Best Healthy Zucchini Muffins: soft & moist zucchini muffins that are buttery and perfectly sweet. The best zucchini muffin recipe—healthy, gluten free, no refined sugar, delicious!
Happy Saturday! How’s it going so far? Any new adventures, activities or news for me? 🙂
As for what’s going on over here, Erik and I are spending July just trying to chillax a bit and perhaps enjoy a few more zucchini treats before all the zucchini runs dry. (Both figuratively and literally lol.)
Two weeks ago, I shared one of my favorite zucchini recipes to date: Healthy Zucchini Brownies—they’re moist, made with healthy ingredients and totally hit the sweet spot. But after I made those, guess what I still had left?
Lots and lots of zucchinis!!
The BEST Healthy Zucchini Muffins
So what’s a gal to do with a store of zucchinis and a big ol’ hankering for more baked zucchini treats? … Make healthy zucchini muffins!!!
Why are these healthy zucchini muffins the best healthy zucchini muffins ever? Because they’re easy to make, have the perfect taste and texture (more on that later) and are dairy-free, gluten free, vegan, free from refined sugar and made with simple, whole ingredients. Whoop whoop!
More Healthy Muffins: Vegan Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffins Recipe // Healthy Lemon Raspberry Muffins Recipe – Easy Gluten Free Vegan Muffins!
Healthy Zucchini Muffins: the Taste & Texture
These zucchini muffins are the best healthy zucchini muffins ever because of their wonderful taste and texture. One bite, and you’d never guess that they’re made with healthy, whole ingredients.
The Taste: these zucchini muffins have an enjoyable buttery flavor, delicious medium sweetness, with a satisfying nuttiness that just hits the spot.
The Texture: incredible. Imagine healthy zucchini muffins that are soft and moist on the inside with a delicious mealy texture that’s SO good. You won’t be able to stop at just one. 😉
How to Make Zucchini Muffins Healthy
How do you make zucchini muffins healthy? Easy, follow this recipe! I’ve made sure to leave out refined sugars, pack in fiber-rich, heart-healthy oats, add healthy fats from almond meal and coconut oil, then snuck in all the veggies with, you guessed it, over 1 cup of zucchini! How awesome is that? Welcome to your new favorite healthy zucchini muffins!
Recommended Tools for the Best Healthy Zucchini Muffins
- Muffin batter scoop – one of my most essential baking tools! I highly recommend using this muffin batter scoop (shhh… it’s secretly an ice cream scoop!) to scoop muffin batter for easier & more even batter distribution.
- Almond meal – the true #1 secret ingredient for the best healthy zucchini muffins. Almond meal adds a truly decadent texture to these zucchini muffins and helps to keep them wonderfully moist.
- Non-stick parchment muffin liners – 50% of the time, I use these nonstick parchment muffin liners. These guys are the gold standard in muffin liners. They are so nonstick that they naturally peel off on their own while your muffins are cooling! Perfect for folks who hate any kind of liners sticking to their muffins!
- Unbleached muffin liners – the other 50% of the time, I love using these unbleached muffin liners! They’re compostable, stick *just the right amount* to your muffins (so the liners don’t fall off mid-cooling) and are so easy to use.
- Where to Buy Ingredients: Almond Meal | Coconut Sugar + Coconut Oil | Golden Ground Flaxseed | Walnuts | Gluten Free Rolled Oats for making Homemade Oat Flour
So, what do you do with all of the zucchinis lying around your house? (Besides sword fighting with them, and then asking yourself why there are zucchinis and cucumbers and pickles, but none of them are the same.) Make the best healthy zucchini muffins ever!! Then pat yourself on the pack for a job well done. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and enjoying these kitchen adventures with me. ‘Til the next one…
Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️
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Best Healthy Zucchini Muffins (V, GF)
- Prep Time: 25 mins
- Cook Time: 28 mins
- Total Time: 53 minutes
- Yield: 8-12 muffins 1x
Description
Best Healthy Zucchini Muffins: soft & moist zucchini muffins that are buttery and perfectly sweet. The best zucchini muffin recipe—healthy, gluten free, no refined sugar, delicious!
