If you have frozen (or fresh!) raspberries kicking around, these chocolate raspberry muffins are a very good use for them. These are adapted from my chocolate beet muffins, and while similar in texture they are less earthy and more sweet thanks to berries replacing a vegetable. I love the beet muffins, too, but raspberries!
Mixed all in one bowl, these are well worth making for an afternoon snack and make an entirely appropriate chocolate breakfast. I didn’t include chopped chocolate in the batter because I was out but it’d be a nice addition.
So while you might want to wait until summer for fresh raspberries, these are just as good with frozen and can be made year round. In about a month I’ll make another batch with garden berries.
If you have lots of raspberries on hand, try this summer classic chocolate raspberry cake, raspberry yogurt muffins (made with non-dairy yogurt) or raspberry oatmeal scones, all of which can also be made with frozen berries.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
- Spelt flour: as usual, another wheat flour can replace spelt. Since it’s whole grain, you can use whole wheat flour for the same result, or all-purpose for a lighter muffin. If you want to stick with spelt, light can be used in place of the whole grain flour.
- Cocoa powder: I use natural cocoa powder which is a bit lighter in colour and tastes quite strong and slightly bitter. If you want a milder chocolate flavour, use Dutch process. Since the recipe uses both baking soda and powder, you’re fine with either type of cocoa.
- Coconut sugar: Cane sugar can be substituted for coconut sugar.
- Non-dairy milk: I always use oat milk, but any thin milk will work, and you can also use dairy milk.
- Olive oil: use any oil that’s liquid at room temperature in place of olive oil if preferred.
- Add-ins: fold in some chopped dark chocolate or chocolate chips along with the raspberries, or add something like cocoa nibs.
Recipe Notes
Frozen raspberries can be easier to mix in than fresh, and will stay in one piece more easily than fresh. I quite like the kind of raspberry streaks that form when using fresh berries, but both are delicious.
Most muffin and quick bread recipes don’t require egg replacers to hold together perfectly well, and that’s the case here too. You don’t need to add any additional ingredients or whisk an egg in – the muffins are sturdy, light, and perfectly chocolatey.
How to Store
Storage: the muffins can be kept in a sealed container in a cool room for 3-4 days, but should be stored in the refrigerator if your home is warm.
Freezing: transfer cooled muffins to an airtight container and freeze for up to three months.
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Expert Tips
- Don’t over-mix: if the batter is mixed for too long, the muffins will turn out chewy and tough.
- Stick to listed substitutions: I haven’t tried making this recipe gluten-free, for example, and would be hesitant to use GF flour here without any other changes.
- Do a skewer test: with chocolate muffins, it’s harder to tell when they’re finished baking from the colour alone. A wooden skewer or toothpick inserted into the centre of a muffin should come out clean when the muffins are baked.
More Vegan Muffins
Vegan Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Blueberry Almond Muffins
Chocolate Beet Muffins
Vegan Carrot Muffins
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Chocolate Raspberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 225 grams whole-grain spelt flour
- 100 grams coconut sugar
- 50 grams cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 400 ml non-dairy milk
- 80 ml olive oil
- 125 grams raspberries, fresh or frozen
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F) and line or grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the centre.225 grams whole-grain spelt flour, 100 grams coconut sugar, 50 grams cocoa powder, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- Pour the milk and olive oil to the centre of the bowl and gently mix until just combined. Don’t over mix.400 ml non-dairy milk, 80 ml olive oil
- Add the raspberries and fold until they’re evenly incorporated throughout the batter.125 grams raspberries, fresh or frozen
- Add the batter into the prepared muffin tin, filling each tin about evenly. They should be right around three-quarters full. Top each muffin with a couple of extra raspberries if you’d like.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the muffins spring back lightly when touched and a toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out clean.
- Cool the muffins in the tin for 5 minutes before carefully removing and cooling fully on a rack. Keep the muffins in a sealed container in a cool room or the refrigerator for 3-4 days, or freeze up to three months.
* For American cup measurements, please click the pink link text above the ingredient list that says ‘American’.
Nutrition
Nutrition is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate. If this information is important to you, please have it verified independently.
Alene says
Has anyone tried it with gluten free flour?
Katie says
I subbed a few things too as I didn’t have all the ingredients to hand. I used 80g vanilla soya yoghurt instead of the oil, wholemeal flour instead of spelt and demerara sugar instead of coconut (I added an extra 50g after reading Natalia’s comment). I also ended up with more muffins (18) but it might be due to the size of my silicon muffin cases. They came out lovely and work out at only 100cals each so I’m happy! 😊
natalia says
I didn’t have all of the original ingredients, so I substituted some of them because I REALLY wanted to try it. My subs were spelt flour for ap flour, coconut sugar for granulated sugar, oat milk for dairy milk, olive oil for sunflower seed oil and raspberries for strawberries. I found that they are not very sweet, but it’s just a matter of getting used to it because they are very delicious. Even though the recipe doesn’t call for it, I would just add an egg for an even lighter texture and more richness and maybe 50g more sugar and 50g more of strawberries as I also found that they don’t have enough strawberries. And I ended up with 16 muffins rather than 12 (which is not a problem at all because I can’t stop eating them). Personally, I think they taste way better the day after, as it seems to be more flavorful and with a better texture.
Now I want to try the recipe with the original ingredients because it sounds so good!
Thanks for sharing!