Chocolate Cranberry Zucchini Muffins

Moist chocolate muffins made with almond flour and zucchini, dotted with tart cranberries and topped with pistachios. Richberry makes the cranberries taste sweet.

Total time: 55 min
Servings: 12
Difficulty: Easy

Chocolate cranberry zucchini muffins — Sweet moments, naturally.

Ingredients

1 cup (150 g) all-purpose flour
1 cup (110 g) almond flour
⅓ cup (28 g) unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp salt
2 large eggs

¼ cup (50 g) olive oil
¼ cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups grated zucchini (3 to 4 medium)
1 cup whole cranberries, fresh or frozen
3 tbsp chopped green pistachios
⅓ cup (113 g) honey
2 tbsp coarse sugar, such as turbinado

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°F (205°C).
Set a rack in the middle of the oven. Butter the cups and rim of a 12-cup muffin tin well, or line it with paper liners.
Mix the dry ingredients.
Whisk the all-purpose flour, almond flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl.
Add the wet ingredients.
Make a well in the center and add the eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat them together with a fork, then stir with a spatula until no dry flour remains. Fold in the zucchini and cranberries.
Fill and bake.
Use a 2 ½-inch ice cream scoop to fill each cup with about ⅓ cup batter, then sprinkle with the pistachios. Set the tin on a baking sheet and bake 23 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs.
Cool.
Cool in the tin on a rack for 10 minutes, then lift the muffins out to finish cooling on the rack.

Before you indulge

Use Miracle Berry

Just before eating, take 2–3 freeze-dried halves. Chew gently and let them linger for about 30 seconds.

Discard any pit if necessary.

Calorie savings

⅓ cup (113 g) honey and 2 tablespoons coarse sugar = 440 calories

Good to know

Miraculin, the natural protein in miracle berry, can make sour foods like lemon taste sweet without adding sugar. For the best results, take 1–2 halves and follow the directions on your pack.

Tangy turns sweet. More possibilities.