Skinny Chocolate Chocolate Banana Muffins

I promised a few sweet treats that I made last week and here is one that was so delicious.  It comes from Skinny Taste which is absolutely my favorite blog for healthy recipes and for those of you who follow weight watchers (like me!) she figures serving size and point value as well. 
I love love love baked goods so her sight as been a saving grace for me when I am craving some sweet baked treat!   This particular recipe was loved by all who got to taste it even my husband who is not a fan of bananas.  I will definitely make it again!

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
These are 5ts+ and have 170.5 Calories per muffin.  For more nutritional information go to the recipe on skinny taste by clickin on the recipe title above.

3 1/2 ripe medium bananas, mashed
1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp butter, softened
1/3 cup sugar
2 large egg whites
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup chocolate chips
2 tbsp confectioners sugar (optional)

Pre-heat oven to 325 and line a muffin tin with 12 cupcake liners.  My recipe actually divided into 13.

Mix the flour, Cocoa powder, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl and set aside.  Put butter and sugar together and mix with electric mixer.  Then add egg whites and applesauce.  Add bananas and vanilla.  After that is mixed in gradually add the dry ingredients.  Fold in Chocolate chips. 

Divide the  mixture into cupcake tins evenly and cook for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out dry. 

If you want to make the glaze on top then mix powdered sugar with 1/4 c or 1/3 cup water and drizzle over the top.  My daughter helped me do these and we were working on the color green that day so ours has a green tint. 1-

I would recommond storing it in an air tight container because of all the fruit in the muffins they will go bad faster then one that is made with oil.  =)