These Chocolate Chia Seed Muffins are paleo, dairy free, grain free and provide the perfect pick-me-up for when you’re craving something sweet.
Hello again! Sarah’s busy writing up the recipe to a new grain-free cookie recipe that she has coming up (they’re insanely good) so you’re gonna have to listen to me wax lyrical about these chia seed muffins instead. Normally I find writing blog posts to be a daunting prospect but considering I’ve eaten about 10 of these in the last couple of weeks I feel like I’m qualified enough for this one!
The idea for these beauties came about during one of our trips to Meadowhall shopping centre. The real purpose of the trip was for me to buy some new walking shoes – or at least that was the plan until I noticed their price tags. 🙁 So we called an audible and wandered into Lakeland kitchenware. It feels like whenever we go in there we end up leaving with inspiration for a new recipe. The first time we went it inspired this ice cream recipe, as I insisted we buy their orange oil. This time around there was a very tempting box of chocolate chia seed muffin mix winking at me as we walked in. It was decided – we had to make our own version.
About This Recipe
So our (read: my) first attempt at this recipe was pretty good, but nothing spectacular. I’m not the greatest when it comes to eyeing my ingredients so they came out a little bit on the dry side. A valiant effort, but not quite what we were looking for. Sarah steps in for round two, and of course, she knocks it out of the park. It’d be annoying how good she is at figuring out recipes first try if it wasn’t for the fact that I get to eat the results. I suppose there’s no shame in being schooled by the professional!
Actually, you know what? I do have a serving suggestion that goes a little bit off the beaten track. Break off some of this halloween-inspired chocolate bark and stick it on top if you want to dial the decadence of this recipe up to 11. I’m not sure if Sarah tried it this way when she ate these but it gets the Mike seal of approval. Hope you enjoy!
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Chocolate Chia Seed Muffins
These Chocolate Chia Seed Muffins are paleo, dairy free, grain free and provide the perfect pick-me-up for when you're craving something sweet.
Ingredients
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 cup | 105 gram melted & cooled coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon | 5ml vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup | 170 grams honey
- 3 tablespoons | 45 ml full fat coconut milk
- 1/2 cup | 66 grams coconut flour, sift if clumpy
- 1/3 cup | 40 grams unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons | 30 grams chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 3 oz dairy free dark chocolate, chopped
Instructions
- Heat your oven to 350°F/180°C and grease or line a 12 cup muffin tin.
- In a large mixing bowl beat together the eggs, coconut oil, vanilla extract, honey and milk until well combined.
- Add the coconut flour, cocoa powder, chia seeds, baking powder and salt to the bowl and mix to combine until you have a smooth batter. Stir in the chopped chocolate pieces.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the muffins tins. Place in the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a knife going into the center comes out clean. Remove the muffins from the oven and let cool for about 10 minutes before flipping the tin over and removing the muffins.
Notes
I recommend using full fat coconut milk because it provides a little extra fat/moisture to the muffins but you can use another dairy free milk alternative if you prefer
Julie says
Since my husband was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (a form of cancer of the plasma cells in your blood), I’ve been working on changing his diet and improving his nutrition. I’ve been trying various gluten free and white sugar-free recipes. In addition to my husband (who is already a picky eater), I also have two picky kids (14 and 10 y/o), so it has been difficult to make everyone happy – until this recipe! Everyone loves it (our daughter tried to claim them all for herself), and my husband loves the texture of the chia seeds, which is exactly why I like this recipe even more – I had been trying to figure out how to add chia seeds into his diet! Thank you!
Sarah says
Hi Julie, I’m so glad you were able to find something that everyone likes! Thank you so much for coming back to let me know what you all thought! Also – if you ever need any help finding recipes or anything like that please let me know!
Deborah A Tuszkiewicz says
Can these be made with vegan eggs?
