Chocolate Protein Mini Muffins
Chocolate protein mini muffins are a simple gluten-free treat to make for your family. These muffins are made with oat flour, cacao powder, and protein powder as the base. You can sweeten these with a natural sweetener like coconut sugar, maple syrup or honey. Or choose a sugar-free sweetener for anyone who is on a sugar-free diet.
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Servings: 24 mini muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- ½ cup cacao powder - or cocoa powder
- 1 scoop unflavored protein powder
- ¼ cup coconut sugar - or lakanto monkfruit sweetener, maple syrup, etc. See notes
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 ripe bananas
- ½ cup milk - dairy or non-dairy (oat milk, almond milk, coconut milk etc) can be used
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray the mini muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. I use avocado spray.
- In a large bowl add the dry ingredients: oat flour (you can make your own - see instructions here), cacao powder, protein powder, coconut sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix together and set aside.
- Add the bananas and milk to a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. (If you don't have a blender you can mash the banana with a fork in a bowl, then add it and the milk to the wet ingredients bowl.)
- Add the egg to a separate bowl and beat with a fork.
- Pour the banana mixture and vanilla extract into the bowl with the egg.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl and mix together.
- Lastly, mix in the chocolate chips.
- Divide the batter into the mini muffin cups.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean when poked through the center. Let cool 10 minutes then remove from the pan and place on a rack to cool completely.
- Storage: Add muffins to a container and store in the fridge for up to 1 week. You can also place these in a ziploc freezer bag in freezer for up to 2 months.
Recipe Notes:
To sweeten these muffins you can use ¼ cup coconut sugar, ¼ cup maple syrup, or ¼ cup honey. For sugar-free alternatives try ¼ cup lakanto monkfruit sweetener, erythritol, or a small amount of stevia.
Nutrition Info
Calories: 79kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 148mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 31IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1mg
The nutritional information provided is an estimate and is per serving.
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