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Let me introduce you to maybe the best muffins that I’ve EVER made (vegan or otherwise). Besides the excitement of the taste buds in my own mouth, I have concrete proof that these muffins are amazing: Stephen liked them! I even warned him beforehand that they are vegan (because he usually hears the word “vegan” and then instantly loses interest).
This is another recipe that I’ve taken and adapted from the 500 Vegan Recipes Cookbook that I’ve been so obsessed with. Like, I’ve been carrying it around with me and have bookmarked about 1/5 of the recipes. So far these Double Chocolate Vegan Muffins are one of my favorite recipes from the book.
I’m a big muffin fan. They kind of feel fancy but with so little effort. Basically just mix everything in one big bowl, pour in muffin tins, and then bake. I honestly don’t bake muffins enough but with this recipe, I might just make them every weekend.
While the kettle is boiling, prepare your ingredients and sift together all of the dry ingredients in a big ole’ bowl. Take a quick break from the muffins to grind coffee and get it ready in the French press.
Next, you mix all of the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl and then pour them into the dry ingredients. At this time, your water is likely done boiling and you can pour it into the French press and let the coffee brew for a few minutes.
While the coffee is doing it’s coffee thing, gently stir the ingredients together, add in the chocolate chips, stir, pour in the prepared muffin tins, and pop in the oven.
While you wait the 15 minutes for the muffins, you can pour your first cup of coffee and just stand in the kitchen enjoying it while the muffins do their muffin thing.
MMmmmmmmm. ALL the chocolaty goodness. I really should have made another batch of these to enjoy while actually writing the post because now I’m just drooling on my keyboard wishing that I had some more of these muffins.
Vegan or not, I HIGHLY recommend that you make these muffins this weekend. Or tomorrow if you want. They’re quick enough that you could feasibly make them and still get out the door on time. Maybe I’ll make them tomorrow…..
OH. And I’ve been getting people asking me about chocolate chips and whether or not they’re vegan. The average chocolate chips that you buy at the store will say something like “may contain milk”. If you want/ need truly non dairy chocolate chips, I’ve found that amazon is a GREAT place to get them (let’s be honest, amazon is a great place to get EVERYTHING ((says a true Amazon addict)). HERE’s a list of some of the non dairy chocolate options that they have.
See how to make the Double Chocolate Vegan Muffins here:
Double Chocolate Vegan Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups of all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon of sea salt
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- ¼ cup of cocoa powder
- 1 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 cup of almond milk, or other nondairy milk
- heaping 1/4 cup of unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
- ⅔ cup of nondairy chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line or spray a 12 cup muffin tin (could also use a 6 cup jumbo muffin tin).
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sea salt, baking soda, cocoa powder, and powdered sugar. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the almond milk, applesauce, vanilla extract, and vinegar.
- Making a well in the center of the dry ingredients, fold in the wet ingredients until just mixed together fully. Try and avoid over stirring. Gently stir 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips in.
- Pour the batter evenly into the muffin tins, sprinkle with the remaining chocolate chips, and place in the oven. Bake for 15-18 minutes (assuming standard sized muffins). Muffins are done when a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Let cool slightly and ENJOY!!!
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Love these muffins!! Super easy to whip together and my whole family (even the non-vegans) loved them!
Needed a chocolate fix and this hit the spot!
Had to change the flour and powdered sugar to whole wheat and coconut sugar because that’s what I had in hand and came out wonderful!
Will be making these again!!!
ABSOLUTELY delicious. We made these today and they are going in our favorites folder. I can’t wait for quarantine to be over so I can make these for everyone! :)
aww yay! So so glad that y’all liked them and thank you so much for coming back to let me know!
I dont know why, but whenever I make your muffins I make double and it still only yields 11. I like mine really tall with a nice head. Maybe thats why. Im also using European measures :)
While I’ve only tried a few vegan recipes so far, this is the only one I actually enjoyed. The muffins are kinda chewy but the flavor is spot on, very chocolatey and not overloaded with sugar. Thank you for this because animals are my passion and I was starting to worry I couldn’t do veganism with how nasty the other things I’ve tried were.
I should mention that my boyfriend made these, so I don’t know if the chewiness was from poor technique or ingredients that we’re not used to as we’re new to trying this, or he packed the flour or what. But he did claim he took care to gently fold it together just enough.
So glad that you liked these and thanks for the note on the recipe. There truly are some great vegan recipes out there!
Imma be honest!! I’m absolute trash at baking, and I was actually able to make this!! So thank you!!
hahaha! I saw the word trash and thought “oh no! they hated it!”. lol. So glad that you liked them and thank you for coming back to let me know!
Can I use a mashed banana in place of the apple sauce?
yes! I’ve done this before and it works great!
I’ve made these twice now exactly as written, and I can’t get over how delicious they are! My kids love them too! You can’t tell they are vegan. Thank you for the great recipe.
Yay! SO glad that you liked them, Casey! And thank you so much for coming back to let me know….that means a lot!
A disappointment. These muffins, with a perfectly good appearance, catfished us. They were not horrible, but we did not enjoy them.
So sorry to hear that these did not work out for you, Cindy!
I’m a vegetarian, not vegan so was wondering if I could use regular milk instead of almond milk??
I’ve honestly never tried it but I’m confident that it would work out just fine! Please let me know how they turn out!