Grain Free Chocolate Mini Muffins

Oooh yum! Grain free chocolate chocolate-chip mini muffins 🙂

If you’ve been craving donuts but don’t have a donut pan, try making mini muffins instead and just call them donut holes. Gigi recently posted a recipe on her blog for donuts and I had to try them! but I needed come chocolate to mask the hemp powder (that stuff is scratchy…) so I made my own version. I followed this recipe from Gigi (which was originally created by Sarah Grace), but made a few modifications:

I used hemp protein powder
I used chia protein powder in place of the flax meal. If you have never heard of or used chia protein powder, it gels up like crazy! It’s perfect for egg-free baking and has lots of fiber and less fat, too
I added 1/4 cup cocoa powder
I added 1/4 cup coconut sugar (probably could have skipped this, but wanted more sweetness)
I added 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
I baked in mini muffin pans (made about 2 dozen) for 20-25 minutes at 350º F. You could bake these for only 20 minutes if you want them to be a bit fudgy inside

These turned out yummy! And my kids could have these too, which is even better. These would taste great with some homemade donut glaze on top…

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Kevin Powder says
May 30, 2014 at 8:47 am
Hey, these look SOOOOO good. I am going to make them this weekend. I only have whey protein though, no hemp : (
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- Sarah Jane says
  May 31, 2014 at 12:49 pm
  Good luck! I'm not sure how these would turn out with whey protein, but you can certainly give it a try ;)
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martha@ simple-nourished-living says
May 12, 2014 at 6:36 pm
These look amazing!!
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- Sarah Jane says
  May 12, 2014 at 7:25 pm
  They're delicious! Next time I'll bake them in a doughnut pan
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Mirchi Bajji says
May 8, 2014 at 8:51 am
oh goodness, i love chocolate flavor as everyone likes chocolate.
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GiGi Eats Celebrities says
April 30, 2014 at 10:00 pm
I need to experiment more with chia and hemp!!! :)
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- Sarah Jane says
  May 1, 2014 at 5:11 am
  I'm not a big fan of hemp protein - maybe I just haven't found the right kind I guess. But the chia protein isn't too bad: it's a bit gritty, maybe not something I would put in a shake but it works great for baking
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Elle says
April 30, 2014 at 6:06 pm
Chia protein powder is a new one on me too. Will have to look for that! Love love chocolate.
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- Sarah Jane says
  April 30, 2014 at 7:29 pm
  I got this particular chia protein powder from Vitacost - it's raw, non-GMO, organic, and decently priced
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Amber @ AwakenedNutrition says
April 30, 2014 at 2:33 pm
These look amazing! I've never heard of chia protein powder. I will have to check that out!
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- Sarah Jane says
  April 30, 2014 at 3:02 pm
  It's not too bad! Basically chia powder with the fat mostly removed so it's mostly fiber and protein, but it still gels up really good! It worked great in this recipe :)
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Jody - Fit at 56 says
April 30, 2014 at 2:18 pm
Those look delish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Sarah Jane says
  April 30, 2014 at 3:03 pm
  They're yummy!
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