Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

Sneak your Veggies into these Chocolate Cupcakes

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Reviewed by Arturs Arnicans
Prep Time: 20m
Cook Time: 25m
Total Time: 45m
Temp.: 350 °F.
Servings: 12
Difficulty: Easy
5.0 (12 Reviews)
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Ingredients

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Nutritional Information

129
Calories
2,7g
Fat
25g
Carbohydrates
2,5g
Protein
24mg
Cholesterol
171mg
Sodium
Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

Recipe Description

I use this Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes recipe to encourage my children to eat more vegetables. I grate 2 cups of carrots and add them to the chocolate batter, and they absolutely love it! You can fold in dried cranberries too which will help sweeten the cupcake and hide the texture of the carrots too.

Besides this, the recipe is double chocolate, using cocoa and chocolate chips, and it’s just delicious! I like to make a simple vanilla frosting and occasionally sprinkle cranberries on top, making the cupcake not too heavy or too rich. Simply stunning!

To make Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients for Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

Steps to make

  1. 1

    Prepare oven and muffin cups

    5 min
    Step 1 - Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

    Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Grease or line muffin cups with paper liners.

  2. 2

    Combine wet ingredients

    2 min
    Step 2 - Chocolate Carrot CupcakesStep 2 - Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

    In a bowl, whisk carrots, eggs, milk, applesauce, canola oil, and vanilla extract together.

  3. 3

    Combine dry ingredients

    3 min
    Step 3 - Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

    In a separate bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together.

  4. 4

    Combine both bowls

    3 min
    Step 4 - Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

    Stir the wet mixture and dry mixture together, until a batter is formed.

  5. 5

    Add chocolate chips and cranberries

    2 min
    Step 5 - Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

    Fold in the chocolate chips and cranberries into the batter.

  6. 6

    Portion the cupcakes

    5 min
    Step 6 - Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

    Spoon about 2 tablespoons of batter into each prepared muffin cup.

  7. 7

    Bake

    25 min
    Step 7 - Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

    Bake in the preheated oven, for about 25 minutes, until the cupcakes are fluffy, and a toothpick inserted, comes out clean.

  8. 8

    Cool

    Step 8 - Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

    Cool on a wire rack.

  9. 9

    Serve

    Step 9 - Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes

    Serve as is, or with a frosting of your choice.

Now you can sneak in veggies between your chocolate cupcakes too, with this Chocolate Carrot Cupcake recipe. Choose a frosting of your choice and let us know! Try it on your own and tag #cookmerecipes in your baking posts!

About the author

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.

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