Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Healthy Twists!
These chocolate chip cupcakes look really unhealthy but they are actually really good for you filled with banana, whole wheat flour, and yogurt!
Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp honey
1 egg
1 ripe banana
4 tbsp Greek yogurt
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup low-fat milk
1/4 cup dark choc chips for topping
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
2. Prepare a 12 hole cupcake pan with cupcake papers or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl
4. In another bowl, mash the banana and add wet ingredients, combining well
5. Pour and fold wet ingredients into the dry ingredients (add more milk if it is too thick, it depends on the sugar you use)
6. Pour into cupcake pan and sprinkle the dark chocolate chips over the top
7. Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the center.
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