A ginormous bakery style Single Serve Chocolate Protein Muffin but low calorie, healthy and sugar free! Chocolate protein muffin for one uses unflavored and chocolate protein powder to replace some flour and all sugar giving you the best bang for your buck!

Ya’ll I was not kidding there. This chocolate muffin was really ginormous!

Such a high rise it was overflowing the muffin cup I used.

I actually did not expect such a big and beautiful result that I even had ⅓ of the batter leftover from what I thought I’d need.

Definitely a very pleasant surprise here.

Ingredients for Single Serve Chocolate Protein Muffin

This giant single serve chocolate protein muffin is made with clean and healthy ingredients – whole wheat pastry flour, chocolate protein powder, and greek yogurt – and makes a great high protein snack or breakfast.

Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
Chocolate Protein Powder needed for high protein chocolate muffins and also replaces the ‘sugar’. I used the Chocolate Milkshake protein powder from Quest Nutrition for this recipe (it’s a whey-caesin blend and bakes really well).
Unflavored Protein Powder to replace some of the flour (and carbs) in the recipe for a slightly low calorie protein muffin. I used a whey-caesin blend from Quest Nutrition
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, or Raw Cacao Powder (HAYLSKITCHEN.15OFF to save on Kiva Cacao)
Non-Fat Greek Yogurt for extra protein
Almond Milk to add moisture to the muffins – the protein powder absorbs a lot.
A bit of Coconut Oil
Baking Powder

And optionally (but not really)

Chocolate Chips: I use the sugar free from Lakanto (code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount)

Can you replace flour with protein powder in muffins?

As done in this recipe, you can replace some of the flour in protein muffins with unflavored protein powder. Some things to keep in mind though is that it does require additional moisture (yogurt and almond milk here) and you want to use a whey-caesin blend so that it bakes well.

Tips for Single Serving Chocolate Protein Powder Muffin

This single serve chocolate protein muffin recipe is really easy to make, but here’s some pointers to keep in mind so it actually turns out right!

Use melted coconut oil so it mixes well with the other wet ingredients.

Use room temperature yogurt and milk;
This is so the wet ingredients and dry ingredients can mix well, and does not harden the coconut oil.
Microwave the wet mix for about 5 seconds if this does happen.

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.

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.

Lightly grease the cupcake liners or muffin pan with cooking spray – this will allow the protein powder muffin to come off easily!

For the perfect bakery style chocolate protein powder muffin:

Bake for 5 minutes at 400°F then lower the heat to 350°F to and continue to bake for another 15 minutes (the total time should be about 20 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center comes out dry).
That initial hot air makes the tops rise, and then the lower temperature lets the muffins continue to cook on the inside.

Alternate ingredients for Healthy Chocolate Protein Muffin for One

I strongly recommend using the ingredients and brands I recommended to get the perfect single serve chocolate protein muffin, but here’s some alternatives to try.

I haven’t testing them all, so I can’t say how your muffin might turn out.

Whole Wheat Pastry Flour: All purpose flour or 1:1 gluten free baking flour in the same amount by weight not cups
Unflavored Protein Powder: More flour, but reduce the amount of milk (maybe by ½-1 Tbsp)
Chocolate Protein Powder: Use a vanilla protein powder.
Almond milk: Any regular milk
Greek Yogurt: Coconut yogurt, or even Applesauce, Banana or Pumpkin Puree
Coconut Oil: Melted Butter

A Vegan Protein Muffin for One

This single serving chocolate protein muffin recipe has no eggs, so can easily be made Vegan too.

For the perfect homemade Vegan high protein chocolate muffin, make sure you use a plant based protein powder, coconut yogurt, and dairy free chocolate chips.
ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend what might work well (HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too).

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