RAITIRA Recipe › Low-Fat Chocolate Zucchini Mini Muffins

A sweet snack your kids will gobble up and you can feel good about serving. Freezes well and defrosts quickly!

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• ¾ cup egg substitute
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¾ (1 ounce) square semisweet chocolate chips

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 2 mini muffin tins with cooking spray.
2. Melt chocolate squares in a large microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each melting, about 1 minute. Stir in zucchini, applesauce, egg substitute, and vanilla extract; beat well until combined.
3. Mix sugar, all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl. Add chocolate mixture; stir just until combined. Fold chocolate chips into the batter.
4. Scoop batter into prepared muffin tins.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories56.9
• carbohydrateContent11.5 g
• fatContent1 g
• fiberContent0.7 g
• proteinContent1.3 g
• saturatedFatContent0.5 g
• sodiumContent92.9 mg
• sugarContent7.2 g