Chocolate vegan muffins with a hint of orange, and only approx 100 calories per serving!
This was my 4th attempt at this recipe and I have finally perfected it – for the most delicious Low Calorie Chocolate Muffins!
Only 100 calorie per muffin and pretty damn tasty.
I came to the conclusion that in order to have a truly delicious chocolate-y muffin, you need to use actual chocolate.
These muffins are:
- Vegan
- Dairy-free
- Eggless
- Wholegrain
- Low fat
- Low calorie
What’s your favourite kind of muffin?
Usually I’m a lemon poppyseed muffin kind of girl but now I’m thinking chocolate orange is definitely the way to go…
📖 Recipe
Low Calorie Chocolate Muffins (Vegan)
Moist, light & chocolatey muffins with all the flavour and a fraction of the calories!
Ingredients
- 180 ml / ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk
- 50 g coarsely chopped dairy-free dark chocolate, melted
- Zest and juice from 1 medium orange
- 190 ml / ¾ cup + 1 tbsp agave nectar
- (Optional) 1 tsp natural orange flavouring
- 125 g / 1 ¼ cup spelt or plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- (Optional) A few dark chocolate chips for decorating on top
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170c / 350f and line a muffin tin with 12 liners.
- Mix the almond milk, melted chocolate, orange juice and zest, agave nectar and orange flavouring in a bowl or jug.
- In another bowl, stir together the spelt flour, baking powder, bicarb and cocoa powder.
- Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry, mixing until well combined.
- Divide the mixture equally between the 12 muffin cases and top with a few dark chocolate chips, if desired.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until firm on top. Leave to cool before serving.
- Store in an air-tight tin for up to 3 days. Enjoy!
Notes
*You can sub wholegrain wheat flour or wholegrain gluten-free flour, if you prefer.
**I used a dark chocolate orange bar to give it even more orange flavour! But it works just as well with plain dark chocolate.
Nutrition Information
Yield 12Amount Per Serving Calories 108Carbohydrates 17gFiber 1gSugar 8gProtein 2g
Joshua Pastelin says
Hi I wanted to know how I could edit or delete all my comments in any way? Please tell me if there’s any way I can do that!
Joshua Pastelin says
I tried this recipe for a school project and the girl in my group who baked it made it taste like shit because first of all they were like 3 inches small and rock hard. There was left over ingredients so I made some at home and I can only say that these are the best chocolate orange muffins I’ve had. I can’t believe this recipe is free online.
Aimee says
Haha thanks Joshua! Happy to hear that :)
Joshua Pastelin says
I have made this recipe twice now on my own at home and I this is by far the best recipe I have ever tasted!!! I shared this recipe with other to show them the tastyness of your muffins!!! Also thank you for responding!!!
bob says
Do your Melt the chocolate bar? If so do you have to us it nessacary or do you just chunknit up?
Aimee says
Hi Bob, sorry I didn’t make that clear in the recipe – yes, melted and incorporated into the wet ingredients.