Vegan Chocolate Peppermint Muffins
These chocolate peppermint muffins are vegan and easy to make. If you’re in need of a fun holiday recipe, then try making these peppermint muffins.
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I wanted to kick off the new year with this delicious recipe for chocolate peppermint muffins that I recently made.
These muffins are vegan, budget-friendly, and super easy to make. They’re sweetened with banana, pure maple syrup, and chocolate chips, and made with almond butter, oat flour, and whole wheat pastry flour.
Chocolate muffins are one of my favorite desserts to make. I sprinkled crushed candy cane on top and added peppermint extract in the batter, and the muffins turned out so good. This is the perfect recipe for anyone who loves chocolate and peppermint flavored treats. This recipe yields six muffins.
Ingredients you’ll need:
- Oat Flour: The first ingredient you need is oat flour. You can make oat flour by adding rolled oats to a blender and blending it until there is a flour-like consistency.
- Whole Wheat Pastry Flour: The next ingredient you need is whole wheat pastry flour. I like mixing oat flour with pastry flour so it creates the perfect texture and consistency.
- Baking Soda/Baking Powder: Next, you need 1/2 tsp of baking powder and baking soda. These ingredients are essential when making any type of bread or muffin.
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder: You also need 1/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder. I used Hershey’s unsweetened cocoa powder.
- Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk: The next ingredient you need is a plant-based milk of your choice.
- Almond Butter: The next ingredient is nut butter. I used almond butter, but you could use peanut butter or another nut butter. Almond butter helps make the muffins moist and fluffy.
- Banana: I used 1/2 of a ripe banana for this recipe. Banana is super sweet, and I love adding fruit in dessert recipes.
- Pure Maple Syrup: You also need 3 tbsp of pure maple syrup. Maple syrup is one of my favorite sweeteners to use in my dessert recipes.
- Peppermint Extract: You also need 1/4 tsp of peppermint extract.
- Vegan Chocolate Chips: For the toppings, I sprinkled a handful of vegan chocolate chips on top of each muffin. You can also fold additional chocolate chips into the batter if you want them extra sweet.
- Mini Crushed Candy Canes: The last ingredient you need for this recipe is mini candy canes. I crushed a few candy canes and sprinkled candy cane pieces on top of each muffin. Add as much or as little crushed candy cane as you’d like.
Vegan Chocolate Peppermint Muffins
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1/2 cup oat flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Wet Ingredients
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 3 tbsp almond butter
- 1/2 banana
- 3 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp peppermint extract
Toppings
- 2 tbsp chocolate chips (vegan)
- 2 mini crushed candy canes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Add dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl: oat flour, whole wheat pastry flour, baking powder, baking soda and unsweetened cocoa powder
- Whisk together wet ingredients in a separate mixing bowl: unsweetened vanilla almond milk, almond butter, banana, pure maple syrup and peppermint extract
- Slowly add wet ingredients to dry ingredients
- Lightly grease a muffin pan with olive oil
- Pour batter to form six muffins
- Add chocolate chips and crushed candy cane on top
- Bake in oven for 20 minutes at 350°
- Let cool and enjoy!
Notes
These fudgy vegan chocolate peppermint muffins are perfect for the holidays and year round. Enjoy them with a glass of almond milk (or other plant-based milk).
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