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups gluten free oat flour – if using homemade oat flour, make sure it’s very finely ground (not coarse)*
- 1 cup almond meal
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 flax egg (1 tablespoon ground golden flaxseed + 3 tablespoons water, whisk together, set for 15 minutes)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Fold-in Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups grated zucchini
- ¾ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place muffin liners into a 12-cup muffin pan. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients.
- In a large bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Whisk until just incorporated, making sure no flour patches remain. Thoroughly press and fold in zucchini and walnuts, until zucchini is very well incorporated (about 30 seconds)—lightly smash the zucchini into the batter. The batter will be very, very thick—do not add additional liquids to thin out the batter.
- Using a large scoop, scoop and drop batter evenly into the muffin pan. I use this ice cream scoop to create beautiful domed tops. If not using a scoop, use a rubber spatula or spoon to smooth batter into an even layer with a domed top. To make fewer, high-domed top muffins, fill cups all the way with a slight mound on top; to make a larger quantity of medium-domed top muffins, fill cups ¾ of the way. Optionally, top with walnuts.
- Bake for 24-32 minutes, depending on how many muffins are made. Mine took 28 minutes for 8 total tall-domed top muffins. It will bake on the lower end for 12 muffins. Insert a toothpick to check for doneness—once it comes out clean with just a few moist bits, it’s done.
- Allow muffins to cool in the muffin pan, placed on a cooling rack for about 30 minutes. Then lift muffins out of the pan, transferring directly onto the cooling rack. Allow to finish cooling for 30-60 minutes. Enjoy!
No Almond Meal? Try this recipe –> Healthy Moist Vegan Zucchini Muffins w/ Chocolate Chips
Healthy Zucchini & Muffins Recipes
Notes
Where to Buy Ingredients: Almond Meal | Coconut Sugar + Coconut Oil | Golden Ground Flaxseed | Walnuts | Gluten Free Rolled Oats for making Homemade Oat Flour
A Note on Homemade Oat Flour: *If using homemade oat flour, make sure to blend the flour until very fine and sift the flour to remove coarse bits of oats that could create less than ideal results. Store until needed, then measure the amount required for the recipe.
Storing Notes: Store in an airtight container for up to 2-5 days in the refrigerator, or in a cool, dark environment. Best the first day.
To Freeze: Store in an airtight container or bag, in the freezer for up to 1-2 months. Allow to thaw for about 30 minutes at room temperature before enjoying. Or, heat in the microwave in 10-second increments until just warm.
Recommended Tools: Grater | Nonstick Parchment Muffin Liners or Unbleached Muffin Liners (my fave) | Muffin Batter Scoop | 12-cup muffin pan
- Category: Breakfast, Snack
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
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Is the coconut oil measured before melting or after and if its melted hoe much do i measure in its solid state to make the amount needed in recipe
Thank you
Hi JoAnn! I measure when it’s solid, put it into a small dish to melt, then add it to the recipe. Happy baking!
I have a few comments/questions. I made your banana muffins and they were awesome. I made the following adaptions: used liquid allulose sweetner, real eggs and added some enjoy life chocolate chunks. I LOVED the way they turned out especially with the allulose sweetner.
QUESTIONS: I want to make these zucchini muffins but I want to replace the coconut sugar and maple syrup. This time I have the granulated form of the allulose sweetner instead of the “syrup”. Can I just replace the coconut sugar AND maple syrup with my granulated form of allulose? (It looks just like sugar) or would I need to add a tiny bit more liquid? Also I could not find almond MEAL and used almond flour. The ingredients said :almonds. So I wanted to make sure that was ok. They also didn’t rise very much at all, but I wasn’t sure if they were the type that doesn’t get high or fluffy? Yes all my ingredients were fresh and not expired. Thank you! People ate them that had ZERO dietary restrictions and simply just said “WOW these are yummy and they look really healthy” LOL
Hi Angie, so glad you loved the vegan banana muffins! As for adjustments on this zucchini muffins recipe, I can’t say that I’ve use allulose before, so I wouldn’t feel comfortable making any recommendations on that, unfortunately. These muffins should rise, and they should be “shaped” using a large scoop–as that’s the round dome you’re looking for–before baking. Good luck!
so happy with these muffins! I’m easing back into oats so I used half a cup buckwheat flour in the mixx and they turned out great!
