Guys! Today I'm sharing these healthy chocolate cupcakes that have no white flour in them!
Nobody can say no to chocolate cupcakes, right? And that chocolate frosting? Oh Lord!
Well let me tempt you a bit more, even the chocolate frosting is a healthy version than the typical chocolate frosting 😉
Let's get started, shall we?
Healthy
The definition of healthy is subjective, really.
A healthy concept for one person might be different from the other. For me personally healthy leans towards eating better.
Less processed food, less trans fat, less refined sugars.
More good fats, more good proteins, more high fibre flours, more natural sweeteners.
Healthy is also a journey of mental change and willingness to change. A journey of one person is always different from the other.
We make our own healthy journey, don't you agree?
Chocolate Heaven
These are perfect for when you have one of those chocolate attacks (yeah.. we all have those episodes once in a while, eh?) and still want to feel good about grabbing a chocolate cupcake.
You will not believe that the recipe doesn't require any white flour, white sugar or even butter!
These cupcakes are made with healthy ingredients. Coconut oil, unsweetened cocoa powder, oat flour, coconut sugar.. just to name a few.
They are super tender and the chocolate flavour really shines through. Heaven!
The frosting is also made from healthy ingredients and it only takes 4 ingredients. I will share the recipe later.
Like the rest of my recipes, these cupcakes are super easy to make.
Do give them a try!
In Summary
These healthy chocolate cupcakes are:
- with NO white flour, NO white sugar
- made with healthy natural ingredients like coconut oil, oat flour and coconut sugar
- super tender and soft with amazing chocolate flavour
- so easy to make
- perfect healthy choice for some DELICIOUS chocolate cupcakes
Want More Chocolate?
You will also love these recipes:
- No bake chocolate peanut butter bars
- Chocolate banana bread
- No bake chocolate cheesecake
- Zucchini brownies
- Easy chocolate mousse
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Healthy Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cup oat flour (170 g)
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (40 g)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- ½ cup milk (125 ml), room temperature
- ½ tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 eggs , room temperature
- ½ cup coconut sugar (100 g)
- ½ cup coconut oil (125 ml)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Dry Ingredients
- Sift all dry ingredients into a bowl, set aside.
Wet Ingredients
- Make your own buttermilk by adding milk and lemon juice into a bowl and leave untouched for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, add the rest of the ingredients. Whisk to mix everything good. Now add in the dry ingredients and whisk until you get a smooth batter.
- Using an ice cream scoop, divide batter evenly into muffin pan lined with muffin papers.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350ºF (175ºC) for 15 minutes or until fully cooked. Cool completely on a rack before piping in your favourite healthy chocolate frosting.
How To Store
- Keep unfrosted cupcakes in airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. Freeze them if you want to keep them longer.
- To Freeze: Wrap each cupcake individually with cling film and place them into a ziploc bag. Freeze up to 2 months.
- To Defrost: Defrost at room temperature.
Meg says
These cakes are absolutely delicious . So moist , which is not the case with many healthy recipes. Definitely going to try other healthy cake recipes on our blog.
Bea says
Hi Meg! Glad to know that you liked them. I'm with you on that one, healthy bakes don't need to be unbearable and sad. Thank you for your feedback and yes, do check around our website for more healthy recipes ❤️.
Raveena Chakilam says
Hi. Can I make cake with the same batter ? Can I add some melted dark chocolate into the batter ?
Bea says
Hi! I haven't tried but I don't see why not. Hope it helps!
Adriana Goncalves says
Hi Bea, how can we substitute the milk? Vegetable milk would work?
Thank you.
Bea says
Hi Adriana! You can use coconut milk instead, hope it helps 🙂
Enna says
what if I dont have an oat flour? Can I use coconut flour instead ? Thanks!
Bea says
I haven't tried but I don't think it'll work as both flours react differently. Sorry!
Abby says
I have made these twice and they have come out delicious and lovely each time. I used rolled oats ground into flour and sweetened dates instead of coconut flour, I also used vegetable oil instead of coconut oil, and vinegar instead of lemon juice. They still came out yummy each time.
Abby says
Instead of coconut *sugar
Bea says
That's great Abby! It's good to know you adapted it to your taste or what you had on hand and liked it. Thanks for stopping by!
Maham Tabassum says
Hi Abby,
Can you please help by mentioning how much of the dates you used? Did you just cut them up into small pieces or used a date paste? Will be super grateful if you could share, since I'm not a big fac of coconut sugar but really wanted to try these. Thanks in advance!
Maham.
Abby says
Hi, saw this late. I used about 125grams of pitted dates. I got a brand that sells compressed pitted dates. I basically had to chop them up and soak in a little hot water before blending until smooth. Hope this helps.
Amy says
Hi Bea, i am planning to make this recipes for daughter's birthday. Can I know what is the egg size for this recipe?
Bea says
Hi Amy! It's large (L) size. Hope it helps and have fun!
Nancy D says
I just made these cupcakes, and they turned out great! So fluffy! Which, for me, is so difficult when not using white flour!
Thank you very much for sharing your recipe.
Bea says
They are, right? Glad that you liked them, thank you for your feedback Nancy!
Dianne Gregson says
So much better than I expected!
Bea says
Awesome! Thank you Dianne!
Alejandra says
Hi! I also cannot find any oat flour. How much do we need to subtitute for All purpose? Thanks in advance!
Abir says
Hi Bea, I would love to try your healthy chocolate cupcakes as I only bake healthy treats for my family. The only issue is that I could not find oat flour in the market due to shortage of many items with the current situation. I do have organic wholemeal spelt flour but not sure what is the ratio to oat flour in your recipe. Could you please assist?
Thank you in advance.
Vesela Dimitrova says
Hello Bea,
I just found your website and already tried two of your recipe! I feel so good I can make some sweets for my toddler and husband that are healthy, yet delicious!
I've made the cupcakes using the sweet potato frosting from the "Healthy Zucchini Chocolate cake" and they turned out great. Will try next time with the peanut one.
Thank you so much for all of your recipes, I will keep trying more! 🙂
All the best!!! Xx
Bea says
Hi Vesela! I'm happy to know that you're enjoying the healthy sweet recipes, I really love developing them! A yummy healthy cookie recipe is coming up 😉 , just letting you know. Thank you so much! XOXO
Omkar says
Hi Bea!!! I am a huge fan of your recipes. I am looking forward to baking these muffins as well.
I just wanted to ask can i replace the sugar with honey? If yes how much honey should I use?
Thanks in advance 🙂
Bea says
Hi there Omkar! Yes you can use honey instead but you might need to adjust the liquid amount though. I can't really say how much since I haven't tried it, sorry!
Zayne says
Did you ever make them with honey? If so how much?
jenn says
HI, can eggs be substituted with chia egg?
Bea says
Hi Jenn! I can't really say since I haven't tried it, sorry!
Christy says
Hi can we substitute coconut sugar with brown sugar and coconut oil with refined oil..?
Thanks
Bea says
Hi Christy! It will be less healthy, but sure you can 🙂
Mike says
Hello guys, I am loving your healthy recipes. These cupcakes together with the frosting - amazing.
Thanks!
Bea says
Hey thank you so much Mike! 😀
Patricia Salas Marlow says
Can you please share the recipe for the healthy frosting as well?
Bea says
I've shared it yesterday, do check it out 🙂
Ananya SK says
Hello! Can you please share the recipe for the healthy frosting as well?