‘Pump’ It Up Muffins
‘Pump’ It Up Muffins
At first I was going to make mini muffins to have as a snack option. In the end, however, I decided to go all the way and make six big muffins that I can have for breakfast options instead! I’ve dubbed them “Pump” It Up Muffins – thanks to the extra “power” provided by oats and flax. I hope that’s a somewhat original name!
Here’s what I used:
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tbsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1 15 oz. can pumpkin
- 1 tbsp. ground flax seed
- 1 tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 tbsp. chocolate chips (divided evenly)
- Cinnamon to taste
Combine ingredients in a bowl (leave out the chocolate chips at first). Grease a muffin pan with cooking spray and evenly distribute the muffin mix into each cup. Stick chocolate chips on top. Bake at 375* for 25 to 30 minutes.
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After:
So they look super scrumptious and all, but my favorite part about pumpkin pie is the crust. I thought to myself, what could I use to mimic the crust and still be somewhat light and healthy?
Two words: TEDDY GRAHAMS!!!!!!
A perfect imitation of a graham cracker crust. Plus, they’re adorable! 
Each muffin has 180 calories and 7 grams of fiber!
those ARE adorable! <3 looks delish too- and i love the healthyness- especially how theres only 1 tbsp of brown sugar
good job!
Oh wow! These will definitely be on my to do list next week… soo cute!!!
I love your recipes
-Beck
Oh my goodness, I didn’t know muffins could be cute — but these are the cutest muffins I have ever seen! And they’re super-healthy. Go you!
Rika ~ Thank you! I’m all for skimping on the brown sugar when there are other sweet ingredients!
Beck ~ Thanks, let me know how they turn out if you do make them!
ruby red vegan ~ Thank you! The teddy grahams were a last minute find, but I’m so glad I remembered them because they really make the muffin
Awww, sooo cute with the teddy grahams!
HAHAHAHHA, I love the teddy grahams!
I seriously couldn’t stop laughing! Look carefully, there are bears that have their hands up and some bears that have their hands down!
CCV ~ Haha, thanks
Sharon ~ I didn’t notice that before! Haha, I love it!!
oh……those teddies are so cute!!!!!!~~~~~~
coco ~ Thanks
they do look great! I definitely want to try them out! One question, how many oz of pumpkin are in the can that you call for? Thanks!
These are soooo cute and delicious looking! I will definitely have to try them…what a great breakfast option!
Laura ~ Good question! It was the smaller, 15 oz. can of Libby’s. I will change the recipe to reflect that – thanks
Andrea ~ Thanks! Let me know if you do try them
Love the teddy grahams!
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Wow these are SO cute! I love the little bears, I am definatly trying this recipe with bunnie grahams!
runjess ~ Thanks!
laci ~ Let me know what you think if you do try them!
thank you thank you for this base! I just made a batch, with some random substitutions based on a lack of ingredients! This sounds like a lot of subs, but your recipe was actually an amazing base
here’s what I did — (no pumpkin, added a banana and a chopped apple, replaced applesauce with yogurt, had no flour so I used 1c. oats and 1/2 c. fiber one (didn’t need the extra 1/2 cup oats to make up for the 1 c. flour, threw in some raisins, a splash of maple syrup, a splash of milk, and of course lots of cinn), and I have 9 pretty huge looking muffins ready to bake tommorow morning sitting in my fridge!
makenna ~ Haha, I’m glad I could provide a good base for you
Your substitutions definitely sound amazing. I hope that you enjoyed your muffins!
I keep forgetting to comment here.
I made these muffins a few weeks ago before a trip, for a healthy, filling snack for the plane.
The only change I made was using spelt flour instead of whole wheat and I added a tbsp of butterscotch chips on top of the chocolate and mixed half of both chips into the batter.
They turned out really, really great. I loved how dense and moist they were and although mine turned out a little flat (probably b/c of the spelt) they were still awesome. Thanks for the recipe, I’ll be making these again for sure.
Jessica ~ Awesome! I love the changes you made – butterscotch chips especially sound amazing. Thanks for checking back and letting me know – I really appreciate it
I made these and LOVED them- I omitted the grahams (can’t get them here
) and chocolate chips, but they turned out great! I also used an apple pear puree (all I could get). Oh, and subbed the flax- one batch, I used 1 egg, and the second batch used 2 egg whites. Couldn’t tell the difference but will use a whole egg from now on… I feel bad throwing away yolks!
I would love to make these but I do not have any flax in the house. Can I use anything else? Maybe just skip it all together?
Hi Alyssa ~ I definitely think you could omit the flax — maybe use an egg instead to keep everything together. Let me know if you try them!