Double Chocolate Protein Muffins
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Published Sep 11, 2019, Updated Feb 25, 2024
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These chocolate protein muffins are fudgy and oh so delicious. There’s no added sugar (sweetened only with bananas) and each muffin has 8 grams of protein!
Have you ever made blender muffins? Instead of using a stand mixer or mixing by hand, you can add the ingredients to your blender and blend away! Super simple. They’re perfect to make them on the weekend for a protein-filled breakfast or snack! Each muffin has 8 grams of protein so they will keep you full all morning long.
I love keeping a healthy sweet treat on hand to satisfy my sweet tooth. Pretty sure baby girl has one too but I have peace of mind knowing these muffins are packed with nutritious ingredients and a solid dose of protein. I don’t have baked goods around too often in our house so when I do make them, I want to make sure they’re 1) delicious and 2) good for me!
Ingredients in Double Chocolate Protein Muffins
- old-fashioned oats –iIf you need these muffins to be gluten-free, make sure you look for oats that say “gluten-free” on the package!
- bananas – the riper the better here. Bananas add a delicious flavor and help keep the muffins light and moist.
- chocolate whey protein powder – I highly recommend using whey protein powder for this recipe as plant-based protein powders tend to soak up more liquid and will result in a super thick muffin batter. I used Clean Simple Eats Brownie Batter protein powder for testing this recipe and it works great!
- almond milk – I like to use unsweetened so I can control the amount of sweetener I add to the recipe.
- eggs – to bind the ingredients together. I have tried this recipe with flax eggs, but I’ve found that the muffins turn out much better with regular eggs instead.
- dark chocolate chips – I recommend using Hu Kitchen’s no sugar added chocolate chips or Lily’s Dark Chocolate Chips. These options will keep the muffins lower in sugar!
How To Make Chocolate Protein Muffins
In a high powered blender, add the eggs, oats, banana, chocolate protein powder and almond milk and blend until smooth. Add in the baking soda and baking powder and blend again until combined. Use a spatula to gently stir in the chocolate chips and then scoop the muffin mix into a muffin tin lined with paper or silicone liners. Sprinkle extra chocolate chips on top of each muffin and bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes (or until a toothpick comes out clean).
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Double Chocolate Protein Muffins
Ingredients
- ¾ cup rolled old-fashioned oats
- 1 ½ (160 grams) ripe bananas
- 1 cup whey chocolate protein powder, I used Clean Simple Eats Brownie Batter
- ½ cup unsweetened almond milk, plus more as needed to blend
- 2 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ cup dark chocolate chips + more for topping*
- paper or silicone muffin liners
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Add oats, banana, chocolate protein powder, almond milk and eggs into a high powdered blender and blend until smooth. Add baking soda and baking powder. Blend until combined.
- Use a spatula to stir in chocolate chips and then transfer muffin mix into prepared muffin tin lined with paper or silicone liners. Muffin cavities should be filled about 3/4 of the way up and you should be able to fill 12 muffin cups. Sprinkle extra chocolate chips on top of each muffin.
- Bake muffins for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
- Protein powder – I highly recommend using a whey protein powder for this recipe. I’ve tried it with plant-based protein powders and they tend to soak up too much of the liquid so the batter is way too thick.Â
- Chocolate Chips – I recommend Hu Kitchen’s no sugar added chocolate chips or Lily’s Dark Chocolate Chips. These options will keep the muffins lower in sugar!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
The bake time is way too long. I cooked them for 35 minutes and they were VERY dry. Can’t decide if it is worth trying again with a shorter cook time. I Should have read the comments first.
I followed the comments and only baked for 15mins. They were cooked through already. Also, the measurements above gave me 16 normal sized muffins.
Interesting! And you didn’t change anything about the recipe, Marie?
Did u use cupcake size thingies? Apparently they’re two different sizes. I filled 12 cupcake thingies but i also cooked 30 minutes and they were good.
They were done in 20 minutes, I’m lucky I read the comments before doing them. it made me 17 regular muffins. Most simple recipe I found, and delicious. I can’t believe there is no added refined sugar and it is that good. I will de them regularly
YAY! I am so glad you found this recipe and are enjoying it, Claudelle. Thank you for coming back and sharing your review + star rating, I so appreciate it!
What yummyness! These muffins make mine and my boyfriend’s heart soar.
Pretty decent muffins. Made 15 regular sized muffins. Were don baking after 18 minutes.
Hi, Ryan! Thanks for making this recipe and coming back to leave a review, I really appreciate it!
For a good blogger, you post great recipes that usually turn out as shown. I love several of your recipes, so thanks! These muffins came out great, but totally caved in on me after cooling a few minutes. Any advice?
Hi, B! I’m sorry to hear your muffins caved in. A few things could have gone wrong! Is it possible that your baking soda and/or baking powder are old/inactive? That could affect the muffins and cause them to sink after baking. It’s also possible that your oven wasn’t hot enough and then muffins weren’t finished baking. Last, we’ve noticed some other commenters say the same thing and we’re thinking it could have to do with different protein powders being used. I use Nuzest.
By chance did you remember if you used a real egg or flaxseed egg? We are going to conduct some testing to see if this is what is causing the issue.
Baking power/soda only last 6 months once open and you want to make sure you aren’t using cold eggs as those could make them fall flat… room temp for sure makes a difference
Absolutely! Thank you for sharing!
These are wonderful. I’ve also added vanilla instead of chocolate protein powder and it is just as good. So delicious after my morning run. Thanks!
Yay! Glad these were a success for you, Jennifer. Thanks for sharing your review, it means so much to me.
These are great. Thats all i got to say. First time baking ever. I gotta try adding stevia instead of chocolate chips 4 lo calorie. Thanks for the easy instructions.
Ah! I am so happy that you enjoyed this recipe, Matt! If you end up trying these with stevia, let me know how they work for you. Thank you so much for you so much for coming back and leaving your review + star rating, I appreciate you being here!
Super easy and taste very good. First time baking ever and these turned out amazing
I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed this recipe, Anders. Thank you for coming back and leaving your review + star rating, I appreciate you being here!
Looks tasty but way too many carbs. For those following a healthy keto or low carb diet, one muffin alone is more than one day’s total carb allowance. Yikes! Can you provide healthy keto or low carb options?
Hey Bella, You can find all my low-carb options here. Hopefully that helps!
no one said it was keto hun
Can you use a food processor if you don’t have a blender?
Hi Shannon – I haven’t tried it, but I am sure it would work. Let me know if you try it and how these turnout! Enjoy!
Ok. Probably will not make again. I don’t like the taste of protein powder and they weren’t very sweet (may be my fault because my bananas were not overripe).
Hi Holly – So sorry these did not turn out the way you had hoped. If you like sweeter muffins, I would recommend some additional sweetener. What type of protein powder did you use? I always recommend Nuzest!