Healthy Zucchini Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins:

These muffins are incredibly moist from a multitude of healthy ingredients: zucchini, applesauce, banana, greek yogurt and a tiny bit of coconut oil.

All of these substitutes help to keep the calories of the muffins in check which allowed me to add in chocolate chips so they feel a little bit indulgent at the same time.

The best part? These muffins only have 153 calories! Plus you get over 4g  of protein per muffin. Yum!

Nutrition Information
  • Serves: 12
  • Serving size: 1 muffin
  • Calories: 153
  • Fat: 4.4g
  • Carbohydrates: 27.2g
  • Sugar: 12.6g
  • Fiber: 3.0g
  • Protein: 4.3g
Muffins are healthy, moist and insanely delicious!
Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 cups Oats
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2 small to medium ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 teaspoon melted coconut oil
  • 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 cup shredded zucchini (about 1 medium zucchini)
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/3 cup nonfat plain greek yogurt or Kefir
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners and generously spray inside of liners with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Squeeze shredded zucchini of excess water with a paper towel! This is an important step.
  3. In medium bowl combine oats, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon; set aside.
  4. In bowl of an electric mixer or Vitamix, add mashed banana, oil, honey, vanilla and eggs; mix until smooth. Add in zucchini, applesauce, and yogurt( kefir) and beat again until well combined. Slowly mix in dry ingredients until just combined. Remember not to over mix the batter — we want moist muffins! Gently fold in 1/2 cup of chocolate chips.
  5. Evenly divide batter into muffin cups. The batter will probably reach the top of each muffin liner, but that’s okay — we’re making big muffins! Alternatively you can reduce the size and bake 15 muffins. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Enjoy!-
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