Healthy Chocolate Muffins With Butternut Squash Recipes

HEALTHY CHOCOLATE MUFFINS (WITH VEGGIES!)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 ℉ and line a 12-hole muffin tin with liners. Set aside
• In your blender, combine eggs, banana / applesauce, carrots, spinach/kale, maple syrup/ honey, oil, vinegar, and vanilla.
• Blend until mixture is smooth.
• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder and cinnamon. Process until just mixed. If you do not have a high speed blender, combine everything in a bowl and mix by hand.
• Finally, fold in chocolate chips (if using).
• Portion batter into prepared muffin tin and top with extra chocolate chips if desired.
• Bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Enjoy and let cool completely before storing leftovers in an air-tight container in fridge or freezer.

HEALTHY CHOCOLATE MUFFINS (WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350F and line a 12-hole muffin tin.
• Combine all ingredients (except chocolate chips, if using) in a large bowl. Mix until all ingredients are incorporated.
• Add chocolate chips (if using) and stir to mix them in.
• Using a spoon or small measuring cup, portion out the batter between the 12 lined muffin tin holes. Top with more chocolate chips, if desired.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the muffin comes out clean.
• Let cool for 20 minutes and enjoy.
• Let cool completely before storing in an air-tight container in your fridge or freezer.

HEALTHY CHOCOLATE MORNING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Whisk chocolate chips, brown sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk soy milk, oil, applesauce, eggs, vinegar, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl; stir into flour mixture until batter is just combined. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups until each cup is 3/4-full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

PERFECT BUTTERNUT SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 20 muffin cups.
• Cut a 1/2-inch hole into the larger part of the squash and cover with a damp paper towel.
• Cook squash in a microwave oven in 3-minute increments, turning slightly after each increment, until squash can be easily pierced with a fork, 9 to 12 minutes. Set aside until cool to the touch, about 20 minutes.
• Halve squash lengthwise and scoop out seeds. Measure 1 1/2 cups squash into a large bowl. Mash eggs, water, vegetable oil, white sugar, and brown sugar into the squash. Whisk whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice into the squash mixture until you have a smooth batter. Fold raisins and walnuts into the batter.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups to about 1/2 to 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, nutmeg and baking soda. In another bowl, combine the eggs, squash and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

ZUCCHINI-CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Beat the egg, oil, milk, lemon juice and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in zucchini, chocolate chips and walnuts. Fill 12 greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full., Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Freeze option: Freeze cooled muffins in an airtight container. To use, thaw at room temperature or, if desired, microwave each muffin on high for 20-30 seconds or until heated through.

HEALTHY BUTTERNUT SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan.
• In a medium saucepan with enough water to cover, boil squash 20 minutes, or until tender. Remove from heat, drain, and puree in a food processor.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
• In a medium bowl, thoroughly mix together milk, egg and applesauce. Stir in squash. Fold the squash mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened.
• Spoon batter into the greased muffin pan, filling cups about ½ full. Bake 20 minutes.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Spray muffin tins with low-fat cooking spray or line with cupcake papers.
• In medium bowl, mix together wet ingredients. Let sit for 5 minutes.
• In large bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients.
• Add wet ingredients to dry and mix until combined.
• Put into muffin tins .
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Turn oven on to 400 degrees F. Cut a butternut squash in half and scoop out the seeds. Place cut side down on parchment paper over a cookie sheet and roast for 45 minutes. When cool enough to handle, scoop the squash away from the peel. Mash. Use 2 1/2 cups. This time is not included in the prep time.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Using a stand mixer, blend thoroughly the squash, shortening, margarine, sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• Add in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir just until blended. Remove bowl from mixer and fold in the chocolate chips (if desired).
• Line 24 muffin cups. Scoop the batter into the cups.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.