I LOVE cupcakes but cupcakes like to go right to my belly if I eat too many & that’s no fun 🙁  These cupcakes you can eat anytime without worrying about getting out your stretchy pants ;). I decorated them as monsters for Halloween but you can decorate them any way you want.  I used coconut and almond flour as my base so they are perfect if you have gluten sensitivities/allergies or if you are looking for a lower carb/lower calorie option.  The cake is dense but rich and “buttery” tasting because of the coconut oil in the batter.  The frosting is crazy in the best way!!  Sweet and creamy made from ingredients you probably wouldn’t expect.  They are so delicious-perfectly spooky looking but not scary for your health haha! Read on for the details 😉

Ingredients for Cupcakes:

*8 tablespoons coconut flour (make sure you measure this carefully bc coconut flour is super finicky if proportions are off anywhere)

*1/4 cup almond flour/meal

*1/2 teaspoon baking soda

*1/2 cup stevia for baking (or another bakeable zero calorie sweetener)

*3 large eggs

*2 large egg whites

*2 teaspoons vanilla extract

*1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

*1.5 tablespoons extra virgin (unrefined) coconut oil (melted)

Ingredients for Frosting:

*1 container plain fat free greek yogurt

*1/2 cup powdered sugar

*1 scoop vanilla casein protein powder (must use casein or it won’t thicken properly!)

*1 packet sugar free drink mix of your choice (I used kool aid blue raspberry lemonade)

*2-3 drops food coloring (optional)

Preheat oven to 350.

Line 12 muffin cups and spray with nonstick spray (be sure to spray them bc they will stick if you don’t!!).

Mix all dry ingredients for cupcakes with a whisk.

In another bowl whisk together all wet ingredients.

Add wet ingredients to dry along with melted coconut oil and whisk away.  It will seem too lumpy at first as I show below but keep mixing and it will turn into a nice smooth batter like 2nd picture 😉

Divide evenly among muffin cups and bake for 20-24 minutes.

Be sure not to overbake them!  As soon as toothpick comes out clean remove them and cool on wax paper or rack.

Yeah they look ugly but but don’t judge them based on that. They taste great and we will make them more cute with frosting & decorations lol!

Add all frosting ingredients except food coloring in bowl.  Whisk everything until smooth then add food coloring in if you want a more vibrant color.

I like to use the little frosting squeeze bottle with a star tip (the purple bottle shown with frosting ingredients) to add frosting to cupcakes bc it is a little neater.  I also frosted a few free hand & messed up a couple a little bit too as you can see lol!  No worries though bc making a mess is part of cooking or baking & they don’t need to be perfect 😉

I made some spooky one eyes monsters with tongues (cut up small strips of fruit leather for tongues) & some more friendly 2 eyed monsters too.  So cute!!  Store  in fridge & consume no more than 3-4 days max.

*Feel free to use another frosting of your choice (I’ll include stats on just cupcakes).  However my frosting has amazing nutritional stats so you should at least give it a fair shake bc honestly you’ll be hard pressed to find something else that tastes this good without adding tons of calories/fat/sugar!

Per cupcake with my frosting (not including decorations btw)

105 calories

4.6 grams fat

10.2 grams carbs

1.9 grams fiber

6.5 grams protein

Cupcakes only (70 calories/4.6g fat/4.3g carbs/1.9g fiber/3.3g protein)

Also on a side note I do generally try to eat less processed and naturally colored foods however it is neurotic and almost impossible if you are not neurotic to avoid all “bad” things all the time whether it be processed, fried, dyed, non organic, containing corn syrup, etc.  I believe everything in moderation and this recipe is a heck of a lot better than most of the Halloween treats out there :). Although I certainly do eat a few real treats around Halloween too.  If you treat your body right generally it is totally fine in my opinion to use some artificial dye, sweetener, real sugar, etc, etc in moderation.  My 2 cents 🙂