Skinny Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins

As I sit here writing this, I'm snarfing down a couple of muffins (with a tall glass of milk, of course.) and I've got Kenny Loggins cranked. Life is good!!

But anyway, that was not the point of posting tonight. I wanted to share a (super yummy!) recipe for Skinny Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins. These are actually healthy chocolate muffins! Er. Ah, I mean about as healthy as chocolate muffins can be. I made a double batch and got around 50 muffins. Not that there's that many left on our kitchen table by now…
The following recipe is only for a single batch, so triple away if you want!

You'll need:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup honey

1 lg. egg

3/4 cup natural (unsweetened) applesauce

3/4 cup sour-cream

1/2 cup all-purpose flour (or you can use 1 cup of regular flour and forget the whole wheat if you don't have any)

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 t. salt

1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder

1 cup old fashioned oats

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Start by greasing some cupcake pans. Don't use liners! These muffins will stick to them badly.

Then in a large (almost huge) bowl, mix the honey and sugar.

Add the egg and mix some more...

Then add the applesauce and sour cream. Even if you mix really good, there'll still be some little white lumps. Don't worry about 'em!

Then stir in the flour.

Add your cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

Gently fold in the oats and chocolate chips. 

Fill greased muffin tins 3/4 full and bake at 425* for 5 minutes. Then drop the temperature down to 375* and bake for another 12 minutes.

Pull 'em out and use the toothpick method to see if they're done. Push a toothpick into the center of the muffin...

Pull it out and if it's clean they're done!

Cool for a few minutes and then enjoy with some milk and 80's rock music!

Ashleigh

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Skinny Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins

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You'll need:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup honey

1 lg. egg

3/4 cup natural (unsweetened) applesauce

3/4 cup sour-cream

1/2 cup all-purpose flour (or you can use 1 cup of regular flour and forget the whole wheat if you don't have any)

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 t. salt

1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder

1 cup old fashioned oats

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 425* and grease a couple of muffin tins with nonstick spray.
In a very large bowl, combine the honey and sugar. After mixing well, add the egg. Mix that as well and then add the sour cream and applesauce. Don't worry if there are a few lumps!
Mix in the flour(s). Then add the cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
Once mixed, fold in the oats and chocolate chips.
Fill the muffin tins 3/4 full and bake at 425* for 5 minutes. Then drop the temperature down to 375* for 12 minutes.
Pull out, cool and enjoy!