Double Chocolate Protein Muffins
If you’re looking for a quick breakfast option that will make your mornings easier and sweeter, these double chocolate protein muffins are made for you. Just mix everything together in one mixing bowl, bake in a muffin tin, and about 25 minutes later you have a batch of delicious and fudgey chocolate muffins that are packed with protein. They’re also dairy and gluten free!
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Try out some of my other meal prep recipes if you’re looking for more:
- Banana bread baked protein oats
- Sun dried tomato and basil turkey meatballs
- Spinach and feta high-protein breakfast biscuits
- Sun dried tomato, feta, and basil egg muffins
- Orange cranberry quinoa salad
DOUBLE CHOCOLATE PROTEIN MUFFINS
DOUBLE CHOCOLATE PROTEIN MUFFINS
12
servings10
minutes22
minutesIf you’re looking for a quick breakfast option that will make your mornings easier and sweeter, these double chocolate protein muffins are made for you. Just mix everything together in one mixing bowl, bake in a muffin tin, and about 25 minutes later you have a batch of delicious and fudgey chocolate muffins that are packed with protein. They’re also dairy and gluten free!
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Ingredients
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce (*half amount if using a whey-based protein powder)
1 cup unsweetened almond milk* see note
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
3/4 cup oat flour
1/2 cup cacao powder
1 cup protein powder (I used Ritual’s vegan protein powder, see recipe notes)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 cup dairy-free chocolate chips, divided (I used Hu Kitchen gems)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a muffin tin with 12 liners.
- Whisk together the eggs, applesauce, almond milk, and maple syrup until fully incorporated.
- Add in the oat flour, cacao powder, protein powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and stir until fully combined. The batter will be relatively thick if you are using the suggested protein powder. If you have a thin batter (from using a different type of protein), that’s totally fine! Just adjust the cook time as needed until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Fold in 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips, then transfer the batter evenly into the muffin tin.
- Top with 1/4 cup chocolate chips and bake for 25-35 minutes (will range depending on protein powder used), or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely in the pan before enjoying. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to five days.
Notes
- I developed this recipe specifically with Ritual protein powder, but feel free to use whatever protein powder you like. Plant-based proteins tend to be drier than a whey-based powder, so half the amount of applesauce if using a whey protein.
- *Given the batter is thinner and may take longer in the oven if you are using a whey based protein powder, you can half the amount of milk as well to speed up the process. Whether you use 1 cup or 1/2 cup the muffins will work, but cooking time will change.
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I made these yesterday. Easy & delicious. Not overly sweet, which I love. I’ll bring one to work to enjoy mid-afternoon when I need a little boost.
Am I missing the nutrition? What are the calories and protein per muffin?
I don’t like protein powder. Can I leave it out or do I need to add more of something in its place?
Can you sub in almond flour for the oat flour?
Just made these and omg they’re soooo good!! Can’t stop eating them
Tragically this recipe did not work with the Be Well By Kelly vanilla protein powder. Just wanted to post that here in case someone else was thinking about trying it! I love all your recipes and I’m going to try this one again with your recommended protein powder once I run out go what I currently have. Thanks for all you do! 😊
I made these and was a hit! Used ripe bananas with the applesauce and sub the maple syrup with monk fruit. So delish!
I made these muffins as a quick and easy to-go breakfast item, and they almost all got eaten up by my toddler before we could eat them! Lol. And I don’t feel bad about giving it to him because of all the protein. Win win over here!
I had to use up a few ingredients so I tweaked some of these but it came out perfectly! Subbed in 2 mashed bananas for the applesauce, honey for the maple syrup, plain flour for the oat. And my protein powder is macro mike almond protein (chocolate). Loved it, thank you 🙂
Do you have the nutrition information for your any of your recipes?
Hi Laura, you can usually copy/paste the ingredients into a tracker app – I love Samsung Food – and it will generate the nutrition facts for you❤️
Can I use regular milk?
These turned out great. Very chocolatey and just the right amount of sweetness. Great way to change it up from savory breakfasts while still getting some protein.
She doesn’t list nutrition info for any of her recipes.
is it really a full cup and a half of apple sauce? I just made these and they turned out way watery compared to the pictures – batter was not thick at all with 1 cup of milk, 1.5 cups of apple sauce and only 1 cup protein 3/4 cup flour
Likewise I nearly doubled the dry and still not as thick
Same my batter is also so thin.
Who said anything about nutrition they’re called chocolate protein muffins ?
Hi Jenn! I love your recipes, budget series, meal planning, DF/GF options, etc. So this is coming from a place of love, but these did not turn out well. And I even bought the Ritual protein powder you recommended specifically for this recipe. I kept putting the muffins back in the oven for 3-5 minutes at a time and the muffins stayed wet/mushy with the middle never solidifying 🤷🏻♀️ Could there have been a mistake in the listed ingredients like too much apple sauce (1.5 cups) or too much almond milk (1 cup)? There’s definitely always a chance I did something wrong lol, but I thought I followed the recipe exactly. Thanks!
Hi Katie! Apologies for my delay in reply here, I initially missed this. I really appreciate your feedback here and I’m not 100% sure what went wrong since you used the same protein powder. Was the batter thick or thin? Either way they should have cooked through if you kept putting them back in so I’m not sure what happened! It’s never my intention for anyone to waste time or ingredients so I sincerely apologize for the trouble you had and hope I can help find a solution!
Hi Jenn! Sorry I never saw your response. I made these a second time because my daughter loved the flavor and had the exact same results. Wet mushy middle no matter how long they were in the oven. The batter was thin/liquidy. I followed your directions exactly. The only variables I could think of was brand of oat flour (Arrowhead mills) and brand of almond milk (Silk). Or could there be a mistake in the volume of wet ingredients in your recipe? Thanks!
I’m disappointed that several people are saying the recipe did not turn out, and are asking for clarification, and she doesn’t respond. I’m sorry but that is disappointing. Makes me want to find recipes elsewhere.
These are amazing!! It makes 18 muffins for me, about 7.5 grams of protein each and my kids love them. Happy to have a healthy and yummy snack for them! (I did sub in banana for the applesauce and used regular flour)