Who doesn’t love chocolate? These low sugar dark chocolate chip muffins will satisfy your craving for something sweet and chocolatey. While many muffin recipes use more sugar than is necessary. This muffin can be eaten as a sweet snack or a great grab and go breakfast. Make it a Low Sugar Double Dark Chocolate Chip Muffin by adding some good quality cocoa powder.
Low Sugar Dark Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
⅓ cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon sea salt
1 egg, beaten
¾ cup milk
¼ cup coconut oil, melted
1 cup dark chocolate chips
⅛-¼ cocoa powder (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400˚ F. Grease muffin tray cups or line them with paper cup liners.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder, if using.
- In another mixing bowl, combine the egg, milk, and coconut oil. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients all at once. Mix only until moistened. Don’t over mix!
- Fold in the chocolate chips. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups, about ⅔ full.
- Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick insert in the middle comes out clean.
You can also use semi-sweet chocolate chips in place of the dark chocolate chips. Makes 12 muffins.
Try a low sugar banana bread or muffin using this recipe!
LOW SUGAR DARK CHCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS
Who doesn't love chocolate? These low sugar dark chocolate chip muffins will satisfy your craving for something sweet and chocolatey. While many muffin recipes use more sugar than is necessary. This muffin can be eaten as a sweet snack or a great grab and go breakfast. Make it a Low Sugar Double Dark Chocolate Chip Muffin by adding some good quality cocoa powder.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- ¾ cup milk
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- ⅛-¼ cocoa powder (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400˚ F. Great muffin tray cups or line them with paper cup liners.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder, if using.
- In another mixing bowl, combine the egg, milk, and coconut oil. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients all at once. Mix only until moistened. Don't over mix!
- Fold in the chocolate chips. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups, about ⅔ full.
- Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick insert in the middle comes out clean.
Notes
You can also use semi-sweet chocolate chips in place of the dark chocolate chips.
I just made these since I’m trying to cut back on sugar and they’re really good! I made mini muffins since sometimes you don’t want a huge muffin plus portion control. 😀 Definitely a keeper! Thanks!