Confetti Mini Muffins

Something about sprinkles...they make any baked good look unbelievable tasty! Maybe it's the fun colors? Or something about childhood birthday parties? Regardless, they are very important ingredient in theses Confetti Mini Muffins!

These may look like they are full of butter, sugar, and flour...but they actually contain none of those ingredients!! (ok...a little sugar in the sprinkles...but we all know that calories in sprinkles don't count...)

The ingredients might surprise you...

ABOUTTIME Birthday Cake Whey, white canned beans, unsweetened applesauce, egg substitute, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, vanilla, baking powder, sweetener of choice, and of course sprinkles!!

*You can use chickpeas, garbanzo, navy, great northern, or butter beans*

*any milk will do*

*real egg works too*

Drain and rinse your beans first.  Then puree the beans, egg, applesauce, milk, and vanilla. Depending on the type of bean, you may want to add a little extra liquid to blend smooth.

Stir in remaining ingredients.  Everything except the sprinkles that is!

I used a mini muffin pan, but you can absolutely make regular sized ones! Spray your pan very well with non stick spray or use muffin liners.  

You can fill the cups pretty full because these won't rise much.

Don't forget the sprinkles!!!

Seriously! The sprinkles are not optional!!

How cute are those!?

I absolutely love baking with beans.  They give the muffins such a great texture and replace the flour used in most recipes. I promise they do not taste like beans!

These little guys are packed with 32 grams of protein!

Such a great breakfast! Since they are bite sized, they are great for on-the-go!

Each little muffin is only about 18 calories!! 

Quick math... All 12 for only 215 calories!

Ya know those little pre-packaged mini muffins you buy at the grocery store...

You only get 4-5 muffins and it'll cost you 250 calories, 14 grams of fat, 17 grams of sugar, and only 3 grams of protein...no thank you!!

These beauties will actually keep you full and satisfied! 

Only 2 grams of sugar from the applesauce, no flour, and gluten free (double check your protein).

They also freeze great so feel free to make a quadruple batch!! 

Money shot!!

Confetti Mini Muffins

• 1 scoop ABOUTTIME birthday cake whey (30g)
• 1/2 cup canned white beans (130g)
• 1/8 cup unsweetened applesauce (28g)
• 1 T egg substitute (15g)
• 1 T unsweetened vanilla almond milk (15ml)
• 1 t vanilla
• 1/2 t baking powder
• sweetener to taste (4 packs)
• sprinkles (not optional!)

1. Drain and rinse beans
2. Puree beans, applesauce, milk, egg, and vanilla
3. Stir in everything else except sprinkles
4. Coat muffin pan with nonstick spray or use liners
5. Pour batter and top with sprinkles
6. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes 
7. Enjoy!

Makes 12 Mini Muffins - 18 calories each

215 calories for entire batch

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ABOUTTIME Review

Anyone who follow my blog know that I use a lot of protein powder in my recipes! You also know that I absolutely love protein bars and trying new ones.  I was beyond thrilled to try some bars and powders from ABOUTTIME!

So much fun stuff! I love the single servings! So convenient and easy.

There were 3 different bars to try and an awesome protein powder already in the bottle! 

What a genius idea.  Take it with you in the car or throw it in your gym bag.  You don't have worry about it leaking because you can just add the liquid when you're ready to drink it! I am very much a convenience person so I loved this.

I have never used a pre workout drink before so I was super excited when I saw these.  

I LOVE watermelon flavored drinks so I knew I would be trying that one right away.  

It tasted great!! 

Also, the powder dissolved completely.  Always a good sign.  Not a bit was wasted :)

I started thinking of which recipes I wanted to try first with the powders.  

Such fun flavors too.  Mocha mint and cinnamon! Of course there is vanilla and chocolate too.

There was whey protein isolate and vegan protein formula.  

Yay for vegans! :) Although I don't consider myself a total vegan, I am what I call "vegan-ish" so I loved seeing that protein powder.

I decided to try the Mocha Mint mixed with some greek yogurt. That is why I say vegan-ish...I can't give up my greek yogurt and protein powder snack! 

This was awesome! The powder mixed up so well! It wasn't clumpy or lumpy at all.  A great way to give that plain yogurt some great flavor.  

I loved the texture of these bars! Soft and chewy, just the way I like them!

Each is around 210 calories plus 11 grams of protein.  

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Gluten free and dairy free.  These are naturally sweetened with things like dates, fruit, and nuts.  

 The hubby loved the Pecan Pie one!! I didn't really want to, but I did share :)

The size of these bars is perfect too.  Not too big, not too small.  

This Island Coconut was so flavorful! You can see the pieces of actual coconut in there. 

I liked them all so much! I wanted one as a snack but couldn't decide so I cut them up into bite sized pieces and had all 3.

Lovely little sampler plate :)

 I'd have to say the Pecan Pie was my favorite.

So chewy and so much flavor!! Oh, and did I mention I can pronounce all the ingredients!! Because they are all natural! Simply dates, white protein powder, almond, pecans, chicory root fiber, and cinnamon. 

A perfect snack! Paired with some fruit and you got yourself a great breakfast on the go.

Speaking of on the go...

Peanut butter shake waiting for me after my morning workout. 

And I ALWAYS pack my lunch for work.  I am not gonna get stuck at a fast food drive-thru.

Perfection!! I cannot stress how great these single serve packets are! 

I had to try the powder in my new Healthy Cookie Dough recipe!

Heavenly!! The vanilla protein powder is perfect in this.

Then I tried making a POV cake with the chocolate. Winner winner!!!

The chocolate flavor is awesome and it cooked perfectly in this cake recipe.

Of course I did also try the powder just as a shake.  The vanilla was great mixed with some unsweetened almond milk!

I would have done a double thumbs up if I wasn't holding my tasty drink!

I will absolutely be ordering more protein powder and bars from this company!! They sell the powder in big tubs too so if I can decide on a flavor, I will be ordering some soon! I even looked into it a bit and they sell some of their products at my local grocery store, Giant Eagle.  That made me VERY excited! I will be adding ABOUTTIME products to my weekly grocery list for sure.