The Vegan Dark Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
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Cooking for fall recipes that wow? The Vegan Dark Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins are everything you want in a pumpkin dessert: soft, chocolatey, and full of cozy autumn flavor. Perfect for holiday baking or anytime you’re craving easy, delicious pumpkin recipes.
For this recipe, we make the Vegan Dark Chcolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins with atlernative ingredients including almond flour and 88 Acres Dark Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter. Before we get into the recipe, let’s talk about Muffins!
Do you know muffins?
Muffins are baked treats somewhat similar to bread or cakes. They look like cupcakes because their base is cylindrical and the top is rounded and arched. Muffins are typically sweet and in modern cooking, they have fillings such as fruit jams and/or toppings like chocolate chips. Muffins make great desserts on their own and can also be served with ice cream.
Muffins are made or baked in a muffin tin or pan, nonstick or not, which is a baking pan with depressions shaped in a cup where the muffin batter is poured. The typical dimensions of standard-sized of muffin cup is approximately 2.75 by 1.4 inches. If you want to make mini muffins, choose a pan with cups that measure around 1.5 by 1 inches. Finally, if you opt for jumbo muffins, go with cups measuring approximately 3.75 by 1.5 inches.
Check out our favorite fall baking recipes like the Pumpkin Muffins from Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Bread and Muffin Mix and the Moist Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Swirl. Don’t forget to check out the green-colored Pandan muffins from Pandan waffle mix or Asian inspired Ube Mochi Muffins using Trader Joe’s Ube Mochi Pancake Mix
For a deep dive into the history of muffins, check the the Food Timeline site
🧁 Muffin Flavors
Fruits are common ingredients in muffins. Some popular fruits used in making muffins are apples and banana, mostly during the fall and winter, while blueberry, cherry, raspberry, and strawberry during spring and summer. Other food items usually mixed in muffin recipes are nuts, chocolate, cinnamon, peanut butter, pumpkin, vanilla, and even mint. Muffins also typically combine two or more flavors such as apple cinnamon or walnut maple. The flavor combinations are practically limitless so feel free to experiment in making your muffins.
There are also many ways to dress up your dessert muffins. You can simply sprinkle cinnamon sugar, chopped nuts or grated cheese on top and your dessert muffins would be extra tasty. Some other delicious muffin toppings are shredded coconut, crushed graham crackers, oats, flavored granola, poppy seeds, and orange glaze. To add some texture and flavor to your dessert muffins, sprinkle any of these topping combinations over your muffin better before you bake them.
👩🍳Kitchenware for this recipe
- Large mixing bowls
- Hand Mixer
🍭Special ingredients
We took some risks and made this Vegan Dark Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins recipe with one-of-a-kind ingredients. See the list below:
- 88 Acres Dark Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter: it is vegan, gluten-free and non-GMO
- Almond flour, a rather unusual ingredient for muffins. For this recipe, we used the Bob’s Red Mill blanched almond flour
Why we love 💕 the Vegan Dark Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
- They are vegan!
- We love the pumpkin filling -perfect for the fall!
- They are made with healthier ingredients like dark chocolate chips and sunflower butter
🕐How to make the Vegan Dark Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
- Mix the dry ingredients first
- For the chia egg: mix 1 tablespoon of chia seeds and 2 1/2 tablespoons water
- Blend all the ingredients together and lastly add the chocolate chips
- Check the detailed recipe below and the notes for muffin 101 baking!
FAQs about this recipe
How can I store these muffins?
Make sure muffins are completely cooled. You don’t want them still warm because they will get soggy. Once cooled, you can store them in an airtight container or even a bag that is zipped. They should last up to 3 days on the counter. They will last longer in the refrigerator, but they won’t be as moist and fresh.
Can I freeze the Vegan Dark Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins?
If you want to freeze them, make sure they are cooled to room temperature. Then, wrap in plastic wrap and store them in a gallon-sized freezer bag. They should last for up to 3 months. Thaw completely in the fridge before serving them at room temperature.
Vegan muffins freeze nicely, making it easy to enjoy them anytime. Perfect for storing a big batch or keeping quick breakfasts and snacks ready to go.
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📖RECIPE CARD
Vegan Dark Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup 88 Acres Dark Chocolate Seed Butter
- 1 chia egg
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
- non-stick cooking spray for muffin pan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° degrees F. Grease muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray and set aside
- In a large bowl, combine almond flour and baking soda and set aside
- In a medium-sized bowl, mix Dark Chocolate Seed Butter, chia egg, applesauce, pumpkin puree, and vanilla extract until ingredients are well-blended
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and combine until fully combined
- Add dark chocolate chips and stir to combine
- Place batter into muffin cups and fill each mold about 3/4 full
- Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes until tops are lightly golden and firm to touch
- Let cool completely, and enjoy with coffee or tea
Notes
- For the non-vegans, add an egg for the chia egg
- If you want some toppings like flavored granola, cinnamon sugar or chopped nuts, sprinkle them over your muffin batter before you bake them
- For a healthier version with added micronutrients, you can add grated carrots or pureed spinach. Even your little ones won’t notice!
- Do not forget using non-stick cooking spray in each muffin cup so you can easily remove your muffins without any damage!
- If you wish, place paper liners in the muffin cups so they will be easier to clean
- When pouring the batter onto the muffin cups, leave sufficient space for the muffins to expand so you will get a nice rounded top instead of a flat one. The cups should not be more than three fourths full
- If after baking, the muffins are stuck to the bottom of the cups, place the hot muffin pan down on a damp towel and after 2 minutes, you should be able to take your muffins out.
