Halloween Spinach Muffins

5 from 4 votes

Fit an entire bag of spinach into these delicious, naturally sweetened spinach muffins the kids will just love. They won't even mind the greens!! Make a double batch and save in the freezer for a busy week.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time22 mins

Decorating5 mins

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Dessert

Servings: serves

Calories: 148kcal

Ingredients

2 eggs
¾ cup pureed spinach (see notes)
½ cup unsweetened Greek yogurt
¼ cup unrefined coconut oil melted
2 tablespoon whole milk (plus more if needed)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups whole wheat flour
½ cup coconut sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon sea salt
assorted ingredients to decorate see notes

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F (175C) and spray a muffin tin with cooking spray of choice or butter (I use fractionated coconut oil)
In a large bowl, combine the eggs, pureed spinach, coconut oil, Greek yogurt and vanilla
In a medium bowl combine the flour, coconut sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix well until a batter forms. It is quite a thick batter but if it seems too thick add more milk as needed 1 tablespoon at a time
Pour the batter into the muffin tin so that each one is about ⅔ full
Bake for 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the tin and let cool completely on a cooling rack before removing from the muffin tin and serving
Store in an airtight container or freeze for later

To Decorate

Use your imagination to decorate. I use a combination of mashed up wheat cereals, googly eyes, currants, pumpkin seeds for teeth and melted dark chocolate.

Notes

To puree the spinach just pop raw spinach into a high speed blender and blend until smooth. You may need to add some water to get it to come together. Add 1 tablespoon at a time until you get a smooth mixture.

Use whatever you have in the cupboard to decorate. I like to use googly eyes, currants, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, crushed wheat cereal and melted dark chocolate to stick them all on.

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