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Preheat the oven to 400 ºF. Grease a muffin pan with olive oil. Don't use muffin pan liners for this recipe, the muffins will get stuck to them.
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Cut cherries in quarters.
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In a large bowl mix applesauce, sugar, honey, eggs and yogurt.
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Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and baking soda. Add salt and whisk together. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Don't overmix!
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Add cherry and stir. The batter will be chunky.
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Divide batter evenly between the pans. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
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Bake for 5 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350 ºF and bake for 15 more minutes. Transfer to the cooling rack and let cool for 10 minutes, then take out of the pan.