{"id":1403,"date":"2017-03-14T17:57:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onecleverchef.com\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2018-02-22T15:20:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T15:20:22","slug":"chocolate-chilli-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecleverchef.com\/chocolate-chilli-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Chilli Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chocolate<\/p>\n

Ohhhh yes!<\/p>\n

Double chocolate chilli muffins!! Need I say more?<\/p>\n

Oh how I LOVE those…<\/p>\n

An intense<\/em> double chocolate taste with a subtle\u00a0but satisfying spicy kick. YUM.<\/p>\n

And now is the best part: they are entirely paleo, vegan and gluten-free!<\/p>\n

How awesome is that?<\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/p>\n

I remember that when I started cooking several years ago, muffins were much closer to cake than anything else. Most muffin recipes were using tons of really bad fat (Remember crisco?).<\/p>\n

Still, a lot of people thought they were the healthiest thing in the world<\/a> at that time and would often rely on them as a “healthier alternative” for snacks and breakfast.<\/p>\n

Then, a few years later, when “healthy” became the new trend, muffins became a lot less popular, for obvious reasons…<\/p>\n

People started seeing them the way they really are: cake in disguise!<\/p>\n

Oh no! What a bummer…<\/p>\n

THEN came the REAL FOOD movement…<\/p>\n

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With diets such as paleo, vegan and gluten-free becoming so popular, people started thinking of ways to make all of their favorite food and recipes “friendly” to their particular diet.<\/p>\n

Muffins, along with many other things (even cake!) became 100% healthy, if prepared the right way with specific ingredients.<\/p>\n

What a magic trick!<\/p>\n

People learned how to cook with a lot of unexpected and sometimes strange ingredients to make food healthy. Coconut (flour, oil and sugar), mashed or dried fruit, spiralized vegetables, various nuts…<\/p>\n

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I could go on and on with the impressive list of super healthy ingredients<\/a> available to us nowadays.<\/p>\n

Before I started my food blog, I knew nothing about them, except for maybe… Whole wheat flour and pure oatmeal?<\/p>\n

To me, at that time, putting the words “Double Chocolate” and “super healthy” in the same sentence was a BIG FAT LIE!<\/p>\n

But now I can say it with confidence:<\/p>\n

Those double chocolate spicy\u00a0bites of goodness\u00a0are super healthy!<\/p>\n

There. I said it. Ha!<\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/p>\n

Aren’t they cute?<\/p>\n

They aren’t just pretty, they are also flourless, fat-free, dairy-free, egg-free, vegan, gluten-free, paleo, protein-packed and\u00a0low-calorie\u00a0!<\/p>\n

Whoa, what a long list of good reasons to try them! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

They are also\u00a0quick and easy to make as they require nothing more than one bowl and a whisk.<\/p>\n

More Breakfast Recipe(s):<\/h2>\n