Fluffy, moist, and delicious gluten-free vegan sweet potato muffins that are loaded with mini chocolate chips and contain the perfect balance of warm spices!
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You have leftover sweet potatoes from last night’s dinner or from your holiday meal….you can either:
1. Save them and serve for lunch or another dinner… OR
2. Give those leftovers a total makeover and make a batch of these very easy-to-make vegan sweet potato muffins. Put those leftovers to good use!
Of course, you don’t have to make these muffins with just leftover sweet potatoes; you can bake up some sweet potatoes especially for this recipe.
Or if you have a pressure cooker, my favourite way to make sweet potatoes is by making Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes so they finish in a fraction of the time, compared to baking, which means your sweet potato muffins will be ready even quicker!
This recipe is very similar to my vegan gluten free pumpkin spice muffins , they just have a few small differences, like the spices used.
Cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom give these gluten free sweet potato muffins the perfect balance of flavours. And did I mention how easy they are to make?
They come together in just a few minutes, so you can have these muffins ready to take out of the oven in just 35 minutes.
I usually make these muffins during the fall and winter because that’s when sweet potatoes become a go-to side dish in my home. When I make sweet potatoes, I try to make a little extra so I can bake up a batch of muffins for snacking on throughout the week and for school snacks.
As mentioned, they’re great for snacks but they’re also nice to have at breakfast, to serve at brunch, to bring to a potluck…basically, they’re good for all occasions!
I used mini chocolate chips in the muffins you see in the photos but I have also made them with regular chocolate chips. I also sprinkled a little on top of each muffin but that is optional and only if you want slightly more chocolate.
And who wouldn’t want extra chocolate 😉
Do I have to use chocolate chips?
No, but I highly recommend it 🙂 If you don’t want to use them though, you can replace them with raisins, dried currants, chopped walnuts or chopped pecans.
Will coconut oil make the muffins taste like coconut?
If you use extra virgin coconut oil in this recipe, the flavour will not come through at all, you won’t even know coconut oil was used. If you don’t have coconut oil, any other neutral flavoured oil will work in this recipe.
What is the texture like?
Have a look at the picture below 🙂 They’re soft, fluffy, moist, and perfect. They’re everything you have been told that vegan gluten free baking is not!
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How to Make Vegan Sweet Potato Muffins
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