I’m so excited to participate this week in my first Better With Veggies MMAZ Challenge! (Meatless Monday A to Z Challenge).
I was a little freaked out when I saw the letter was “X” until Heather announced that “Xocolatl” was chocolate in the Aztec language. Heather I love you already!
I’ve toyed around with a few protein muffin recipes I’ve seen and created what I believe are the best Chocolate Protein Muffins
They are super easy to make and freeze really well. I make them in a traditional muffin tin, freeze them and take them out when ever I need a filling snack. I often have them after a workout with a glass of milk or in as an afternoon pick me up with a cup of coffee. Note I’ve used a Splenda Brown Sugar blend to reduce the amount of sugar by about half as well as significantly reduce the calories.
- 4 egg whites
- 1/2 C Smart Balance Vegetable Oil
- 1 C Whole Wheat Flour
- 2 scoops of your Chocolate Protein Powder (I like Whole Foods Brand)
- 4 oz of unsweetened Apple Sauce
- 2/3 unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 C Splenda Brown Sugar Blend
- 2 tsp. Vanilla
- 1 Cup Reduced Fat Buttermilk
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 oz chopped Dark Chocolate ( I used Ghiradelli for baking)
- Preheat oven to 375. Line muffin tins with paper or spray with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, protein powder, brown sugar blend, baking soda, baking powder, salt and chocolate.
- In a smaller bowl, whisk together oil, egg whites, buttermilk and vanilla. Add in apple sauce.
- Slowly add wet ingredients to the flour mixture and stir to combine. Do not over mix.
- Equally divide between 12 muffins. Bake for approx 18 m in. Insert toothpick to test should come out clean. Do not over cook! Cool on wire rack. Pop into a ziploc and freeze. To defrost 20 seconds on defrost setting of microwave. Easy!
I’d love to know if you give them a try. Trust me they are so good!
They look yummy! Will definitely have to try them out! Do you know how many grams of protein they have?
Based on my unscientific calculations they have approx 10 depending on which protein powder you use. Let me know if you try them I would love the feedback.
Best ever, huh??? I’ll be the judge of that! But they do look mighty good…
LOL! Please let me know if you try them. I’d love the feedback. I played around with the recipe a few times and had some taste testers. Have a great day!
Love chocolate-protein anything! I’d totally eat these for breakfast. 🙂
They would be good for breakfast too! Let me know if you give them a try.
With cocoa and real chocolate, those must be amazing!
They are really tasty and very easy as well!
oh my yum, those look good!!
They really are and super good!
These look good! I love freezable recipes. 😀 I don’t have dark chocolate on hand, but may try out the recipe anyway and sub in something else for that. :]! Thank you for sharing!
I’m sure you could sub another type of chocolate in. Hope you like them!
Mmm, chocolate muffins AND protein? yes please – I will have to try these with an egg alternative. awesome recipe for your first MMAZ – welcome! 🙂
Thanks it’s fun to participate! Please let me know if you try them. Thanks for stopping by!
yum! looks amazing! so glad you joined the MMAZ party – especially for chocolate week!
I am glad I joined too! Can’t lose with chocolate week!
Looks delicious! Going to have to make these soon. I have been craving loads of chocolate lately!
I’m always craving chocolate and these do the trick! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Have a great day
As you know Deb (but for others who have commented) – I can vouch for these – I had one last week and OMG I am NOT a muffin fan usually but these are utterly GORGEOUS!!! I usually find muffins a bit big and too dry to eat and like you Deb, am a chocolate lover, but I find cake that I buy a bit disappointing as it just never tastes chocolatey enough (if you know what I mean)! Anyway, I had no trouble scoffing the whole thing you made. Y.U.M.M.Y! I’ll be making these too. Serious Qu though… Is it okay to give kids recipes with Protein powder in it? I’ve been wondering for a while.
Thanks glad you like them! They are my new go to! I personally give these to my kids. In my opinion there is nothing in protein powder that is harmful to them. Thanks for stopping by
Mmm!! Those sound so delicious!
They are and easy too! Thanks for stopping by
I’m not even a chocolate fan, but I’d dive into this recipe in a heart beat!
ooh that’s what I like to hear! Have a good one!
I am loving seeing all the chocolate baking from MMAZ! 🙂 These look absolutely scrumptious!
There were lots of great recipes-when you add chocolate it’s easy to do. Thanks for stopping by hope to see you again soon!
These look so good – I have got to try this one for sure. How did you know I love baking things like this? We’re going to get along very well. 🙂
Oh yes Heather I knew we would be kindered spirits!
I saw these featured in your Washingtonian food diary and plan to test this recipe soon! I was wondering if you had considered using greek yogurt in place of buttermilk, or if you had tried it while formulating the recipe? Thanks!
I haven’t tried them with Greek Yogurt wasn’t sure if it needed more liquid. Let me know if it works I’d love to know. Glad you found the recipes hope you enjoy some of them. 🙂