Thoughts on muffins?

RichGebs

I've been looking at muffin calories and nutrition facts and for a muffin some are 200 some are 300+ calories!! I feel like blueberry, banana or chocolate or any muffin isn't the healthiest choice for a breakfast snack or a snack in general. What are your opinions on muffins?

kacarter1017

If you make your own, you can get them to fewer calories. Use applesauce in place of oil, egg whites in place of whole eggs, whole wheat flour in place of white. Plug those changes into the recipe calculator on this site and see what comes up. Store bought muffins are terrible, and the boxed ones (made per the box) aren't much better.

cleigh86

Cooking Light has some really good muffin recipes, and so does the Vitamin G blog on Glamour.com...definitely make your own!

reneeot

BLUE BERRY MUFFINS, LOVE THEM, RARELY EAT THEM AND ONLY FRESH FROM BAKERY!!!

waverly9876

Get the VItamuffins. They are only 100 calories and have tons of fiber and vitamins. They are so good. If you sign up for the website www.vitalicious.com, you get coupons every week. My favorite is the deep chocolate vitamuffin. YUM!!

Pandorian

Watch packages very closely on store-bought muffins. Convenience store / gas station ones can "look" ok at 200 calories, til you realize that's for 1/4 of the muffin. Who eats 1/4 of a muffin.

kimmerroze

I really like Krusteaz brand...

They arent' bad. and if you make a box that has 12 servings in it for two muffins its about 400 calories.

I make them in the six muffin tin, that way they look bigger!

I love the banana nut ones, the fat isn't outrageousand neither is the sugar, especially if you substitute applesauce for oil, and 2% milk for skim milk.

they taste the same. and the apple sauce makes them fluffier and more moist.

Its my favorite!

Bran muffins are also really low calorie, and then you can throw dark chocolate chips and again subsititute the applesauce for oil. and it gives them a little more flavor, they don't have much other wise.

jillbarnes

I agree with making your own!

I made Strawberry White Chocolate Chip Muffins with Almonds the other day. My calculations came up with 54cal per mini-muffin. I used applesauce instead of oil and split the flour (half white, half whole wheat). I also do the same substitutions for Zucchini Chocolate Chip muffins and they are delicious!

kajun_at_work

Orange Bran Muffins

Ingredients:
3 containers Yoplait - Light - Orange Creme Yogurt
1 egg - slightly beaten
Vegetable Oil 1/4 cup
All Purpose Flour, 1.25 cups
Dark Brown Sugar 1/2 cup
Fiber One - Original Bran Cereal - 1 cup
Salt 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda 1.25 tsp

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Crush cereal.
Mix all wet ingredients in a bowl.
Add all dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well.
Separate mix into 12 space muffin tin.
Bake for 17 minutes.

Per Muffin:
Calories 157
Fat 5
Protein 3
Fiber 3
Chol 16
Sodium 144

amycal

I make my own - good recipes at www.eatingwell.com I just made another batch of their banana-blueberry muffins YUM!

SaraTonin

If you find the right bran and oatmeal muffin recipes, they are super healthy!

It's just hard to figure out which ones don't need a big slab of butter to taste like they aren't cardboard.

I really like apple cinnamon bran muffins. The cinnamon masks the cardboard nicely.

bear0568

I make the Krusteaz fat free wild blueberry mix. 130 calories and zero fat. I find these a really moist too for fat free ones.

Onesnap

I have a VERY healthy muffin recipe for you. Let me go grab it. It has no oil.

sharaleeb

Hungry Girl also has some great recipes for muffins! Low cal and delish!

Onesnap

Here you go:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Lighter-Banana-Muffins/Detail.aspx

denisec26

i felt the same, id love to eat a blueberry muffin but not worth the cals, i found a recipe in the better homes and garden book i have, it cam eout to like 100 and something calories, it wasnt the best muffin i had but it wasnt bad, and it was healthy and not that many calories, if u want the recipe, just email me.

sweetheart03622

I make my own with oatmeal, skim milk, egg whites, applesauce, and raisins (and a bit of baking soda, powder, and salt)... I can eat two for 225 calories and they're super filling! I agree, you are best off to make them yourself!

qtpiesmom

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/204389-1-minute-flax-muffins

sub various things for oil and egg such as bananas, applesauce, pumpkin

yodacho

Heard this the other day on the radio, which is funny and food for thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o-u4IwXkbE

I like the suggestions with recipes by other members. Something to keep in mind: a Costco chocolate muffin has 690 calories.

AndriaLL

The blueberry ones at my local grocery store are 590 calories! And high fat! My family eats them and I have to try to ignore them just sitting there on the counter, knowing they taste sooo good.

kimmerroze

Heard this the other day on the radio, which is funny and food for thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o-u4IwXkbE

I like the suggestions with recipes by other members. Something to keep in mind: a Costco chocolate muffin has 690 calories.

Oh but is every darn calorie worth it Every now and then! they are sooooooooooooooooooo good! haha :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Costco Is bad! A tiny slice of their cheese cake is like 450 calories. YIKES!

RichGebs

Oh goshh i may take some of these recipes and have my mom make em!! Looking good