Healthy Chocolate Muffins - ★Cooking Recipes★

Dense, moist chocolate muffins made with applesauce and low-fat Greek yogurt. Courtesy of Sue Riedl.
Directions for: Healthy Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients

cup unsweetened apple sauce

cup sugar

cup honey

1 large egg

cup vanilla Greek yogurt

2 tsp vanilla extract

cup all-purpose flour

cup whole wheat flour

cup unsweetened cocoa powder

tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

cup mini chocolate chips and a few extra for sprinkling on top

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425F.

2. In a medium bowl, combine the applesauce, sugar, honey, egg, and vanilla Greek yogurt.

3. In another bowl, combine the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder.

4. Whisk together the dry ingredients and add gradually to the wet. Stir to combine but dont over mix; make sure the flour has been incorporated (a few lumps is okay). Mix in the chocolate chips.

5. Grease a muffin tin and divide the batter. Top with a few more chips on each muffin.

6. Bake for 5 minutes at 425F, bring temperature down to 375F and keep baking for another 13-15 minutes or until a toothpick pulls off clean form the center of a muffin.

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