Healthy Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Healthy chocolate zucchini muffins made with whole wheat flour and no butter or refined sugars (besides chocolate chips). They're naturally sweetened with banana and honey or maple syrup for an insanely delicious, perfectly moist double chocolate zucchini muffin!
Servings 12 muffins
Calories 152cal
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup (141 grams) whole wheat pastry flour or white whole wheat flour
- ⅓ cup (27 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted and cooled (or sub olive oil)
- ⅓ cup (111 grams) honey, agave nectar or pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 cup shredded zucchini (from about 1 medium zucchini)
- 1 ripe mashed banana (or you can use ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce)
- ½ cup (120 grams) unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- ½ cup (90 grams) regular or mini chocolate chips, dairy free if desired
Instructions
- Prep your pan: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 12 cup muffin tin with cupcake liners and generously spray inside of liners with nonstick cooking spray.
- Squeeze shredded zucchini of excess water with a paper towel. This is important, so don’t forget!
- Mix the dry ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- Mix the wet ingredients: In the bowl of an electric mixer, add coconut oil, honey/maple syrup, vanilla, egg; mix on medium-low until smooth and well combined. Add in zucchini, banana (or applesauce) and almond milk; mix again. Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently fold in chocolate chips.
- Bake: Evenly divide batter into prepared liners. Bake 22-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean. After 5 minutes, remove muffins and transfer to wire rack to finish cooling. Enjoy!
Notes
To keep muffins dairy-free: use dairy free chocolate chips.
To make gluten-free: use gluten-free all purpose flour or gluten-free oat flour.
I love adding a few extra chocolate chips (2-3) on top of each muffin before baking to make them look pretty, but it's up to you.
Nutrition
Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 152cal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 14g