Here's the Dish (taken from dashingdish.com)
I recently ’splurged’ and bought a box of Chocolate Chunk VitaTop Muffins from Wholefoods the other day. I say ’splurged‘ because they are a pricey little treat, selling for $6.00 for a box of 4 muffins! However, I have been hearing rave reviews about these 100 calorie muffins for so long that I was curious to see what all the ‘hype’ was about! When I dug into my first VitaTop Muffin, I knew instantly that I had to re-create this recipe some way-some how, or I would be racking-up some major Wholefoods bills in the near future…In other words, they were pretty darn good!

Before I knew it, I was off to create my own version of these fabulous muffins in my kitchen! I knew I wanted this muffin recipe to be extremely moist, and melt-in-your-mouth-chocolatey… All while maintaining the nutritional value, in case a huge chocolate craving ever hits!

If you have ever had a VitaTop, you know exactly how moist and deliciously chocolaty these muffins are. Well I’m proud that I can finally say that I have created a recipe that will give VitaTop Muffins a run for their money…Literally!!!

And get ready for this… these muffins have EVEN BETTER NUTRITION STATS (see bottom) than a VitaTop Muffin!!! I hope you enjoy this re-make recipe as much as I do, and you never find yourself shelling-out a ridiculous amount of money on a chocolate muffin again!

Triple Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Ingredients
1 3/4 cup Oats
3 Egg whites
3/4 cup Unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup Unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 cup Plain greek yogurt (or regular plain low fat yogurt)
1/2 tsp Cream of tartar (or 2 tsp. vinegar)
1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/4 tsp Salt
1 cup Hot water
1 cup Sugar substitute or 1/4 cup + 2 tbs baking stevia 1
1/2 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Tip Foil cupcake liners, remove the inner paper lining (because paper liners tend to stick to muffins!)

1 Or you could use 12-14 packets of stevia. It may vary according to taste and brand of stevia. I personally use NuStevia baking stevia and NuStevia packets.

Method
The estimated total time to make this recipe is 25 Minutes.
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 (12-cup) muffin pans with foil cupcake liners, or spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
2
In a blender, (or food processor), mix all of the ingredients together, except for the chocolate chips. Blend until oats are ground and mixture is smooth.
3
Place mixture in a bowl and gently stir in 1/2 of the chocolate chips (set the rest aside). Scoop mixture into prepared muffin pans.
4
Place muffins tins in the oven for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, remove muffins from the oven (but don’t shut oven off), and distribute the other half of the chocolate chips on top of each muffin.
5
Place the muffins back into the oven and bake for an additional 2-5 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
*Note, you could skip this step by putting all of the chips in the batter, and baking the muffins for 12-15 min straight, but this method gives the muffins the traditional ‘VitaTop Muffin’ look with the chocolate chips on top!
Nutrition Breakdown
12 Servings (bigger muffins)
116 Calories Per Serving
3 WWP+*

*Weight Watchers Points per serving