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    Home / Breakfast and Brunch Recipes / Chocolate Beet Muffins

    Jul 26, 2015 · Last Updated: Oct 9, 2019

    Chocolate Beet Muffins

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    These Chocolate Beet Muffins are a real surprise! The beets make these muffins incredibly moist and hearty. The earthy flavor of the beets highlight the rich chocolate taste. It's the perfect breakfast muffin with a dose of vegetable and touch of chocolate.  

    Chocolate Beet Muffins Recipe

    Here's a secret when you're the main cook in the household. Booby trapping food can give you so much joy!

    My husband hates the combination of fruit and meat (ie. pork and apples). If you tell him the meal had fruit and meat in it, no matter how fancy schmancy the meal was, or no matter how many hours I spent cooking the meal, he automatically won't touch it.

    These Chocolate Beet Muffins are packed with beets, which give it its scarlet hue

    So it became a thing to booby trap his food. If I made meatloaf, I would grate an apple into it.

    When I made turkey for Thanksgiving, I filled the unseen cavity with oranges, apples and cranberries. When I made ham, I infused it with pineapple juice. Little did he know, it became a game for me to see how much fruit I could hide in his food before he noticed.

    Chocolate Beet Muffins Recipe

    This recipe for Chocolate Beet Muffins is a real booby trap because it looks like it could be an unfrosted red velvet cupcake.

    But instead, the muffin is packed with beets, which give it its scarlet hue. The beets also makes these muffins so moist and hearty, so don't be expecting a fluffy muffin that's light as a cloud and will leave you hungry an hour later.

    Chocolate Beet Muffins make a delicious breakfast for the entire family

    The secret ingredient makes this Chocolate Beet Muffin breakfast worthy and a bit healthier than a red velvet cupcake too. The beets add a natural sweetness, meaning there is less sugar in the recipe as compared to a red velvet cupcake, and you get a dose of vegetables to start the day.

    You can see in the picture of the ingredients above that I grated the beets into rather long strips. I preferred it this way because it kept the texture of the beets in the muffin.

    If you wanted to, you could grate the beets into smaller pieces to make it less obvious that the muffin is packed with grated beets.

    Chocolate Beet Muffins Recipe

    I have to point out that the earthy flavor of the beets does run through these Chocolate Beet Muffins. So while it looks like a red velvet, it has a more complex taste that is carried by the shredded beets, though complemented by the chocolate.

    The beets add a natural sweetness to these muffins and you get a dose of vegetables to start the day

    This isn't a red velvet knock-off, so keep in mind that if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it doesn't always mean it's a duck. Beware of the booby traps! ;)

    Chocolate Beet Muffins Recipe

    Chocolate Beet Muffins

    4.56 from 54 votes
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    Serves: 12 muffins
    Prep: 10 minutes mins
    Cook: 20 minutes mins
    Total: 30 minutes mins
    These Chocolate and Beet Muffins are a real surprise! The beets make the muffin incredibly moist and hearty. The earthy flavor of the beets highlight the rich chocolate taste. It’s the perfect breakfast muffin with a dose of vegetable and touch of chocolate.  

    Ingredients

    • 2 medium-sized beets (250 grams beetroot) (raw)
    • scant 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (175 grams)
    • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
    • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 2 large eggs
    • ¼ cup whole milk (60 milliliters)
    • ½ cup light brown sugar (75 grams) - lightly packed
    • ¼ cup caster sugar (55 grams)
    • ¼ cup unsalted butter (55 grams) - room temperature
    • ¼ cup sunflower oil (60 milliliters)
    • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (150 grams)

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 355°F/180°C.
    • Peel the beets and grate in food processor with a grating disc. Set aside.
    • In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
    • In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk.
    • In a large bowl using a hand mixer on medium speed, cream together the sugars, butter and oil. Using the hand mixer on low speed, beat in the egg mixture. Slowly fold in the flour mixture.
    • Using a spatula, mix in the grated beets and chocolate chips.
    • Evenly divide the batter into 12 muffin cases. Each case should be about ¾ full.
    • Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the muffins are springy to the touch. Remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

    Notes

    Recipe adapted from goodfood.
    Course: Breads and Muffins, Muffins
    Author: The Worktop
    Cal : 229kcal
    Note: Nutrition information is a rough estimate.
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    Filed Under: Breads and Muffins, Breakfast and Brunch Recipes, Fall Breakfast Recipes, Kid Friendly, Make Ahead, On The Go, Oven, Summer Breakfast Recipes, Vegetarian, Winter Breakfast RecipesTags: chocolate, chocolate chips, muffins, vegetables

    About Tina Jui

    A breakfast lover and food blogger. Tina develops everyday breakfast recipes on The Worktop, and writes about all things related to breakfast and brunch. Read more about Tina Jui or drop an email to say hi.

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    Comments

    1. Laura says

      October 29, 2020 at 3:43 pm

      5 stars
      These are amazing!

      Reply
    2. Tee says

      August 22, 2020 at 4:58 am

      5 stars
      In the oven and looking great.

