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  • Makes 12
  • 35 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 10 Ingredients

25 Comments

A healthy zucchini chocolate muffin using banana and honey to sweeten.


Ingredients (makes 12 Muffins)

  • 1 1/4 cup Self raising flour (can use gluten free)
  • 1/3 cup Cocoa powder
  • 2 tbl spoons Olive oil
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/3 cup Honey
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 cup Grated zucchini - squeeze the juices out
  • 1 Mashed banana
  • 1/2 cup Milk (any kind, I used oat milk)
  • 1/2 Chocolate chips (can use dairy free if you wish)

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line muffin tray with cupcake liners and spray the inside with oil. Mix together SR flour And cocoa powder.
  2. Using an electric beater in a seperate bowl, beat oil, egg, honey and vanilla on a medium speed until well combined
  3. Add milk, zucchini (don’t forget to squeeze out the juice) and mashed banana. Beat on medium again until combined.
  4. Add wet ingredients to dry and mix with a spatula until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
  5. Divide mixture between muffin tray
  6. Bake in oven for 25 minutes
  7. Allow to cool

Notes

This recipe is easily adaptable to your diet, can be gluten free, dairy free, lactose free etc. You can also use coconut oil instead of olive.

  • This recipe will be perfect when we have an abundance of home grown Zuchinis from our garden.

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  • Definitely going to do this once our Zucchinis are ready in the vege garden.

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  • never tried zucchini in muffins! will give it a go

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  • Might have to test out this receipe. Like there is no added (refined) sugars.

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  • These look a little dry but I am sure they are yummo! Much healthier muffin option made with zuchinni!

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  • Healthier than most other muffins.. Good recipe.

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  • Intruiging.
    But would my children sense the veg and refuse to eat them? Very possible.

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  • Wow I would absolutely love to try this, sounds healthy!

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  • Choc chunks to get the zucchini down, love it

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  • Never thought of making muffins to use up my zucchini before.

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  • Love that this is sweetened with good things. Keen to give it a go for my toddler

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  • Nice way to include veggies in muffins and so appealing

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  • I love muffins and with some zucchini in them it makes it even more healthy option


    • And I find the zucchini makes them even more lovely and moist

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  • Interesting combination – and healthy too!

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  • I would never of thought to put zucchini and cocoa together but sound interesting

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