Chocolate Apple Crumble Protein Muffins

🕥 Prep time: ⏲️ Bake time: 20–24 min | 🥣 Serving: 🧁 Makes: 12 muffins* | Recipe by: @kerri_the_vegan

Hey muffin lovers!! 🍎🍫 These are the cozy fall bake you didn’t know you needed. Soft chocolate muffins packed with juicy diced apple, a warm hint of cinnamon, and a buttery crumble on top that bakes up golden and crunchy. They’re gluten-free, dairy-free, and naturally sweetened with maple syrup and applesauce, with EarthChimp Chocolate folded right into the batter. Perfect for lunchboxes, a mid-morning snack, or a slow Sunday with coffee ☕

Ingredients:

Muffins

1½ cups gluten-free 1:1 flour
1 scoop EarthChimp choc
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup plant milk
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
⅓ cup maple syrup
¼ cup neutral oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup apple, peeled and finely diced

Crumble

¼ cup gluten-free 1:1 flour
¼ cup brown sugar (choose a vegan-certified brand, or swap for coconut sugar)
½ tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp vegan butter, softened (or solid coconut oil)

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to a standard moderate baking setting and line a muffin pan.
In one bowl, whisk together the flour, EarthChimp, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a second bowl, mix the plant milk, applesauce, maple syrup, oil, and vanilla.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until just combined. A few lumps are totally fine!
Gently fold in the diced apple.
Divide the batter evenly into the lined muffin pan.
Make the crumble: mash the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and softened vegan butter together with a fork until it forms little clumps.
Sprinkle the crumble GENEROUSLY over each muffin.
Bake for 20–24 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let them cool slightly before digging in 😋