      Reply
    3. Nicole says

      August 21, 2020 at 11:31 pm

      3 stars
      These were ok. Followed the recipe to a T. My kids dont enjoy them at all and they arent picky. I thought they were ok and will eat them, but I wouldnt make them again. Thanks for the recipe though. We had a huge beet from our garden and I didnt want to just roast or pickle it again.

      Reply
    4. Anita says

      June 10, 2020 at 9:23 am

      Mine are in the oven !
      Half baked the beets and then hand grated them...I used chunked up milk chocolate, organic green and blacks! Half an old mushy banana too
      One raspberry popped on the top ...
      can’t wait to try them...

      Reply
      • Cassandra says

        May 05, 2021 at 5:45 pm

        Can you use steamed beets or do they have to be raw?

        Reply
    5. Sarah says

      April 20, 2020 at 6:41 pm

      Delicious!I added my healthy stance while keeping dry to wet ratio similar.raw beets from garden purple and rainbow.sub flour for half ground rolled oats half ground almonds.sub cocoafor raw cacao powder.sub sugars for half cup maple syrup. Sub butter and oil for coconut oil.milk homemade almond milk.no choc chips added.and it worked!will def bake again.thank you so much!!

      Reply
    6. Ashleigh says

      February 17, 2020 at 4:50 am

      Can you use canned beetroot in these?

      Reply
    7. Stephanie says

      February 03, 2020 at 6:22 pm

      Is there a way to use frozen beet slices for this recipe? I can thaw them out and shred them, but I’m not sure how many cups of beets the 2 full beets in this recipe would equate to.

      Reply
    8. Carol Sefton says

      October 08, 2019 at 9:21 pm

      I am going to try with cooked beets.It doesnt say raw but I assume that is the case.

      Reply
      • Tina Jui says

        October 09, 2019 at 11:06 am

        Hi Carol - Yes, I do use raw beets. I've updated the recipe to show that too. How did it turn out with cooked beets?

        Reply
        • KJR says

          December 03, 2019 at 10:02 pm

          I only had cooked beets, so I grated 250 grams of cooked beets with a box grater. Since my kids eat them as their lunch, and not dessert I tried to make them healthier by using 1/2 c. of whole wheat flour instead of all white, 2% milk, coconut oil instead of sunflower oil and 1/2 cup walnuts plus 1/2 cup chocolate chips rather than a whole cup chocolate chips. It made a good hearty muffin with the right amount of sweetness and chocolate. But the texture of the limp, mushy beets, when I came across them wasn't great. I'd puree them next time if using cooked beets. The overall result was good enough to try again with the raw beets

          Reply
    9. Lennroe says

      March 16, 2019 at 1:59 pm

      5 stars
      I tried these, because I wanted to make something for breakfeast and use up few spare beets I head in the fridge that really needet to go. I had no chocolate chips at home, so I left them out and they still tasted awesome - so if anyone thinks about that, I tried it out and you can totally do it. They are nicely moist and even with beets grinded quite coarse, you don't really taste the beets (my BF didn't), and they are super quick to make. Thank you for the great recipe.

      Reply
    10. Mary says

      March 07, 2019 at 3:11 pm

      Amazing, Thank you! I'm a believer that if I introduce a vegetable 100 times, in different ways, my kids will eventually grow to like or tolerate said vegetable. I normally I won't disguise a vegetable to get them to eat it! In fact, I always say my kids eat anything! But really they eat anything except BEETS and SWEET POTATO.

      That said, I finally got my youngest kid to accept beets grated raw with dressing, rather than cubes, or roasted! However, the oldest is still standing after 12 years and just won't eat beets. Fast forward to my organic box subscription, and I have 4 golden beets just sitting there, with no options to feed the family!

      Google introduced me to you and my youngest and I decided to give this recipe a try! We LOVED that you provided weighted measurements, as this is really how we prefer to cook! We made the recipe EXACTLY as described with one tiny exception. We used a hand grater for the beets, which properly resulted in a finer grate, I imagine this only improved the cupcake/muffin.

      IT"S amazing! That little 12 year old is a skilled baker who kicks everyone out of the kitchen to make her own cakes filled with ganache and topped with buttercream. That little 12 year old had NO IDEA, that golden beets were hidden in her dessert! THANK YOU!!

      I'll note I let her taste and fall in-love with them warm. I can't wait to hear the report after school today! And, since we've only used 2 beets, the next 2 are getting this same treatment!!

      OUTSTANDING!! Based on this recipe I'll be checking out the rest of your website!

      Reply
      • Tina Jui says

        March 08, 2019 at 12:55 am

        Hi Mary, thank you so much for that thoughtful message. Comments like yours really make blogging heartwarming for me, and I love that I was able to help your 12 year old enjoy beets. Way to go for having the perseverance for introducing so many veggies to your kids too. That is very impressive and I strive to do that with my little one. Equally impressive is your 12 year old baking fancy cakes. Sounds like you are doing a lot of right things in your kitchen!

        Reply
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