{"id":27844,"date":"2015-09-25T00:30:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T04:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27844"},"modified":"2015-09-24T21:47:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T01:47:26","slug":"chocolate-zucchini-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/25\/chocolate-zucchini-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Zucchini Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/choc-zucchini-muffins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27845\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/choc-zucchini-muffins-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"choc zucchini muffins\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/choc-zucchini-muffins-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/choc-zucchini-muffins-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/choc-zucchini-muffins.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Fall, everyone! \u00a0Time to harvest &#8211; clean out your garden, gather\u00a0all your herbs, and start prepping for the cold. \u00a0If you have any zucchini left on your vines, pick them and make this! \u00a0Ready? \u00a0Go!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><b><u>Chocolate Zucchini Muffins<\/u><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Ingredients:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1\/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">2 cups flour (I used half regular flour, half whole wheat)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1 teaspoon baking powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1 teaspoon baking soda<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1\/2 teaspoon cinnamon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1 teaspoon vanilla<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1 stick butter, melted\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">2 eggs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1 ripe banana<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1\/2 cup brown sugar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">2 zucchini, grated<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1\/2 bag chocolate chips (about 6 oz. or 2\/3 cup)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Directions:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Preheat oven to 350F. \u00a0Grease muffin tin or use paper liners. \u00a0(I just use Pam.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">In a bowl, combine first six ingredients (all the dry ones). \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">In a larger bowl, whisk vanilla and melted butter into eggs, then mash the banana and add that to the mixture. \u00a0Whisk in sugar and stir in grated zucchini. \u00a0Stir in the chocolate chips.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">A little at a time, stir the dry ingredients into the wet. \u00a0Pour into muffin tin and bake for 20-25 minutes. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">This recipe made 18 muffins for me. \u00a0We ate a bunch and froze the rest. \u00a0To thaw, microwave for 30 seconds, but be careful, the chocolate chips get all hot and melty again!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Explore, experiment, enjoy!<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Dana<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To view even more of Dana\u2019s unique recipe, you can visit her at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/frugalgirlmet.blogspot.com\/\">Frugal Girlmet<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Fall, everyone! \u00a0Time to harvest &#8211; clean out your garden, gather\u00a0all your herbs, and start prepping for the cold. \u00a0If you have any zucchini left on your vines, pick them and make this! \u00a0Ready? \u00a0Go! 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