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That’s wonderful! Good to know it worked with the buckwheat flour. So happy you enjoyed them!
Where do I find the calories/ nutritional information for these?
Hi Jo, glad that you mentioned it! 🙂 I just added the a nutrition facts label to the recipe. Hope you enjoy!
Great recipe. I used real eggs and muffins turned out really good.
Can this recipe be baked in a loaf pan? I know you have a zucchini bread recipe but it lacks the almond flour component.
Thanks.
Thanks Kathy! Unfortunately, when testing this as a bread, I found that it was too crumbly (fortunately, as a muffin it was great). If you find that your experience is different, definitely let me know. 🙂 So happy you enjoyed the zucchini muffins!
Oh yum! These look incredible. Love the ingredients you used. Thanks for the recipe Demeter!
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Wonderful! You’re so welcome Rahul!
These are excellent, thank-you! Is there nutrition info for these somewhere that I missed?
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My neighbor just brought over a bunch of zucchini from her garden so we decided to make these and WOW! they’re amazing! I’m going to make another batch to freeze for when mornings are crazy. Thanks for the tip!
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What perfect timing–also, what a generous neighbor!! 😉 I’m so glad you enjoyed my recipe, Jen. 🙂 Happy baking & eating!
Do I need to drain liquid that follows when zucchini is grated? Or ok to add zucchini liquid it produces? Drain liquid using paper towel and discard?
Nope! 🙂 Do not drain the liquid, simply grate the zucchini and add it to the recipe. Enjoy! 🙂
Made these tonight. So good!! Thank you for the recipe. I love desserts that don’t make me feel bad about eating them 🙂
Yay! I am exactly the same way—guilt-free desserts are where it’s at! 😊
Looks delicious! Can’t wait to try this with the family.
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Oh they’re totally delish Katie! Can’t wait to hear what the fam thinks! 🙂
We loved these muffins! Soft, fluffy and delicious!
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Yay! I’m so happy to hear it! 😊
These muffins baked up light and fluffy with loads of zucchini flavor.
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Is there anything better than a fresh baked zucchini muffin? 😊
I haven’t made them yet but i am sure they will be delcious as I love all your recipes! Can you replace almond meal for a nut free version thanks
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Aww thanks so much Diane! 😊 For an almond meal-free version of these, I’d recommend my zucchini chocolate chip muffins and simply swap the chocolate chips for chopped walnuts: https://beamingbaker.com/healthy-moist-vegan-zucchini-muffins-w-chocolate-chips-gluten-free-egg-free-easy/
Happy baking!
I am always looking for tasty, healthy, and quick breakfasts to grab in the morning, and these muffins seem exactly like what I need to start my days! I love the use of coconut sugar and maple syrup as sweeteners, for something delicious but still good for you.
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Oh I know, there’s nothing better than an easy breakfast treat! So happy you enjoyed the recipe Kait! 😊
I have a lot of zucchinis in the fridge so this was so perfect! I love it for a grab and go breakfast. Thanks for the recipe!!
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What a lovely coincidence! 😊 So happy it was a hit for you Cathleen!
I love all your recipes. Thank you very much.
You’re too kind! Thank you, Diana—your comment truly brightened my day. Happy baking!
Easy, delicious, and healthy…my favs!! I love using oat flour in baking. This simple recipe is going on repeat over here 🤩
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Haha me too! 😊 So happy to hear you’re enjoying it so much!
These zucchini muffins are perfect for breakfast. Now that everyone is making all things zucchini, I really want to try this recipe!
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Oh you’ve totally got to try it! It’s the perfect summertime breakfast treat! 🙂