One bowl healthy chocolate muffins are everything you’ve been looking for!
A long weekend plus cool and snowy weather had me longing for double chocolate zucchini muffins. I didn’t have any zucchini, and I’m a fair-weather fan of running to the store—especially when it seemed like a stay in jammies kinda day. Did I mention I was thinking it was a lazy (not in the mood to do many dishes) sort of situation? Yeah, my interest in little to no clean up would require a recipe with no equipment and maybe just one bowl. An improvised situation for sure and I nailed it on the first try with this recipe for one bowl healthy chocolate muffins.
One bowl to a delicious and healthy chocolate muffin.
To be fair, I have been experimenting quite a bit with grain free cakes and teaching recipes of this type in my classes for months already. So, I did have a bit of intel on what might work. I always keep a well-stocked pantry so when the mood arises to play in the kitchen, I’ll probably have all the supplies I need. I’m not talking fancy or obscure ingredients, just the basics. I put unsweetened apple sauce in that category. You can find organic apple sauce in ¼ cup individual containers at most grocery stores and in bulk at Costco…the kind with just one ingredient: apples. Trust me, you’ll be happy to have some in your pantry, especially if you bake from my blog.
Scoop and bake!
What are you looking for from a muffin?
A grain-free muffin that is refined sugar-free and tasty too is hard to find. Not only that, but these muffins are also dairy-free! I bet you didn’t think I would also say tasty enough to actually count as a cupcake! With a clean ingredient list, they get to stay firmly in the muffin category, but I can see myself spreading on a bit of frosting and adding some candles in the near future. Between the eggs, the almond flour and the flax seeds, these one-bowl healthy chocolate muffins are loaded with protein and healthy fats.
35 minutes and BAM! Done.
Let’s talk fiber for a minute. Not only is it an important ingredient for bowel regularity, but dietary fiber increases the weight and size of your stool too. Fiber also helps control blood sugar levels and lower cholesterol. Another benefit of consuming enough fiber is that is helps you feel full, which aids in achieving a healthy weight loss. Additionally, foods like flax seeds, almond flour pumpkin puree and cacao powder are great sources of fiber.
Simple to make, easy to eat.
Healthy Chocolate Muffin Benefits
Loaded with protein and healthy fats.
They are moist and chocolatey.
They are simple to prepare. Did I mention 1-bowl?
A super food breakfast that’s tasty too.
You can make them in advance.
Chocolate. Double Chocolate.
Late night snack extraordinaire.
Refined sugar-free.
Perfect for a lunch box treat.
Tons of fiber.
Clean ingredient list.
DELICIOUS
Moist and Chocolatey. Simple and Delicious.
I know my advice about clothing and shoes is not to buy anything that competes with something already in your closet, and you may think the same advice would apply here. But, my thought on this one: you can NEVER have too many options when it comes to chocolatey healthy foods. Yeah, I could differentiate by categorizing, but trust me on this one, one bowl healthy chocolate muffins fit into many categories! Breakfast, brunch, snacks, desserts.
A tasty breakfast you feel good about eating.
I know, you’re all still newly enamored with last week’s post raw salted brownie bites. I know because I have received more response to that post than any ever before (thank you!!). Trust me, there’s room in your life for both. Personally, I had a muffin this morning and a brownie bite this afternoon, just saying!
📖 Recipe
One Bowl Healthy Chocolate Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 2 cups almond flour
- ½ cup cacao powder
- ¼ cup arrowroot powder
- ¼ cup ground flax seeds
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips I used mini chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and prepare muffin tin with unbleached liners.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk eggs until frothy.
- Add pumpkin, syrup and apple sauce and whisk until well incorporated.
- Add remaining ingredients, except for chocolate chips and mix well.
- Gently stir in chocolate chips.
- Fill muffin tins generously, they won’t rise much. You will get about 12 medium-large muffins.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 35 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
- I haven’t been able to store these for longer than 2 days (at room temp) because every batch is gobbled up. I was successfully able to freeze some and they defrosted perfectly moist and delicious on the counter.
Notes
Nutrition
Note
The nutrition calculations were done using online tools. To obtain the most accurate representation of the nutritional information in any given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients you used. You are ultimately responsible for ensuring that any nutritional information is accurate, complete and useful.
