Healthy Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins

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Looking for an amazing Super Healthy Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins recipe?  These muffins will satisfy your craving for something sweet and indulgent while being packed with nutritional ingredients. Vegan, Sugar-free & Gluten free options available!!

More healthy muffins? Check out Low Carb Cocao Bliss Cake Muffins, Cinnamon Apple Muffins – GF, Keto | Low-Carb, Sugar-Free and these Skinny Peanut Butter Banana and Chocolate Chip Muffins {GF}!

Ever wish you could savor rich, super chocolatey muffins that weren’t loaded with tons of calories but not sacrifice chocolate taste and delicious texture?  Ok then! 

These healthy chocolate muffins taste like cupcakes literally!  No need for frosting anyways, because these muffins are so moist and chocolatey, as is!

Ingredients You Need

• applesauce
• agave nectar, honey or maple syrup
• brown sugar or healthy monkfruit brown sugar
• salt
• baking soda
• olive oil 
• unsweetened almond milk
• unsweetened cocoa powder
• whole-wheat pastry flour or all-purpose flour or gluten free flour
• semisweet chocolate chips 

How to Make Double Chocolate Muffins 

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 C) and line 12 muffins with paper liners in a muffin tin pan, or spray with non-stick spray.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the applesauce, olive oil, agave syrup/honey/maple syrup, sugar, baking soda, and salt for 45 seconds.
3. Stir in the almond milk and whisk once more.
4. Sift cocoa powder and flour over wet ingredients and stir with a spoon or spatula until just combined. Make you you don’t over-mix. You want to mix until just combined.
5. Fold in ½ cup chocolate chips.
6. Batter should be quite thick, but not pourable. Use a scoop to add the muffin batter to the muffin tins and fill ¾ full and sprinkle with a few more chocolate chips on top.
7. Bake for 17-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool for a few minutes in the pan, remove from tins and let cool on a cooling rack.
8. Make sure to seal, will keep several days.

Storing & Freezing Healthy Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins

Store muffins in sealed container for up to 4 days at room temperature or for longer storage, store in fridge.

You can freeze these chocolate muffins up to 3 months.

How to Make Double Chocolate Muffins Healthy

• These Healthy Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins have intense chocolate flavor.  By using applesauce and olive oil, these muffins stay super moist and don’t fall apart!
• No banana is involved, like these. However, you could substitute banana or Greek Yogurt for the applesauce as well!
• You could change up the all-purpose flour. We used whole wheat flour, but other flour options you can use is gluten-free flour 1 for 1.
• I love using olive oil, but I also like to use avocado and canola oil.  You can also use melted coconut oil or butter.  For vegan, use vegan butter.
• Add a few tablespoons of flax seed, chia seeds or some chopped nuts for extra protein.
• For even more richer chocolate taste, add some coffee extract or use a dark chocolate cocoa powder or use a couple of tablespoons of black cocoa powder.
• For sugar-free option, use a sugar like Lakanto as a replacement for the brown sugar or your favorite healthy sugar you love! 

I can’t believe how healthy these muffins are. It makes me want to eat the whole pan of them, even more knowing they are healthy!  That’s why we have freezers. 🙂

You can freeze these up to 3 months. Take them out as needed and enjoy with a hot cup of coffee!  YUM!

Making Super Healthy Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins is simple, quick, and oh-so-delicious. With the right ingredients, you can savor the sweet taste while enjoying the health benefits of each and every ingredient.

Moreover, this healthy chocolate muffin recipe is perfect for everyone in the family and can be easily served as a great snack or dessert.

More Muffin Recipes!

• Healthy Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins – Sugar Free & Vegan Options
• Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins
• Skinny Apple Peanut Butter Mini Muffins
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Apple Crumble Muffins

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Super Healthy Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins

Kim Lange

Healthy Super Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins - Ever wish you could savor rich, super chocolatey muffins that weren't loaded with tons of calories but not sacrifice taste and texture?  Try these amazing Super Healthy Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins!  Sooo good!

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Course Breakfast

Servings 12

Calories 183 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup applesauce
• ¼ cup agave nectar honey or maple syrup can also be subbed
• ⅓ cup brown sugar
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ cup olive oil or melted coconut oil, canola oil
• ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder sifted
• 1 ⅓ cups whole-wheat pastry flour sifted (or unbleached all-purpose or gluten free)
• ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips + more for topping

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 C) and line 12 muffins with paper liners, or spray with non-stick spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the applesauce, olive oil, aguave syrup, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt for 45 seconds.
• Stir in the almond milk and whisk once more.
• Sift cocoa powder and flour over wet ingredients and stir with a spoon or spatula until just combined. Make you you don't over-mix. You want to mix until just combined.
• Fold in 1/2 cup chocolate chips.
• Batter should be quite thick, but not pourable. Use a scoop to add the muffin batter to the muffin tins and fill 3/4 full and sprinkle with a few more chocolate chips on top.
• Bake for 17-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool for a few minutes in the pan, remove from tins and let cool on a cooling rack.
• Make sure to seal, will keep several days.

Notes

Freezing is also an option for muffins.

For Sugar-free option, use a sugar like Lakanto as a replacement for the brown sugar. They have Golden.  

Nutrition

Calories: 183kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 3gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 196mgPotassium: 169mgFiber: 3gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 11IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 2mg

Keyword chocolate, chocolate chips, healthy, muffins

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Recipe adapted from FUDGY VEGAN DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BEET MUFFINS