Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
This recipe for Healthy Pumpkin Muffins is vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free! These muffins are packed with warm fall flavors and filled with chocolate chips in every bite.
Fall is my favorite season for many reasons, one of which being all of the pumpkin-flavored desserts! Although in reality, I eat pumpkin desserts all year round because why would I deprive myself of something SO good?! These pumpkin muffins have become one of my latest obsessions, and I am so excited to share this recipe with you!
If you love pumpkin, you will love these healthy pumpkin muffins. They are moist, flavorful, and secretly made with healthy ingredients! The flavor combination of warm spices, pumpkin, and chocolate chips is one that is truly addicting. These muffins make the perfect breakfast, snack, or dessert and I hope you love this recipe as much as we do!
Ingredient Breakdown
This recipe is simple and easy, and can be made in just one bowl. I always start by stirring together all of the dry ingredients to a medium bowl first. Then once everything is evenly combined I stir in the wet ingredients, and lastly the chocolate chips. These muffins are made with healthy ingredients that you can feel good about. Let’s breakdown some of the key ingredients in this recipe:
These muffins call for Almond Flour or Almond Meal, either option will work wonderfully for this recipe. I love using almond flour as a gluten-free flour substitute because the high-fat content keeps baked goods extra moist and decadent. Almonds are also a healthy fat source that contain a variety of nutrients like fiber, protein, vitamin e, and many other antioxidants.
Oat Flour is one of my favorite gluten-free flour alternatives that is easy to make and affordable. To make oat flour, you just have to take regular whole oats and place them in a blender or food processor and blend until flour consistency is reached.
Pumpkin Pie Spice and Cinnamon work together to ensure these muffins are full of warm fall flavors. If you do not have pumpkin pie spice, you can make your own at home by combining ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
Pumpkin is obviously one of the most important ingredients in these muffins! Make sure that you are using canned pure pumpkin that only lists “pumpkin” on the ingredient list. You do not want to confuse canned pumpkin with pumpkin pie filling, which has many other added ingredients. Pumpkin is not only delicious, but it is low in calories and full of nutrients! It is packed with vitamins and nutrients that are good for your vision, skin, hair, and immune system. Plus, it is linked to many other health benefits.
These muffins call for Dairy-free Milk. I usually use almond milk because it is what I have on hand. Although, you can use any dairy-free milk that you would like. Just make sure it is unsweetened or else the flavor may differ slightly.
Just three tablespoons of Coconut Oil help ensure that these muffins are perfectly moist. You want to make sure that the coconut oil is in its liquid state so you may need to melt it on the stove or in the microwave. This helps evenly combine the coconut oil into the batter.
Of course these pumpkin muffins call for Chocolate Chips because who doesn’t love the combination of pumpkin and chocolate!? The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of chocolate chips, which I think is the perfect amount without being too chocolatey. Although, you can add more or less depending on how much chocolate you like.
If you love these Healthy Pumpkin Muffins, be sure to check out some of my other favorite pumpkin recipes like these Pumpkin Almond Flour Cookies, Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Vegan Pumpkin Bread, Maple Pumpkin Granola.
Happy Baking!
Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
- 3/4 cups of almond flour or almond meal
- 1 and 1/4 cups oat flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/2 cup dairy free milk
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil melted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips plus more for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin tray with 10-12 liners or grease with coconut oil.
- In a medium bowl combine the first 7 dry ingredients and stir to combine. Add the rest of the wet ingredients and stir until combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Evenly distribute batter into prepared muffin tray and top with additional chocolate chips.
- Bake for about 35 minutes or until a toothpick come out clean and tops are slightly golden brown. Allow muffins to cool on wire rack for 15 minutes before enjoying.
