Grain-Free Chocolate Muffins
Have you tried using golden flaxseed meal yet? It is such a great ingredient that is inexpensive, high in fiber and high in other nutrients, too. It has a very mild flavor and I try to include it in as many recipes as I can. Here are the chocolate muffins we have been enjoying lately. I like to top these with cream cheese frosting and strawberries to make mini strawberry shortcakes, just like the original ones, except chocolatey!
Delicious, high fiber chocolate muffin. Gluten-free, wheat-free, grain-free, low carb.
Ingredients
- 1.25 cups golden flaxseed meal
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1.5 tablespoons cinnamon
- 2.25 teaspoons stevia glycerite (or sweetener equal to 2.25 cups sugar)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 cup coconut oil or butter
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Slightly beat the eggs, then add the sour cream, vanilla and coconut oil. Mix with a whisk until smooth.
In a separate bowl, mix the remaining dry ingredients together until well blended. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet, mixing thoroughly until smooth (this may take a minute).
Let the mixture sit while you preheat the oven to 350 degrees (325 for a dark pan). Grease muffin tin and, after the mixture has set for about 5 minutes, pour batter in, almost to the top.
Bake 20-25 minutes.
Enjoy!
Notes
Made with coconut oil, each muffin contains 6.4 g protein, 9.6 g carb, 8.3 g fiber (1.3 g net carb), and .4g sugar.
To make these cinnamon only (and reduce net carbs to .6 g each), simply omit the cocoa powder.
This recipe was featured on Nourishing Treasures, Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free and Adorned From Above!
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I haven’t yet tried flax, although I do love chia!
I am looking forward to trying these muffins very soon! I love the simple recipe. I will need to sub out the sour cream, but that shouldn’t be difficult. Maybe this will be my recipe for church snacks next week! Thank you & I am definitely pinning 
Found you through the gluten free menu plan link up!
Heather, I think you could probably sub apple sauce for the sour cream. I hope you like them (let me know!) and thanks for visiting!
These look and sound really good. I’ve been looking for some new things to try. Thank you for sharing. Visiting from The Gathering Place. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-it-pretty-monday-week-17.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Thanks, Kathryn! I’ll be sure to stop on over!
I’m so glad that I found you on Make it Pretty Monday! This look absolutely delicious. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe:)
Katie
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The perfect yumminess for a gluten free diet. Hopping over from The Gathering Spot xo
Yum!!!! I would love it if you visited my new Gluten-Free Monday party at OneCreativeMommy.com and linked up this and any other idea you would like to share. I hope to see you there.
Looks good!
Your muffins look delicious, and I really like all the wholesome ingredients, especially the flaxseed. I like the idea of using them for chocolatey strawberry shortcakes as well!
I just love this great combination of flavors for your muffins, we would just love them. Enjoy your weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
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those look delish! I can’t wait to try them!
Really great alternative! Thanks for sharing at Mom’s Library!
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I like to bake with flax also, but have not used it as the main ingredient in a baked good. Thanks for linking up to Healthy 2Day Wednesday! Hope to see you back this week.
Thank you for linking this up with Gluten Free Fridays! I’m so glad you did because these look DELICIOUS and perfectly fall!
This looks great! I think my boys would love them! Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party last week! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest!
I hope that you’ll join us this week to share more yummies! Also, be sure to stop back by to see who the winner of the Planet Rice will be! The winner will be announced at GFF #9 Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com
Hi Anne-Marie,
These are really delicious, and I love that they are made with flaxseed meal and coconut meal. I do much better without flour and sugar. Thanks again so much for sharing with Adorned From Above. I am featuring this post on my Friday Favorite Blog Links tomorrow. Come over and grab my Featured Blogger Button.
Debi @ Adorned From Above
http://www.adornedfromabove.com
those look fab! Thank you for the recipe
Great recipe, I’m trying to expand our meals to include some gluten free options as well. Thanks for sharing at Snacktime Saturday.
These are another must-try! Thanks for sharing at Sweet Saturday!
Can I use 2.25 teaspoons honey instead of the stevia?
Any sweetener should work. Stevia glycerite is extremely concentrated though, so 2.25 teaspoons of it is equal to 2.25 cups of regular sugar. Substituting 2.25 teaspoons of honey will probably not make these muffins sweet enough. Another thing to consider is if you add 2.25 cups of honey, you’ll be adding a lot more liquid to the recipe. You might have to experiment and tweek it a bit. If you do try it, please leave a comment here so other readers can learn from your modifications.