Banana Chocolate Miracle Muffins

You love chocolate…. and now….. chocolate loves you!

Start your morning off right with these Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Muffins. Jam packed with Bananas and Apple Sauce, these muffins will have you feeling guilty without the ‘crying on the scale Monday morning’ part. A win win for any chocolate lover. I had these each and every morning last week and I’m not going to lie, I didn’t have one bad day last week. I’d say these are little miracle muffins.

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INGREDIENTS

3 1/2 Bananas | ripe, mashed
1/4 cup Apple Sauce | unsweetened
1 1/4 cups All Purpose Flour | unbleached
1/4 cup Cocoa Powder | unsweetened
3/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Salt
2 tbsp Butter | softened
1/3 cup Sugar
2 Egg Whites
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
2 tbsp Confectioners Sugar

METHOD

Preheat oven to 325° and line a muffin tin with 12 liners.

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.

Add egg whites, bananas, apple sauce, vanilla, and beat at medium speed until thick.
In a another bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt, stirring with a wire whisk.
Add flour mixture to bananas, and blend at low speed until combined; do not over mix.

Fold in chocolate chips and pour batter into muffin tins.
Bake on the center rack for 30 minutes.
If making the glaze, combine confectioner’s sugar and 1/4 to 1/2 tsp water to make a glaze. Drizzle over each muffin.

Weight Watchers Points: 3 pts {5+ Points}