salads, too! Thanks for visiting, Winnie 🙂
Yum – I made this with my kids and we didn’t have a couple of the ingredients so I swapped the Canola oil for coconut oil and the nuts for a few extra dark chocolate chips. I also used Stevia sweetener instead of sugar – they were delicious and both my girls gave me a big gooey kiss as thanks 🙂
Yay! I’m so happy you made these and they were a success 🙂 I love the substitutions you made and will have to try them myself! Thanks for reporting back, Kristina 🙂