Healthy Chocolate Mini Muffins
on Jun 11, 2024
These easy healthy chocolate mini muffins are great for kids! They’re made with greek yogurt and have double the chocolate flavor.
Mini muffins are by far the most requested snack from my kids. They never last long in our house and are always a snack I can count on them eating!
I’m not sure if it’s the mini adorable size, but my kids will eat these up and request 2-4 muffins each in for a snack. They’re the perfect lunchbox size and easy to keep on hand for a snack or something for your sweet tooth!
Since they love mini muffins so much, I always try to sneak in a little nutrition into them where I can. In this case, that’s greek yogurt! It’s a great way to make muffins moist and add a little protein too.
My boys will eat mini muffins of all kinds and I’ll share a few more recipes they love at the bottom of this post.
Ingredients & Notes
- whole milk greek yogurt: the unsweetened kind
- unsalted butter: or substitute dairy free butter
- eggs
- all-purpose flour
- cocoa powder
- pure maple syrup
- vanilla extract
- salt
- baking powder & baking soda
- mini semi sweet chocolate chips: mini chips mean there’s chocolate in every bite!
How to make healthy chocolate mini muffins
You can find the full printable recipe with the instructions at the bottom of this post, but here’s the photo step by step.
Step 1: Whisk together the flour, salt, cocoa powder, baking soda, and baking powder in a mixing bowl until combined.
Step 2: In a separate bowl, whisk together the greek yogurt, vanilla extract, melted butter, and pure maple syrup. Whisk in the eggs.
Step 3: Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until just combined using a rubber spatula. Do not over mix the batter.
Step 4: Fold the mini chocolate chips into the muffin batter.
Step 5: Spray a mini muffin tin with nonstick spray. Distribute the batter into the pan, filling each mini muffin tin ¾ of the way full.
Recipe Note
This will make 1 and a half tins full of mini muffins, you will not use all the batter for one muffin tin. This recipe yields 36 mini muffins in total.
Step 6: Bake the healthy chocolate mini muffins at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool 2-3 minutes in the pan, then remove the muffins onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Storing
Store leftover mini muffins in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
More Mini Muffin Recipes
Healthy Chocolate Mini Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain whole milk unsweetened greek yogurt
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a mixing bowl
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the greek yogurt, vanilla extract, melted butter, and pure maple syrup
- Whisk the eggs into the other wet ingredients
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until just combined using a rubber spatula. Do not over mix the batter
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips using a rubber spatula
- Spray a mini muffin tin with nonstick spray
- Distribute the batter into the pan, filling each mini muffin tin ¾ of the way full. Note – this will make 1 and a half tins full of muffins, you will not use all the batter for one muffin tin. It will yield 36 mini muffins in total
- Bake the mini muffins at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
- Cool the mini muffins 2-3 minutes in the pan, then remove them onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely
Muffins turned out perfect. My whole family enjoyed them.
So glad you enjoyed them Lisa!
These turned out amazing they were so moist and not too sweet , they were perfect, thank you
So glad you enjoyed them!