Avocado Muffins. With Chocolate. That are fudgy. Yessiree! Fudgy Chocolate Avocado Muffins that are eggless and only 188 calories so you feel like you’re eating dessert for breakfast! Hint: you can’t taste the avocado at all! (Thanks to the California Avocado Commission for sponsoring this post!)
Ever since I started working with the California Avocado Commission a couple months ago, I obsess over avocados. Like, dream about them. I can’t wait to get my hands on the big box they send me every month!
I dream up new ways to eat them. Have you ever baked with avocados? As in, put them inside baked goods before you bake them? It seems strange at first because we only really think of avocados in the same line as guacamole or something savory like that.
But let me tell you, they are the BEST to bake with! Why? Because they easily replace eggs, butter or oil in baking recipes and have fewer calories with more health benefits. Trust me when I say that you can’t taste the avocado. Since these are chocolate avocado muffins, you can’t even see the green (maybe a fleck here or there)!
In fact, I made these avocado muffins and gave them to my boys. They didn’t watch me bake them so had no clue they had healthy stuff like greek yogurt and avocado. No joke, they devoured them. I had to stop them from having thirds! When I told them that they had avocado in them, they thought I was joking!
These bad boys are no joke. They’re loaded with healthy proteins & good-for-you fat and are very low in oil and sugar. Only 188 calories per muffin! That’s pretty good for a decadent chocolate breakfast muffin that tastes like it could be a dessert! There are also no eggs in these avocado muffins. I used the avocado in place of most of the oil and the eggs. Pretty cool, right?
And have you seen the fudgy interior? OMG. Perfection!
Now, what are you waiting for? Head out and grab some of your very own California Avocados and make one (or three) batches of Fudgy Chocolate Avocado Muffins! Enjoy!
Fudgy Chocolate Avocado Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour can use white whole wheat if desired
- 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp. Truvia Baking Blend or about 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips
- 1 avocado mashed well (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 5.3-oz container fat-free plain Greek yogurt
- 1 cup fat-free milk
- 1/4 cup canola or coconut oil
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips for topping if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325ºF. Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, Truvia (or sugar), cocoa, baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips.
- In another mixing bowl, mash avocado with fork. Whisk in yogurt.
- Measure out milk, oil and vanilla and pour into avocado/yogurt mixture. Whisk together.
- Combine the flour mixture and avocado mixture until incorporated.
- Scoop into prepared pan, filling about 3/4 full. Top each muffin with a sprinkle of chocolate chips, if desired. Place in preheated oven and bake for about 35 mins, until toothpick comes out mostly clean and muffins spring back when touched.
- Let cool and then careful extract from muffin tin and enjoy!
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These look great! Do you think i could substitute coconut sugar for the Truvia?
Hi Liz! I definitely think you could sub coconut sugar out for the Truvia! Let me know what you think when you make them!
Hi Jen, Can almond milk be used instead of real milk?
Definitely, Terry! Let me know how you like them!
I could go for one of a dozen of these today. I haven’t baked with avocado in too long, I think I’ll get back on it ASAP!
You definitely do, Dorothy!! Lol! Have a great weekend!
Love baking with avocado for a healthier swap. These are outrageous! I’d totally be fooled just like your boys if you told me they were healthy without knowing. Chocolate <3!
We are dairy free but would love to try these. I will sub the milk for Almond milk but what can I substitute for the Greek yogurt??
Thank You,
Hi Denise! I’m not dairy-free so I haven’t tried it but I’m sure but you can try using either a dairy free yogurt or a dairy free sour cream?
Oh my, oh my…..these are absolutely delicious!!!!! Had to use real sugar, 2% milk and avocado oil. No problem to the taste buds! The batter was just as yummy too! Thanks for a great recipe!!
YAY!! I’m so happy you liked them!
These came out delicious! The whole family loved them! Thanks a lot for the recipe! ?
Yay! I’m so happy you liked them! They’re one of my favorites!
In an act of desperation, not wanting to waste expensive but disgustingly overripe avocados, Google gifted me with your recipe after a search attempt.
HOLY COW these are the most amazing muffins I have ever had! I don’t know that I’ll ever eat avocados ripe again if letting them be disgusting ends like this!
Oh wow, you just made my day! Thank you for your sweet comment! So happy you liked the muffins!
Thank you for this recipe. I finally tried it tonight and wow! I added nuts and raisins. I forgot to add protein powder for extra protein. You really don’t taste the avocado and I only used 1.5 oz oil. I increased the yogurt and avocado a tad just to use up what I had on hand and used unsweetened almond coconut milk. I will definitely make these again.
YAY!! So happy to hear you liked them! Thanks for the nice comment!
I am not a fan of yogurt …. is there something else I can use instead as a substitute?
Are you okay with sour cream? You can use that as a replacement! Let me know if you end up trying this recipe, it’s so good!
Can gluten free flour or almond flour be used?
Hi Lauren! I haven’t tried gluten free or almond flour in this but I’m guessing it would be just fine! Let me know if you do try it!
I tried these muffins today and they’re so good. Even my picky husband liked them. He was skeptical due to the avocado in them, but when I came back into the kitchen, he was eating his second one. This is definitely a recipe I will make again. The muffins are delicious. Thank you for posting this recipe; it’s a keeper!
I’m so glad you and your husband liked them!!