Gloria
Well, you can never go wrong with a HEALTHY muffin, especially chocolate. We are having a sleepover in the next couple of weeks. I will be a very special gramma if I serve these for breakfast for sure.
Julie Menghini
This muffin is right up my alley and I can’t wait to try them. I always use arrowroot powder for thickening sauces instead of using creams but have never used it in baking so I’ll be trying that and like you, always have sugar-free applesauce. I love to serve muffins with soups and it’s definitely soup weather and it’s always chocolate weather, right?
Debra Klein
Haha….definitely the perfect weather for soup and chocolate…though I probably would eat them separately!
Debra Klein
I think you’re a special gramma regardless….always dreaming up fun food to make with the kids!!
Trish Bozeman
These sound AMAZING! Perfect for a stay in jammies kinda day and I could let my toddler eat a few and not feel at all bad about it. Gotta try these!
Debra Klein
Yes. Yes and Yes! Your toddler will love them, as will you!
Tracy
These were soooo good! And I love how good for us we are and my toddler loved them so much. I love snacks that she loves that I know are sooo good for her! Thank you!
Debra Klein
This warms my heart so much! That’s my goal…to inspire healthy choices that are tasty too! Thank you for making and letting me know.
Charity
For a second there I thought healthy was going to mean bananas… when I see “healthy” in smoothies or baked goods it almost always involves bananas and I really can’t stand them. So glad to see pumpkin puree instead! Pumpkin and chocolate are delicious together. Really excited to make these muffins!
Annemarie
There is nothing like a stay in your jammies and not mess up the kitchen sort of treat! Clean ingredients (and plenty of chocolate!) makes these muffins even better. They’re perfect for getting my teen to eat something healthy while giving her the feeling of having a treat.
Debra Klein
Super popular choice among the moms of teens for exactly that reason!
Debra Klein
I agree..the other day I went to make a batch of these and didn’t have any pumpkin, so I subbed bananas and my daughter said “too banana tasting” what happened to the other recipe?
Dana
It’s a great day when you can put “healthy” and “chocolate” in the same sentence 🙂
These are incredible. Maple syrup is my favorite natural sweetener (must be the Canadian in me). And that punch of fiber with the flax is straight up awesome.
Debra Klein
Couldn’t agree more…I’m all about balance that way. No reason healthy and chocolate can’t go together!!
Traci
Great recipe…LOVE it that they’re refined sugar free! I’m always looking for staple muffins that are also not loaded with butter. Thanks for sharing this winner!
Debra Klein
You’re welcome! I also appreciate recipes with those criteria and they’re hard to find…which is why I create what I do.
Annissa
Wow! You’ve loaded these muffins with good stuff! I love the addition of pumpkin which adds some beta-carotene in with all of the antioxidants from the chocolate. I’m a big fan of the health benefits of chocolate, but not so much a fan of the sugar that is in most chocolate treats. You’ve found a perfect solution!
Debra Klein
I thought so too. Thank you!
Marisa F. Stewart
After the day I’ve had I would like a dozen. Eating chocolate into oblivion. Those muffins look so good and moist and I love that they aren’t bad for you. The addition of pumpkin is almost like a secret nutritious ingredient that packs the goodies with good for you vitamins. I’ll make these for my grandsons, for sure.
Debra Klein
Yes…to all of that. The pumpkin is what makes them so moist without having to add more fat!
Marisa F. Stewart
After the day I’ve had I would like a dozen. Eating chocolate into oblivion. Those muffins look so good and moist and I love that they aren’t bad for you. The addition of pumpkin is almost like a secret nutritious ingredient that packs the goodies with good for you vitamins. I’ll make these for my grandsons, for sure.
Jess
Made these and loved them! Just wanted to point out that it says 1/4 cup of sea salt, lol. I thought better of it and did 1/4 teaspoon, but just thought you may want to correct!
Debra Klein
Thank you for catching that typo! Just fixed it. So many don’t actually see what’s there, but what they assume is there. One of my favorites, glad you enjoyed them.
Judy Wilson
LOVE these!!! I make these on the repeat. They are a great, quick, snack for when you just need some chocolate without the guilt! Thank you very much😊
Debra Klein
You’re welcome. I make them on the repeat as well.