My husband, Jon, and I are in charge of the first Sunday of the month donuts at our church. There are usually a few who want "healthy" sweets. There is a lady who supplies 2 dozen muffins, also, and supplies a fat free muffin, but she was on vacation this month, so I made the muffins. I used the Weight Watchers muffin recipe, which I found on the ThriftyFun recipe site... just add a can of pumpkin to a cake mix. I also sprinkled in a little cinnamon and nutmeg. WOW! Did those go over well! I was able to send three folks to the ThriftyFun website, too. THANK YOU whoever supplied that recipe. I have a feeling that we will have several more requests for that recipe.
Sincerely,
Margie Minard from Mt. Vernon, OH
Editor's Note: Glad the muffins worked well for you! The recipe was shared by IMAQT1962, who submits a lot of great recipes. For others who may be interested, the recipe is below.
Weight Watchers Chocolate Muffins
Ingredients
1 box devils food cake mix
1 can (15 oz) solid pack pumpkin
Directions
Mix together. Do not add anything else that is mentioned on the box. It only takes these 2 ingredients. That's all. Mixture will be very thick (and you will be tempted to add something, but don't.) Place in muffin tins, sprayed with non stick spray. Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes.
This makes 12 muffins.
1 Muffin is 180 calories, 2.5 G fat, 37 carbs, 2.5 G fiber, 2.5 G protein = 3 WW points
Thanks so much for the recipe. I believe everything is ok in moderation. I know I am not supposed to eat the whole box of cake mix, even though sometimes I want to!!
OK - I agree. Using cake mix is bad. But how can I make this from scratch using whole wheat flour and no partially hydrogenated oils? I am not a cook. I have no idea how to convert this to a healthier recipe. Any suggestions?
I agree, using a cake mix is really bad (due to the partially hydrogenated oils)...another option if you don't have time to bake from scratch is to buy organic cake mix from Whole Foods or your local health food store.
margie, thank you so much for the compliment. you put a smile on my face.i'm glad every one enjoyed them and it's so nice to hear back from someone who has tried and liked the recipes submitted.
WW has a wildly popular carrot/pumpkin muffin recipe. Take 1 can pumpkin( not pie filling),l box carrot cake mix, 1/4 cup water, 1/2 c walnut pieces, 1/8 tsp. Vanilla. Mix all ingredients, do not add any others listed on cake box directions. Fill muffin paper cps 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Moist, filling and low fat. Most popular muffins I make for sharing and eating, yum. They freeze well too. Jill
I am looking at a box of Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge cake mix from my pantry closet. There is 0% trans fat in the mix. There is partially hydrated soybean oil.
Using a cake mix is really bad. They are full of partially hydrogenated oils which are transfat, the worst kind of fat to clog arteries. The only safe way is to bake from scratch and use olive or canola oils.
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