How many calories are in a homemade blueberry muffin

The average coffee shop blueberry muffin is hardly what you’d call a health food: It’s got almost 470 calories—nearly double what you’d get from a chocolate frosted donut—and most of those calories come from refined carbohydrates, primarily white flour and sugar. Less than 2 percent of the carbohydrate in these mega-muffins comes from fiber, offering up only a single gram. Perhaps the healthiest thing about these muffins is the fat—19 grams worth, largely from soybean oil—a heart-healthy source. (Only one of the three national chains reviewed used butter as a fat source in its muffins.)

Reduced fat blueberry muffins are certainly no better—if not worse. With only slightly fewer calories than their regular counterparts, they still contain the same high amount of sugar (almost 40 grams, or 10 teaspoons) and nearly 50 percent more sodium (a whopping 540 milligrams per muffin!).

In comparison, the Great Muffin Makeover recipe bakes up blueberry muffins that weigh about 2 ounces each—less than half the size of a coffee shop muffin—and contain 120 calories. They are made with a mixture of whole wheat, almond, and white flour—though with further tweaking, the recipe could be made entirely without refined grains. Canola oil provides much of the healthy fat; and the number of fresh blueberries is double what you’d find in a typical recipe, providing much of the flavor and natural sweetness. (In total, each muffin only contains 5 grams of sugar, of which only 2 grams are added sugar). The result is a light and fluffy, moist and flavorful blueberry muffin that will provide longer lasting energy compared to the usual coffee shop muffin. Get the recipe.

1. Average data from company websites of three major U.S. coffeeshop chains. January, 2018.
2. Data obtained from one national coffeeshop chain. January, 2018.
3. Data based on analysis of Blueberry Muffin recipe.

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This is the best blueberry muffin recipe! It’s low in calories, high in protein, and comes with a to die for blueberry muffins crumble topping.

Making blueberry muffins with crumble topping doesn’t have to be high calorie and packed full of sugar. I cut calories, fat and sugar with this healthy homemade blueberry muffins recipe.

In this article you will find my low calorie blueberry muffins recipe from scratch, as well as a yummy topping for blueberry muffins that works on all your favorite berry muffin recipes.

To make these blueberry muffins easy, I’ve supplied you with several helpful sections like shopping lists and how to guides.

The Best Blueberry Muffin Recipe is just 108 calories and has over 6g of protein per muffin!

The best blueberry muffins are the ones you can enjoy without ruining your diet… And these low calorie blueberry muffins are absolutely delicious and much healthier then full fat old fashioned blueberry muffins.

Along with these healthy blueberry muffin recipes, you’ll find a printable recipe card, nutrition label, shopping list and more. I made this blueberry muffins recipe easy by supplying you with everything you’ll need to make this low calorie recipe.

This easy blueberry muffins recipe comes with a muffin crumble topping and so much more. Including a “how to” guide and recipe card.

To make this Low Calorie Blueberry Muffin Recipe easy, I’ve supplied you with the following sections.

Read through them for helpful resources, or skip ahead to the recipe card.

What You’ll Find in this Article:

• Blueberry Muffin Ingredients (shopping list!)
• How to Make Blueberry Muffins
• The Best Blueberry Muffin Recipe (recipe card!)
• Nutrition and Calories in Blueberry Muffins

Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.

Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in my email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin these low calorie fresh blueberry muffins to Pintrest so it is safely stored for you.

Up next, a shopping list for The Best Blueberry Muffin Recipe…

Blueberry Muffin Ingredients

To keep these blueberry muffins low calorie I swapped out most of the sugar and butter with Greek Yogurt and unsweetened apple sauce. What you end up with are low calorie moist blueberry muffins that taste like old fashioned blueberry muffins.

Then I topped our berry muffins recipes with our yummy blueberry muffin topping… so they taste and look just like full calorie muffins, but for just 108 calories.

You don’t have to add the sugar topping for muffins… and if you are looking to lower the sugar in this recipe, that is a great option.

Either way, here is a shopping list for you to screenshot to your phone, with links that will add ingredients to your shopping list.

Shopping List for Homemade Blueberry Muffins:

Blueberry Muffin Ingredients:

• Olive oil spray
• Self rising flour (NOT regular flour!)
• Baking soda
• Salt
• Brown sugar
• Eggs
• Vanilla extract
• Greek yogurt
• Almond milk
• Unsweetened applesauce
• Blueberries

Crumb Topping For Muffins:

• Flour
• Brown sugar
• Sugar
• Butter

Special Tip: You can find the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many of The Best Blueberry Muffin Recipe you want to make, and it will do all the math for you! All of the ingredients for these healthy blueberry muffins can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.

Up next, how to make blueberry muffins healthy and low calories…

How to Make Blueberry Muffins

The Best Blueberry Muffin Recipe is easy to make, thanks to this helpful “how to” guide.

In this section I’ll show you how to make blueberry muffins both healthy and low in calories. With just a few ingredient swaps (Greek Yogurt in place of butter and unsweetened applesauce in place of sugar) I was able to make this low calorie blueberry muffin recipe just as yummy as the full calorie versions.

