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Healthy chocolate zucchini muffins in a copper pan.
5 from 2 votes

Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

By Zerrin & Yusuf
Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Muffins. Super moist thanks to shredded zucchini and kefir. Sweetened with little brown sugar and ripe banana. Contains very little olive oil.
Yields: 14 muffins
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PREP 10 minutes
COOK 18 minutes

INGREDIENTS
  

  • 2 eggs
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • 1 large ripe banana mashed
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ cup kefir
  • 1 cup shredded zucchini unpeeled and not squeezed
  • 1 and ¼ cup whole wheat flour
  • ⅓ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Line a muffin tin with liners. Set aside.
  • Squeeze shredded zucchini in your hands but don’t try to make them completely dry.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar and mashed banana. Add in olive oil and kefir. Mix well. Add in shredded zucchini and mix again.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Gradually add this dry mixture into the wet mixture. Mix just until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
  • Fill the ¾ of the prepared liners with the batter and bake for 18-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean.
  • Optionally, you can place extra chocolate chips on top of each when they are still hot.

NUTRITION

Serving: 1muffinCalories: 127kcalCarbohydrates: 18.3gProtein: 3.4gFat: 5.8gCholesterol: 27.7mgSodium: 147.2mgSugar: 9.5g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

ADDITIONAL INFO

Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
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