These homemade chocolate chip zucchini muffins are moist, sweet, and packed with whole grains and shredded zucchini.
Do you know what yesterday was?
Why, it was none other than National Zucchini Bread Day… a very special day – right up there with Thanksgiving and Christmas as one of the most important days in the history of forever and ever.
Or… maybe not.
But still, a day worth celebrating with homemade zucchini muffins.
When I realized how few zucchini recipes there are on my blog, it made me sad.
So today you get my best zucchini muffin recipe!
Also try this Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipe
A great way to use up zucchini, they’re the perfect healthy muffins for breakfast, snack, or dessert.
Or maybe even dinner.
Hey, they’re practically a vegetable! 😉
It’s obviously too late to go back and make these zucchini muffins for National Zucchini Day this year, but do not despair!
National “Sneak some Zucchini onto your Neighbor’s Porch” Day is August 8th.
Yes, that really is an actual holiday.
Super weird, right?
The muffins make a great breakfast paired with Tofu Scramble or a Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie.
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups spelt, white, oat, or gf ap flour (For low carb, make these Keto Muffins)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- optional: 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup sugar of choice, or xylitol
- optional: 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/3 cup oil, or sub applesauce if you don’t mind the texture of fat-free baked goods
- 1 tsp white or apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup grated zucchini
Instructions
- Zucchini Muffins Recipe: Preheat oven to 350F and place 10-12 cupcake liners in a muffin tin. Combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, then set aside. In a large measuring cup, combine all liquid ingredients (including zucchini). Mix wet into dry, and immediately portion into the baking cups and place in the oven. Bake 19 minutes, then allow the zucchini muffins to cool before removing from the tray. These vegan zucchini muffins are soy-free and can also be gluten-free and sugar-free.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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I think that there should be a National Zucchini Bread Day every month! It was one of my favorite treats growing up, but my grandma was the only person who baked it for me. Since she only visited once every other year, I had to cram two years’ worth of zucchini bread into one week. I’d eat half a loaf every day, so it’s probably a good thing she didn’t put chocolate chips in hers… I would have consumed the entire pan in one sitting!
They look delicious. I’ve never baked with zucchini but this recipe is making me want to.
I had almost everything on hand so I made this to go with tea tomorrow. I didn’t have chocolate chips because they somehow accidentally managed to fall into my boyfriend’s mouth so I subbed in half a handful of raisins. I had half the oil so I used more applesauce and I also made a cake instead of muffins.
Omg.
This cake is perfect! Sweet enough to settle my sweet tooth without being too much. And even with only half the oil it wasn’t gummy, but moist and slightly dense (which is my preference anyway).
Thank you Katie!
I love how you can see the pieces of zucchini!! I don’t know about a special day but the last few weeks I’d like to get rid of Thursdays…so maybe move to a 4 day week but have day in between off?? But I do love your ‘Never Stop Eating Chocolate’ Day!!
I’m grateful you’re always on top of these ‘holidays’ as I always forget about them! I would definitely make a National Massage Day – that is my FAVOURITE treat!
What a great way to get your veggies into breakfast, I certainly have a hard time doing this! If I could make up a holiday, it would be national sing-along day. Everyone would have to sing instead of talk. I think it would just make people laugh and spread a few more smiles around the day. 🙂
Katie, today I bought an Endangered Species chocolate bar (88% cacao). And I am having second thoughts. Because my diet is so incredibly clean, I feel like I’m doing the wrong thing in eating chocolate bars. What is your opinion on the matter? I know you love chocolate bars and chocolate chips and such, and you’re really healthy and glowing! Please, please help me! I am a tad anxious about this… 🙁
Hi there! I’m not Katie, but I do have experience as a nutritionist. Nothing is wrong with eating chocolate bars, and you made a better choice by choosing Endangered Species with 88% cacao. You can still maintain a clean diet and enjoy chocolate at the same time, just make sure to eat it in proportion!:)
These are amazing! made some this morning and they got a big thumbs up from my boys, who have taken the rest of them and gone off fishing at the lake. I used unrefined organic cane sugar as it’s all I had, worked just fine.
I LOVE ZUCCHINI!!! This looks so yummy:)
If I could make up a national haoliday, I think it would be National Skipping Day! Or maybe national Be Random Day…
I think we can make these and celebrate a few days late. Besides, don’t most holidays last a week? 😉