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These Healthy Double Chocolate Muffins are fluffy, fudgy, and rich chocolate muffins that are grain-free, dairy-free, and nut-free. They are the perfect treat to add to your meal prep and enjoy throughout the week!
The perfect balance of light and fluffy and rich and chocolatey
I have come to realize that if I completely deprive myself of sweets I tend to go the opposite way and binge on them. A lot of people seem to agree with me on this point. It is better for me to have a healthier option I can grab each day.
With my psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis I can’t just grab any sweet treat. I have to be careful about the ingredients I am using. Thees muffins are dairy-free, nut-free, and grain-free, but I have not compromised on taste or texture. They are still fluffy and delicious and loaded with rich chocolate flavor.
What kitchen tools will I need to make these healthy nut-free muffins?
- Muffin tin
- Cupcake liners
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring cups and measuring spoons
- Liquid measuring cup
- Mixing spoons
What ingredients will I need to make these healthy double chocolate chip muffins?
- Eggs
- Pumpkin puree – canned pumpkin, but check that the only ingredient is pumpkin
- Maple syrup
- Coconut oil
- Cocoa powder
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Chocolate chips
Let’s make some healthy double chocolate muffins!
Step 1: Preheat oven and mix batter
To begin, preheat oven to 350F and line 10 cupcake tin slots with cupcake liners. Next, add eggs, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, and melted coconut oil to a large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly.
Then, in a separate mixing bowl, combine coconut flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and sea salt. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients and then fold in the chocolate chips.
Step 2: Fill muffin tins and bake
Next, add 1/4 cup of batter to each of the 10 cupcake mold slots. Then, place in the oven and bake for 32 minutes.
Step 3: Cool and enjoy!
Then, remove from the oven and allow them to cool fully before enjoying. Finally, store in an airtight container on the counter for up to 5 days.
How should I store these healthy muffins and can I freeze them?
Once cooked and cooled fully, store these muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. If you want to keep them for longer, you can freeze these muffins for up to 4 months. You can remove them and defrost to enjoy one by one.
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
Healthy Double Chocolate Muffins
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 32 minutes
- Total Time: 42 minutes
- Yield: 10 muffins 1x
- Category: Snack/Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
A grain-free, dairy-free, and nut-free super chocolatey muffin!
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree (canned pumpkin, but make sure pumpkin is the only ingredient)
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line 10 cupcake tin slots with cupcake liners
- Add eggs, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, and melted coconut oil to a large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly
- In a separate mixing bowl combine coconut flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and sea salt
- Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients and then fold in the chocolate chips
- Add 1/4 cup of batter to each of the 10 cupcake mold slots
- Place in the oven and bake for 32 minutes
- Remove from the oven and allow them to cool fully before enjoying
- Store in an airtight container on the counter for up to 5 days
Keywords: healthy double chocolate muffins, healthy double chocolate chip muffins, double chocolate chip muffins
As someone with an autoimmune disease, I have (temporarily, I hope) eliminated several foods from my diet and have been searching for a healthier sweet treat to satisfy my cravings. These muffins were PERFECT. The pumpkin base makes them moist and fluffy and they certainly satisfy my chocolate and sweet cravings. I didn’t have chocolate chips on hand, so I left those out but these muffins are still delicious. Definitely recommend!
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THank you for sharing! I am in the exact same situation so I FEEL YOU. annoying to have to limit yourself, but SO nice to find alternatives.
OMG!!!! These are AMAZING! Made them for a trip and they traveled well and really hit the sweet tooth craving. Definitely making these gems again.
ah yay! So glad!! They definitely cure my cravings
I made these this morning, and they were amazing! They tasted just like chocolate cake. I did not detect any extra flavors (although they wouldn’t be necessarily bad, just not flavors that would be in chocolate cake) such as pumpkin or maple syrup. They are moist and chocolaty and just what I have been craving. I have recently dropped refined sugar and gluten from my diet, and I’m happy to have found this recipe to fulfill my chocolate muffin craving! Thank you!
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Thank you for sharing, Veronica! and I agree, the cocoa really masks the other flavors to make a rich and chocolatey muffin
These are so delicious! My boyfriend said these were one of the best muffins he’s ever eaten. So easy to make and they taste amazing!
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Thank you for sharing!! Boyfriend approved is a high honor in the world of healthy baking
Made these last night and they were perfect! Ate one immediately and it was so moist. Today for a snack I had one and topped it with probiotic cocoyo and fresh blueberries – so good. Appreciate that this recipe is dairy free, grain free, and nut free but still has eggs and no fake sugars. Whenever you eliminate everything from a baked good like this I feel that it really never satisfies the craving. Keeping the eggs and maple syrup made these perfect and they satisfy the craving for those chocolate muffins from Costco.
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I am SO glad! Thank you for sharing! I agree that you still want things to taste like a treat 🙂
I made these for my family over the weekend and everyone RAVED about them, especially my mom! She and I are both gluten and dairy intolerant so we were thrilled to find a recipe that accommodated our needs AND satisfied our sweet/chocolate cravings. Loved the texture, the taste, and the simplicity of the ingredients!
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This makes me SO happy!! I love that recipes can work for dietary restrictions and still be delicious. Thank you for sharing!!
These muffins are so unbelievably delicious. I highly recommend them if you love anything chocolate! I can’t believe they are gluten free. My picky husband and GF nephew devour these when I make them.
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Yay! Thank you for sharing!! SO happy your family enjoyed them