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Craving a satisfying treat but want to skip the guilt? These healthy chocolate chip walnut muffins are the answer! Packed with wholesome ingredients and bursting with melty chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts, this recipe is a delicious way to indulge without sacrificing nutrition. Recipes that use applesauce are often naturally sweet and lean towards the healthier side. This chocolate chip muffin recipe with walnuts is easy to make, healthy, and delicious. They are also a part of our best healthy muffin recipes​ collection.

Perfect for a quick breakfast on the go, a satisfying afternoon snack, or even a healthier dessert option, these muffins are sure to become a new favorite.

Make these walnut chocolate chip muffins with dark chocolate cacao chips, almond flour, and chopped raw walnuts for a healthy twist on standard muffins. This muffin recipe with crunchy walnuts is gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free. 

This easy recipe is perfect for a quick breakfast, afternoon treat, or after-school snack. 

What You Need to Make Chocolate Chip Walnut Muffins

To make the best chocolate chip muffins with walnuts you will need a few simple ingredients. If you bake gluten-free often, then these should all be familiar to you. If not, then you can find them at your local grocery store and/or online. 

• 1 1/2 cups almond flour
• 1/3 cup tapioca flour
• 2/3 cup coconut sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
• 1/4 cup almond milk
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips, plus more for the tops
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Ingredients Notes

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Almond flour is a popular flour used in many gluten-free recipes. Both almond flour and tapioca flour can be found online with a variety of other gluten-free flour and products. Find them here: almond flour, and tapioca flour.

I like to use coconut sugar in place of brown sugar, or other refined sugars because coconut sugar is a lower glycemic sugar. It is less likely to cause a sugar spike, making it a healthier option. This is the coconut sugar that I use: coconut sugar.

For the chocolate chips, my favorite are these 85% cacao dark chocolate chips. They are dairy-free and made from real cacao, which makes them not as sweet as traditional milk chocolate chips, but a truer actual chocolate. Get the cacao chips online here: dark chocolate chips.

You will also need a muffin tin, hand mixer, and muffin liners. My favorite are these parchment paper liners because the muffins don’t stick to the liners. Get them here: parchment paper muffin liners.

You can also check out and save my healthy cooking essentials for gluten-free baking post, as well as my essential shopping list for gluten-free baking.

How to Make Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins

First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Then add the almond flour to a large bowl, and add the coconut sugar.

Next, add the tapioca flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to the bowl.

Whisk the dry ingredients together and set aside.

In a separate bowl add the eggs and the applesauce. Use store-bought, or make your own with my easy applesauce recipe.

Then add the almond milk.

Add the vanilla extract and the rest of the wet ingredients. Whisk to combine.

Then pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

Use a stand mixer, or hand mixer and mix the muffin batter until smooth.

Next, fold the walnuts and dark chocolate chips into the batter.

How to Bake the Best Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Walnut Muffins

Line a muffin pan with paper liners, and portion equal amounts of muffin batter into each muffin cup. Top the muffins with a few chocolate chips.

Bake the muffins for 18-20 minutes until golden brown, and until they pass the toothpick test.

Remove the muffins from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool.

Easy Healthy Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe 

These delicious muffins are perfect for the whole family. These are also great for someone following a medically restrictive diet and can’t have gluten or dairy.

Enjoy with your morning coffee or as an afternoon snack. When the kids get home they can have them as an after-school snack.

This is a great recipe to make a large batch. Eat a few, store a few in an airtight container, and freeze some for later. 

The texture is like a tender moist cake with tasty bits of chocolate and walnuts.

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For more healthy gluten free muffin recipes make sure to check out:

• Healthy Blueberry Muffin Recipe with Lemon
• Healthy Banana Muffins
• Blueberry Oat Muffins

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