What’s the secret to these healthy, whole wheat chocolate muffins? AVOCADO! The healthy fat makes these muffins irresistibly moist but still healthy enough for breakfast!
Avocados are so finicky. They’re hard as a rock and then you blink and they’ve gone bad. Yesterday I found myself with 2 ripe avocados that desperately need to be used. One went to good use as an accompaniment with our quesadillas but the other had a different destiny. This one would find its place in a muffin recipe. Yes, this is an avocado muffin recipe.
I’d never tried baking with avocados before but so far, I’ve never found something that wasn’t made better by the addition of avocado. While I typically use bananas in my muffins, my friend Veronica is allergic to bananas so I figured I’d try avocados in place of banana! I’m so happy with how these turned out.
Truthfully they taste more like a cupcake than a muffin but they’re healthy enough to fall into the muffin category. That’s something I am not complaining about.
Not only are these muffins made with avocado but they’re also made with whole wheat pastry flour, so you get a nice dose of fiber in there. And this recipe doesn’t require any eggs or butter so these muffins are vegan! Simply mix up the ingredients, drop the batter into a mini muffin tin, and get baking!
Alright, enough about their awesomeness… here’s the chocolate avocado muffin recipe!
Tips for Making Chocolate Avocado Muffins
- Be sure your avocado is soft and ripe. If it’s a rock hard avocado, it’s going to be tough to blend.
- If you want to keep these totally vegan, be sure to use dairy free chocolate chips.
- Whole wheat pastry flour will produce a lighter muffin compared to regular whole wheat flour. If you can’t find whole wheat pastry flour, feel free to substitute all purpose flour.
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What’s the secret to these healthy, whole wheat chocolate muffins? AVOCADO! The healthy fat makes these muffins irresistibly moist but still healthy enough for breakfast!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1/2 cup agave nectar
- 3/4 cup almond milk (unsweetened)
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/3 cup mini dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Combine the pastry flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a food processor, blend the avocado, (peeled and pitted of course) with the agave, almond milk, coconut oil, and vanilla.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until combined.
- It might be a bit lumpy but just make sure you don’t have dry pockets of flour.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Spoon the mixture into a mini muffin tin. Mine made about 20 mini muffins.
- Bake for 12-17 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. (Mine took about 14 minutes.) Do NOT over bake or they’ll dry out and be more crumbly rather than fudgey.
Keywords: Avocado muffins
I had one (ok, two) of these right out of the oven but I think they were actually even better when I had one later on in the day. Just make sure you keep the leftovers in an airtight container.
Warning: these are so addicting. At least they’re made with whole grains & healthy fats! Don’t forget to pin this recipe for later! No avocados? No problem.
Try these chocolate chip banana muffins!
What’s your favorite kind of muffin?
Liz
Made these today and they were AMAZING! I followed the recipe, doubled it, and it made 24 regular size muffins. Thank you!
★★★★★
Liz
Yay!! I’m so glad you liked them!
Cathy
I tried baking these today and when I saw 3/4 of baking soda thought it was a bit much. So I continued with the ingredients and when I started to scoop the batter into the muffin pan I had a taste of it and I gagged Of how much it tasted like just baking soda. Am I doing something wrong? Please help!
Amy Chapman
3/4 tsp….. that’s not much
Tait DeGennaro
These are delicious! Have you ever attempted to freeze them? If so, how’d they turn out?
★★★★★
Ali from Home & Plate
I have never baked with avocado but do love them. This recipe looks wonderful. I will have to give this a try.
★★★★★