Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
on Nov 08, 2024, Updated Nov 18, 2024
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Call me basic, but I’m muffin without my pumpkin fix! Seriously, everything’s muffin better with pumpkin in it. OK, OK, I’M DONE WITH THE PUNS! But fall 🍂 has me in a chokehold, and considering pumpkin is the flavour of the season, I knew I had to come through with a healthy muffin recipe for my pumpkin 🎃 die-hards who want to keep things clean before the holiday debauchery.
These Healthy Pumpkin Muffins prove that you can have it ALL! With just 110 calories and 6 clean ingredients 🤯, they are the perfect balance between delicious and nutritious. I’ve added some 🍫 chocolate chips on top (you know, for balance), but you can omit or sub for chopped nuts if you prefer. These are the perfect guilt-free, bite-sized treats that will have you hooked!
Why You’ll Love Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
These Healthy Pumpkin Muffins are the ultimate trifecta: warm, comforting and perfectly sweet. Added bonus? They are completely gluten- and dairy-free! Yasssssss 🙌 – my gluten and lactose-sensitive queens can finally live their best PSL life. The oat flour gives these muffins a dense but incredibly moist crumb, while the maple syrup adds a natural sweetness that doesn’t overpower the pumpkin 🎃 flavor. Not to mention the ingredients are more wholesome than game night at your grandma’s house.
Whether you enjoy them as an on-the-go snack or as a little afternoon treat, you won’t get enough! Definitely feel free to double or triple the batch and keep a stash in the freezer—they’re that good.
How to Prepare
🌡️ Preheat the oven to 350F (175C)
🎃 In a bowl, add the organic pumpkin purée, egg, maple syrup, and pure vanilla extract.
🥣 Next, add the oat flour and baking powder.
🥄 Now, gently stir all the ingredients together.
👩🍳 Pour into a muffin tin lined with parchment paper cupcake liners. I get 4 medium muffins out of this recipe so feel free to double or triple it.
🍫 Add some mini chocolate chips on top (optional) and bake for 22-25 minutes or until light and golden.
Nonna’s Tip 🧁
Enhance the flavor of these muffins by adding a sprinkle of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice.
Variations and Substitutions for Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
- If you want to make this recipe 🥚 egg-free, you can try just leaving it out or using a flax egg (1 tablespoon ground flaxseed + 3 tablespoons water per egg). I have not tried this, so you will have to experiment at your own risk.
- I have not tried this recipe with another type of flour such as almond flour, whole wheat flour, or all-purpose flour. Depending on what you use, the texture may vary as will the baking times.
- Use any sweetener you like in this: 🍯 honey or agave syrup will work as well.
- Change up the flavor of these Healthy Pumpkin Muffins by adding a sprinkle of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice.
- Feel free to use whatever mix-ins you’d like, such as chopped nuts or dried fruit.
- I’ve topped these with chocolate chips, but you could also add in a sprinkle of 🎃 pumpkin seeds for some crunch.
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Best Served With
- A high protein option like my Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites or Egg-White Bites.
- A fruit salad with berries 🍓 and melon.
- Some Greek yogurt with 🍯 honey.
- A spread, jam, or cream cheese.
- For dessert with a dollop of whipped cream or coconut cream.
Common Questions
Yes, you can try using almond flour, whole wheat flour, or all-purpose flour, though the texture may vary. If you use almond flour, the muffins may be slightly denser and may need a bit more baking time. Let me know in the comments how these variations work!
Yes, you can make oat flour by blending rolled oats in a blender or food processor until they become a fine, flour-like consistency.
Chopped nuts, like pecans or walnuts, or dried fruit, like cranberries, would make great additions for flavor and texture.
Yes, honey or agave syrup would work instead of maple syrup.
You can store these on the counter, but they don’t last long in my house. You could also freeze them for later!
Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
Ingredients
- ½ cup organic pumpkin purée, not pie filling
- 1 egg
- 1.5 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup oat flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- chocolate chips on top , optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F (175C).
- In a bowl, add the organic pumpkin purée, egg, maple syrup, and pure vanilla extract.
- Note: you can buy organic oat flour or blend organic rolled oats into flour.
- Next, add the oat flour, baking powder and stir together.
- Pour into a muffin tin lined with parchment paper cupcake liners. I get 4 medium muffins out of this recipe so feel free to double or triple it.
- Add some mini chocolate chips on top (optional) and bake for 22-25 minutes or until light and golden.
- Enjoy with salted butter or anything you like.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
It was soo good! I love my pumpkin muffins to be a moist and tasty! Thank you so much for this!
Thanks Mike! Happy you loved them 🙂
These were surprisingly delicious for how healthy they are. I loved the mini chocolate chips on top.
Best pumpkin muffin recipe out there!
Aww thanks Marlene! I’m so happy you love it! 🥰💗
My family loved this!
These are sooooo moist and have the perfect amount of sweetness. We loved the addition of chocolate chips on top too.
My family loved this! I used white choc chips on top yummy 😋 😜
Divine!!! Thank you for sharing Rosemarie 🥰
Saw this recipe and immediately had to try! Soooo good! 😊
This makes me so happy, RW! 💗