Dark Chocolate Chip Chocolate Muffins

      I found this recipe on Pinterest. It's amazing! This is a copycat recipe of Vita-muffins. These muffins are delicious, nutritious and satisfy my sweet tooth! These are my go to muffins because they can be eaten for breakfast as a snack and for dessert. They're amazing warm with a scoop of vanilla no sugar added ice cream on top for dessert! If eating these muffins as a snack or breakfast I think they taste best at room temperature. These muffins contain 4 super foods! I will include the recipe below for you to try! Enjoy!

 *Super-foods in this recipe: Oats, eggs, yogurt, dark chocolate.

     Recipe

• 1 3/4 cup of old fashioned oats.
• 3 egg whites 
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup plain Greek Yogurt (I use Chobani)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 cup sugar substitute
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (could use white chocolate chips or peanut butter chips)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
• Line 1 (12-cup) or 2 (6-cup) muffin pans with silicone or foil cupcake liners, or spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a blender (or food processor) mix all ingredients besides chocolate chips together.
• Blend until the oats are ground and the mixture is smooth.
• Place mixture in a bowl and stir 1/4 cup of chocolate chips (set the other 1/4 cup of chocolate chips aside).
• Scoop mixture into the prepared muffin pans.
• Place muffin tins in the oven for 10 minutes.
• Remove muffins from oven and distribute the remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips to the tops of the muffins.
• Place muffins back into the oven and bake for another 2-5 minutes.
• Cool muffins before removing from pan.
• Enjoy your "love at first bite".

Nutritional Information

Calories: 116
Fat: 4
Carbs: 18
Fiber: 4.5
Sugar: 6
Protein: 6

Recipe modified from http://healthyisalwaysbetter.tumblr.com/post/6583755120/lessthan300kcal-triple-chocolate-chunk-muffin.