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:
I have tried them in the past, but now that I expose processed foods on my blog, I am afraid to even look at the ingredients. Thank you for creating this recipe. Now I can make my own!
I feel so-so about Vitatops: if I’m in the mood for them, they’re okay, but they are expensive. This might be just what I’m looking for! Thanks!
Made them tonight, tasty but missing a little something. I think a little espresso powder next time and I’m going to use a whoppie pie pan to bake them in! thanks!
I like VitaMuffins, but these were so much better and so easy to make! My kids are also voicing their approval!
Katie do you recommend sweetened or unsweetened almond milk for this recipe? And can anyone vouch for results without the chocolate chips?
Omg Katie!! These were amazing 😀 I don’t bake much and I always stuff something up but these were just… Lets just say everyone was surprised I could produce something edible let alone delicious and healthy! I used applesauce, sweetened almond milk and subbed stevia for all the sugar. And added the chocolate chips, just in case 😉
I tried these without the chocolate chips as I didn’t have any but they were still very good without the chocolate chips 🙂
First I would like to say I have just found your blog and LOVE it, I will be trying most of your recipes over the next few weeks.
I was wondering if you could try and make a healthier version of choc ices. I don’t know if you have them in the states but we do in the uk. They are rectangle shaped soft vanilla ice cream coated in a thin layer of chocolate. Super yummy. I have left a link at the bottom I case you don’t know what they are.
Please keep your recipes coming. X
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc_ice
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=choc+ices&hl=en&client=safari&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=AIERUd-_POOY0QXLnYDYCw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=768&bih=928#biv=i|0;d|6Xh4ULU9RRFgBM:
Omg these were amazing ! Just made a batch and they were to die for! I had one as was completely chocolatey satisfied ! I used pumpkin and omitted the flax bc I didn’t have any and did the oil switch and they were still amazing ! I love you and all your recipes !
Katie, I LOVE these! I have never tried Costco’s Vitamuffins – but now I won’t need to and what is more, I do not want to! These are great!
I ate some for breakfast awhile back & they were perfect! I had no pumpkin, so I did 1/2 applesauce & 1/2 banana and the texture was great and moist. I also used dark cocoa as I love dark chocolate 😉
Thanks for creating another spectacular recipe!
Oh, and by the way, your website looks amazing! Love the colors and the style!
Hi! I can’t wait to try this 😉 I love chocolate, so few calories!!!
Thank-you! Have a groovy day 😉
This look fabulous. I have never had VitaMuffins before, but certainly looking forward to trying these wonderful monster muffins. Thanks for being a go-to for healthy desserts!