There’s a giant box of VitaMuffins in my kitchen.
And it is not my fault.
In fact, I’ve never tried a VitaMuffin in my life. The giant box belongs to my roommate, who would eat deep chocolate vitatops every single day if they weren’t so expensive ($17 for twelve muffin tops?!). She’s always asking me to “please come up with a copycat recipe so I can stop giving Costco all my money.” And therefore, I dedicate the following recipe to her:
Copycat chocolate vitamuffin tops: healthy enough for breakfast.
And decadent enough for dessert.
Muffin Monster.
Spawn of Cookie Monster.
Copycat Chocolate VitaTops
(makes 12)
- 2 tbsp milk of choice (30g)
- 2 tbsp oil, or 2 more tbsp milk of choice (30g)
- 1/2 tbsp pure vanilla extract (6g)
- 1 tbsp ground flax (6g) or 1 tsp energ powder (Can omit; they will just be a little denser.)
- 1/2 cup pureed prunes or pumpkin (120g)
- 1/2 cup spelt flour (all-purpose flour works too, and a reader says you can use Bob’s gf mix.) (65g)
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder (10g)
- 2 tbsp xylitol or sugar (25g)
- 1 to 2 more tbsp sugar or 1 to 2 nunaturals stevia packets (scant 1/16 tsp uncut) (Add 1 tbsp if using prunes, 2 if using the pumpkin.)
- highly recommended: 1/4 cup chocolate chips or mini chips (mixed into the batter)
- optional: 2-4 chocolate chips per muffin, for decoration
Preheat oven to 350 F, and grease a standard-sized muffin pan. In a mixing bowl, combine first 5 ingredients and whisk. In a separate bowl, combine all remaining ingredients except the decoration ingredient, and stir well. Now mix wet into dry and stir until just combined. Don’t over-mix. Distribute batter evenly among 12 muffin cups, and—if desired—place two or three chocolate chips on the top of each muffin. Bake 12 minutes, then allow to cool 5-10 minutes before removing from the muffin tins.
Is it just me, or does my chocolate VitaTop look like a Pacman ghost?
Question of the Day:
Have you ever tried a VitaMuffin?
Do you think they’re good enough to be worth the expensive price tag?
Link of the Day:
Have you ever tried a VitaMuffin?
Cant say that I have even heard of them.
I made these tonight and they were amazing! My brother liked them and you couldn’t taste the pumpkin at all and I don’t like pumpkin and my brother hates it. I used coconut oil and whole wheat all purpose adn you couldn’t even tell they were healthy! 🙂 Thanks Katie, it’s so hard to get my lil bro to eat anything even relatively healthy.
Oh and I’ve never had Vitatops before but it doesn’t sound like they are worth it! 😉 I made these like mini-muffins in a mini muffin tin. I think they taste like brownies!
I just made a double recipe for dinner for six, thinking that I would have plenty leftover for my breakfasts, etc. this week, but putting them all out for the sake of presentation… There is one left!! Katie, you have a new fan in my father 🙂 keep it up and he’ll be very happy
I’ve seen them on hungry girl all the time but we don’t get them in Aus.
Hi fellow Katie!!!! Absolutely LOVE your recipes!!!! I was reading your story about college, I’m currently a Sophomore at Sam Houston State University & I’m going through the same thing, deciding what I want to do with my life & that post has really helped to put everything into perspective. Just curious, when you transferred to SMU what major did you choose? & Why?
I made these today but subbed chia seeds for the ground flax because they’re what I had on hand. They were amazing! Fluffy light and chocolatey! Yumm!!
Oh one question though: could I triple the recipe and make whole muffins or would the consistency be off?
It does look like a pacman ghost 🙂 I have never tried these (live in Australia and we don’t have any fun food) I really look forward to making them! xo Emily @ Hungry Delights
I’ve never have a VitaTop, and always wanted to, but couldn’t cause they aren’t gluten free. I made six of these with garbanzo bean flour, Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Cocoa (I added more for good measure) and mini Nestle chips. They were amazing! A great chocolate treat that I didn’t feel guilty eating!! Your blog is super awesome and I am excited to try lots more of your recipes.
I have to say- I often buy Vitatops, but the chocolate flavor really doesn’t taste that great at all. I like the blueberry bran and the apple. I need to try your recipe and freeze them! They are definitely WAY too expensive!