13 Ways to Eat Chocolate for Breakfast (Because You Love Yourself)

Muffins are more than just a plain cupcake — they should be just a little sweet but also full of good-for-you things. Here cocoa powder, granola, and dried cherries make these a special breakfast.

Start with a base of good ol’ steel-cut oats, then stir in espresso and cocoa powder and sprinkle a few nuts and chocolate chips on top to elevate your morning porridge to a mocha delight.

Chocolate, coconut, and pecans — the classic flavors of German chocolate cake — are an easy way to make oatmeal just a little less ho-hum.

Besides using whole-wheat and spelt flour, this recipe calls for coconut milk instead of buttermilk and includes toasted coconut and dark chocolate bits. Slightly sweet and packed full of goodness, don’t be afraid to slather on some butter.

Have you ever tasted the unlikely pairing of chocolate and zucchini? It’s quite delicious! These budget-friendly muffins cost only 20 cents each, but they’re worth 10 times that in gorgeous chocolatey goodness.

This creamy smoothie has a list of ingredient to fuel your morning. Avocado, coffee, coconut water, coconut oil, and cocoa come together for a hearty smoothie that you can truly have as a meal to start your day.

This double chocolate zucchini bread is identical in taste to regular chocolate quick bread, but thanks to the zucchini it is way more moist and has a denser crumb. The double whammy of chocolate comes from cocoa powder and chocolate chips.

This rich and intense bread pudding takes the best of cocoa and the best of toast and covers it with a custardy, marshmallow top. It may sound like dessert, but we think this is actually more of a decadent breakfast.

These gluten-free pancakes are thick and rich and laced with dark chocolate chips. They are a nod to Mexican hot chocolate, due to the addition of cayenne pepper and cinnamon, and are topped with toasted marshmallows and chocolate syrup.

More chocolate breakfast muffins — we can’t get enough! These beauties have both butterscotch and chocolate chips and are sweetened with dark brown sugar, so they are extra dark and rich. They freeze beautifully and can be kept for up to a week in an airtight container, although there are doubts they will last that long.

These decadent treats are basically like mini chocolate croissants. Plus, they’re made with store-bought puff pastry, so they come together in no time.