How to Make Chocolate Beet Muffins - A Step-by-Step Guide

If you're looking for a deliciously inventive way to sneak some extra veggies into your diet, look no further than these Chocolate Beet Muffins. These moist and flavorful muffins are the perfect treat for chocolate lovers, and the addition of beets adds a surprising depth of flavor and a moistness that's hard to beat.

Beets are an incredibly versatile and nutritious root vegetable that often gets overlooked in baking, but they add a natural sweetness and a beautiful red hue to these m...

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Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ⅔ cup white sugar
  • 6 tablespoons butter, softened
  • ¾ teaspoon lemon zest
  • 2 eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 ripe banana, mashed
  • 1 cup finely chopped cooked beets
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Information

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 45 mins
  • Servings: 12
  • Yield: 12 muffins

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
  • Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
  • Beat sugar, butter, and lemon zest together in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs and banana to the sugar mixture; beat until smooth. Stir about 1/3 of the flour mixture into the sugar mixture to integrate fully into a batter; repeat with remaining flour mixture in two even additions. Fold beets and chocolate chips into the batter; spoon into the lined muffin cups.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
  • Nutrition

    244 cal.

    • Total Fat: 11g
    • Saturated Fat: 6g
    • Cholesterol: 46mg
    • Sodium: 244mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 36g
    • Dietary Fiber: 2g
    • Total Sugars: 21g
    • Protein: 4g
    • Vitamin C: 2mg
    • Calcium: 50mg
    • Iron: 2mg
    • Potassium: 141mg