Healthy Chocolate Chip Muffins (Grain Free)
The most amazing Healthy Chocolate Chip Muffins that are whipped up in a blender in no time. Ready in only 20 minutes these grain free muffins taste incredible! Topped with salted peanuts and dark choc chips!
Servings 12 muffins
Ingredients
Ingredients for the Muffins
- Avocado oil spray (For greasing muffin tin - can also use butter or virgin coconut oil)
- 2/3 cup sour cream (substitute 2 medium ripe bananas for dairy free)
- 2 pastured eggs
- 1 cup organic natural peanut butter (either creamy or crunchy - I've used both and, due to the blending, the final texture is about the same)
- 3 Tbsp raw honey
- 3 Tbsp pure maple syrup
- 2 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp aluminum free baking powder
- 4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips (use Enjoy Life or similar brand for dairy free)
Ingredients for the Topping
- 3 Tbsp dry roasted and salted peanuts, chopped
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (use Enjoy Life or similar brand for dairy free)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Grease a standard size muffin tin with avocado oil spray.
- Place all muffin ingredients except chocolate chips in blender and blend until mixture is creamy.
- Pour batter into greased muffin tin, filling each about 2/3 full.
- Sprinkle the 1/4 cup chocolate chips evenly over all, then use a butter knife to gently stir the chips into the batter, poking them down below the surface.
- Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips and chopped peanuts evenly over all and place the muffin tin into the oven.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out nearly clean (I pull them out a little before a perfectly clean toothpick because I'd rather a soft center than a dry one!).
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan (set a timer!), then remove by running a butter knife around the edge of each and gently lifting out. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
- To check the muffins are done insert a toothpick into the middle and make sure it comes out clean.
- You can use any kind of chocolate chips you like.
- Feel free to swap the peanuts on top for any nuts you like.
- Use a good quality peanut butter for best results.
- Make sure to use vanilla extract and not essence which is unnaturally flavored.
- Make sure your baking powder is in date as it loses its effectiveness over time.