These Chocolate chip Courgette (Zucchini) muffins are deeply dark, rich and oh so chocolatey! Use dairy free chocolate to make this recipe suitable for vegans.
When my boys were younger, I used to make these muffins all the time. They loved them.
And honestly, what’s not to love? They are one of the best chocolate muffin recipes I have ever had. They are up there with my triple chocolate muffins as a family favourite.
I’ve adapted this recipe from Miranda Gore Browne’s fudgy chocolate courgette loaf cake from her lovely book “Bake me a cake as fast as you can“.
why you’ll love this recipe
- rich, dark, moist muffins filled with lots of chocolate chips.
- Suitable for vegans IF you use dairy-free chocolate chips
- Very quick and easy to make – a quick mix of the ingredients and they are ready to bake
- They make a lovely weekend breakfast treat or chocolate treat for any time of day
Ingredient List for easy chocolate courgette muffins
- Plain (all-purpose) Flour
- Soft light brown sugar
- Cocoa powder – it’s worth using the best quality you can find
- Ground cinnamon (optional)
- Bicarbonate of soda
- Fine Salt
- Vegetable, sunflower or light olive oil
- Vinegar – cider, white wine or even malt vinegar will work
- Vanilla extract
- Cold Water
- Finely grated Courgettes
- Milk or Dark chocolate chips
recipe tips
- As with all muffin recipes, the less you stir the batter, the better your muffins will be!
- Stir lightly until the ingredients have just combined. A lumpy batter is a good thing here.
- If your Courgettes are very watery, give them a squeeze in a tea towel before adding them to the muffin batter.
make vegan chocolate courgette muffins
Since this recipe contains no dairy products or eggs, it’s already extremely easy to make it suitable for vegans. Simply swap normal chocolate chips for dairy free chocolate and you’ve got vegan friendly muffins.
Can you freeze these muffins?
Yes, they can be frozen for up to 3 months. Wrap the muffins in a double layer of plastic wrap and tin foil or place in a suitable container before freezing
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Chocolate Chip Courgette (Zucchini) Muffins
These Chocolate chip Zucchini (courgette) muffins are deeply dark, rich and oh so chocolately! Use dairy free chocolate to make this recipe suitable for vegans.
Ingredients
- 225g Plain (All-purpose) Flour
- 250g Soft Light Brown Sugar
- 80g Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 6 tablespoons vegetable or sunflower oil
- 1 tsp malt vinegar, cider or white wine vinegar (it doesn't matter which one you use - they all do the same thing)
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
- 250ml Cold Water
- 150g Finely grated Zucchini/Courgettes
- 150g dairy free (if you need this to be vegan) dark or milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160Fan/350F/Gas Mark 4. Line a 12 hole muffin pan with liners.
- In a large bowl, combine the plain flour, brown sugar, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon if using and salt.
- In another large bowl, whisk together the oil, vinegar, vanilla extract and water. Tip the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and stir lightly until just combined. Fold in the grated zucchini/courgette and most of the chocolate chips. The less you mix, the better your muffins will be.
- Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases, filling them no more than two thirds full. Sprinkle each one with the remaining chocolate chips. Bake for around 20 minutes or until the muffins have risen and are springy to touch. Remove from the oven and leave them in the tins for 5-10 minutes before removing them from the muffin tin. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 202Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 108mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 2gSugar: 29gProtein: 3g
Calories and Nutritional information are provided by a third party application and should be used as indicative figures only.