Chocolate Veggie Muffins

These Chocolate Veggie Muffins are packed with hidden vegetables, lower in added sugar, and full of chocolate flavor. Perfect for meal prep and freezer-friendly snacks.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: loaves and muffins, meal prep

Servings: muffins

Ingredients

1 zucchini (about 2 cups shredded), squeeze out excess water
1 medium banana
1 cup spinach
¼ cup honey
½ cup plain yogurt
2 eggs
2 tablespoon milk
3 tablespoon hemp hearts
1.5 cups all purpose flour
⅓ cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400F and prepare a 12-cavity muffin tray ( recommend using a silicone tray for easy removal).
Before you begin- squeeze out excess water from the shredded zucchini by wrapping the shredded zucchini in a cheesecloth or paper towel and gently squeezing over the sink.
To a large blender- add zucchini, banana, spinach, honey, yogurt, egg, milk and hemp hearts. Blend until smooth.
In a large mixing bowl, sift together all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
To the bowl of dry ingredients, slowly add the liquid blender ingredients. Whisk until just combined.
Fold in the chocolate chips using a spatula (save some for the end to top off the muffins).
Divide the batter into a 12-cavity muffin tray (I use this cookie scoop).
Bake at 400F for 5 minutes, after 5 minutes, reduce the heat to 350F and continue baking for 15 minutes (DO NOT open the oven in between, you don’t want to let the heat escape).

Notes

Shredded carrots can be used to replace all (or half) of the zucchini (just ensure you have 2 cups of shredded veggies)- the result is a SLIGHTLY sweeter muffin but a bit more orange-y in colour!

*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.

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