Dark Chocolate Strawberry Muffins

Name: Dark Chocolate Strawberry Muffins
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1/2 cup whole wheat flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds; 1 1/2 cups cooked black beans or 1 (15 ounce) can no-salt-added or low sodium black beans; 10 medjool dates, pits removed; 3 ripe bananas, divided; 3/4 cup natural non alkalized cocoa powder; 1 tablespoon pure vanilla bean powder or alcohol-free vanilla extract; 2 cups frozen strawberries, thawed; sprinkle of cinnamon (optional)

By: Talia Fuhrman

by 11 members

G - BOMBS

Category: Desserts

No guilt here! You can get your chocolate fix with these yummy muffins.

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Serves 12

Ingredients

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1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 tablespoons ground flax seeds

1 1/2 cups cooked black beans or 1 (15 ounce) can no-salt-added or low sodium black beans

10 medjool dates, pits removed

3 ripe bananas, divided

3/4 cup natural non alkalized cocoa powder

1 tablespoon pure vanilla bean powder or alcohol-free vanilla extract

2 cups frozen strawberries, thawed

sprinkle of cinnamon (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, combine whole wheat flour, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.

In a small bowl, mix ground flaxseed with 1/2 cup water and let sit for five minutes.

Using a high powered blender, combine black beans, dates, 2 of the bananas, cocoa powder, vanilla and flaxseed gel.

Add bean mixture to flour mixture and stir until thoroughly combined.

Chop remaining banana and stir in into batter. Drain defrosted strawberries and stir into batter.

Line a muffin pan with paper liners and using a spoon, scoop in batter in equal parts. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Sprinkle cinnamon on top if desired.

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Serves 12

Per Serving:

Calories 155
Protein 5 g
Carbohydrates 37 g
Sugars 18 g
Total Fat 1.6 g
Saturated Fat 0.6 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 108 mg
Fiber 7.2 g
Beta-Carotene 32 ug
Vitamin C 13 mg
Calcium 54 mg
Iron 1.9 mg
Folate 50 ug
Magnesium 75 mg
Potassium 510 mg
Zinc 1 mg
Selenium 4.9 ug

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melparsons.veg

09/19/2022 11:52 AM

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So good!! My whole family LOVED them! They are perfect!

rcdoty

10/12/2019 10:46 AM

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Very good as lava caked topped with banana nice cream!

The Major

07/23/2019 07:52 PM

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I agree with Brent H. Cross between a pudding and a cake, but 100% delicious! We made them smaller (18 instead of 12)and only used 2 of the bananas (omitting the sliced one). We also changed from 2 cups of strawberries to 1 cup of strawberries and 1 cup of blackberries. We opted for no frosting and ate them out of the muffin cups with a spoon like a snack pudding. Superb. They were soft, creamy even, but not liquidy. We will chill the others in order to be able to eat them without a spoon. But honestly, I wouldn't change a thing, recipe-wise other than the minor changes we made.

BrentH

11/22/2018 02:27 PM

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Love it! Half way between pudding and cake, but very nice. Made these modifications: omitted the water, doubled the ground flax and added to the Vitamix, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, quartered the whole thawed frozen strawberries. Used paper cupcake cups (was very chunky to put in the cups, but flattened each down with a spoon). cooked an extra 10 minutes, and topped with frosting from the Chocolaty Brownies recipe. The frosting I modified by using unhulled sesame seeds instead of tahini.

The cupcakes hold their shape when you remove the paper cups, and they're a lot moister than SAD-style cake cupcakes. Very pleasant to have chunks of strawberry and chunks of banana in the cupcakes. The frosting really isn't mandatory, but adds a nice touch.

All came out great. Will definitely make again.

Megr2010

04/24/2017 09:33 AM

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These were yummy! Next time I'd probably blend all bananas instead of chopping one. I used these as cupcakes for a birthday so I topped with the frosting recipe from the black bean brownies. They turned out great!

juliegreenman

11/23/2015 05:42 PM

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I read the comments above and made the following changes:

1. I added the dry flax to the flour mixture and omitted the water
2. I changed the amounts of baking powder to be 1 1/2 tsp with only 1/2 tsp baking soda.
3. I only used the two bananas for blending and omitted the third and sliced banana
4. I blended the strawberries with the bean mixture to make a chocolate batter. This I added to the flour/flax mixture

They are in the oven and I cannot wait to try them. I will post and tell you the results.

This comment was last edited on 11/23/2015 05:42 PM

Elaine Garces

09/10/2013 09:18 PM

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Wonderful. I really looked forward to having these after I made them.

Mandy4416

04/19/2013 04:33 PM

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These are fantastic. No bean taste, but great chocolate flavor. Give them a try!
I had no trouble with the baking time, just make sure your strawberries are thawed and drianed before use so you don't have too much liquid.

This comment was last edited on 04/19/2013 04:40 PM

Mir3

01/31/2013 12:14 AM

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I was going to give this recipe a 2 star, I thought it tasted bland, but my husband raved about so I'm giving it 4 stars.

familyG22

05/10/2012 04:56 PM

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We baked them 10 minutes extra and still found them gooey. We suggest that they are delicious but should be called lava cake instead.

seh2015

03/07/2012 08:44 PM

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These are something akin to perfect. Though actually I think I might prefer them without the strawberries (but when I asked my parents what they thought, my mom unequivocally told me the strawberries were a must). I did have to bake them 10 minutes longer than called for, and they were STILL gooey, but I think that might be because my strawberries were too liquidy. They were so good that only two muffins survived the first round of munching, straight from the oven.

Also, I really liked the chocolate mixture before the flour and stuff got added in; tasted kind of like chocolate pudding. I sometimes think that many of the desserts taste better as "batter" than they do as the baked product, and I wonder if we're not being silly in trying to imitate unhealthy desserts to that degree. These were really good both ways, however.

Nice job, Talia!

BrigetA

02/24/2012 06:52 PM

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I was so excited to try these muffins, and I was very disappointed. They tasted terrible, and no one in my family liked them either. Not sure what could be done to improve them. Unfortunately, I won't even give them one star.

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