Double Chocolate Greek Yogurt Muffins

The last few days I've been craving chocolate because of little ol' time of the month! I decided to make some chocolaty muffins that smelled like cake the whole time they were baking. My kitchen smelled like a bakery shop...it was wonderful. I wasn't sure how long to bake these muffins and  I was pretty nervous they were going to come out as smoldering pudding cups or something... I'm really no genius when it comes to baking. Not my forte.  I can bake if like 3 ingredients are involved, like oats and bananas!, but not if there are a billion ingredients, like these muffins. But hey, they came out a success! So if you're craving something chocolaty, but with not a ton of calories, this recipe is for you. No flour, butter, oil, low in sugar, and it uses Greek yogurt..hence the title..and of course it uses oats because that's what I always use. Alright, enough chitter chatter...

Double Chocolate Greek Yogurt Muffins

The Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups of oats
• 3 egg whites
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt (I used raspberry because that's all I had on hand)
• 1/2 tsp cream of tarter (or 2 tsp vinegar)
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup of hot water
• 1 cup of sweetener that measures like sugar (I used a little less than 1/2 cup of sugar + 1 tsp vanilla extract because of the extra sweetness from the raspberry Greek yogurt)
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

How-To

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. While the oven is heating, blend all the above ingredients, except for the chocolate chips, in a food processor. I blended the oats first by themselves to create oat flour for a smoother texture.
3. After all is blended, then blend in half of the chocolate chips, saving half for later. The batter will be very thin and soup-like.
4. Line muffin tins and fill each with the batter.
5. Bake for 15 minutes, take out and sprinkle the other half of chocolate chips on top of the muffins. Bake for another 5-10 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Right out of the oven. Yum!

*I made the mistake of not lining my muffin tins because I didn't have big enough ones. I did grease my pan first, but taking out the muffins was an issue. Parts of the bottom came off, which makes me very sad. I'm all about presentation, so when it's not perfect, I get sad ha!*

This recipe was supposed to make 12 muffins, but because I used giant muffin tins, I only got 6 muffins out of it. If you make 12 muffins, each muffin comes out to be only 101 calories! Seriously, these were like eating cake...very low cal cake! Each one of my muffins is 202 calories since they're larger than normal.  They're like mini personal cakes...er a cupcake! Yum :)