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Apple Banana Quinoa Muffins with Vegan Chocolate Sauce

Summer Floyd
May 13, 2017
2 min read

Whats crazy-crae is how these are NOT filled with preservatives, crazy additives, ingredients YOU DO NOT know how to pronounce, and they are the perfect guilt free sweet tooth cure! I'm only like, what, a few days late on posting this (from when I said I would)! Better now than never though, because these two recipes combined make for one awesome taste bud explosion.

Need a quick breakfast? Grab these to go.

Need a grab and go snack? Grab these!

Need some good kind of chocolate in your life? Drizzle the sauce on these muffins

These muffins are so versatile and can fit in for any hunger cures throughout the day.

SIDENOTE: If making with kids, the batter is amazing! Let them, and you of course, lick up the bowl and spatula to get a glimpse of what you're waiting for =D

Apple Banana Quinoa Muffins

Ingredients:

1/2 cup applesauce
1 cup mashed banana (3)
1 banana for slicing (topping)
1 cup cooked quinoa
2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
1/2 cup almond milk (or preference of nut milk)
1/4 cup honey
1tsp cinnamon
1 apple, peeled and chopped (I used a granny smith)

Method:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease muffin tin. (I used coconut oil spray)
Cook quinoa as package directs. (1/2 cup dry usually makes 1 cup cooked)
Mix apple sauce, mashed banana, almond milk, and honey in a small side bowl
In separate larger bowl, mix dry ingredients of oats, quinoa, and cinnamon
Slowly stir in the wet ingredients into the dry
Peel, core, and chop apple. Mix chunks into the bowl.
Fill each muffin cup to the top with muffin mixture. Add a sliced banana or two on top as desired.
Bake for 20-25min (I ended up doing 27min.)
Let cool for 5-10min before taking out of tin!

Vegan Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Cacoa Powder
1/4 cup Pure Maple Syrup
1/4 cup water

Method:

Combine ingredients into a small saucepan and whisk together.
Place on stove top and heat up, BUT NOT BOILING. I had set mine medium-low heat for less than 10-minutes.
Let cool down some before transferring into container. I used my Maple Syrup glass bottle, its so cute and too perfect to toss away! I poured some onto a large spoon and then put it over my muffins (that way not a bunch came out at once from bottle).