joytothefood.com· by Mika Kinney★ 5.0 (5)

double chocolate protein muffins (Costco copycat, no protein powder)

Name: double chocolate protein muffins (Costco copycat, no protein powder)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 48 min
Yield: 12, 12 muffins
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour; 2/3 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder; 1/2 cup almond flour; 1/4 cup ground flax seeds; 2-1/2 tsp baking powder; 3/4 tsp baking soda; 3/4 tsp salt; 1-1/2 cups cottage cheese (blended, measured before blending); 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce; 3 eggs; 1 tbsp vanilla extract; 3/4 cup maple syrup; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 1/3 cup Greek yogurt (plain, non-fat); 1/3 cup avocado oil; 1/3 cup hot milk (or hot coffee); 1-1/4 cups chopped dark chocolate, 60 to 70% (or chips)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 12 · 48m total

Servings

Calories

18% of a 2,000 cal day

366KCAL

Protein

10g21% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat19g

24%

Saturated6g

30%

Unsaturated12g

—

Total Carbs43g

15%

Fiber4g

15%

Total Sugars23g

—

incl. Added Sugars20g

41%

Starch15g

—

Sodium440mg

19%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Chocolate muffins sweetened with maple syrup and made protein-rich with cottage cheese and Greek yogurt instead of protein powder. They have deep chocolate flavor from both cocoa powder and chopped dark chocolate, with less sugar than bakery versions.

Ingredients

12 SERVINGS

dry

1⅓ cupsall-purpose flour
⅔ cupDutch-process cocoa powder
½ cupalmond flour
¼ cupground flax seeds
2½ tspbaking powder
¾ tspbaking soda
¾ tspsalt

wet

1½ cupscottage cheese — blended, measured before blending
½ cupunsweetened applesauce
3eggs
1 tbspvanilla extract
¾ cupmaple syrup
2 tbspbrown sugar
⅓ cupGreek yogurt — plain, non-fat
⅓ cupavocado oil

added last

⅓ cuphot milk — or hot coffee

chocolate

1¼ cupschopped dark chocolate, 60 to 70% — or chips

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Method

48m total

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