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These Chocolate Chip Paleo Zucchini Muffins are fluffy, moist, and packed with good-for-you ingredients. Made with a combination of almond flour and coconut flour, this gluten-free muffin recipe is made with unrefined sweeteners, zucchini, dark chocolate and is the perfect grab-and-go breakfast!
Chocolate Chip Paleo Zucchini Muffins
This Paleo Zucchini Muffin recipe is an OG Lexi’s Clean Kitchen and still a goodie all these years later! This recipe was originally published in celebration of LCK turning 1 back in 2014. We’re republishing today because this recipe has stood the test of time and is worth the photo facelift it got to reshare today!
These gluten free muffins made with a blend of almond flour and coconut flour have the perfect texture! They are the best way to use up zucchini and your picky eaters will never know there are some veggies inside the muffin! Grab one when you are running out the door, or for a guilt-free mid-day snack. They freeze well, too!
Ingredients for these Gluten Free Zucchini Muffins:
Ingredients for these Gluten Free Zucchini Muffins:- Almond Flour
- Coconut Flour
- Eggs
- Honey
- Vanilla
- Unsweetened Apple Sauce
- Baking PowderZ
- Zucchini
- Chocolate Chips
Is Almond Flour Healthy?
Is Almond Flour Healthy?I love using almond flour as the base for my muffin recipes because they make the best gluten-free muffins without needing to add a lot of other fussy ingredients. Almond flour is a delicious and nutrient dense alternative to any other flour. It is low in carbs and high in fat which makes it a great healthy flour that makes you feel fuller, longer.
How to Measure Almond Flour
If you have an electronic kitchen scale at home, it’s best to use it here to measure almond flour. Almond flour can be tricky to measure as it can be easily compacted, even straight from the bag. The same goes for coconut flour because such a small difference in measuring can impact a recipe because it’s such an absorbent flour. So we’ve included the weight in grams here. Any electronic kitchen scale can switch between grams and ounces, and grams are more precise so we’re offering that. If you don’t have a scale: lightly scoop the almond flour or coconut flour into the cup measurement and level it off.
Looking for other recipes to use up zucchini? Check out these others:
- Lemon Parmesan Chicken with Zucchini Noodles
- Stuffed Zucchini Boats
- Oven Baked Zucchini Fries
- Zucchini Linguine with Homemade Meat Sauce
If you like this muffin recipe, check out these:
- Morning Glory Muffins
- Cinnamon Crumb Cake Muffins
- Lemon Blueberry Muffins
- Cinnamon Bun Banana Muffin
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 2 cups 192 grams almond flour
- 1 tablespoon 7 grams coconut flour
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup grated zucchini or 1/2 medium zucchini
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a muffin tin with parchment paper liners.
- In a mixing bowl whisk together eggs, honey, vanilla, and applesauce. Add in almond flour, coconut flour, salt and baking powder to combine.
- Fold in grated zucchini and dark chocolate.
- Fill muffin liners with a heaping 1/4 cup of batter and bake for 20 minutes.
These muffins taste great and were easy to put together!
When I plugged the recipe into my fitness pal it gave waaay higher numbers than what you listed though. I want yours to be right lol. When I put the recipe in with 9 servings, as listed, it’s works out to like 280cal/muffin and 17g of fat… am I missing something??
These muffins are delicious and have such great ingredients. I am excited to try all of your other muffin recipes!
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