Vegan Chocolate Mini Muffins (no sugar!)

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Vegan Chocolate Mini Muffins (no sugar!)

Vegan double chocolate muffins are moist and tender from a combination of whole grain flours and healthy fats. Sweetened only with date paste, they're rich but not too sweet.

Prep Time20

Cook Time15

Total Time33

Course: Dessert

Author: Erika Kwee

Ingredients

For the muffins

1.5 cups Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
1 cup water
2 large ripe bananas
½ cup almond milk
2 tablespoons neutral oil of choice (canola, vegetable, grapeseed, etc.)
2 tablespoons peanut butter or nut butter of choice
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup whole wheat flour
½ cup oat flour*
¼ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder (like Hershey's natural)
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup sugar-free mini or regular chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a mini muffin tin or standard loaf pan with nonstick spray.
Place chopped dates in a blender and pour in boiling water. Let sit for 5 minutes to help the dates soften. Blend until you have a smooth paste.
Add bananas, almond milk, oil, nut butter and vanilla extract to the blender and blend until smooth.
Add remaining dry ingredients and blend until smooth. Reserve a small handful of chocolate chips for garnish, then fold in the remaining chocolate chips.
Place about a heaping tablespoon of batter into each mini muffin well and top with a few extra chocolate chips. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Muffins are done when they smell fragrant, tops look matte and spring back under your finger.

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Notes

You can replace the 1/2 cup oat flour with 1/4 cup whole wheat flour instead. You may also swap in 1 cup + 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour in place of the whole wheat and oat flour. (Oat flour is slightly less dense than AP and whole wheat flour.)

This batter can also be baked in a loaf pan for a chocolate loaf! Increase the bake time to 40-45 minutes.

Adapted from The Muffin Myth.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Fat: 2.3g

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