Cacao Breakfast Muffins Free PD Recipe
- Cuisine: American
- Skill Level: Easy
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Help yourself to a few of these rich, dark chocolaty muffins as a perfectly healthy choice for breakfast or to satisfy your cravings during the Protective Diet 30 Day Whole Food Detox and Taste Bud Reprogram. Take note these are low-calorie muffins made of whole grain, health promoting ingredients. Don’t let guilt creep up on you as these only look off plan. Enjoy them and be thrilled you are on the fast track to optimal health. Help yourself to a few of these rich chocolaty muffins as a healthy choice. They will satisfy your desire for chocolate without the oil and sugar to weigh you down.
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I’m craving chocolate. I’m wondering if bananas make the frosty sweet, do you think an extra banana would make this sweeter? I’m out of e-sugar and stevia.
These were yummy. Definately not a dessert muffin for a SAD eater but a breakfast muffin as it’s called, yes. I prefer the brownie recipe more I think, but this will satisfy your hunger without feeling guilty. I added the PD sugar on top. They rose in the oven perfectly!!
Can I sub buckwheat or oat flour for this Julie? Can I omit stevia?
You can always omit stevia but it will be very bitter with the cacao. Cacao in this amount always needs something sweet to cut it’s bitterness. I would suggest rather than changing this recipe, try the Breakfast Brownies. They are Gluten Free and do not use stevia.
Is there an equivalent measurement of Erythritol?
No it doesn’t measure out liquid to dry conversion so easily. It would take some experimenting.
Is carob ok to use instead of cacao?
If you prefer the taste use carob.
Mine were very bitter also. I didn’t have high expectations, but I didn’t think they would have such a bite. Sorry. Didn’t like them.
I’m sorry they weren’t good to you. They are not a sweet recipe and the cacao brand can make a difference as well. Give the Breakfast Brownies a try for a sweeter balance with the cacao powder.
This reply is a little late…maybe 5 years. I did try to breakfast brownies as muffins and I really liked those. If you have need something a little sweeter, those breakfast brownies are the bomb! Sorry for my delay in the update. 🙂
Could agave nectar be used as a sweetener?
It could be used, although I don’t recommend the use of Agave as it is no better for you than sugar. It is falsely marketed as healthier than sugar. It is empty sugar calories and will keep you craving sweets.
Still not sold on Stevia (taste-wise and health-wise). I think I’d prefer to use a date or two to sweeten my foods. Maybe the Protective Diet is not quite for me.
Has anyone tried making these with E sugar?
I also made it as a loaf since I ran out of muffin liners. I think next time..and there will be a next time very soon…I will cut back the Almond Extract to 1 tsp instead of 2. The almond taste overpowered it a bit. But very good, moist and easy to make.
Thanks again for bringing healthy desserts into our PD lives!
Wonderful recipe! I omitted the almond extract and used peppermint extract instead. I love the mint/chocolate combo! I also left out the stevia. I’m lazy so I made it in mini loaf pan, increased the baking time and it turned out great!
I didn’t care for these too much. I might try crumbling them in my frosty though.
I made these today. They rose beautifully and smelled delicious coming out of the oven. However, they had a bitter taste… Maybe because of the stevia???
I made these with oat flour and they were kind of heavy. They’re probably better with whole wheat flour. Still, they were good. I used silicone muffin liners and the muffins just fell out, without sticking at all, even after they cooled.
Hi
Just wondering if the Wholemeal flour can be replaced by Coconut Flour in this recipe??
I haven’t tried it with coconut flour to give you the review. If you try it please let us know how they turn out.
Can’t wait to try this – Ambria
what about dates?
I do not recommend the use of dried fruit to my students. I’m reprogramming their tastebuds by removing sugars. The dates can cause sugar cravings and make fruit taste less sweet to them. I want berries to taste like candy. This happens when all concentrated sugars are removed, including dried fruit.
How about using xylitol instead of stevia? We’ve been using xylitol for years (husband and 4 year old son both T1 diabetic) and my husband doesn’t like the taste of stevia.
Ophira – I’m in Switzerland and between the health food shops across the border in Germany (I live just 10 minutes from the border) and amazon.de, I can pretty much get everything I want (including chia).
Xylitol is a chemical artificial sweetener. I don’t advise the consumption of this product. If he doesn’t care for the taste of stevia I’d advise you to just leave it out, even better make the blueberry breakfast muffins or the apple oat muffins. They are naturally sweeter in taste and don’t contain stevia in the recipe.
Would maple syrup work the same as liquid stevia? Its much easier to get where I live in Europe 🙂 So excited to try this, I used to love muffins like this as a kid.
Well I feel silly! I didnt think of maple syrup as ‘sugar-sugar’ and didnt totally get what stevia is, but I just googled it. I will look for it when I move to Germany, they have more health stores there! It would be so nice to finally be in a country that has chia seeds too…
I’m working on some new muffin recipes without the use of any stevia. I hope to post them soon.
It would work to sweeten these muffins ,but I don’t recommend using syrup or anything that contains sugars. The Protective Diet plan eliminates sugars, natural processed sugars and dried fruit to eliminate cravings for sugar. When we cut concentrated sugars out completely our taste buds reprogram and the sweetness of natural fruit is heightened. This is why I use stevia in its place for these muffins. Thanks for the question! Best of Health to you!
What is the sugar equivalent that I’m trying to achieve? I have powdered stevia and liquid stevia (but not with a dropper), so I’m trying to figure out how much to use. Thanks!
It would equal 1/2 teaspoon of liquid stevia. They aren’t very sweet muffins. They are rich in chocolate flavor but more of an adults style muffin or breakfast muffin.