I developed this for a friend with a picky 3 year old. I had made some very healthy bran muffins that my girls enjoyed, but her son wouldn't touch. So I added some chocolate, and a bit more sugar, but left all the healthy stuff in there, too. The nutritional information on these is very encouraging! Updated to say these are much better if you use 70% cocoa dark chocolate.

Ingredients

12 serv.

whole wheat flour↗2⁄3 cup
oat bran1 cup
rolled oats↗1 cup
cocoa powder↗1⁄3 cup
baking soda↗1 teaspoon
sugar (depending on how mean a mummy you are)↗1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup
egg↗1
yoghurt (I use lightly sweetened vanilla yoghurt)↗1 cup
canola oil↗2 tablespoons
vanilla extract↗1 teaspoon
cooked and mashed butternut squash or 3/4 cup sweet potato3⁄4 cup
medium zucchini, finely grated (about 1 1/2 cups)1
bittersweet dark chocolate, chopped (about 4 oz) or 100 g chocolate chips (about 4 oz)↗100 g

Step-by-step instructions

1
Spray mini muffin pan with cooking spray.
2
Combine dry ingredients in large bowl and mix well.
3
In separate bowl, beat egg slightly, and add all remaining ingredients except choc chips and veggies. Stir well.
4
Add liquid mixture, mix until ingredients are moistened. Gently fold in veggies and choc chips.
5
Divide among mini muffin cups, filling completely. Smooth top slightly.
6
Bake at 175 c for 15 min, or until center comes clean on toothpick/knife.
7
Cool on rack.

Source: food.com

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