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Triple Chocolate Muffins – Rich, tender chocolate muffins that are secretly healthy for you! You can have your cake and eat it too!
My parents get here today! We are going to pick them up at the airport this morning, then spend some time in Denver this afternoon. Tonight we get to go out for dinner to celebrate my birthday! This is the first time my dad will be to our new town, so I am excited to show him around. He lived near Denver at one point in his life, but he never made it north to Fort Collins. Should be a fun weekend!
I might have to break out these triple chocolate muffins one morning while they are here. They are full of chocolate, and could almost double as a dessert. Fresh out of the oven the melted chocolate chips almost make it like a molten chocolate cake.
BUT, there is a big but involved. They are healthy! Shhhhh…you don’t have to tell anyone! I found this recipe over at Dashing Dish. She came up with the recipe when trying to recreate Chocolate Chunk Vitatop Muffins.
I have never had those before, so I don’t know how they compare, I just know they were delicious! I only had milk chocolate chips on hand, so that is what I used. Mini chips would be great to if you had them too!
Want more muffins? Check out the 50 Muffins that have been shared here before, all in one place.
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Triple Chocolate Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons butter, , cubed
- 1 1/2 oz dark chocolate chips
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs, , lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Powdered sugar for dusting, , optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray or line a 12 cup muffin tin with liners.
- Melt dark chocolate and butter together. If using a microwave, stop to stir every 30 seconds.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large bowl combine sugar, milk, vanilla, and eggs. Mix until well combined. Stir in melted chocolate until smooth.
- Add flour mixture, and mix until just combined. Fold win chocolate chips.
- Fill the 12 muffin tins with batter.
- Bake for 5 minutes at 425 degrees. Reduce the oven to 375 (leave door closed) and cook for an additional 10 minutes. A tester should come out clean.
- Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes before removing from the pan. Once completely cool, dust with powdered sugar if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Black muffins tell me that these are sinfully rich, but the yogurt applesauce and oats in there offsets that, so there is no guilt in eating these! Tasty recipe.
Happy Birthday Erin-enjoy the dinner and the weekend!
I love when healthy doesn’t taste healthy! These look rich and delicious! Enjoy the time with your parents, Erin!
How can I even attempt to resist these? Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!!
Ooh, those look good–I am always hesitant about trying to do Splenda substitutions, so I appreciate that you’ve tested this one and it works!
Yum!! I love that you get the deliciousness of chocolate (the most important food group) but you lightened it up with the applesauce. Gotta try these!
These look super tasty… I love seeing recipes that use greek yogurt! I just got a whole bunch of samples from Chobani and have been looking at greek yogurt recipes up the waaazooo… I think I just found one!
I love having muffins for the kids to grab in the morning as they head out the door. These looks tasty!
You had me at triple! Have a great time with your parents!!!
Yay, your parents are coming! Hope it’s a great family reunion. I looked over your recipe and it’s really pretty healthy for such a a decadent treat. I’m all in. 🙂 Have a great time with your parents.
Thanks Erin!
Charlie
This is my kind of breakfast! I hope you enjoy your time with your parents!