Triple Chocolate Muffins

Triple Chocolate Chunk Muffin

 Knock-Offs of Whole Foods Chocolate Chunk Vita Top Muffins

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Recipe

Ingredients:

1 3/4 C Oats
3 egg whites

3/4 C unsweetened cocoa

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 C hot water

1 cup sugar substitute (like splenda granular OR 1/4 C +2 TB stevia

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (or use white chocolate or peanut butter chips)

    PREHEAT oven to 350*. Line (12-cup) muffin pans with foil cupcake liners or spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside. In a blender or food processor, mix all of the ingredients together, except for the chocolate chips. Blend until oats are ground and mixture is smooth. 

PLACE mixture in a bowl and gently, stir in 1/2 of the chocolate chips (set the rest aside). Scoop mixture into prepared muffin pans. Place muffins tins in the oven for 10 minutes. After ten minutes, remove muffins form the oven. (but don't shut off the oven), and distribute the other half of the chocolate chips on top of each muffin.

PLACE the muffins back into the oven and bake for an additional 2-5 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool muffins before removing from pan. 

Calories:116 Calories per muffin or 58 Calories per muffin

PRO's
Tastes GREAT
GIRLS loved the peanut butter chips
I loved the dark chocolate
Easy to make
Never used tooth pick
Baked in 15 minutes....PERFECT

CON'S
Cook 5 minutes and then add chocolate chips on top of muffin and cook remaining time. Five minutes was not enough time to melt chocolate chips on top. Proof with the pictures I took of the Muffins.