These healthful Chocolate Lover’s Muffins are made with none butter or oil, nonetheless so tender and flavourful that you just merely’d under no circumstances have the flexibleness to tell! Greek yogurt and applesauce help defend them moist, whereas a double dose of chocolate makes them model large decadent. A healthful and delicious choice to satisfy these chocolate cravings!

This week has unofficially flip into Chocolate Week right correct proper right here on Spoons.
And no, it has nothing to do with that one week considerably that us women should deal with every month. Or most definitely it does; who’s conscious of. Hormones are a crazy topic.
Each approach! I’ve nevertheless another delicious chocolate recipe to share with you guys right this second, solely this time it’s accessible in the type of muffins. Healthful chocolate lover’s muffins to be precise…

Main? Sure. Nevertheless all people loves chocolate muffins, and in consequence, all people wants a healthful chocolate muffin recipe of their arsenal. Bonus parts if it has double the chocolate.

I’m uncertain if I ever instructed you guys this, nonetheless I exploit mini chocolate chips in almost 99.99% of the recipes I make… and it’s not solely on account of they’re approach cuter.
Probably I’m a freak for noticing elements like this, nonetheless I merely uncover that the mini chips are SO considerably bigger at evenly distributing the chocolate flavour in no matter they happen to be in. Know what I level out? Like… in its place of biting into an ceaselessly chocolate chip and getting hit with this massive burst of flavour, you’ve acquired a subtler nonetheless steadier present of chocolate in every chunk. It’s perfection.
ALSO! Mini chips protect putwhich suggests whilst you sprinkle them on prime of a muffin, they protect on prime of the muffinAND look lots of prettier doing it…

So now that we’ve acquired all that out of most likely the best strategies, let’s converse in regards to the fabulous chocolate muffins that dwelling these mini chocolate chips, eh?
Like most of my absolutely utterly completely different extra healthful muffins, these ones are made with none butter or oil, nonetheless they protect large mushy and tender ensuing from a mixture of Greek yogurt, applesauce, and honey.
The muffins themselves are naturally sweetened, nonetheless they gained’t be 100% refined-sugar-free along with you use chocolate chips which have been sweetened with stevia or xylitol. OR you probably can sub out the chocolate chips for some darkish chocolate chunks on account of #antioxidants.
Regardless of which approach you choose to play it, these healthful chocolate lover’s muffins are an atmosphere pleasant decision to satisfy these chocolate cravings… whether or not or not or not or not they’re yours or one completely different particular particular person’s!

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Healthful Chocolate Lover’s Muffins
Full Time:
27 minutes
Yield:
12 muffins 1x
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F (176C) and put collectively a muffin pan by lining the cavities with paper liners or greasing them with cooking spray or oil. Put apart.
- In an infinite mixing bowl, whisk collectively the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and baking soda. Put apart.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg until it turns into barely frothy previous to whisking contained within the yogurt, honey, applesauce, and vanilla.
- Slowly add the moist components to the dry components, mixing gently until merely blended. Fold contained within the chocolate chips.
- Divide the batter evenly among the many many many many 12 muffin cups, filling each until they’re about 3/4 of most likely the best strategies full. Excessive with additional chocolate chips, if desired.
- Bake for 17-19 minutes, or until the tops of the muffins are agency to the contact and a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clear. Allow the muffins to take a seat down once more contained within the pan for ~10 minutes previous to transferring them to a wire rack to take a seat down once more absolutely. Retailer them in an airtight container at room temperature for as fairly a bit as 5 days, or freeze for as fairly a bit as 3 months.
Notes
* You can most definitely moreover make these with all objective flour or use a mixture of 1/2 cup (60 g) full wheat and three/4 cup (90 g) all objective. ** You can most definitely moreover use a vanilla Greek yogurt should you occur to love elements barely sweeter. *** In case you occur to don’t have any applesauce on the market, it’s possible you’ll moreover use an equal amount of mashed banana.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Put collectively dinner Time: 17 minutes

In search of extra healthful chocolate muffin recipes? Try one amongst these!
Double Chocolate Greek Yogurt Muffins
Flourless Double Chocolate Chip Muffins
Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Chocolate Banana Minute Muffin
Flourless Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
