Chocolate Chip Muffins

I used to love ordering the chocolate muffins from Tim Hortons on a Friday when I lived in Toronto. Only difference was those muffins were literally like 410 calories. These are roughly 255 and leave you satisfied that you’ve had a nice chocolatey treat, without completely blowing your calories for the day. They are sweet, light and fluffy. Who says you can’t eat treats when trying to live a healthy lifestyle? I am a firm believer of everything in moderation and I can safely say that I eat some form of biscuit or chocolate every single day. Life’s way too short to not eat the chocolate.

Ingredients

Makes 19 | Roughly 255 calories per muffin*

• 375g plain flour

• 3 tsp baking powder

• 80g butter (soft)

• 80ml vegetable oil

• 150g light brown sugar

• 2 eggs

• 250ml low fat milk

• 50ml 0% greek yoghurt

• 250g chocolate chips (I used Aldi Dairyfine chocolate chopped)

• 1 tsp vanilla essence / extract (optional)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200 Celcius in a fan assisted oven.

2. Line a muffin tray with some paper/silicone re-useable liners

3. Cream butter with butter, oil & sugar

4. Add in eggs & mix

5. Add in milk, vanilla & yoghurt

6. Sift all your dry ingredients into a large bowl and add your chocolate chips.

7. Fold in dry ingredients to the wet mixture until just combined.

8. Fill each of the muffin casings 2/3 of the way to the top.

9. Bake at 200 for 5 minutes then reduce the temperature to 180 and bake for 20 mins.

*Calorie breakdown was using MFP and may not be completely accurate but can be used as a general calorie guide.