Healthy Chocolate Chip Muffins

Chocolate Chip Muffins are packed with good for you ingredients and make the perfect breakfast, snack or dessert. They’re an easy gluten free grab and go treat!

Muffins are one of my favorite snacks to keep in the house because of how portable they are. They’re an easy snack that will keep you full for hours. These chocolate chip muffins are loaded with chocolate chips but are only 100 calories each so you won’t feel guilty snacking on a few.

Ingredients Needed

• Old fashioned oats
• Brown sugar
• Whole wheat flour
• Baking soda
• Cinnamon
• Salt
• Milk
• Egg
• Applesauce
• Vanilla extract
• Chocolate chips

How to Make Chocolate Chip Muffins

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray or line with muffin liners.
2. Combine the oats, brown sugar, wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together. Mix well.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the milk, egg, applesauce and vanilla. Once combined, slowly mix into the oat mix. Stir until well combined but don’t over mix.
4. Gently fold in the chocolate chips.
5. Evenly distribute the mix into the muffin tin until they’re about 2/3rd full
6. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick can come out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe Ideas and Tips for Chocolate Chip Muffins

Once you start making these muffins you’ll want to try to make all kinds of variations based on this simple recipe. Some of my favorites:

• Add in some protein and healthy fats by adding in nuts like almonds or walnuts
• Add in some peanut butter or powdered peanut butter (like PB2) to make it more of a dessert
• Replace chocolate chips with fruit like blueberries or apples to make a sweet breakfast

Calories and Nutritional Information

Serving Size 1 muffin 

Number of Servings 24 – Calories 94 – Total Fat 3 grams – Saturated Fat 2 grams – Trans Fat 0 grams – Unsaturated Fat 0 grams – Cholesterol 11 milligrams – Sodium 52 milligrams – Carbohydrates 15 grams – Fiber 2 grams – Sugar 9 grams – Protein 2 grams

Benefits of Swapping Oil and Butter

To make these muffins healthier and lower calorie, I use applesauce. They still come out fluffy and moist and you save a ton of calories! Applesauce is a great substitution for oil and butter and can be swapped in at a 1:1 ratio.

How to store Chocolate Chip Muffins

These muffins can be stored on the countertop for up to 5 days in an airtight container.

Muffins also freeze really well. Store in an airtight container and freezer for up to 6 months. To defrost, put them in the refrigerator for 24 hours before serving.

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Chocolate Chip Muffins

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These chocolate chip muffins are really rich and chocolatey it's hard to believe they're healthy. With 1 simple ingredient swap these muffins are secretly healthy and are under 100 calories.

Ali

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 18 minutes minutes

Total Time 28 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup skim milk
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray or line with muffin liners.
• Combine the oats, brown sugar, wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together. Mix well.
• In a separate bowl, combine the milk, egg, applesauce and vanilla. Once combined, slowly mix into the oat mix. Stir until well combined but don’t over mix.
• Gently fold in the chocolate chips.
• Evenly distribute the mix into the muffin tin until they’re about 2/3rd full
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick can come out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.

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