Many have asked me:
"What did you do on vacation"? (Last week)
"Well", I replied "For one thing, I baked some chocolate muffins, preparatory to starting my new route on French Island!
"But how does a recipe such as this fall within the parameters of Vintage Health and Fitness ?
Because, I made them healthy! And you can, too!!
Here's how:
Eliminate the sugar, and substitute Splenda.
It comes in a box, and measures just like Sugar.
Mailman (Chocolate) Muffins-
2/3 cup of baking cocoa (dutched cocoa is the BEST!)
2 large eggs (eggs are really good for you, despite what you've read!)
1 cup (semi-sweet) chocolate chips (also good for you, despite the (small) sugar content
1/2 cup SPLENDA ( 0 calories)
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/3 cups milk (whole milk is the best for you; but all milk is good!)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Coat muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine the cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and vanilla.
Stir in half a cup of chocolate chips
In a separate bowl, combine the eggs and milk.
Add the egg/milk mixture to the other ingredients until moistened.
Scoop the batter evenly into the prepared muffin tin.
Sprinkle with the remaining chocolate chips! (There are a LOT! Enjoy eating a few; but not too many, since when they come out half melted they are REALLY GOOD!) Did I tell you that chocolate is GOOD for you???
Bake for 20 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean... (Ha ha- just bake for 20 minutes!!)
Cool on a wire rack.
That's how you' re supposed to do it..
In the interest of full disclosure, I will here reveal that I:
Didn't use any "separate bowls" :
I just dumped all the ingredients into one BIG bowl!
And then, I only stirred the ingredients the minimum amount of time to blend them all together-
this is crucial for muffins- don't overstir!
Then, I baked them, for 20 minutes...
No toothpicks passed through my hands; trust me!
I took them out, posed for a "muffin picture", and then...
Ate those bad boys!!
Next time:
Healthy Hot Chocolate
