I had told you all about how my husband is not very happy about me leaning A LOT towards healthy baking. Now it was my cousin who was complaining! She said she didn’t want my blog recipes! She was coming home and I had to bake her something very ‘unhealthy’ and tasty! Lol
I said yes! I asked her if chocolate muffins sounded good!
But of course it wasn’t going to be unhealthy! I just can’t bring myself to bake something which I can’t indulge in without guilt. After all the hard work I like to sit back and have a few or more muffins myself 
These muffins are again, egg less, butter less and whole wheat! I used some freshly brewed strong coffee to it as chocolate and coffee are the perfect lovers According to me. To give it a new twist I used some toasted crushed peanuts!
After baking this batch of muffins, I am beginning in to feel like I am finally getting some basics of baking! I kind of feel confident about being able to make my own recipes. These muffins turned out great! Coffee intensified the chocolate flavor and I loved the addition of peanuts in them. They do have a very strong peanut flavor so make them only if you love peanuts! I felt that they could have a little more oil to make them a little richer and more moist so you could increase oil from ½ cut to ¾ cup if you like. Use regular milk instead of soy-milk if you are not a vegan and it should be fine.
It tasted a little dry when I tasted it fresh out of the oven and I wasn’t sure if it was good enough to go on my blog. But I tasted it again the next and It tasted much better! Surprisingly a lot softer.
Bake these wonderful vegan, eggless, butter less, whole wheat healthy chocolate muffins when you want to indulge in something chocolaty and sweet!
Ingredients
Dry
- 2cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup cocoa
- ½ cup crushed plain roasted peanuts
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Wet
- ½ – ¾ cup oil
- 1 cup coffee
- ½ cup soy milk
Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. In a separate bowl mix all the wet ingredients well.
Pour the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix till combined. Don’t over mix it.
Spoon the batter into a greased muffin tray and bake at 180°C for 20- 25 minutes or till the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
35 comments :
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Crystal July 14, 2011 11:54AM
Ok so I just tried these last night. This was the first Vegan recipe I have ever made and they turned out rather good! I did trade the oil for 1 cup of no sugar added apple sauce, just to cut a few calories. Thanks for the recipe!
Chinmayie July 14, 2011 1:26PM
Thank you Crystal!
Joyce June 25, 2011 3:54PM
I’ve been wanting to test out more recipes that are healthier and it seems that I think this one would be a great one to start with! I’ve tried butterless/no oil cookies with the use of bananas, but to be honest… they were more like muffin tops. Any suggestions?
Chinmayie June 27, 2011 4:40PM
Thank you Joyce! I really haven’t tried many cookie recipes before so have no suggestions for you
will try some soon and post them here though 
jess white June 20, 2011 1:56PM
These are fascinating. I’m used to seeing home-made vegan cakes which, frankly, look a bit flat and unappealing. I like how you used bicarb soda and baking powder, i bet they were delicious!!
Chinmayie June 20, 2011 5:43PM
Thanks Jess!
Debbie June 18, 2011 5:09AM
Do you think substituting applesauce for oil would work with this recipe? I really do not like to cook with oil, but want to make sure the muffins will still be moist.
Chinmayie June 20, 2011 5:52PM
Hey Debbie! I haven’t really baked with apple sauce! I have heard that it can easily replace oil in most recipes though…
Amy June 17, 2011 5:14PM
Yum! Great flavor combination!!
Lindsey@Lindselicious June 16, 2011 8:08PM
What a yummy sounding muffin! Love the use of coffee and peanuts too. Plus if they are healthy I can eat more than 1 right?! =)
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 3:47PM
Thanks Lindsey! I think I ate more than half of them and not feeling guilty! lol
Kerry June 16, 2011 6:13PM
I’ve been seeing a lot of eggless/butterless recipes, but is having 1/2-3/4 cup of oil THAT much healthier? I’m sure on a fat content it is, but that still seems like a lot of oil. Maybe I’m just not used to seeing recipes without eggs/butter, so the oil number would have to go up. I’ve tried baking with applesauce instead of butter, so maybe that can be incorporated here.