It’s surprisingly easy to make homemade blueberry muffins low in calories, here is our helpful how to guide.

How to Make Blueberry Muffins:

1. Preheat oven to 350°, and spray muffin pans with olive oil.
2. To a small bowl, combine all of the muffin crumble topping ingredients, and work together with your fingers until it’s the consistency of wet sand. Set aside
3. In a large bowl, combine the “dry ingredients” the flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
4. To a separate medium bowl, whisk together the “wet ingredients” the eggs, vanilla, Greek yogurt, almond milk, and applesauce.
5. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and add the blueberries, reserving a handful to top the muffins.
6. Gently mix the wet and dry ingredients together, until just combined.
7. Fill the prepared muffin cups 3/4 full of blueberry muffin batter, add more blueberries to the top, and sprinkle over the muffin crumble topping.
8. Bake for 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the blueberry muffin comes out clean.
9. Store in the fridge for up to 5 days, or cool and move to a freezer bag and freeze for up to 2 months.

Special Tip: You can find the directions, measurements, nutrition and more all combined in the sharable recipe card below.

Up next, I’ll answer all your low calorie muffin questions. And give you tips to make the best blueberry muffins!

Low Calorie Blueberry Muffin Q&A

These low calorie muffins have been a long time fan favorite. And with that I have gotten a lot of questions.

In this section I’ll answer all your questions, and please feel free to comment with more questions and I’ll add them to this section for all to read.

Can I Use Frozen Blueberries in These Muffins? 

Yes! Frozen blueberry are great in this recipe for low calorie muffins. Just make sure you leave them frozen when mixing the batter. If you defrost them, they will just fall apart… Unless that’s what you’re going for.

Is There a Sugar Substitute I Can Use? 

Yes! I love Pure Cane Brown Sugar in place of brown sugar for this healthy muffin recipe. It’s zero calories, made from real sugar cane and 100% all natural!

Monk fruit sweetener will also work, as will honey, maple syrup, or agave.

Can I Use Another Type of Milk? 

Of course! Use whatever type of milk you like, or whatever you have on hand. It may slightly change the nutrition and calories in these skinny muffins. But they will still come out great!

Can I use Regular Flour?

Sadly, no. You will need Self-Rising Flour to make this healthy muffin recipe. Otherwise they won’t rise and will be gummy. The self rise is the key to making these low calorie muffins amazing.

How do I stop the Blueberries from Sinking to the Bottom?

Toss the blueberries in 1 tablespoon of self-rising flour. This will help them stay “afloat” when baking. I also like add a few to the top, before the crumble… So hold a handful back to add to the top. Yum!

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The Best Blueberry Muffin Recipe

This healthy blueberry muffin recipe is just 108 calories per muffin, and each blueberry muffin has 6.3g of protein!

You can find a nutrition label and more low calorie desserts below this recipe card.

Special Tip: Regular flour is NOT the same as self rising flour! Make sure to get self rising flour to make these low calorie muffins!

The Best Blueberry Muffin Recipe {LOW CALORIE}

This best blueberry muffin recipe is just 108 calories per muffin, and it has over 6g of protein!

I used Greek Yogurt and apple sauce to cut the butter and sugar, and used self rising flour for fluffy, moist blueberry muffins.

The crumb topping for muffins goes great on all berry muffins recipes, or you can skip it and keep these fresh blueberry muffins simple.

Special Tip: Be sure to use Self Rising Flour, otherwise the muffins won't rise!

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 24 muffins

Calories 108 kcal

• Muffin tins

• Preheat oven to 350°, and spray muffin pans with olive oil.

• To a small bowl, combine all of the muffin crumble topping ingredients, and work together with your fingers until it’s the consistency of wet sand. Set aside

• In a large bowl, combine the “dry ingredients” the flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar.

• To a separate medium bowl, whisk together the "wet ingredients" the eggs, vanilla, Greek yogurt, almond milk, and applesauce.

• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and add the blueberries, reserving a handful to top the muffins.

• Gently mix the wet and dry ingredients together, until just combined.

• Fill the prepared muffin cups 3/4 full of blueberry muffin batter, add more blueberries to the top, and sprinkle over the muffin crumble topping.

• Bake for 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the blueberry muffin comes out clean.

• Store in the fridge for up to 5 days, or cool and move to a freezer bag and freeze for up to 2 months.

Serving: 1muffinCalories: 108kcalCarbohydrates: 14.4gProtein: 6.3gFat: 2.8gSaturated Fat: 1.9gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 108mgPotassium: 103mgFiber: 0.6gSugar: 7gCalcium: 58mgIron: 1mg

Keyword breakfast, dessert, snack

Up next, nutrition and calories in blueberry muffins…

Nutrition and Calories in Blueberry Muffins

Not all blueberry muffins recipes are healthy or low calorie… but these are!

I cut calories and fat by swapping the butter for Greek Yogurt and most of the sugar for unsweetened (metabolism boosting!) applesauce!

The nutrition and calories below are based off 1 serving (1 muffin) of the Blueberry Muffin Recipe above.

Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating it is our goal to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.

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