These Healthy Chocolate Chip Muffins are whole wheat, filled with cream cheese, and are moist, chocolaty and only 150 calories!

Why You Will LOVE This Recipe
- They have creamy-cheesy-filled goodness. Chocolate muffins that are DOUBLED UP on the chocolate goodness.
- They are only 150 calories. HOLD DA PHONE.
- Chocolate muffins, like the other chocolate paleo muffins, are SO healthy that they make the muffin man hide in his processed-1-billion-calorie-muffin shame. Whatever that means.
- These healthy chocolate chip muffins make you feel like you should wear stretchy pants while you eat them. Except, FOOLED YOU, you can eat 4.6 of them in yo’ SKINNY JEANS. Ninja chocolate muffins.
Variations
Not happy with just cream cheese and chocolate, are you? Want to try something different, do you? Well, here are a few options for you:
Cinnamon: Add a bit of heat to the muffins with a dash of cinnamon. Spicy chocolate would be a great one to try for Valentine’s Day
Berries: Blueberries or raspberries — fresh or frozen — would add a fruity twist to the muffins. And berries go really well with cream cheese and chocolate, so both would welcome the berries with open arms. So to speak.
Nuts: Chopped almonds or pecans can be added to the batter or sprinkled on top for a crunchy texture
Swirl: Why stop at cream cheese? Why not add in some Nutella or peanut butter?
Lemon: Add some lemon zest to the cream cheese for a tangy treat.

INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ cup Truvia
- ½ cup + 2 tbsp vanilla Greek yogurt
- ½ cup honey
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup + 2 tbsp unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips, plus more for sprinkling
For The Filling:
- ¼ cup + 2 tbsp reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
- 2 tbsp Truvia

INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and Truvia until well mixed.
- In a separate, large bowl whisk together ½ cup + 2 tablespoons of the Greek yogurt, honey, egg, vanilla extract, and almond milk.
- Add the dry ingredients and chocolate chips to the wet ingredients, and stir until just moistened, being careful not to over-mix.
- In a small bowl, stir together the softened cream cheese and Truvia until well mixed.
- Fill the muffin tins only ½ of the way full, making small depressions in the center of the batter. Drop ½ tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each muffin, and lightly press down to flatten it. Cover with a spoon of remaining batter and gently spread to cover the cream cheese.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 17-18 minutes. Be careful not to over-bake these as they go from perfect to dry quickly.
- Let cool in the muffin tin for 10 minutes and then transfer to a rack to finish cooling.

FAQs
You probably overfilled your muffin tin. It should only be ¾ of the way full, or else your muffins will be too big and flatten.
This recipe makes 12 REGULAR-sized muffins.
You sure can. Above I mention adding a swirl of peanut butter or Nutella, but I don’t see why you couldn’t replace the dollop of cream cheese with either one.

How To Store Chocolate Chip Muffins With Cream Cheese
Allow the muffins to cool completely then put them in an airtight container or resealable plastic bag. You can keep them at room temperature for two days or in the fridge for up to 5 days. To reheat, just microwave for 15-20 seconds or put in the oven at 350°F for 5-7 minutes.

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Ingredients
- Ingredients:
- 1 Cup White Whole Wheat Flour 126g
- ½ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ¼ Cup Truvia
- ½ Cup + 2 Tbsp Vanilla Greek yogurt
- ½ Cup Honey
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- ¼ Cup + 2 tbsp Unsweetened Vanilla almond milk
- ½ Cup Mini chocolate chips plus more for sprinkling
- For the filling:
- ¼ Cup + 2 Tbsp reduced-fat Cream Cheese softened
- 2 Tbsp Truvia
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and Truvia until well mixed.
- In a separate, large bowl whisk together ½ Cup + 2 Tbsp of the Greek yogurt, honey, egg, vanilla extract and almond milk.
- Add the dry ingredients and chocolate chips to the wet ingredients, and still until just moistened, being careful not to over-mix.
- In a small bowl, stir together the softened cream cheese and Truvia until well mixed.
- Fill the muffin tins only ½ of the way full, making small depressions in the center of the batter. Drop ½ Tbsp of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each muffin, and lightly press down to flatten it. Cover with a spoon of remaining batter and gently spread to cover the cream cheese. Your muffin tin should only be able ¾ of the way full, or else your muffins will be too big and flatten *
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 17-18 minutes. Be careful not to over-bake these as they go from perfect to dry quickly.
- Let cool in the muffin tin for 10 mins and then transfer to a rack to finish cooling.
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Julie | This Gal Cooks says
These look SO good, Taylor! Love the little bowl that you have them in, too!
Taylor Kiser says
Thanks Julie!
Shashi RunninSrilankan says
So…I can only eat 4.6 – out of 12…am I supposed to let the other 7.4? I cannot let them sit there in all their chocolate goodness – and besides they might attract bugs ….only one thing to do and that’s EAT ‘EM ALL – minus the cream cheese filling!
So, now that you have been to Chipotle – have you been to Moe’s?
Taylor Kiser says
TROOF. You wouldn’t wanna attract none o’ those creepy crawlies right!!
I am sad for your body hating lactose ways! 🙁 It’s so yum. Sorry to rub it in!
I haven’t but I have heard yummy things…do I need to go??
Jocelyn@Brucrewlife says
I want to eat ALL the muffins!!! They are total awesomesauce. 🙂 Pinned! And I’m so glad you finally enjoyed yourself some Chipotle! Aaaand now I can’t stop thinking of it as “Chi-pot-el”. Thanks for that!!! 😉
Taylor Kiser says
Haha! I’m sorry. except not 😉
Thanks girl!
Rachel @{i love} my disorganized life says
I’m not a very health conscious eater, and don’t normally gravitate towards healthier foods, but HOLY SMOKES, GIRL! How could I pass these up? Thanks for linking up to Wednesday Whatsits {131}! {you may get a feature 😉 }
Taylor Kiser says
Haha! Thank you so much Rachel! I hope you try them…Come to the healthy side 😉
Jordan says
Wish I could try these, they look so good! The link isn’t working for me 🙁
Taylor Kiser says
Hey Jordan! The link will be up in a day or so, the website it’s on is just doing some updates! I would send you the recipe, but I had a major computer crash and lost all my old photos/recipes – sorry!
Taylor Kiser says
Just wanted to let you know the link is working now 🙂 Thanks!
GiGi Eats says
I wish I lived with you – you could bake me deliciousness every day… However, then I would be probably 50 pounds heavier, LOL!
Taylor Kiser says
Haha…NOPE! I keep myself under 100 lbs with all this goodness.you’d be fine 😉 Thanks Gigi!
Catherine says
Dear Taylor, These look fantastic!! I have to pin these…and at only 150 caleries?! Pass some my way! xo, Catherine
Taylor Kiser says
Dear Catherine, thank you so much for the love and pin! How can you go wrong with 150 calories right?! 😀