Sweet Potato Muffins

Say hello to your new favorite on-the-go breakfast with these healthy and delicious Sweet Potato Muffins! This easy dairy-free recipe is the ideal balance of convenience, flavor, and wholesome goodness. Made with a combination of sweet potato, warm spices, and gooey chocolate chips these moist and fluffy muffins are the perfect guilt-free way to start your day off right and satisfy your sweet tooth!  

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• 🌟 Why this is the best Sweet Potato Muffins recipe
• 📝 Ingredient notes
• 👩‍🍳 How to make this recipe
• ✨ Flavor variations and substitutions
• 🎓 Expert tips
• 🥣 Equipment notes
• ❓Recipe FAQs
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🌟 Why this is the best Sweet Potato Muffins recipe

1. Quick and Easy - This simple sweet potato muffin recipe requires no hard to find ingredients, fancy equipment, or special baking skills! You can make a batch of these muffins with just a handful of pantry ingredients in under 40 minutes! 
2. Irresistibly delicious - You will love sweet potato muffins with their comforting and indulgent flavor. Made with mashed sweet potatoes, warm pumpkin spice, and gooey chocolate chips, these muffins are super moist and fluffy!
3. Perfect for on-the-go - Whether you're rushing out the door in the morning or need a satisfying snack during the day, these muffins are the answer! These handheld delights are portable, filling, and yummy!
4. Healthy option - These muffins are not only made with sweet potatoes, which are loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fiber, but they are dairy free too! Instead of using butter, they rely on oil to keep them moist and tender.
5. Versatile recipe - It’s incredibly easy to personalize your muffins. From adding mix-ins and toppings to making dietary substitutions, it’s not hard to customize this recipe to create new flavors and accommodate any dietary restrictions.

📝 Ingredient notes

1. Sugar: A mixture of granulated sugar and brown sugar give the muffins a tender crumb and a touch of molasses flavor. Check out my sugar guide to learn more about different types of sugar and how they are used in baking.
2. Eggs: Room-temperature eggs help to bind the batter and give the structure of the muffin. 
3. Vegetable Oil: Flavorless vegetable oil is used in place of butter to keep the muffins super moist.  
4. Sweet Potato Puree: For sweet potato recipes, you use canned sweet potato, mash your own, or even use leftover sweet potatoes. However, the puree should be used at room temperature and thick. So you will need to strain any excess liquid or cook the puree down if it is overly watery.
5. Flour: Basic all-purpose will do the trick! You should always sift your flour for the best texture.
6. Leavening Agents: A combination of both baking soda and baking powder create muffins with a beautiful domed top and airy texture. 
7. Salt: Balances the sweetness and enhances the sweet potato flavor! 
8. Pumpkin Spice: You can use store-bought or make your own homemade pumpkin pie spice. If you don’t like pumpkin spice, feel free to omit this ingredient and just use ground cinnamon to make cinnamon sweet potato muffins.
9. Chocolate Chips: Use high-quality chocolate chips for the most rich chocolatey taste. 

🛒 You’ll find detailed measurements for all ingredients in the printable version of the Recipe Card at the bottom of this post

👩‍🍳 How to make this recipe

1. How to make Sweet Potato Muffins

1. Line your muffin tin with 12 muffin liners. Then preheat your oven to 175°C / 347°F (no fan).
2. In a large bowl, whip the eggs, oil, and both sugars together for a few minutes with an electric hand mixer until fluffy. Then fold in the mashed sweet potato puree.
3. Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin spice together in a separate bowl. Then use a rubber spatula to gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients by hand. Do not use a mixer for this step. 
4. Fold in the chocolate chips to finish making the batter.

💡 Top Tip: Whisk the sifted dry ingredients together before folding them into the wet ingredients. This helps to ensure that the spices, salt, and leavening agents are evenly distributed in the batter.

2. How to bake

1. Pour the batter evenly into the cups of the prepared muffin pan. 
2. Bake the muffins for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Keep in mind that your oven may take more or less time.
3. Serve them immediately or store your muffins properly at room temperature for 2 to 3 days in an airtight container.

💡 Top Tip: Let the muffins cool for a few minutes in the pan and then transfer them to a cooling rack to prevent them from becoming soggy.

✨ Flavor variations and substitutions

Who doesn’t love sweet potatoes!?! And when it comes to customizing these homemade sweet potato muffins, the possibilities are endless! You can use substitutions to adjust the recipe to suit your dietary needs or experiment with different spices, mix-ins, and toppings!

1. Nuts: Stir some chopped nuts such as pecans or walnuts into the batter for a little nutty crunch and an added nutritional boost.
2. Banana: Take some inspiration from my pumpkin banana muffins and transform this recipe into sweet potato banana muffins!
3. Frosting: Top your muffins with light and fluffy cream cheese frosting or divine German buttercream.
4. Glaze: Elevate their breakfast vibes by finishing them with a coffee glaze or maple glaze.
5. Streusel: Sprinkle them with streusel before popping them in the oven to bake to create a crunchy topping.
6. Fillings: Turn them into an indulgent sweet treat like filled cupcakes with chocolate ganache, caramel, or homemade lotus biscoff spread.
7. Flour: Make gluten-free muffins by using a gluten-free flour. Or, experiment by swapping some of the all purpose flour out for whole wheat flour or almond flour. 
8. Vegan: Use an egg substitute and plant-based chocolate chips to make the recipe vegan.

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🎓 Expert tips

1. You must bring the eggs and sweet potato puree to room temperature for proper emulsification.
2. Your sweet potato puree must be thick. Use cheesecloth or a fine mesh sieve to strain out any excess liquid.
3. Use high-quality chocolate chips for the best taste and gooey chocolate texture.
4. Every oven is different. So you should focus more on the texture and less on the time to tell you how long to bake sweet potato muffins. 
5. Use the toothpick test to check the doneness. When your muffins are ready a toothpick inserted into the center should come clean.
6. Avoid overfilling the muffin cavities to prevent the batter from overflowing and resulting in both a mess and unevenly shaped muffins. Each cavity should be filled to ¾ full for beautiful muffin domes.

🥣 Equipment notes

Whipping up a batch of yummy muffins couldn't be easier with this foolproof recipe! However, using the right tools is essential for the best results!

You should always use a digital scale to ensure that your measurements are precise and a digital oven thermometer to make sure that your oven temperature is in check! These two valuable tools make a big difference in the outcome when baking any recipe. 

When it comes to making the batter, an electric hand mixer helps you effortlessly whip the wet ingredients. And rubber spatula is a must-have for incorporating dry ingredients into the batter. Its flexibility enables you to fold the ingredients together without overmixing, which results in tender and fluffy muffins.

Then to bake your muffins, a quality 12-cup muffin pan is a necessity to ensure even heat distribution and even baking.  

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