Changing a few ingredients to this muffin recipe made eating chocolate for breakfast a great idea. Bring on the Skinny Chocolate Muffins any day of the week!
I love to bake breakfast. So far I have been doing pretty good on my goal of having more homemade breakfast choices for my kids in the morning. Oh, I'm still not getting up early to make them. That goal has NOT been met yet. Good thing I still have all year to work on that one.
Lately we have been really trying to eat a little bit healthier. That does not mean cutting out chocolate from our diets. It's a part of who we are. Fact. When the day starts with a chocolate muffin, it just makes the day go better. Fine, maybe not a completely honest fact, but it makes me feel better.
I took one of my old chocolate muffin recipes and changed a few ingredients to make it a little bit more healthy. Coconut oil, yogurt, and applesauce were my choice of ingredients to change out. I also used fat free milk because that is all we ever have in our house.
Now grant it, these do still have about 200 calories each, so they aren't exactly diet food. But I am not trying to make diet food for my kids, I just want to give them healthier options over sugar laden cereal and pop tarts.
These turned out so light and fluffy. You honestly cannot even tell that I used the healthier ingredients. I just love using yogurt in my baked goods because it keeps the food moist and delicious!
And of course I added extra chocolate to these. Sorry! #notreallysorry You could leave out the chocolate chips, and these would still taste amazing. Bonus to that is that it drops the calorie count on these also.
I'm still sticking with the extra chocolate in muffins right now. Baby steps on this healthy eating stuff 🙂
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Recipe
Skinny Chocolate Muffins
A few modifications make these Skinny Chocolate Muffins a healthier choice when making breakfast. Chocolate for breakfast is always a welcome idea!
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut oil
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ¼ cup applesauce
- ⅔ cup plain greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup fat free milk
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups flour
- ½ cup dark cocoa powder
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray the muffin tins with nonstick spray.
- Warm the coconut oil in the microwave slightly to soften it if needed. Beat the coconut oil and sugars until creamed.
- Add the applesauce, yogurt, and extract and beat again.
- Sift together the baking powder, baking soda, salt, flour, and cocoa powder. Slowly add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk until it has been blended. Do not over mix.
- Stir in ¾ cup mini chips by hand.
- Divide the muffin batter evenly into 16 muffin tins. Sprinkle the tops of the batter with the remaining mini chocolate chips. Bake for 15-16 minutes.
- Cool in pan 1 minute. Remove to wire rack to cool completely. Store in a sealed container. Makes 16 muffins.
Notes
If you want to cut more calories out of these muffins, feel free to leave out the chocolate chips.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 224Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 216mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 2gSugar: 15gProtein: 4g
More healthy breakfast ideas to try:
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen
Can you come over and make me breakfast? I will happily eat it!! 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
Absolutely!! 😉
aimee@shugarysweets
Mmmm, make me breakfast too!!! I could go for one (dozen) of these!!!!
Jocelyn Brubaker
I would make you breakfast any day of the week girl!! 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
You're welcome!! 😉
Shawn @ IWYD
Hello delicious breakfast!! Yum!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thanks Shawn!!
tanya
Healthier definitely does NOT mean eliminating chocolate!! This is a great way to add more chocolate into my day with a little less guilt!
Jocelyn Brubaker
I'm glad we're on the same page here!! 😉
Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl
I'm like crazy over muffins right now, don't ask me how many I ate in the last week. Please don't ask. But guess what - I have got to try these!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Haha!! Yes, still try these!! 😉
Graham @ Glazed & Confused
You had me immediately at skinny + chocolate. These look divine!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thanks Graham!! 😉
Annie C
I have yet to jump on the coconut oil bandwagon. But these make me reconsider - honestly, will my food take like coconut if I use it to cook and bake with?
Jocelyn Brubaker
It depends on what you're making and how much you use. But usually, it's not very noticeable to me.
Christi @ Love From The Oven
Yum! I seriously cannot have enough chocolate breakfast recipes. Nothing like starting the day to the kids cheering and thinking you are the best mom ever. At least for as long as it takes to eat a chocolate muffin. 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
Exactly!! 🙂 Thanks girl!
Taylor @ FoodFaithFitness
You know those GIGANTIC chocolate muffins from Costco? Ya, those used to me favorite muffins in the entire world.
Butttt I think yours may have just taken it's place. I mean, I can have my chocolate and keep my waistline happy? Yes please!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you so much Taylor!! 🙂
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting
Chocolate muffins are the best! Thank fully weight watchers makes a pretty decent chocolate muffins so I used to eat those as my snacks! I would much rather be able to make them at home! Thanks for the recipe!
Jocelyn Brubaker
No problem girl!! 😉
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction
These muffins are a great way to start the day with chocolate! Definitely cannot leave out the chocolate chips!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thanks girl!!
Happy Valley Chow
Those muffins sound fantastic! Would go perfect with a cup of coffee. YUMMY!
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thanks Eric!!
Wendy
I am all for moist chocolate muffins in the morning! Dark chocolate does truly contain chemicals that make you feel happier, in addition to other health benefits. How exciting that these chocolate muffins really can give a happy start to a day!
Nancy P.@thebittersideofsweet
Any thing that makes eating chocolate healthier I am all for! These look like a great way to start off the day!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thanks girl!!
Jess @ On Sugar Mountian
Teehee I love how chocolate is "part of who you are" and therefore it stays happily in the diet. 😀 I approve! And chocolate muffins for breakfast?! Is it possible to give a hundred seals of approval at one time??
Jocelyn Brubaker
You know it, girl!! Lol! 🙂
Renee @ Two in the Kitchen
These are such yummy looking muffins, and the fact that they are "Skinny" makes them even better!!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Renee!!
Mary Frances
Everyone has got skinny chocolate muffins on the mind! These really are domed and fluffy and don't look lower fat at all. I have to have chocolate at some point and these muffins would satisfy that craving in a healthy way! Yum!
Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes)
These are such gorgeous muffins! I love anything chocolate.
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Jocelyn!! 😉
Laura @ Lauras Baking Talent
I'm all for baby steps on the healthy eating. These look so delicious.. I have to agree chocolate for breakfast just makes the day go better.
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thanks Laura!! 🙂