Double stuffed Oreo Protein Muffins with black cocoa and actual Oreo cookies inside. These cookies and cream protein muffins use chocolate protein powder, egg whites and Greek yogurt for a healthy, high protein, low fat and low calorie muffin recipe.

To tell you the truth I actually did not have this recipe in mind at all.

My next Oreo inspired or rather cookies and cream protein dessert recipe was going to be brownies, but I really wanted a small batch recipe so these muffins are what happened.

Quite in a rush, but they worked out so well! Took me 10 minutes to throw together because I already had the recipe in my phone. And this was including making some adjustments to the original on the fly.

P.S. That healthy Oreo sandwich cookie in the middle of the muffin is definitely a need.

Ingredients for Oreo Protein Muffins

The flourless Oreo protein muffins are made with healthy ingredients, sweetened protein powder, and have no oil or sugar.

Chocolate Protein Powder needed for a high protein muffin and also replaces most of the ‘sugar’.
I used a Chocolate whey-caesin blend protein powder from Quest Nutrition for this recipe.
Another option is Quest cookies and cream protein powder.
Be sure to use a chocolate protein powder sweetened with stevia or monk fruit if you want a proper sugar free protein muffin recipe.

Black Cacao Powder or Black Cocoa Powder; This is the one I used
Oat Flour (you can make your own by blending oats)
1:1 Sugar-free Sugar Substitute I used Lakanto monk fruit sweetener so these healthy air fryer donuts sugar free too! Use my code HAYLSKITCHEN to get 15% off your order.
Unsweetened Applesauce – Makes these low fat protein muffins it replaces the oil and butter usually needed.
Egg Whites
Non-fat Greek Yogurt
A bit of Baking Powder and Baking Soda

And for the double stuffed Oreo muffins effect:

Sugar-free Oreo Sandwich Cookies – I used the Keto friendly Chocolate Vanilla Sandwich Cookies from Catalina Crunch to make these healthy low calorie Oreo muffins.

How to Store Cookies and Cream Protein Muffins

These cookies and cream protein muffins make a perfect meal prep breakfast, snack or dessert and can be stored on the counter, in the fridge or freezer too.

Wrap the Oreo muffins in plastic wrap or place them in an airtight container and you can keep them on the countertop for 2-3 days, fridge for 5 days or freezer for 2-3 months.

How to defrost frozen muffins:

To defrost frozen cookies and cream muffins, leave them on the countertop or place them in the fridge overnight. I would not recommend using the microwave.

Tips for the perfect Oreo Protein Powder Muffins Recipe

While this recipe is easy, there are a few things to keep in mind to make these cookies and cream protein powder muffins

Grease the muffin pan liners if they aren’t silicon.
This will allow the protein powder muffins to come off easily.

Use room temperature egg whites and yogurt;
This is so the wet ingredients and dry ingredients can mix well.

Don’t over-mix the batter!
Make sure you gently fold the dry mix into the wet to combine them.
If you over-mix it, the protein powder – will make it tough, dense and gummy.

Make sure your mixture has enough moisture in it. Protein powder is quite absorbent and if the wet ingredients are too little, the donuts will be dry! The mix should be like a slightly thick, gooey brownie batter.

Taste the batter and see if you need some extra sweetener. I’d recommend using stevia powder to maintain the consistency of the batter and have sugar free protein muffins.

Alternatives for Healthy Oreo Muffins

I made these Oreo black cocoa protein muffins with the set of ingredients above, but here’s some options to try. I havn’t given them all a go yet, so I can’t say how they all would work.

Oat Flour: All purpose flour, Whole Wheat Pastry Flour or 1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour in the same amount by weight.
Chocolate Protein Powder: Use vanilla flavor
Black Cocoa: Regular unsweetened cocoa or raw cacao
Greek Yogurt: Coconut Yogurt
Applesauce: Mashed banana or pumpkin puree
Egg Whites: Try ¼ cup aquafaba (chickpea liquid)
1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Replacement: Regular confectioners sugar or coconut sugar (this won’t be sugar free though, and also higher in calories)

A Vegan Cookies and Cream Muffin Recipe

For the perfect Vegan high protein Oreo muffin, make sure you use a plant based protein powder, coconut yogurt, aquafaba in place of egg whites, and appropriate sandwich cookies.
ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend what might work well (HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too).

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