Some muffins are really just cupcakes pretending to be good for you. These are not those muffins.
As a mom of four small kids, healthy muffins are my secret weapon for packing as many nutritious ingredients into my rascals as possible. All those fruits and veggies? That’s the magic.
How to make magical double chocolate muffins
This recipe uses the same technique to get 5 kinds of fruit & vegetable puree as our non-chocolate version: Magical Muffins.
- Just put a combination of apples, bananas, zucchini, spinach, carrots or sweet potatoes into a pan (or the microwave) with a little water.
- Heat until softened.
- Buzz with a food processor.
- Use what you need now and save the rest for another batch another time.
That’s the trickiest part and it takes about 10 minutes. Then it’s mixing in a bowl and baking in the oven.
PrintMagical Double Chocolate Muffins (With Hidden Vegetables & Fruit Inside)
Use ANY combination of these ingredients to make a puree: Sweet potato, baby spinach, zucchini, banana, apples. Put fruit & vegetables in a pan or microwave safe bowl and add enough water to cover. Cook until soft (4-5 minutes). Puree, along with the cooking water. Use 1 cup for these muffins and freeze the rest for another batch OR make smoothies in the morning–just add another banana plus some coconut water and a handful of frozen fruit. Yum!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable mixture (See note above.)
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon fine salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine oil, egg and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
- Add 1 cup of pureed vegetable mixture and stir.
- Sift flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder over top of liquid ingredients.
- Add mini chocolate chips.
- Stir until JUST incorporated.
- Use an ice cream scoop to get uniform scoops into a greased muffin pan.
- Bake at 400 degrees F 15 minutes
Foodlets Reviews
Foodlets Reviews are real comments from my 4 very real kids. Here’s what they said:
George (5) “Good. I’m eating this whole pan.”
Estelle (6) “I think very banana-y but very good.”
Phoebe (8) “It’s very yummy like a brownie and I enjoy it very much.”
Violet (3) “Mmm. It’s good! Who made this?”
p.s. If you like this one, don’t miss our Easy Homemade Bread Recipe!
Homemade Bread
Hello! I love your blog! What kind of vegetable oil did you use? Thanks!
Hi Christine! Great to hear from you. I typically use canola but you could use any kind. Probably even coconut oil. Let us know what you decide and how it goes!
Can you substitute whole wheat flour for some or all of the all-purpose flour?
Thanks!
I’d substitute half the regular flour for whole-wheat! More than that and the flavor/texture will be pretty different. Let us know if you try it and how it goes!
Can I use already puréed veggies and mix for this recipe? Like baby food?
Yes! But just watch the cooking time. Depending on whether the consistency is thinner (I’m guessing it might be), you may need a few more minutes of cooking time. Good luck!
I’m literally making this right now and now I’m confused! You wrote baking powder in the ingredients and soda in the instructions. Which one?! Ah now I have to turn the oven off until I get a reply
Also, is it ok to use broccoli?
Broccoli has such a strong flavor that it might not work very well here. However, I have 2 places where broccoli is a huge winner: Super Simple Broccoli & Cheese Soup and Broccoli & Cheese Patties.
I have used broccoli, spinach, carrots, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, bananbas and apples and you could not even tell that any of these were in the recipe
Sorry, Kaybee! It’s baking powder. 🙁
Hope you had a chance to make them anyway, or again!
These are FANTASTIC! My 5 yo is ridiculously picky and he lives these! Thank you a million times!!
Yay! I’m so happy to hear that. Enjoy!
Could u give an exact recipe for the vegetable puree pls
Is the batter supposed to be super thick? It’s like a really sticky dough. My instinct is to thin it out with some water until it’s the right consistency, but I’m not sure.
I’d keep looking for a healthy recipe. These looked and smelled amazing but tasted horrible!! I literally spat it out, and annoyed of all the time and ingredients wasted. I followed this recipe to a T, used 1/2 a cup of mashed sweet potatoes and 1/2 cup of banana puree as my ingredients.