🫐 My Vegan Blueberry Muffins are the BEST blueberry muffins I’ve ever had, vegan or otherwise. An avocado replaces the butter (and much of the oil) you’d typically add to muffin batter, keeping the muffins fluffy and moist. Ready in under an hour, they’re SO easy to make!
The BEST Vegan Blueberry Muffins
These no egg blueberry muffins were inspired by my Fluffy Vegan Banana Muffins and just so happen to be the best blueberry muffins I’ve ever had. Here are just a few reasons I love them and know you will, too:
- The use of avocado reduces the amount of melted vegan butter or oil while keeping the batter super moist and tender. You don’t taste it at all!
- I upped the moisture and tenderness quotient even more by adding vegan yogurt.
- Every bite is bursting with juicy berries.
- The ingredients combine in one bowl with simple, foolproof steps.
- Loved by kids and adults, this vegan blueberry muffins recipe stores and freezes well, making it great for meal prep.
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Ingredients You’ll Need
This recipe comes together without many of the ingredients you find in vegan baked goods, like flax eggs, egg replacer, or even plant-based milk. The texture still turns out light and fluffy, and the muffins are perfectly sweet. Here’s what you’ll need:
- Avocado: As mentioned, this is what keeps the muffins soft and moist while limiting the oil. Use a ripe or overripe avocado for the best results
- Sugar: Granulated sugar (white sugar) sweetens the batter and gives the muffins structure. Then, light brown sugar adds extra sweetness, moisture, and a subtle molasses taste
- Oil: Use a neutral-tasting oil like vegetable oil or canola oil. Or, substitute melted coconut oil
- Vegan Greek Yogurt: I used So Delicious Dairy-Free Plain Coconut Milk Yogurt. I’ve also tested this recipe with plain Chobani Greek yogurt, and it worked well. Or, substitute vegan sour cream
- Flavor Enhancers: Vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt infuse the muffins with sweet, warm flavor
- Flour: I use all-purpose flour for the base of the muffin batter. I haven’t tested the recipe with gluten-free flour, but it should work as long as you use a 1:1 substitute
- Baking Powder: Make sure it’s fresh for the fluffiest consistency
- Blueberries: Use fresh or frozen blueberries. No need to thaw frozen berries first
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Vegan Blueberry Muffins
- Mash the avocado in a large bowl, and add both sugar, spices, and wet ingredients, whisking until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients to the bowl, mixing just until combined. Be careful not to overmix, or your muffins will be tough! Toss the berries with a little flour in a bowl, and gently fold them into the muffin batter.
- Use a large spoon or cookie scoop to divide the batter evenly in a muffin tin, greased or lined with muffin liners, filling each cavity 2/3 of the way full.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Then, reduce the oven temperature, and continue to bake until the muffins are lightly golden, domed, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. The temperature change creates steam, helping the muffins rise!
- Cool the muffins in the pan, and enjoy!
The Best Vegan Blueberry Muffins
Equipment
- 1 (12 Cup) Muffin Pan
- 1 Small Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 Hass avocado, mashed very well (about 3/4 cup)*
- ¾ cups granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup canola or vegetable oil, melted coconut oil may be substituted
- ⅓ cup vegan Greek yogurt or sour cream**
- ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch salt, optional and to taste
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 ½ cups frozen blueberries***
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, for tossing berries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Spray a non-stick muffin pan with floured cooking spray, or grease and flour the pan; set aside. (I prefer cosmetically to not use liners, and they could stick to muffins; have not tested liners with this recipe)
- In a large mixing bowl, mash the avocado very well.
- Add the granulated sugar, oil, Greek yogurt or sour cream, light brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, optional salt, and whisk to combine.
- Add 1 cup flour, baking powder, and stir until just combined; don’t overmix. Set bowl aside.
- In a small bowl, toss blueberries with 2 tablespoons flour, which prevents them from sinking as much while baking.
- Gently fold blueberries into batter along with any flour that didn’t adhere. If using frozen berries, add them into the batter frozen, do not thaw. This prevents them from bleeding, running, and breaking apart as much.
