Healthy Pumpkin Oat Muffins are an easy breakfast, dessert, or snack the whole family will enjoy! No all purpose flour. And they're sweetened with honey or maple syrup!
2cupsquick cooking rolled oats or old fashioned rolled oats, See Recipe Notes for the difference between the two.
2eggs
⅓cuphoney or pure maple syrup
1cupmilk, I use 1% milk or unsweetened almond milk
1½teaspoonsvanilla extract
1teaspoonbaking soda
2teaspoonscinnamon
½teaspoonground ginger
½teaspoonground nutmeg
¾cupchocolate chips, Use dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or semi-sweet
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Add all your ingredients except the chocolate chips into a blender. Blend until batter is completely smooth and oats are finely ground. (The batter will not look at all like it was made from oats at this point.)
Carefully fold the chocolate chips into the batter (do not blend them).
Add muffin/cupcake liners to your muffin tin and lightly coat with olive oil or your favorite non-stick spray. (If you don't grease the liners you will experience some sticking.)
Fill your muffin cups to approximately 2/3 full (or just a bit more) with batter. For extra special muffins press a few chocolate chips to the top of each.
Place in oven and bake for 18 to 20 minutes, a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin should come out mostly clean.
Remove pan from oven and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
Notes
You have two choices in oats here. Old fashioned rolled oats will be lighter but give you muffins that have more of an "oaty" texture and flavor. Quick cooking rolled oats will blend better but yield a more dense muffin. I prefer the quick oats but it's really a matter of personal preference. Use whichever you like!These muffins freeze well so if you end up with more than you need feel free to freeze what you like!Your canned pumpkin should have only one ingredient: pumpkin. Libby's is the brand I find most often in all grocery stores.Want to skip the chocolate? Feel free to skip it! Or add chopped pecans or walnuts instead! It's delicious no matter how you do it.