Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Muffins Recipe

Ingredients
- spray olive or canola oil spray
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda (bicarbonate)
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1 cup wholemeal plain flour
- 3 eggs
- 200 mL reduced-fat plain yoghurt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbs canola oil
- 1 cup zucchini, grated
- 1/2 cup sultanas
Method
- Preheat oven to 180ºC (160ºC fan forced). Spray muffin tins with oil.
- Place sugar in a large bowl and break up any lumps. Sift in cocoa, baking powder, bicarb and flours, returning husks from the sieve to the bowl.
- Lightly beat eggs in a cup with a fork then add to flour mix with yoghurt, vanilla and oil. Stir to combine (mix will still be quite dry), then mix in zucchini and sultanas.
- Spoon mixture into prepared muffin tins (makes 18) and bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer poked into the centre of a muffin comes out clean. Cool in tin for 5 minutes then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Variations
- Try other dried fruit like cranberries or raisins.
- Add 2 tbs chopped nuts or seeds.
Serving Suggestion: >There will be little green flecks in the muffins. If this is a problem you can peel the zucchini.
>Once completely cooled, place in an airtight container and keep for up to 3 days.
>Freeze muffins in snap lock bags and keep for up to 3 months.
Comment: 1/2 cup brown sugar is about 80g.
1/2 cup cocoa powder is about 40g.
2 cups grated zucchini is about 300g.
Healthy tip!
Having a party? Serve vegie sticks and water crackers with salsa rather than high-fat chips and dips.
Nutrition Information
per serving | per 100g | |
---|---|---|
Energy | 607 kJ | 898 kJ |
Protein | 4.3 g | 6.4 g |
Fat, total | 4.6 g | 6.7 g |
— saturated | 0.7 g | 1.1 g |
Carbohydrate | 20.7 g | 30.6 g |
— sugars | 9.5 g | 14.1 g |
Sodium | 75 mg | 111 mg |
Fibre | 2.4 g | 3.5 g |
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Comments (1)
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Yum. Lovely and moist.
cher fox
Posted on: 27 Jul 19
Rating (1 ratings)
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