Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

One food misconception I hear all the time is that eating healthy means sacrificing the foods you love most. For example, a bunch of my friends don't like to let their kids have snacks like cake or cupcakes for all the obvious reasons and so the kids have to miss out on fun things like chocolate cupcakes at birthday parties. I can't think of many things more heartbreaking than seeing a little one at a party having to eat a banana while all the other kids' faces are covered in chocolate frosting. Well, here at weelicious, we're always up for a challenge. Is there a healthy cupcake with absolutely no refined sugar that parents can be happy to serve their kids and even the most discriminating chocoholic will love?

Well, after testing these cupcake and ganache ( a fancy word for icing) recipes over a dozen times this past week, I can confidently say the answer is yes! Not only is this recipe delicious, it's also the easiest version we tried. All you have to do is dump the ingredients into the mixer, stir, pour and bake! And by using agave instead of sugar, you sacrifice none of the flavor of traditional chocolate cupcakes. Another bonus? You can even make them vegan by using oil instead of butter and rice, almond or soy milk instead of cow's milk. Either way, what you get is a light, perfectly sweet chocolate cupcake that every kid will love. I took a whole batch over to Kenya's sports group on Monday and they disappeared in minutes and even the most health conscious moms were happy!