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! I give you these amazing Super Healthy Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins! Vegan, Sugar-free & Gluten free options available!!
These 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
- 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
.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the applesauce, olive oil, agave syrup/honey/maple syrup, 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 ½ 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 ¾ 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.
Storing & Freezing Chocolate Muffins
Store muffins in sealed container for up to 4 days or for longer storage, store in fridge.
How to Make Double Chocolate Muffins Healthy
- These 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!
More Healthy Muffins!
- Low Carb Cocao Bliss Cake Muffins
- Cinnamon Apple Muffins - GF, Keto | Low-Carb, Sugar-Free
- Skinny Peanut Butter Banana and Chocolate Chip Muffins {GF}
- 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
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Super Healthy Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup applesauce
- ¼ cup agave nectar honey or maple syrup can also be subbed
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon 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 ½ 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 ¾ 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
Nutrition
Recipe adapted from FUDGY VEGAN DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BEET MUFFINS
Alyce says
Are they regular cupcake-size tins or jumbo muffin tins?
Kim Lange says
Hi Alyce! These are regular cupcake size tins. 🙂
Joh says
These sound pretty good. I think I’ll like em.
Kim Lange says
Definitely chocolatey and healthy, so that makes them even better. I hope you give them a try! xo
Meridyth says
Can you substitute regular milk for the almond milk? I have a tree nut allergy here. Thank you!
ChocolaTess says
Yes you can Meridyth! Enjoy!!
Agness of Run Agness Run says
Yum! These chocolate muffins seem like an ultimate treat, Kim! As a person with a sweet tooth, this dessert is a must try!
ChocolaTess says
Yes Agness, this is the perfect treat for a sweet tooth!! Thank you so much!
Laura says
They are delicious! My daughter Jennifer loved them!
ChocolaTess says
Sweet! That is so nice to hear Laura! Sounds like you have a chocoholic on your hands! 🙂
Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
They definitely don’t look healthy! I bet they taste amazing too! Who needs the extra fat and calories, when you can make these?! I would definitely love one in the morning with my coffee!
ChocolaTess says
You would love them Kelly!! 🙂 Thanks doll!
Catherine says
These look incredibly delicious! So very rich and chocolatey, I would never guess there were such healthy ingredients, what a great bonus!! 😀
ChocolaTess says
That is sooo the truth Catherine! They are much healthier, tastier and way less calories than those chocolate muffins you get at the store!!
Laura says
I love this recipe! Yummy! Dark chocolate muffins that are good and healthy. I would probably eat more than one myself.
ChocolaTess says
Laura, trust me, you will! These are so good and you can change them up easily. Hope you try them!
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says
Loving these! They look decadent and not remotely healthy! I'd definitely be tempted to eat every single one 🙂
ChocolaTess says
Yea I happened to polish off 4 in a day...they didn't last around here and were shared with my son's friends, who totally loved them! 🙂