Yummy and packed with fiber these double chocolate bran muffins are rich not-too-sweet delicious chocolate treat you can feel good about eating.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Servings: 10
Calories: 210
Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living
Ingredients
1cupFiber One Cereal, crushed after measuring
1-⅓cupsbuttermilk, or 1-¼ cups regular milk plus 4 teaspoons vinegar
¼cupcanola oil
1largeegg
¾cuppacked brown sugar
1teaspoonvanilla
½cupunsweetened baking cocoa
1teaspoonbaking soda
¼teaspoonsalt
1cupwhite whole wheat flour
⅓cupmini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Line 10 muffin cups of a standard muffin tin with paper liners.
To crush the cereal, place it in a ziplock plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin.
In a mixing bowl, combine the crushed cereal and buttermilk. Let mixture stand for 5 minutes to soften cereal.
Add oil, egg, brown sugar and vanilla and stir until very well mixed.
Stir in cocoa, baking soda and salt and mix well.
Add the flour and stir just until mixed.
Stir in chocolate chips and divide evenly among the 10 muffin cups.
Bake for 15-20 minutes (My muffins were ready after baking for 17 minutes).
Immediately remove the muffins from the pan and let cool a bit on a wire rack. Serve warm.
Or bake in mini muffin tins instead. Bake until done, about 12 minutes or so.
Recipe Notes
Serving size: 1 muffinClick here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.9*SmartPoints (Green plan)9*SmartPoints (Blue plan)9*SmartPoints (Purple plan)5*PointsPlus (Old plan)Or, make 30 mini muffins instead for *3 Freestyle SmartPoints each!!
Nutrition Facts
Double Chocolate Bran Muffins Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 muffin)
Calories 210Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Carbohydrates 31g10%
Fiber 4g16%
Protein 4g8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.