Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Protein Cupcakes
 
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These healthy protein cupcakes are filled with peanut butter chips and chocolate chips and topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting to make the perfect healthy cupcake!
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Serves: 8 cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
  • 1 cup oat flour (or whole wheat flour)
  • 1 scoop Vanilla rice protein powder (or casein)
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 6 tbsp. milk (any kind is fine)
  • ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
  • 2 whole large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar*
  • 2 tbsp. peanut butter chips
  • 2 tbsp. chocolate chips
Frosting
  • ¼ cup peanut flour
  • 1 tbsp. vanilla pudding mix
  • 2 tbsp. natural creamy peanut butter
  • 6 tbsp. milk or water
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Mix flour, protein powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together melted coconut oil. milk, eggs, vanilla extract and brown sugar.
  3. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Gently fold together until a smooth batter is formed. Add chocolate chips and peanut butter chips and stir into batter.
  4. Spray a muffin pan with nonstick spray. Evenly spoon batter into 8 spots in the muffin pan. Bake for about 15 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.
  5. Let muffins completely cool. While cooling, mix together all frosting ingredients until smooth. It may take a bit of mixing to get the pudding mix smooth and incorporated with the rest of the ingredients. Once cooled, top each muffin with peanut butter frosting and a few more chocolate/peanut butter chips. Enjoy!
Notes
*For lower sugar/calorie, you can substitute 3 tbsp. granulated stevia.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 cupcake (with frosting) Calories: 250 Fat: 13 Carbohydrates: 21 Sugar: 7 Fiber: 4 Protein: 13
Recipe by MacroChef at https://www.macro-chef.com/chocolate/peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-protein-cupcakes/