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These easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins are healthy and delightfully flavorful! They are indulgently moist with the perfect texture! Try one for breakfast, snack or even dessert!
I love muffins!
But I am not, however, a fan of muffin tops of the inedible variety. You know what I’m talking about! Fortunately these Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins are waistline friendly yet they taste indulgent!
I found these tasty snacks over on The Cooking Actress. You remember Kayle, she introduced us to that life-changing Flourless Chocolate Cake. So you know these are going to be good.
They don’t even taste healthy.
Did I mention that they take under 10 minutes to get them in the oven? That means you can have fresh, healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins in less time that it takes some people to get dressed in the morning. Just sayin’.
Now you have a choice to make with these muffins. It’s not quite Sophie’s Choice but it’s still very serious. You can use ½ cup peanut butter as was written in the original recipe for 190 calories a pop, or you can bake them with 1 cup peanut butter for an extra 50 calories each. Sound like an easy choice? It’s not. Trust me.
The extra peanut butter really brings out the peanut butter flavor (and adds moisture). If I am going to eat a peanut butter muffin, I want to taste peanut butter. For me, it’s as simple as that. But your muffin, your choice.
Everyone knows that the two Golden Rules of Muffin Baking are “Don’t over mix the batter” and “Get them in the preheated oven ASAP”. So I know that what I’m about to suggest is completely against “The Rules” but these muffins actually rose higher when the batter rested in the tins prior to baking. {Gasp!} Revolutionary.
These tasty treats will be perfect for breakfast, snack or even {gulp} dessert!
Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
- ¾ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ cup white whole wheat flour or all-purpose
- 1 cup oats rolled or quick-cooking
- ¼ cup wheat bran
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 cup peanut butter or reduce to ½ cup to lower calories
- ½ cup Greek yogurt I use Fage 2%
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ + 1/3 cup milk I used whole milk
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° and line or spray 15 muffin cups. [I actually baked 12 and then baked the remaining 3 separately. These muffins aren’t too finicky)
- In a large bowl whisk together flours, oats, bran, soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl whisk together sugar, honey, peanut butter, yogurt, egg, vanilla extract, and milk until completely incorporated.
- Fold the flour mixture into the wet mixture and mix until few lumps remain. Fold in chocolate chips being careful not to overmix. Two or three folds should do it.
- Scoop the batter into muffin tins using a 2” cookie or ice cream scoop, filling them all the way to the top.
- Let the muffins sit out for 15 minutes prior to baking for better rise (or you can skip this step).
- Bake 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with some clinging crumbs. Be very careful not to over bake. A minute can make the difference. Seriously.
- Let cool 2 minutes in tins until quickly removing the muffins to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Store in a sealed container or freeze for an easy breakfast / snack! Microwave for 25-30 seconds on high to thaw. It is best not to nuke them too long.
OMG! Peanut butter FTW!! I love love love peanut butter. Haha, I’d definitely add that extra cup! Maybe even slather some on top of the muffin xD
Haha! I am all about the extra half cup!
Yum ~ Would love to see this submitted at FoodFotoGallery.com so I can share with all my foodie friends 🙂
Thanks! I’ll have to check it out!
I can’t enough of your baked goods, these muffins look yum!
Thank you so much! You’re so sweet! I hope you try some soon!!
I’ll def try them and report back. 😉
Yay! Make sure to use the extra pb 😉
Ok! Will Do! I love your blog!
Thanks, Jill!
Oh my word these look good! Must try them soon!
Thanks, Jill! Let me know if you do try them! All my taste-testers have been begging for the recipe!
I cannot get over how healthy these are yet how delicious they look! Seriously – peanut butter, honey, chocolate and greek yogurt?? Oh wow, these sound out of this world incredible!
Thanks, Consuelo! They are so yummy!
Wow! These muffins look fabulous! I love that they’re healthy and peanut butter is one of my favorite things in the world! I wish I was eating these for breakfast right now!
Thanks, Kristi! Not to rub it in, but I am eating one right now and it’s fabulous! Happy Friday!
now I wish I’d used more peanut butter 😛
You are enough to make me blush, thanks for the shout out girl!! Your photos are gorgeous and I’m so glad you liked the muffins!
Of course! It was my pleasure! You should try them again with more pb! So yummy.
Thanks for the compliment on the photos! I find taking photos of muffins really hard…I don’t know why.