Coconut Banana Muffin Disappointment

Brad and I are going to a picnic tomorrow, so I made some coconut banana muffins to take. I followed this recipe from Gourmet magazine:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Banana-Coconut-Muffins-109473

Brad did a taste test and said that they were too dense and a bit dry. It must have had to do with the addition of the dried coconut. My previous banana muffin recipe is much better--it's basically just like this recipe, but without the dried coconut. (See "A (Not Very) Lazy Sunday" post) The result is moist and not too sweet.

But they look so pretty...