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These chocolate zucchini muffins are rich, cakey, and even have hidden vegetables. They’re paleo, and can easily be made AIP-friendly.

A plate of chocolate zucchini muffins.

I love zucchini and how easy it is to sneak into baked goods! These muffins taste delicious, are chocolate-y and cake-y, and have hidden vegetables!

These chocolate zucchini muffins are the perfect healthy treat made with fresh zucchini, pumpkin, and tigernut flour and sweetened with maple syrup! They are gluten-free, paleo, and easily made AIP!

The Ingredients for Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

  • Ground Flax Meal. You could also use one real egg or a gelatin egg for AIP.
  • Pumpkin Purée. You could also use sweet potato purée if you prefer!
  • Zucchini. Make sure to squeeze the water out!
  • Coconut Oil.
  • Maple Syrup.
  • Tigernut Flour. I like to use this tigernut flour!
  • Coconut Flour. Coconut flour can vary a lot in absorption. I like to use this coconut flour!
  • Cocoa Powder. For AIP, you can use carob powder.
  • Cinnamon and Salt.
  • Baking Soda.
  • Chocolate Chips. I like to use these chocolate chips. For AIP, sub carob chips.

How to make Paleo Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

  • Make the flax egg.
  • Combine the wet ingredients.
  • Mix the dry ingredients and then pour in the wet ingredients and combine. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  • Fill the muffin liners and top off with a few more chocolate chips if desired.
  • Bake.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.

A bowl of chocolate zucchini muffins dough.

How do you make this recipe AIP?

  • Use carob powder instead of cocoa powder.
  • Use a gelatin egg instead of a flax egg. 

Can you use something other than pumpkin puree?

Sweet potato puree will easily swap 1:1 in case you can’t find pumpkin puree. Banana may also work, but I haven’t tried it in this particular recipe.

Can you use real eggs instead of gelatin or flax eggs? How many would you need?

You’d just need one real egg!

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Paleo Chocolate Zucchini Muffins (AIP-option)

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  • Author: Michelle
  • Yield: 7-8 muffins 1x
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Ingredients

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  • 3 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp ground flax meal (see notes for AIP)
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin purée
  • 1 cup zucchini, water squeezed out
  • 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp coconut oil, melted
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 cup tigernut flour
  • 1 tbsp coconut flour
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder (see notes for AIP)
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips (omit or sub carob for AIP)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 F and line a 12 cup muffin pan with 7-8 muffin liners. Spray with cooking spray like avocado oil spray and set aside.
  2. Using a large mixing bowl, combine the flax and water and stir to combine. Allow to sit for 5 minutes.
  3. Add the pumpkin puree, zucchini, maple syrup, and coconut oil. Stir to combine.
  4. Combine the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Pour in the wet ingredients and mix well to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  5. Fill the muffin liners about 3/4 of the way full with batter. Top off with a few more chocolate chips if desired.
  6. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  7. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely (set for 1-2 hours in the fridge if gelatin egg is used) before serving.

Notes

  • To make a gelatin egg instead of the flax egg,  use 1/4 cup water + 1 tbsp gelatin. Prepare the gelatin egg by pouring the water into a small pot and sprinkling over the gelatin. Allow hardening for 2-3 minutes. Add the pot to the stove top set to low heat and allow to melt and return to liquid. This should take 1-2 minutes. Once liquid, whisk vigorously until frothy. Add to the batter mixture and stir well to combine.
  • Sub 1 regular egg for the flax egg.
  • Sub carob powder for AIP instead of cocoa powder.

All nutritional information are estimations and will vary.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 muffin
  • Calories: 211
  • Fat: 13.4g
  • Carbohydrates: 25.1g
  • Fiber: 7.6g
  • Protein: 2.5g