Chocolate Cherry Muffins

Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins

Source: vegweb.com

Course: Breakfast

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup nondairy milk
• 1/3 cup vegan margarine
• 2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup fresh or frozen cherries
• 1 cup vegan chocolate chips

Directions

1. 1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a muffin tin.
2. 2) In a large bowl combine first three ingredients. In a separate bowl combine the nondairy milk, "butter", sugar, lemon juice, and vinegar. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Stir chips into batter. Gently fold in cherries.
3. 3) Fill muffin tins 2/3 full with batter. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin come out clean. Cool for 10 to 15 minutes in pan and then turn out on a wire rack.

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The original recipe called for raspberries, but I had frozen some fresh cherries a few weeks back and wanted to use them up. I thawed and chopped them up a bit. These are decadent and delicious. VERY chocolatey so you can use less chips if you want more of the cherry flavor. These are the first vegan muffins I've made and I'm sold! They are so moist and really easy to make. I can't wait to try more variations. Next time I'm going to try using agave or some other sugar substitute. I used Florida Crystals in this recipe.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal

It was an oatmeal kind of morning. Especially after discovering Mrbreakfast.com with tons of oatmeal recipes. I have never really deviated from Quaker Oats Instant and thought it was time to shake things up.  Making your own is healthier as you can control what goes into it.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal original recipe

I modified it to suit my personal needs:

1/3 cup instant oats
1 cup soy milk
1 big teaspoon sugar free cocoa powder
dairy free semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon almond butter
Stevia liquid sweetener

Bring the milk to a boil and add oats. Cook until thickened….about 2 minutes.  Add the cocoa powder and almond butter. I found using a whisk helped dissolve the cocoa powder better.  Remove from heat and add stevia to taste. I used 2 drops and it wasn't very sweet at all. The taste of dark chocolate really came through. Top with chocolate chips.

This was decadent and so very filling.