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    Home » Recipes with Protein Powder

    Apr 24, 2018 · Modified: Mar 4, 2022 by Chelsea · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · Tags: dairy free, gluten free, grain free, nut free, paleo, primal

    Double Chocolate Protein Muffins with Equip Prime Protein

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    Wanna make a bunch of friends really quickly? Bring these Double Chocolate Protein Muffins with Equip Prime Protein to the gym to share. Guaranteed friendship move.

    These protein muffins are gluten free and totally paleo. Yes, paleo—because Equip Prime Protein is made with beef protein, not whey, making it dairy free!

    In the interests of transparency, Equip Foods sent me a bag of protein powder to experiment with. However, all opinions are my own—I seriously freaking love Prime Protein! Also, this post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something through my links, I get a small kickback at no additional cost to you. It helps me keep this blog runnin'!

    Paleo Double Chocolate Protein Muffins with Equip Prime Protein | DoYouEvenPaleo.net

    I recently fell head over heels for Equip Prime Protein. (Spoilers: get 20% off at checkout with code DOYOUEVENPALEO)

    I decided to give it a try after the last of my old brand of protein ran out. Primary reason? I wanted to give non-dairy protein a try.

    Paleo Double Chocolate Protein Muffins with Equip Prime Protein | DoYouEvenPaleo.net

    The story behind why is kind of long and I intend to write a post about it, but just to shorten things up: I want to cut out pretty much all dairy (I have to say "pretty much" because I still occasionally have cheese when I eat out) and I realized I was still drinking whey almost every day. That's gotta go.

    So I bought both the Vanilla and Chocolate flavors of Equip Prime Protein. I'd heard pretty good things from others. Couldn't hurt to try it myself, right?

    Paleo Double Chocolate Protein Muffins with Equip Prime Protein | DoYouEvenPaleo.net

    Holy balls. It was love after first sip. I wish I would have tried this stuff a looooong time ago.

    Suffice to say, I instantly became a superfan and started telling everyone at the gym to smell my protein. Cause the chocolate protein smells like brownies. For real. It tastes like brownies, too. For real!

    Of course, I immediately decided to bake with the stuff. A few test runs later, and I had the most unbelievably luscious double chocolate protein muffins. Originally, I baked them to bring to the gym for one of the CrossFit Games Open workouts.

    I selfishly kept about 6 at home.

    Paleo Double Chocolate Protein Muffins with Equip Prime Protein | DoYouEvenPaleo.net

    I'm kinda glad I did, though, because those things disappeared FAST.

    These double chocolate protein muffins are almost too good to believe. They're packed with chocolate, totally sugar free, and 110% percent awesome.

    Heck, you could leave out the Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips and they'd still be unreal.

    Paleo Double Chocolate Protein Muffins with Equip Prime Protein | DoYouEvenPaleo.net

    When I have a batch of these protein muffins on hand, I grab one in the morning as I head to the gym... And I have to remind myself that these muffins have protein, because it tastes like dessert. Frankly, these could be called protein cupcakes. They're that damn good.

    Oh, and don't worry. A recipe using the Vanilla Equip Prime Protein is comin' at you soon, too. (UPDATE: Go get the recipe for Blueberry Protein Muffins here!)

    Equip Prime Protein Chocolate

    But first, get yourself a bag of Chocolate Equip Prime Protein and make these muffins!

    And because I really want you to try this protein, use code DOYOUEVENPALEO and checkout to get 20% off!

    Paleo Double Chocolate Protein Muffins Recipe

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    Paleo Double Chocolate Protein Muffins with Equip Prime Protein | DoYouEvenPaleo.net

    Double Chocolate Protein Muffins with Equip Foods Prime Protein

    ★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
    • Author: Chelsea @ DoYouEvenPaleo.net
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Cook Time: 20 minutes
    • Total Time: 30 minutes
    • Yield: 12 muffins 1x
    • Category: Desserts, Baked Goods
    • Method: baked
    • Cuisine: Baked Goods
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    Ingredients

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    • ⅓ cup coconut flour
    • 2 scoops chocolate Equip Prime Protein
    • 2 tablespoons cacao powder
    • ¾ tsp baking powder
    • ¾ tsp baking soda
    • ¾ tsp cinnamon
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ⅓ cup sunflower seed butter
    • 3 bananas
    • 3 eggs
    • ¼ cup coconut oil
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • ½ cup Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips, optional

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin tin with liners
    2. In medium bowl, combine coconut flour, protein powder, cacao powder, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
    3. Add sunflower seed butter, bananas, eggs, coconut oil, and vanilla to a blender and blend until completely smooth.
    4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fully mix.
    5. Add chocolate chips and stir until just combined
    6. Drop batter into muffin liners and bake for 20 minutes or until cooked through.

    Notes

    I suggest oiling your muffin tin or liners. These tend to stick - likely that's related to all the gelatin/collagen in the Prime Protein!

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    Paleo Double Chocolate Protein Muffins with Equip Prime Protein | DoYouEvenPaleo.net

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    Comments

    1. Christa says

      January 28, 2019 at 6:56 pm

      Hi! Do you have nutrition facts available for these?

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        January 30, 2019 at 1:18 pm

        Hi, Christa! At this time, I don’t post nutritional information for my recipes. I’m a one-woman show over here and I simply don’t have the time for it! There are awesome websites like myfitnesspal that allow you to plug in a recipe to find that stuff out for yourself, though!

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    2. Lani Morton says

      September 08, 2019 at 8:40 am

      I made these, and wow! Outstanding - just like a delicious chocolate cupcake. I too was curious about the nutrition counts, so I thought I’d share my calculations:
      Per one muffin: 208 calories; 13.2 fat; 17.6 carbs; 3.4 fiber; 9.25 sugar; 8 protein

      Thanks for the awesome recipe,

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        September 25, 2019 at 3:52 pm

        You're welcome, Lani!

        Reply
    3. Rebecca How says

      March 04, 2021 at 4:23 pm

      Hi, these look amazing! I do wan to try but wonder if I can just use regular flour or Almond flour? I'd mainly be making for my 12 years growing son who doesn't like coconut anything. I think I can swap the oil for butter but wonder about the four swap. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        March 05, 2021 at 8:02 am

        You could try that swap, but you'd have to use at least 1 cup of either flour or almond flour instead of the 1/3 cup coconut flour. Coconut flour soaks up a lot of moisture so typically you use less of that than regular flour - so it's a hard swap to make and I'm not sure if it would work! However, you definitely can't taste anything coconut in the finished muffins - coconut flour and coconut oil are fairly mild-tasting and the stronger flavors of the chocolate protein powder and bananas cover any coconut flavor right up.

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    4. Scarlet Smid says

      March 14, 2021 at 4:04 pm

      These are amazing, easy and tasty!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        March 19, 2021 at 9:21 am

        Glad to hear that, Scarlet!

        Reply
    5. Eva Falatovics says

      August 15, 2021 at 6:03 pm

      can I leave the banana out? Could I substitute ghee instead ,if so how much?

      ★★★★★

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      • Chelsea says

        August 16, 2021 at 8:38 pm

        I've not tried subbing the banana, but the best substitute I know of would be unsweetened applesauce! If all you have is ghee, you could try substituting about 3/4 cup ghee for all 3 bananas. The muffins will be less sweet that way, though.

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