Description
Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins are fluffy, light, and perfectly chocolatey. They’re loaded with zucchini and so much chocolate.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil or melted coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup shredded zucchini
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus more for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking oil.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flours, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt until combined. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, maple syrup, oil, and vanilla extract until fully combined. Stir the dry ingredients mixture into the wet ingredients mixture using a silicone spatula, until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Gently fold in the shredded zucchini and chocolate chips. Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups. They should each be 3/4 full. Top with more chocolate chips, if desired.
- Bake for 20-24 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out with only a few crumbs.
- Allow them to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing the muffins from the pan and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. You may need to run a butter knife along the edges of the muffin cups to loosen the muffins.
Notes
Do not overmix the batter. This will cause the muffins to become tough.
Make sure you spray the muffin pan or paper liners with nonstick cooking spray. Zucchini muffins have a lot of moisture, so they tend to stick if you skip this step.
Nutritional values, per serving, are approximate only. Calculated with canola oil and reduced fat 2% milk.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 186
- Sugar: 11.3 g
- Sodium: 130.6 mg
- Fat: 9.8 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 23.5 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3.4 g
- Cholesterol: 16.3 mg