These gluten free mango coconut muffins are made with chia and oats and are low in fat and sugar. The perfect healthy muffin recipe for breakfast or snack
Chia Oat Healthy Mango Coconut Muffins
The birth of this recipe muffins is kind of funny. I was concocting some oat bars last week and decided to bake them in a loaf. When they came out the taste was fine but they were extremely dry.
My husband, aka taste taster, did not approve (although he ate it all), so I decided to go back to the drawing board and add more liquid to my batter. Skim milk was going to be my next ingredient.
At the same time, I was making my mango fruit roll ups and had some fresh mango puree sitting on the counter. Personally, I’ve never had mango muffins and thought, hey, why not?
So on a whim, I added the puree to my muffin batter. Finally, to pair up the flavors I sprinkled some coconut inside and over the top.
The result? Moist sweet muffins that have so much flavor, while still being low in calories and fat. For extra fiber, I threw in ground chia seeds.
Funny how some recipes are born. From dry boring oat bars, I ended up creating mango coconut muffins. All because of some mango puree that was sitting on the counter.
While in the USA kids grow up eating apples and grapes, I grew up eating mangoes and passion fruit in Venezuela. There were mango trees everywhere and we used them to make all kinds of recipes.
These muffins are gluten free, it does not contain any flour, and I used a sugar substitute that is perfect for diabetics and people on a low sugar diet.
Now that my kids will be starting school in less than one month, I am looking for delicious and nutritious recipes to throw in their lunchbox. This is one of them and thankfully, both girls approve.
I hope you can try these delicious and Healthy Mango Coconut Muffins at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.
These gluten free mango coconut muffins are made with chia and oats and are low in fat and sugar. The perfect healthy muffin recipe for breakfast or snack
- 1 cup Gluten Free Steel Cut Oats*
- 2 tablespoons Chia
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 cup Swerve or Whole Earth Sweetener**
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup plain Greek Yogurt
- 1 cup Mango Puree
- 2 tablespoons Coconut Oil
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Coconut Flakes plus more for sprinkling
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Preheat Oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
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Line 3 mini muffin tins with paper or grease the bottom and sides with nonstick spray
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In a high-speed blender or food processor, add the oats and chia and process until ground
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Pour the ground oats and chia in a bowl, add the baking powder and sugar substitute. Mix with a spoon
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In another bowl, mix the eggs, Greek yogurt, coconut oil, vanilla, and mango puree together using a whisk or a fork
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Pour the wet mixture into the dry. Mix with a spatula or wooden spoon. Add in the coconut flakes
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Using a cookie scoop or spoon, place mounds of batter into each crevice of the muffin pan. Sprinkle the tops with the coconut flakes
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Bake for 20 minutes or until the tops are brown. Remove from oven and place on a cookie rack until cool
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Enjoy!
*You may also use Old Fashioned Oats
**If you'd like, you can substitute with regular sugar
Mango puree is just mango chunks in a blender. You can use frozen mangoes for this recipe, just thaw them first before blending
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Very tempting ! All the ingredients calling 🙂 Will do. definitely ! Thank you 🙂
Thank you!! Let me know how it comes out!