Bakery aisles in a supermarket really are tempting to all of us, never mind kids. All that sugary, gooey, spongy loveliness…….but we all know it’s a terrible food choice.

Get your kids to help you make our healthy chocolate muffins – just as rich and delicious as what you would find in the bakery aisle, but without all the bad stuff!

Category: Snack

Preparation time: 20 mins

Cooking time:  25mins

Total time: 45 mins

Servings: 24

Your ingredients:

• 1 carrot
• 1 zucchini
• 1 cup of sugar
• 275 g of butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup of natural yoghurt
• 1/2 cup of raw cacao powder
• 2 cups of plain flour
• 1/4 teaspoonof bicarbonate of soda
• 1 teaspoonof baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoonof sea salt
• Up to 1/2 cup of milk (only if needed) 

N.B. Use Chef Remi Measuring Cups Set and Chef Remi Measuring Spoons for accurate measuring of ingredients.

Directions:

How to make your Healthy Chocolate Muffins:

1. Preheat your oven to 310°F. Add paper cases to two 12-hole muffin trays.
2. Using the coarse grate of a box grater, grate the carrot and zucchini, and then squeeze out moisture.
3. Place the sugar and butter (make sure the butter is at room temperature) into a large bowl and beat using a large balloon whisk until creamy and light. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well throughout.
4. One the eggs are fully combined, stir in the yoghurt. Set aside.
5. In a different bowl, combine the cacao powder, flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt using a small balloon whisk.
6. Pour the dry powder mixture into the wet mixture and fold ingredients together using a ‘spoonula’ spatula until combined.
7. Fold in the grated carrot and zucchini. If the mixture appears a little dry, gradually addin up to 1/2 cup of milk.
8. This is a great time to get your kids involved. Give them a spoonula spatula, and get them to spoon the mixture into the paper cases in your two muffin tins. Make sure each case is about 3/4 full (don’t overfill each case).
9. Place in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean when pierced into a muffin.
10. Allow the muffins to cool for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack.

Tools used:

Measuring cups

Measuring spoons

Box Grater

Kitchen Whisk Set

3 pc Spatula Set 

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