Healthier Chocolate Cupcakes
This healthier chocolate cupcake recipe is lightened up with white whole wheat flour, Greek yogurt, and coconut sugar for the perfect, not-too-sweet dessert that your sweetie will love!
Servings: 14
Ingredients
Wet
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 egg large
- ¾ cup light brown sugar packed
- ½ cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil melted
Dry
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup white whole wheat flour
- ⅓ cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
For the Frosting
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons honey
Instructions
For the cupcakes
- First, preheat your oven to 350ºF and line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners. Spray with cooking spray.
- Next, in a large bowl, cream brown sugar and coconut oil with a hand mixer. Then, add the rest of the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
- Mix together dry ingredients in a medium size bowl and then using a sifter, sift the dry ingredients into the wet so that you get all of the clumps out of the flour.
- Use a hand mixer to combine until smooth. You may need to stop a few times to scrape the sides.
- Fill each cupcake tin about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way full. You should fill around 16 cupcakes.
- Bake at 350ºF for 18 minutes.
For the frosting
- Place 1 cup of heavy cream and 2 tablespoons of honey in a large bowl. Use a hand mixer to whip until stiff peaks are formed. Option to add more honey by the tablespoon for a sweeter frosting.
- Frost right before serving (as it is dairy!).
Video
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Notes
*This cupcake is not a SUPER sweet dessert. If you'd like it more sweet, I suggest adding more honey to the frosting and keeping the cupcake recipe as is!
*The nutrition information is for the cupcake only and does not include the frosting.
*Frost cupcakes right before serving.
*The nutrition information is for the cupcake only and does not include the frosting.
*Frost cupcakes right before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 108kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g