Chocolate Shakeology Cupcake Muffin Balls

You can call these what you want!!  To us they looked like little chocolate balls and were similar to a cupcake batter, but we made them for breakfast, so I can't call them cupcakes really!  So we came up with...Chocolate Shakeology Cupcake Muffin Balls :)

We were watching our recorded viewing of Cupcake Wars this morning and Abby said let's make cupcakes!!!!!  It was 7:45AM...then again, children think only of sugar and deliciousness, not time!  I reminded her that they had just gotten up and hadn't eaten breakfast.  So she suggested we make Shakeology Cupcakes!!!!!!  Haha, gotta love her!  I couldn't find a recipe that looked good to me or had ingredients we didn't need to shop for.  So we erased the drawing board and came up with OUR OWN recipe!  Full of protein, nutrients, low in sugar and totally fine for breakfast!!!!  Here's what we came up with.

Chocolate Balls:

1 c Pamela's gluten free flour (or whole wheat if you can)
1 c Vegan Chocolate Shakeology or other Vegan Chocolate protein powder
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
3T cocoa powder
1/4 c honey
1/3 - 1/2 c applesauce (start with 1/3 and if they come out too dry increase to 1/2...1/3 was perfect for my tastes)
1/2 c cooled coffee ( I used the leftover pumpkin spice...didn't notice)
1/2 unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 t vanilla
2T coconut or grapeseed oil
2 eggs

Whisk together dry ingredients.  In a separate bowl beat wet ingredients together with hand mixer or standing mixer for about 2 minutes.  Pour wet into dry and beat until completely smooth.  Scoop into lined muffin cups (we used minis.)  Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes until cooked thru.  You can add a t of nut butter in the middle or a chocolate chunk to change it up!!!  You could even coat the top in nuts or shredded coconut...whatever you like!!!!

Makes about 40 mini muffins

And yes, we ate them ALL!!!!!!!!!!