Healthy Chocolate Muffins
on Jan 19, 2024, Updated Jan 26, 2024
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Remember my Healthy Breakfast Muffins? Well, what if I told you I’ve created an equally delicious ooey, gooey chocolate version 🤤? These melt-in-your-mouth Healthy Chocolate Muffins are completely gluten-free, dairy-free and have no added sugar! You can now indulge in your childhood fantasy of having chocolate 🍫 for breakfast without any guilt or hesitation.
Why You’ll Love These Healthy Chocolate Muffins
Not only are these muffins extremely simple to make and can be prepped in just 10 minutes, but also you’ll wonder how something so moist, fluffy, and delicious can possibly be good for you 🤯! Biting into these muffins will feel like biting into a rich, warm chocolate cake without any of the calories, sugars, or internal dialogue telling you to 🗣️ PUT THAT CAKE DOWN!
Most importantly, these healthy chocolate muffins are super versatile and customizable! You can add any fillings you like such as nuts, berries, or 🍫 chocolate chips to make them extra chocolatey. I love enjoying them with some extra hazelnut butter on top while they are warm, but you can top them off with anything you’d like. Feel free to double or triple the recipe as this recipe only makes four medium-sized muffins.
How to Prepare These Healthy Chocolate Muffins
🔥 Preheat the oven to 350°F.
🍌 Mash a ripe banana in a bowl and stir in an egg, lastly, mix in the pure vanilla extract and hazelnut butter until well mixed.
🥣 Add oat flour, cacao, and baking powder to the mixture and combine thoroughly.
🥄 Scoop the batter into a lined muffin tin (using parchment paper liners).
♨️ Bake at 350°F for 17-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Now you can enjoy plain or with any toppings!
Nonna’s Tip
Enjoy the muffins with toppings like butter, additional hazelnut butter, Easy Homemade Healthier Nutella, or whatever you like!
Variations and Substitutions for Healthy Chocolate Muffins
Remember to adjust quantities accordingly based on the substitutions you make for these Healthy Chocolate Muffins, and feel free to customize the recipe to suit your taste preferences!
- Instead of oat flour, you can try using whole wheat flour, almond flour, or 🥥 coconut flour. However, you will have to experiment and adjust the quantities.
- Feel free to get creative with toppings such as a dollop of yogurt, 🍓 fresh fruit slices, any nut or seed butter like more hazelnut butter, Nutella or try some of my Easy Homemade Healthier Nutella.
- For a vegan option, substitute the 🥚 egg with a flax or chia egg (mixing ground flaxseeds or chia seeds with water until it forms a gel-like consistency). I have not tried this, so if you do, let us know how it goes in the comments!
- Enhance the flavor of your Healthy Chocolate Muffins with spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, or a pinch of sea salt.
- For sweeter muffins, you could add some 🍯 honey, maple syrup, or stevia.
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Best Served With
- Coffee or tea 🫖
- Brunch alongside an egg dish like my Zucchini Egg Bake
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Common Questions
Always check the baking powder! If the muffins come out too dense and not fluffy and moist, your baking powder is likely out of date.
You can test if your baking powder has expired by adding ½ teaspoon baking powder to ¼ cup hot water. If the water bubbles up, it’s not expired; if it does not bubble, it’s expired and should be tossed. When using baking powder, always check the expiration date. Expired baking powder will not help your recipe rise in the oven, and you’ll have a sad, deflated muffin.
Ensure that all of your ingredients are gluten-free if you are baking for yourself or someone with a gluten allergy.
You can certainly use quick cooking rolled oats but the texture won’t be the same. Alternatively, you can blend oats to make oat flour! Feel free to use all-purpose flour as well if that’s all you have on hand.
Healthy Chocolate Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 mashed banana, the riper the sweeter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup hazelnut butter, any nut or seed butter will work
- ⅓ cup oat flour, 35 grams
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cacao powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- In a bowl, mash the ripe banana with a fork. Add the egg and stir. Add the pure vanilla extract and hazelnut butter and mix until fully incorporated.
- Add the oat flour, cacao, and baking powder to the mixture and combine everything well.
- Scoop the mixture into a lined muffin tin lined with parchment paper cupcake liners.
- Bake at 350F for 17-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Enjoy with any toppings you like, such as butter, or additional hazelnut butter! You can even use Nutella if you feel like indulging. Enjoy!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made these and they taste amazing. I have been looking for a recipe like this for a long time but couldn’t find one that actually worked. Now, i have made this recipe multiple times with different variations. Sometimes I add some dark chocolate chunks inside, sometimes some walnuts and sometimes just make them plain. I have fund that cooking them for a little longer makes them rise more and keep their shape once out of the oven. I baked mines for 24 minutes when added chocolat, and for 22 minutes when plain.
Awww this makes me so happy to hear! Thank you Anna! 🥹💗 Love all your variations!
I had one ripe banana left and decided to try your recipe. I wasn’t going for healthy so I added Nutella and AP flour instead. It was so wonderful!!!! Soft and moist. Great recipe.
Yum, love the addition of nutella!
can i use all-purpose flour or almond flour instead?
Yes, that will work!
There are 2 different times. In the reading it says 22-25. On the the recipe part, it’s says 17-20. Which is correct?
Hi love, I fixed it! The timing is approximate as it will always depend on the oven so please keep an eye. Mine is usually always around the 17-20 minute mark.
What is hazelnut butter where do u find it and how does it differ from nutella
I make my own as per the link I shared on the post OR buy a clean one at Healthy Planet 🙂
Can you use flax egg?
Hi love, I have not tried therefore you will have to experiment. I do THINK YES or even 1/4 cup of apple sauce instead. Like I said though, you will have to experiment and see.