Sarah says
Hi Deborah! When it comes to recipes that use coconut flour, I’ve yet to find an egg substitute that consistency works. Coconut flour can be an extremely absorbent flour and it really needs the moisture that eggs provide. Here are a few different chocolate muffin recipes that you might like though – wish I could help more! https://beamingbaker.com/one-bowl-double-chocolate-banana-muffins-vegan-gluten-free-dairy-free/
https://minimalistbaker.com/1-bowl-chocolate-chocolate-chip-muffins-gf/
http://fromjessicaskitchen.com/flourless-double-chocolate-muffins-dairy-free-gluten-free-soy-free-paleo-and-vegan-friendly/
katherine says
if i dont have coconut flour and coconut milk, can i use normal milk and white flour instead? or any other flour?
Sarah says
Hi Katherine! You might be better off looking for a different chocolate muffin if you’re aren’t able to use the coconut flour – it’s such a unique flour that behaves very different from regular flour that I wouldn’t recommend using another one in it’s place here
Sara says
Your recipes are amazing! Thanks so much for including the grams measurement as I find it so much easier to weigh ingredients than to measure with cups. These muffins are delicious and such a treat!! My kids love them!
Sarah says
Thanks, Sara! So happy that you guys like them 🙂
Laura says
Can you leave out the chia seeds or substitute for anything? Chia seeds give me a poorly tummy 🙁
Sarah says
You could sub it with flax seed, but I’m almost positive that you could leave out the seeds all together!
Jenna says
Could I replace the eggs somehow? We have an egg allergy at our house 🤔
Sarah says
Hi Jenna! Hi Jessica! When it comes to recipes that use coconut flour, I’ve yet to find an egg substitute that consistency works. Coconut flour can be an extremely absorbent flour and it really needs the moisture that eggs provide. Here are a few different chocolate muffin recipes that you might like though – wish I could help more! https://beamingbaker.com/one-bowl-double-chocolate-banana-muffins-vegan-gluten-free-dairy-free/
https://minimalistbaker.com/1-bowl-chocolate-chocolate-chip-muffins-gf/
http://fromjessicaskitchen.com/flourless-double-chocolate-muffins-dairy-free-gluten-free-soy-free-paleo-and-vegan-friendly/
Debbie says
Where’s the recipe???? I get no links to it? Found this via pinterest.
Sarah says
Hi Debbie! So sorry about that! I recently updated the format of my recipes and it looks like that process has deleted a few of them – this one is back up now. Thanks so much for pointing that out to me – sorry about the confusion!
joanne says
Is raw cacao powder the same as cocoa powder in your recipe? Thanks!
Sarah says
Yes! Hope you enjoy the muffins!
Danyelle says
Could you use oatmeal flour instead of coconut?
Sarah says
I’ve never tried it with oat flour so I can’t really offer too much advice here. I imagine if you wanted to play around with the recipe you would need to add more oat flour. Since coconut flour is so absorbent you need more than you would in most recipes – wish I could be more help here!
Jen says
I’m late to the game, but I made these today and they’re super yummy! Only thing is that, although they have chocolate pieces in them, the muffin itself is not chocolate. lol I realized there was no cacao powder or anything in the recipe as printed, but I guess I thought the chocolate pieces were going to melt into them or something and magically make them “chocolate.” lol
Looking back at the pictures, though, your batter is definitely chocolate-colored before you stirred in the chocolate, so… Like I said, they’re delicious anyway, and I’ll definitely make them again and again; but if anyone can help, I’m just wondering about how much cacao powder I should add to the batter to make it chocolate next time around. Thanks in advance!
Sarah says
Oh my goodness I am so sorry! I was recently updating something in this recipe and I think I somehow managed to delete the cocoa powder! It’s fixed now – there should be 1/3 cup. Thank you so much for pointing that out to me! I’m so glad you still liked it despite the fact that I had it up wrong!
Jen says
Just wanted to let you know I made these again this morning, this time with the cocoa powder, and they were even more awesome! Thanks!
Sarah says
Yay! Thanks for coming back to let me know how it went!
Sarah says
Thanks Beth!