Green Smoothie Chocolate Muffins
You would never know these chocolate muffins have 2 cups of spinach in them! Share that secret with your friends and family after they’ve eaten a muffin. They will be amazed. This recipe is the perfect way to sneak nutrient dense greens into your life or into your children’s snacks. The chocolate flavour totally disguises the spinach.
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups spelt flour (or all-purpose flour)
- 5 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
Wet Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup coconut oil (melted)
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- 2 cups packed down spinach (or 60 grams)
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 eggs large
- zest from one lemon
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (plus some to top the muffins if desired) (or 3/4 cup if you really love chocolate)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease muffin tin well or line with paper liners.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the spelt flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- In a blender combine melted coconut oil, buttermilk and coconut sugar, eggs, lemon zest and spinach and blend to create a "green smoothie".
- Add the green smoothie to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Don't over mix muffin batter. Stir in chocolate chips.
- If you have time, allow the mixture to sit in the fridge for one hour as this will give the muffins a better rise. If time doesn't allow, move ahead to the next step.
- Distribute batter into the prepared muffin wells. If desired, top muffins with a few chocolate chips. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees F for 5-6 minutes and then lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. (No need to open the oven door.)
- Continue to bake for 13-15 minutes. Total baking time is approximately 20 minutes. The muffins are ready when a cake tester comes out clean.
Notes
- Be careful not to overmix muffin batter. Overmixing can result in dense muffins. Stir with a spoon until the dry ingredients and wet ingredients are just combined.
- For a better rise, bake the muffins in the upper third of the oven
- To help achieve a nice domed muffin top, I recommend baking the muffins at a higher temperature for 5 minutes before lowering the temperature to 350 degrees F for the remaining baking time.