So I was trying to make “cookie cups” whatever that might be, but what went into the oven came out as muffins. No mistakes, only happy and delicious accidents.

Because I was trying to make cookies, I used chopped chocolate and not chocolate chips. Who knew that chopped chocolate in muffins was a vibe. So we’re going with this!

You can of course also just use chocolate chips but I recommend minis. You want some chocolate in every bite!

These are made with only a handful of simple ingredients, and the recipe bakes 6 muffins only. You and any company you might have will devour these and not have a single muffin leftover to worry about.

So try them and let me know!

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5 from 1 vote

Small-batch Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Keyword: chocolate, chocolate chip, easy recipes, gluten-free, low sugar, muffins, nut butter, plant-based, small-batch, vegan

Servings: small muffins

Calories: 136kcal

Equipment

Muffin pan

Ingredients

1 flax egg (sub 1 egg beaten)
1/4 cup applesauce (60 g) sub mashed banana or pumpkin puree
2 tbsp any nut/seed butter (32 g)
2 tbsp sugar (24 g) brown/coconut works best, sub sweetener
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup flour (60 g) gf all purpose if desired
1 tsp (optional) cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1/4 cup chopped chocolate, or chocolate chips (45 g)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F and grease or line 6 muffin cavities with liners.
Mix all wet, whisk together all dry, combine the two but avoid overmixing.
If for whatever reason your batter is dry (maybe your nut butter wasn't as creamy), splash 1 tbsp water/milk at a time to make it pourable.
Fold in chocolate, scoop into greased muffin pan, bake 20 mins.
Enjoy your fresh muffins!

Notes

The recipe will make 4-5 regular sized, 6 small muffins (as pictured).
To make a flax egg, stir together 1 tbsp (7 g) flax seed meal and 3 tbsp water and let it sit and thicken for 5 minutes.
I’ve made these muffins with almond, cashew butter and tahini. All were amazing but cashew butter tasted like straight up chocolate chip cookie dough.