Thursday, 22 May 2014

Chocolate Coconut Retro Candies Cupcakes... with Chia Seeds!

I thought I'd experiment a bit with my cupcakes and tried adding a healthy ingredient to them.  I normally add ground Chia seeds to my salads, but I thought I'd try adding them to my cupcakes, especially since there isn't much of a flavor to them.  

I ended up grinding up coconut flakes in a blender, added the coconut and the chia seeds into the chocolate batter before baking.  I topped the cupcakes with vanilla cream cheese buttercream and various retro candies for decoration (jelly beans, nerds, life savers).  It turned out really well and people didn't notice a difference in the texture or the moistness of the cupcake. 

Finally! A cupcake that really IS healthy for you! :)






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