Chocolate eggnog muffins

It’s true — good things do come in small packages. These decadent muffins are bursting with rich festive flavors and are packed with ingredients that benefit your oral and overall health. Now that’s a gift that keeps on giving!

Ingredients:

  • checkmark

    2 tablespoons butter, softened

  • checkmark

    ⅓ cup sugar

  • checkmark

    2 large egg whites

  • checkmark

    2½ ripe bananas, mashed

  • checkmark

    3 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce

  • checkmark

    ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

  • checkmark

    1¼ cups whole-wheat flour

  • checkmark

    ⅓ cup eggnog

  • checkmark

    ¼ cup old fashioned oats

  • checkmark

    ¾ teaspoon baking soda

  • checkmark

    ¼ teaspoon salt

  • checkmark

    ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • checkmark

    ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

  • checkmark

    ½ cup dark chocolate chips

  • checkmark

    ½ cup pecans

Directions:

 

  1. Preheat oven to 325 F. Fill a muffin tin with 12 liners.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together. 
  3. Add egg whites, bananas, applesauce, vanilla and eggnog to mixture.
  4. Beat until mixture is well combined. 
  5. In a separate bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. 
  6. Slowly add flour mixture to other mixture, lightly beating until just combined. 
  7. Fold in chocolate chips and pecans. 
  8. Evenly pour batter into muffin tins. 
  9. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. 
  10. Enjoy!

 

Go back to articles