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 4:10PM
Hey Kerry! I understand that ¾ cup to 1 cup oil sounds like a lot of oil but to me personally 1 cup olive oil sounds a lot better than 2 eggs + 1 stick butter. Read this interesting post – http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2009/01/butter-versus-oil-championship-fight.html
I totally agree that apple sauce would be the best but I really haven’t tried it in my bakes. Thanks for pointing it out! I shall try some recipes with fruit sauces for sure
The Vegetarian Diaries June 16, 2011 3:01PM
sounds really great!
definitely gonna try these!
best regards
the vegetarian diaries
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 4:12PM
Thank you
sarah June 16, 2011 5:15AM
chocolate + peanuts + coffee = a healthy muffin?!? Oh my I have got to try these!
Cathy @ What Would Cathy Eat? June 16, 2011 9:22PM
Great recipe! I may try it with whole wheat pastry flour. I’ll report back
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 3:45PM
Thanks Cathy! Let me know how you like it
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 4:13PM
please try and don’t forget to let me know what you think
anh@anhsfoodblog.com June 16, 2011 12:09AM
lovely. I like the combo a lot, all of my favourite flavours!
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 4:24PM
Thank you Anh!
Nami @ Just One Cookbook June 15, 2011 10:38PM
They don’t look like they are egg less and butter less! I’m not a baker so I don’t know what kind of effect will occur by removing them (besides becoming healthier like you said). I do get scared when I see the instructions and see 1 stick butter (some I saw 2 sticks), 1 cup of sugar, blah blah… I’ve been telling myself that if I can control and eat adequate amount of sweets I should be okay with 1 stick butter. It should’t harm me. Then after I started to blog and I see how OFTEN all the bloggers bake sweets… Probably I see more sweet recipes than meal recipes. So, I think we do need your version and a lot of people want to get your version! I never thought of the needs to remove “good stuff” from sweets before, but now I understand… sometimes no choice!
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 4:32PM
I think it’s OK to indulge in butter and sugar once in a while Nami. But my problem is that when I bake an entire tray of cookies or muffins I end up eating so many!! Also like you said we all cook and bake sugary treats very often so I try my best to keep them as healthy as possible. I love having a dessert after every meal
Also my daughter loves muffins and cakes so If they are healthy I don’t feel guilty to give them to her to snack on.
Nami @ Just One Cookbook June 18, 2011 3:38AM
You know…that’s one of the reasons why I am a little bit scared and reluctant to bake. I really have no control over sweets. The puff pastries I made… you don’t really want to know how much I ate after they came out of the oven. Like cookie monster, or worse. I think I can’t allow myself to eat any meal if I bake..because most likely I’ll use up all the kcal from baked desserts. =P Your daughter is lucky you are good cook Chinmayie!
Jackie June 15, 2011 9:32PM
SOOOO Yummy! Coffee and Chocolate are an amazing combo and I love the salty peanuts in the mix too!
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 4:42PM
Thank you Jackie
Jessica June 15, 2011 9:04PM
I live with some roommates who love to eat my baking- however- recently one of them has discovered that he is both gluten and dairy intolerant.
Have you ever tried to make these gluten-free? If no- could you give me a suggestion to try to make them gluten free? I’m pretty familiar with gluten free flours but I’m wondering if the creator has any suggestions? They look super yummy and I don’t want to botch them up!
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 4:43PM
Hey Jessica! I am so sorry but I don’t really know much about gluten free baking
I will definitely try some gluten free baking soon and post the recipes on my blog through!!
Brooke June 15, 2011 7:56PM
And what did your cousin say? I expect she said, “Yum!”
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 4:46PM
I think she liked them
Maria @ Scandifoodie June 15, 2011 6:45AM
They look so tasty! Wonderful treat to have at special occasions
Chinmayie June 17, 2011 4:48PM
Thanks Maria
Sharmilee June 15, 2011 4:53AM
Wow yummy looking muffins
betty June 15, 2011 3:04AM
looks gr8! i’d totally eat 3 of them hehehehhe