It’s snacktime over here at DCC! Barely sweetened with banana, these gluten free muffins are full of healthy fats and rich cacao!
It’s been raining non-stop here in San Francisco for the past week - I can’t remember the last time I saw the good ol’ California sun. That didn’t stop the fun this weekend, from Cassie’s birthday party to brunch with friends at Souvla to finally getting a COSTCO CARD!! <- major highlight of my weekend. But due to the rain, I decided not to go to the farmer’s market on Sunday and instead Whole Foods. As I walked home (it’s about a half mile away) my paper bags totally disintegrated in the rain and everything started falling out. I guess that’s karma for not bringing my reusable bags!
Anyways, I was standing on the corner of Market street with my groceries in a jumble in my arms, and shuffled over to the nearest store…which happened to be a marijuana dispensary. As I was debating what to do - should I take off my raincoat and load my groceries into it? - there was a nice homeless man outside who asked if I needed a plastic bag, and then proceeded to take one filled with shredded paper out of the garbage, empty it, and help me load my groceries. He told me how he begged for money around here sometimes, and I told him I definitely owed him something the next time I had cash for helping me out.
Even the trash bag disintegrated by the time I got home!
Lugging my Whole Foods groceries home in a trash bag after assistance in from of a dispensary just felt quintessential San Francisco to me - I kinda had to laugh. And I have no idea what I would have done if it wasn’t for my resourceful homeless friend who had the dumpster diving idea.
And since it was raining, it was definitely a baking day. These muffins are full of healthy fats - flax seeds, coconut oil, eggs - and have a ton of antioxidants from the cacao. They also have no sugar added, since they are only sweetened with banana. They somehow smell like ice cream! Happy snacking around this household all week.
- ¾ cup coconut oil, melted
- 4 tbsp cacao powder
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups rolled oats
- ¾ cup milk (I used soy)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp flax seeds
- 1 large banana
- Dash of salt
- Optional: coconut flakes for sprinkling
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- Put all ingredients in a blender, and blend until smooth
- Pour into a muffin tin (use liners, or grease)
- Sprinkle the coconut flakes
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a knife comes through clean
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These looks delicious! Cacao + coconut…what a heavenly combo
Chocolate/coconut flavor combo is one of my favorite..up there with PB and J!
It’s raining here in NYC and it definitely makes me want to stay home and just bake!! These muffins sounds like the perfect thing too. I constantly run into the problem though of opening nut milk containers for a recipe but then never finishing it… maybe I should freeze half of the container?? i wish they made juiceboxes of the unsweetened original instead of just the flavored.
You could always freeze in ice cube trays to use in smoothies! We use up soy/almond milks in oatmeal, pancakes, and smoothies throughout the week
These look SO good, Dani! Hooray for sweet strangers coming to the rescue!
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Sweet strangers to the rescue! I love that!
YUM! These sound delicious! And much healthier than my chocolate pudding pie LOL
Well it certainly looked delicious!!
Okay, the story that went along with your muffins was fantastic. Disintegrating paper bags?! :O Yikes. The homeless man was too kind!
I love anything with cacao powder. The rich flavor is so good.
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It’s such a rich, deep flavor - totally agree!
Yayyy thank you so much for celebrating with me this weekend! Also, how was Souvla’s brunch? I’ve been dying to try!
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These look so good! I just love baking with coconut oil! You should try cooking your pancakes in it too, it gives them the best texture! 🙂
I love that story! Was sooooo hoping you ended up with dispensary groceries too. LOL!
Love the ingredients in these. The look amazing!
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Lollll too bad it was closed!
Oh my goodness, what a story!! I feel like you just have to laugh in those types of situations!!
And these muffins … I wish I had one right now as a pre-dinner snack!! 🙂