- Divide batter evenly among 12-cups in prepared pan. Each cavity should be filled between 2/3 and 3/4 full. Do not exceed 3/4 full, or muffins could overflow while baking. If you have extra batter, make a 13th muffin or sample the batter – it’s vegan and safe.
- Bake at 400F for 10 minutes.
- Lower the oven temperature to 350F and bake for another 15 to 17 minutes, or until muffins are done. Muffins are done when domed, golden, springy to the touch, and a toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. I baked for 15 minutes after lowering the temp, for a total of 25 minutes and used frozen berries.
- Allow muffins to cool in pan for about 10 minutes before removing.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I’m loving all the avocado stuff Averie! These are amazing.
Between your avo and zucchini and my avo, we’re the sneaky chefs lately :)
This recipe is perfect Averie! I love vegan blueberry muffins :) So excited to try! And avocado is such the BOMB in baked goods. Glad you added it in!
I love the consistency of sour cream or yogurt in muffins – it is like it makes it just dense enough, but not overly so. And keeps it moist too. Plus, that little tangy taste under the sugar sweetnes….so good!
You would love these. I bet you could easily make them GF, too with a Bob’s blend or whatever blends you use. The batter would naturally counteract some of that sandy-ness that GF flours can have b/c it’s such a moist batter!
omg these look SO good
I made these this afternoon – I used blackcurrants instead because I had just picked a load and had it in mind to make some little cakes with them before I saw your post. Mine don’t look quite as neat as yours, I had trouble getting them out of the tin, but they are delicious and the avocado is genius. Another winner Averie!
Thanks for trying this recipe – on the SAME day I posted it! Love it when that happens! And with black currants, wow, sounds delish! Spray your tin REALLY really well next time or spray/grease and flour it a bit too. You could try liners but I just fear this batter will stick to them and more muffin will wind up on the paper liner than in your mouth :)
These look amazing, Averie! Great that they are so healthy too!!!
You know I love blueberries so these muffins look like perfection. Pinned!
Thanks for pinning and as a bb lover, you would be so happy with these I bet!
I love these, I absolutely know what I’m doing with my blueberries I have been saving!
Yay! LMK how they turn out!
I love the butter/avocado swap. It works like a charm because it adds nutrients to the food and is hardly noticeable! I love that these are healthy and vegan- I could probably even trick my anti-vegan family to loving these!
You could totally trick your family. Mine had NO IDEA! None. They’re the best bb muffins I’ve ever had – healthy or otherwise!
I can’t believe it’s not butter! [I couldn’t resist. Forgive me!]
These look amazing! I do love when delicious also happens to be healthy! I think these will be the perfect addition to my breakfasts this weekend!
Do you think you could substitute some milk for the oil? Perhaps go halvies? If I try it out I will let you know.
I think milk would just thin out the batter and make it runnier and you’d lose the moistening effect the oil has. I really love this recipe and would not change a thing but if you try tweaking it, LMK!
I love blueberry muffins – these are calling my name…yep…I hear it ;-) I bet they are perfectly moist. Love the use of atypical ingredients.
Supremely moist and I bet you would love these, Heather!
Blueberry muffins are my absolute favorite…I love a good healthy vegan recipe! So excited to make these.
Great! LMK how it goes!
I swear, every time I come to your blog I think, “Oh my God! She’s so smart!” And this is no exception, you are very talented. Love that these are vegan, I’m trying to cut back on dairy.
Thanks, Jackie. What a sweet, sweet, awesome compliment and comment! I think the same thing about you! I mean, who can make anything under the sun…with beer!!? and not just ‘force’ it in; but truly work it in in an organic way that is natural and wonderful…only you! :)
The BEST blueberry muffin you’ve ever had?! Well gosh, I definitely need to give these a try then! They look amazing and I love that they’re vegan!
Yes, totally the best ever!
These muffins look awesome, love that they are vegan. I don’t have access to vegan sour cream, think I could just omit it or should I replace it with something else?
I never think to put avocados into anything, they are fairly expensive here and if I buy any, I want to enjoy the avocado as is, or on toast!
I mentioned to use vegan sour cream or Greek yogurt in the recipe – so if you want to just use Greek yog, that would be fine. If you need to use vegan yog, use the thickest one you can find. Nothing thin or runny! :)