The great thing about making muffins at home is that you can control the ingredients you add to the batter! The delicious recipes listed above use naturally sweet fruit like bananas, dates and apples to sweeten the muffin batter. There are delicious recipes (listed below) that also have a bit of maple syrup added as well! Not to worry, a little maple syrup mixed into the muffin batter is fine. However, be sure not to offer muffins that contain honey before they are at least 1 year old. There is a possibility that honey contains spores that can cause botulism in babies as their intestinal system is more vulnerable to this type of infection.