Clean-Eating Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Amy Clevenger

by | Updated: December 2nd, 2016 | Read time: 1 minute

When it’s time for dessert, I want dessert—not some tolerably tasty, veganized version of the cookies, cakes, brownies and ice cream I used to love. If you eat healthy most of the time, it’s OK to indulge every once in a while, right? With this recipe, your sweet tooth gets the best of both worlds. Clean, whole food ingredients combine to create sinfully sweet, moist mini cakes, complete with frosting that can be piped on prettily for an elegant, bakery-treat feel.

Clean-Eating Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

 

Clean-Eating Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Makes 12-14 cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes
2 cups oat flour
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 ripe banana
1/3 coconut oil, melted
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
3 Tbsp. honey
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
½ cup chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips

Frosting
¼ cup low-fat cottage cheese
8 oz. low-fat cream cheese, room temperature
¼ cup powdered sugar substitute
2 tsp. unsweetened vanilla almond milk

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place liners in cupcake pan.
  2. In large bowl, mix together dry ingredients; set aside.
  3. In food processor, mix wet ingredients until well combined. Pour in dry ingredients and mix until combined.
  4. Fill cupcake liners ¾ full with batter.
  5. Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool.
  6. For frosting, blend all ingredients until smooth. Frost cupcakes.

 

Amy Clevenger

Amy Clevenger is a Los Angeles-based food blogger. In 2013, she started her popular Instagram account @FantasticallyFit to help keep her accountable in her journey to better health. Clevenger’s brand has since expanded to include Fantastically-Fit.com and the popular e-recipe book series, Healthy Eats. Clevenger’s passion for healthy eating and cooking began while she was pursuing her master’s degree in counseling and guidance from Cal Lutheran University. Her work with families helped her to realize that living a healthy, happy life starts in the kitchen. She believes clean eating doesn’t have to mean giving up on great taste. Today, Clevenger is married to her college sweetheart and lives in Los Angeles with her three cats, Kailani, Confettu and Harley.