Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Pardon the pun, but you can have your pumpkin muffins and eat them, too. These healthy muffins are full of fiber and protein, but they taste so good, know one has to know. ;)

Oh, and here’s a fun twist: I took 1/4 of the dough and added in some cacao powder. Then I topped a few muffins with this batter for a Double Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffin. Dreams do come true! You could use the technique on all of the muffins if you want: just split the dough up 50/50, add cacao, and top each muffin with the cacao dough. As the saying goes, you do, you, boo. And now on with the show!

Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Makes 12 muffins // Total time:  35 mins

INGREDIENTS

Wet:

• 1 cup pumpkin puree

• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup

• 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted and cooled*

• 2 eggs, at room temperature*

• 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  *this ensures that you don’t scramble the eggs in your batter!

Dry:

• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/4 cup collagen peptides (optional)

• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with liners. Trust me, these get sticky.  

2. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin, maple syrup, coconut oil, eggs, almond milk and vanilla.

3. In a separate large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: whole wheat pastry flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, collagen if including, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.

4. Evenly divide batter between 12 muffin cups. Bake for 23-28 minutes or until tester comes out clean or with just a few crumbs attached. Enjoy!

Serve plain, topped with butter or smothered in almond butter. These freeze really well. Bring back to room temp or pop them in the oven or (gasp!) microwave to re-heat before diving back in.

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