I know you’re all like ‘Squash muffins? It’s practically November Kate’. And I’ll admit, this post is LONG overdue, but I couldn’t not share with you guys. I almost don’t even feel like there are words/pictures/ANYTHING to convey to you how UNREAL these muffins are.
Dave planted this massive garden back in May. And we thought it was massive then –but throughout the summer months it yielded more produce than we could have ever dreamed – beans, tomatoes, eggplant, even CORN, even PUMPKINS – and the main ingredient to this beauty, yellow squash. We ate a LOT of squash this summer, but I felt like it had more of a purpose in life than just being sliced, salt and peppered and sautéed. And now that we’ve had our first freeze and got our final harvest in before it hit, I’m reminiscent of the magic that became these these decadent Double Chocolate Yellow Squash Muffins.
You see ‘zucchini’ baked goods all over the place, especially in the summer time. But did YOU know, that you can use yellow squash in place of the zucchini? And it will taste just as good if not BETTER?
I took Sally’s recipe for Chocolate Zucchini bread and modified it a smidge – basically swapped the zucchini for squash, completely eliminated the oil – only used greek yogurt and used mini chips vs. reg sized chips. Mini chips might be my new favorite thing. Using them in a recipe means that you can use less than you may have to use with regular sized chips, because their teeny size allows them to creep into crevices of your muffin that larger sized chocolate chips may not be able to. I made these twice, one with 3/4 cup of mini chips and once with 1/2 cup, and both times, I felt the chocolatey goodness was SPOT ON. The chocolate chips make up the majority of the fat & calorie content of these muffins so you can really spare yourself some fat and calories by using less chips. But if you’re feeling like a splurge, add more chips, cuz’ again, there’s squash in these, so HEALTHY.
Those mini chips get all up in dat’ muffins grill and be like ‘yousa gonna be da’ most chocolatey muffin made with vegetables EVAHHH’
