The BEST healthy zucchini muffins – made with all the yummy feel-good ingredients: oats, zucchini, dates, maple syrup, and olive oil. Just blitz up in a blender and pour!
These Zucchini Muffins and Healthy, Easy, and Delicious
I guess zucchini muffins don’t have to be made with wholesome ingredients in the easiest possible way (hi blender), but honestly, when they taste this totally yummy and addicting, why wouldn’t you?
Running all your ingredients through the blender (yes, that’s what we’re doing) isn’t exactly a classic baking move, so if you are wanting a more traditional zucchini baked good situation, I have some other ideas for you, like lemon olive oil cake with zucchini, lemon poppyseed zucchini muffins, and/or cinnamon sugar zucchini coffee cake. I love the ease of the blender though, and have even used a food processor to make a similar recipe for these bars.
These zucchini muffins are both dense and springy in just the right balance – not heavy, not overly sweet, just wholesome and filling. And this is going to blow your mind because they are made with the following ingredients:
rolled oats
zucchini
dates
maple syrup
olive oil
eggs
That’s right: a delicious zucchini muffin with no flour, no butter, no sugar.
Which works really well for the feel-good part, especially when you’re feeding them to your kiddos, snacking on them 24/7, and eating at least two every time you pop the lid on the muffin container.
If you have a blender or food processor, you’re pretty much set to go to whip this batter up in five minutes flat.
There are three steps:
Prep your ingredients – like grating your zucchini and pitting the dates.
Blend up all the ingredients until a chunky batter forms.
Bake in a muffin tin for 15-18 minutes (and add some chocolate chips if you want!).
Sprinkle with salt and eat.
Easy, wholesome, simple – I love these so much.
Variations On These Zucchini Muffins
If you’re into this healthy / easy / feel-good muffin thing, you’ll probably also like these too that use the same basic ingredients and are made in a blender:
But stay focused.
Grate your zucchini now. Get out your muffin tin. Zucchini muffins and good feelings, straight ahead! ♡
The BEST healthy zucchini muffins – made with all the yummy feel-good ingredients: oats, zucchini, dates, maple syrup, and olive oil. Just blitz up in a blender and pour! YUM.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all ingredients in a blender until a chunky batter comes together.
Pour batter into a greased or lined muffin tin. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until the tops gently spring back when you press into them.
Sprinkle warm muffins with sea salt if you’re into that kinda thing. Serve warm or cold ALL DAY LONG. ♡
Notes
I recommend reserving a little bit of the grated zucchini, blend everything, and then add the last bit of zucchini so it doesn’t all get too pureed.
Chocolate chips contain refined sugar, which maybe isn’t a big deal if you have, like, 7 of them on top of the muffin. But if you are trying to keep these COMPLETELY refined sugar free, be sure to skip the chocolate chips on top and opt for cacao nibs, toasted coconut, or chopped nuts instead.
Because of the dates, this recipe really requires a blender or food processor break them down into a smooth batter. You could try chopping them very finely but the texture will just be a little different!
What can I use instead of dates?
Other readers have substitutes other dried fruit (raisins, apricots, etc.) and it’s worked great! Another reader said they omited the dates entirely and it worked out fine, and another used mashed bananas instead, but we haven’t tried it ourselves to confirm. We’d love to hear about what substitutes you find that work!
What other add-ins would be good?
I love these with chocolate chips, but I think adding some chopped nuts (like walnuts) would be delicious too! I could also see adding some lemon zest being delicious too to really up the summer vibes!
How should I store these and how long do they keep?
I like to keep these in an airtight container in the fridge. They should keep for up to a week in the fridge!
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