Hi guys! I am so stoked to be here today sharing a favorite paleo recipe with you all! First of all, let me introduce myself, so you aren’t just eating food made by a stranger;) I am Kaylie, the founder of paleoglutenfree.com. I am 20 years old and I love baking without grains! Basically, making healthy food look and taste good is my thing. One look at a clean kitchen will make me want to bake all over again. I live off of brussel sprouts, kale chips, and almond butter. And if you don’t love vegetables disguised as Chocolate Muffins then I’m not sure if we can be friends….. Just kidding, I’m sure I’ll still like you;)
A huge thank you to Juli for sharing Her corner of the internet with me today! I was that 16 year old girl who poured over every cookbook and blog post of Juli’s, so being here is a dream! Thanks girl!
Now, about these muffins. These muffins are everything a muffin should be. Big. Huge. A little Veg. A little protein. And a whole lot of chocolate! These bakery style chocolate zucchini muffins were made in extra large muffin tins (hence the Baker Style). If you don’t have a large muffin tin, it’s okay! You can use a normal sized muffin tin and it will make more. Really, you can’t go wrong. Also, another note on this recipe: I used black cocoa.. But if you don’t have any, you can just use the normal brown stuff.
These muffins are fudgy, soft, moist, and a healthy decadent treat for brunch… or really any day. Enjoy!
P.S. If you want to follow along with all my paleo baking/cooking adventures (and me as I do this Whole 30 thing, trying to be healthy) then join me on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest! You can also find me on my website: paleoglutenfree.com.
Now. Time to indulge
Guest Post: Flourless Chocolate Zucchini Banana Muffins
- Yield: 5 large bakery style muffins 1x
Ingredients
- 2 soft medium bananas
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil
- ½ cup almond milk
- 6 tablespoons honey
- 5 tablespoons black cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cup almond flour
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup grated zucchini (or ½ cup if you don’t want too much green stuff)
- Chocolate chips for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line a large muffin tin with parchment paper liners.
- In a mixer combine all of the ingredients (except the zucchini) until smooth. Then add in the grated zucchini and combine.
- Using an ice-cream scoop, fill the muffin tin with batter.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of the muffins.
- Bake on 350F for 65-70 minutes until a knife when inserted comes out clean.
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Hi Kaylie/Julie,
These look delightful! Forgive me for being a flour alternative novice (I’ve only baked with it once). I’m wondering- in your experience- what difference does it make using almond flour vs. almond meal? I’ve done my “due diligence” (thanks Google) and now know the difference between the two but I’m still a little unsure what the actual effect is on the finished product. I have almond meal (and everything else) on hand so I’m wondering whether I can head straight home tonight to make these or if it’s worth stopping at the store for the almond flour ;). Thank you!
Stephanie
Almond meal tends to be coarser ground and usually contains skins. Almond flour is very fine and is without skin.
I am allergic to almonds. What can I use as a substitution?
Any other nut flour or sunflower seed flour.
Wow, these are gorgeous. I want to make them ASAP! Thanks for sharing:)
These look amazing!! Definitely making them this weekend!! Thank you!
These look wonderful but…….
Ack! I just did the nutritional breakdown for these muffins. Over 40 grams of carbs in each! No thank you!
well these are 5 bakery style muffins, meaning they are larger than most. you can make them smaller. no complaining needed!
Day 87 of nothing but PaleOMG recipes, and my boyfriend has yet to notice all of my healthy substitutions. You are AMAZING! And you sort of out did yourself here because like all of your recipes, you don’t even think twice about them being healthy! 40 carbs? GREAT! You have helped me with distorted feelings toward food, and I have felt nothing less than amazing after cooking your recipes for the last few months. You also now are tied with sword and scale as my favorite thing to listen to while driving to work. Can’t thank you enough!
this is the most amazing comment ever! that’s seriously so so amazing! keep being awesome and PS 87 days?! FUCK YEAH!!
Made them…Burnt the shit out of them…Making them again tonight…because they look freaking amazing all 40 carbs of them!
These look so good! Love the zucchini hidden in them too
Your guest blogger looks like Nina Agdal! Can’t wait to try the recipe!
I’m going to make these this weekend and I don’t give a daaaaaaaaaamn about them carbs.
yaaaaaaassss