Healthy Chocolate Courgette Muffins
Healthy chocolate courgette muffins are moist, rich and delicious. They are made with wholemeal flour with no butter (dairy free!) and no refined sugar. These healthy chocolate muffins with courgette are naturally sweetened with apple and honey.
Equipment
- 6 hole muffin tray
- paper muffin cases
Ingredients
- 200 g courgette
- 1 dessert apple
- 125 g wholemeal flour or gluten free flour
- 1.25 teaspoon baking powder
- 25 g cocoa
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoon honey or maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Line the muffin tray with paper liners. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees (160 fan).
- Core the apple (no need to peel) and trim the ends from the courgette.
- Grate the apple and the courgette. You can either use a box grater or a food processor.200 g courgette, 1 dessert apple
- Place the grated apple and courgette in a colander or sieve over the sink and squeeze down with a potato masher. Some of the juices will run out and can be discarded.
- Add the apple and courgette to a bowl or food processor. Add the flour, baking powder, cocoa, eggs, honey, olive oil, vanilla extract and salt. Either blitz, or mix together with a spoon.200 g courgette, 1 dessert apple, 125 g wholemeal flour, 1.25 tsp baking powder, 25 g cocoa, 2 tbsp olive oil, 2 eggs, 3 tbsp honey or maple syrup, 1 tsp vanilla extract, pinch salt
- Spoon the muffin mixture into the lined tray. Bake for 20 minutes. The cooked muffins should be set and risen.
- Cool on a wire tray.
Notes
- For chocolate courgette muffins with nuts, add 50g chopped nuts to the mixture. Pecans are especially good!
- For healthy double chocolate muffins, add 50g dark chocolate chunks or chips.
- This amount of mixture will make 8-9 smaller muffins, or 18-20 mini muffins which are ideal for toddlers and younger children. If you are making mini muffins, they'll just need 15 minutes to cook through.
Nutrition
Calories: 191kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 5.6gFat: 7.2gSaturated Fat: 1.5gFiber: 4.4gSugar: 13.3g
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