Since these muffins are so itty bitty, it only makes sense that this post is teeny tiny, too.
I’ve spent more hours this week than I care to admit sipping on three million cups of chai tea with soy curled over my computer like a hunchback madwoman typing away about the perceptions of cancer survivors harvesting at an urban garden. Luck Bros coffee shop and Cup O Joe surely think I’m homeless. I mean I may just bring a sleeping bag tomorrow.
That batter…prettiest thing I ever did see. I think I ate half a pan’s worth with my finger. No buttah, no refined sugah, no flowah….you know the drill.
I defend my thesis in one week. ONE WEEK. Ermygerd. I’m dying on the inside.
Everything I eat is from a crockpot or a muffin tin. Thanks a bajillion to Happy Healthy Mama for introducing me to the miracle that is the blender muffin, which inspired this recipe. I should add her to the acknowledgments in my thesis. Dump, eat, muffin, repeat. If it weren’t for the twenty mini muffins in the fridge, who knows if I’d graduate. Or eat. Or shower.
Today, lettuce raise our glass to flourless muffins! Muffins, sanity and brevity.
Or lack thereof…
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Super moist chocolate muffins made from almond butter and studded with chocolate chips and fresh raspberries! Made without flour, refined sugar or butter, this is one chocolatey treat you won’t feel guilty about.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water
- 1/2 cup creamy almond butter
- 1 small, very ripe banana
- 2 1/2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/3 cup fresh raspberries, chopped
- 3 tbsp chocolate chips (mini would be great here)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray. (You could also use a regular 12 cup muffin tin and increase the cooking time by about 4 minutes.)
- In a small bowl, whisk together ground flaxseed and water. Set aside to gel for five minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine almond butter, banana, maple syrup, vanilla, cocoa powder and baking powder in a large food processor. Add in flax mixture. Process until smooth. The batter will be thin. Stir in raspberries and chocolate chips.
- Pour batter evenly into muffin tin. Bake for about 11-13 minutes, or until muffins are set.
- Store in the refrigerator.
Notes
Adapted from Happy Healthy Mama’s 5-Ingredient Blender Muffins
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You’re going to ROCK that thesis defense like nooooobodysbiznatch!!!! I want to snuggle up with these mini muffs..but I’m not going to lie, once I make the recipe (which I 200% will…no flowah + the almond butta + the naner = ffffffffffyeah!), I’ll be making the ginorm muff, instead of the mini muff. Because I need a giant version of this all up in my face! LOVE these, my dear!!
★★★★★
Hehehe thanks, Julia! I know you appreciate a good muffin. I’m still DYINGGGG to make your cranberry orange ones!! DYING. Did I say dying errr no?
Fingers are crossed crossed crossed for you!! Keep enough of these muffins at hand to both get you trough the day and for possible bribery. Not that I’d said that or ever given baked goods to my profs or anything. Plus you won’t need it.
Thanks so much, friend! Muffins will get me through it–that’s what I’m hoping, at least 🙂
Fingers are crossed crossed crossed for you!! Keep enough of these muffins at hand to both get you trough the day and for possible bribery. Not that I’d said that or ever given baked goods to my profs or anything. Plus you won’t need it.
Thanks so much, friend! Muffins will get me through it–that’s what I’m hoping, at least 🙂
These are SO cute! I’m pretty sure I’d eat several of these in one sitting 😉 I need to invest in a mini muffin pan! Good luck with the thesis defense! You will rock it 🙂
Aren’t they presh?! Mini totally means you can eat like five in one sitting 🙂 Thanks, Hannah!
These are SO cute! I’m pretty sure I’d eat several of these in one sitting 😉 I need to invest in a mini muffin pan! Good luck with the thesis defense! You will rock it 🙂
Aren’t they presh?! Mini totally means you can eat like five in one sitting 🙂 Thanks, Hannah!
One week?!?! Eeee! You’re going to rock their socks off, girl! 😀 Especially if you’re fuelling yourself with these delicious gems 😉
Thanks lady!! Fueling up with weird amounts of dark chocolate and almond butter should totes do the trick, right?!
One week?!?! Eeee! You’re going to rock their socks off, girl! 😀 Especially if you’re fuelling yourself with these delicious gems 😉
Thanks lady!! Fueling up with weird amounts of dark chocolate and almond butter should totes do the trick, right?!
Defending your thesis in a week and still finding time to bake – you’re a rockstar girl! And I’m sure you’re going to totally ace it next week. 🙂
Heheh I try! I couldn’t get through it without SOME kind of baked good in the fridge 🙂
Defending your thesis in a week and still finding time to bake – you’re a rockstar girl! And I’m sure you’re going to totally ace it next week. 🙂
Heheh I try! I couldn’t get through it without SOME kind of baked good in the fridge 🙂
I love that you made a chocolate version!! I am so making these and soon, very soon. 🙂 Good luck on that thesis, girl! You’ll nail it.
I love that you made a chocolate version!! I am so making these and soon, very soon. 🙂 Good luck on that thesis, girl! You’ll nail it.
you are so close–you got it..sending you lots of nutritious vibe your way 🙂
Thanks so much my dear!! MWAH.
you are so close–you got it..sending you lots of nutritious vibe your way 🙂
Thanks so much my dear!! MWAH.
Lettuce stand up and applaud you….these look almost too cute to eat. Just kidding, if you just gave me the food processor pre baking and I’d tap that. Wait.. what.
Please give the goat a pat.
Lettuce stand up and applaud you….these look almost too cute to eat. Just kidding, if you just gave me the food processor pre baking and I’d tap that. Wait.. what.
Please give the goat a pat.