Fudgier Muffins

I made that recipe from the other day again. The Sorta Chocolatey Muffins?

That is to say, I kimodified it again. And this time I had cocoa. Yay Cocoa. If I'd gone the extra mile to have vegan chocolate chips (which aren't bad. Just please please please don't use carob and say Kim said to. ::shudders::) these even could've been a vegan treat. But as it stands, they're vegetarian. There's milk products in the chocolate chips, you know.

Anyhoo. They were so chocolately and moist. Fudgy. I'm pretty sure breakfast shouldn't be so fudgy. But since I also successfully switched from added oil/butter to ground flax, eliminated eggs, and greatly reduced sugar, I figure they should count for breakfast after all. Only 2 tsp sugar per muffin (plus the natural sugars in the banana, of course) isn't bad, is it? I was very pleased with the results. And the ground flax adds a little healthy oil (if you believe in that) and some good fiber, too!

So ... from Sorta Chocolately to Fudgy, I present:

Fudgy Muffins:

relatively healthy, for a muffin, moist and fudgy too

Fudgy Muffins

ingredients
3 cups White Whole Wheat flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (use vegan chocolate chips to make this vegan)

3 bananas, smooshed
1 cup white sugar (you could substitute a natural sugar)
2 cups water or rice milk
1 T. flax seed, ground
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 9x13 pan (see note, below) or 24 muffin tins.

In medium bowl, Mix together flour, cocoa, chocolate chips, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In mixing bowl blend together in bananas and sugar, then add water (or rice milk), ground flax, and vanilla.

Add dry ingredients to large bowl; Mix well

spread in a 9x13 pan - I use a Silpat liner for the bottom and just lightly grease the edges. Bake ~30 minutes until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cut into 24 square muffins. If using muffin pans bake 18-25 minutes.

Proof they're not too bad for you:
Calories per muffin: 125 cal
fat (g): 3
carbohydrate (g): 26 (less than half of which comes from the chocolate chips and sugar!)
protein (g): 3
sodium (mg): 191
dietary fiber (g): 3