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These gluten-free muffins for kids (with blueberries and avocado) are the perfect back-to-school muffins! Gluten and grain free, made with cultured dairy, and with low sugar, they’re great to serve to a class, too. These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits and veggies, including carrots, avocado, and blueberries! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.

These gluten-free muffins for kids (with blueberries and avocado) are the perfect back-to-school muffins! Gluten and grain free, made with cultured dairy, and with low sugar, they're great to serve to a class, too. These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits and veggies, including carrots, avocado, and blueberries! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.
These gluten-free muffins for kids (with blueberries and avocado) are the perfect back-to-school muffins! Gluten and grain free, made with cultured dairy, and with low sugar, they're great to serve to a class, too. These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits and veggies, including carrots, avocado, and blueberries! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.

When I was in grade school, I knew to anticipate two things each back-to-school season:

applesauce mini muffins and PB&J bars.

My mom made them each year and stuffed them into my lunchbox or let me snack on them at breakfast, a late-summer ritual that defined the transition from long summer days playing in the backyard, running through sprinklers, and letting popsicles drip down my fingers back to the routine of school, swinging with friends on the playground, and getting in trouble the day after “Letter R Day” for suggesting “sex” as a word that starts with the letter S.

#inappropriatesince1993

These gluten-free muffins for kids (with blueberries and avocado) are the perfect back-to-school muffins! Gluten and grain free, made with cultured dairy, and with low sugar, they're great to serve to a class, too. These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits and veggies, including carrots, avocado, and blueberries! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.
These gluten-free muffins for kids (with blueberries and avocado) are the perfect back-to-school muffins! Gluten and grain free, made with cultured dairy, and with low sugar, they're great to serve to a class, too. These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits and veggies, including carrots, avocado, and blueberries! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.

And big ol’ psh to the girls who called me out, like I didn’t hear it from y’all during recess. You know what happens to snitches ’round these parts…

I’m gonna call you out on the internet 24 years later. ?‍♀️

I’ve already detailed the extent of my obsession with those PB&J bars when I shared my own gluten-free & vegan version years back (really, though, you have to try these). But those applesauce mini muffins? They were so moist, with this perfectly slick surface, the tops rolled in a cinnamon-sugar mixture surely borrowed from the small Tupperware container mom kept in the cabinet at all times, never knowing when French toast might make its way onto our plates.

These gluten-free muffins for kids (with blueberries and avocado) are the perfect back-to-school muffins! Gluten and grain free, made with cultured dairy, and with low sugar, they're great to serve to a class, too. These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits and veggies, including carrots, avocado, and blueberries! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.
These gluten-free muffins for kids (with blueberries and avocado) are the perfect back-to-school muffins! Gluten and grain free, made with cultured dairy, and with low sugar, they're great to serve to a class, too. These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits and veggies, including carrots, avocado, and blueberries! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.

And so, with my son starting preschool this year, I wanted to start a little tradition of our own with back-to-school treats, opting for a gluten-free base, probiotic full-fat yogurt, and plenty of hidden fruits and veggies (Avocado! Carrots! Blueberries!). Horizon® Organic Yogurt Cups that I got at Walmart make it so easy to infuse a bit of fruity flavor in these muffins whilst keeping them moist and full of gut-friendly probiotics. And cultured dairy is typically so much easier to digest, making it a great choice for a variety of kiddos. Leo LOVES these, too, so they make a fantastic and quick breakfast I feel pretty awesome about.

These gluten-free muffins for kids (with blueberries and avocado) are the perfect back-to-school muffins! Gluten and grain free, made with cultured dairy, and with low sugar, they're great to serve to a class, too. These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits and veggies, including carrots, avocado, and blueberries! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.

In fact, I can see your Mom/Dad of the Year sash now after a delivery of these puppies to the classroom!

These come together so quickly and easily, the hardest part being actually waiting for them to finish baking. I based them off my beloved peach ginger paleo muffins, which are so tender and flavorful, and, thanks to their better-for-you ingredients, they work well as a quick breakfast or snack when you’re easing back into the swing of things.

These gluten-free muffins for kids (with blueberries and avocado) are the perfect back-to-school muffins! Gluten and grain free, made with cultured dairy, and with low sugar, they're great to serve to a class, too. These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits and veggies, including carrots, avocado, and blueberries! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.

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These gluten-free muffins for kids (with blueberries and avocado) are the perfect back-to-school muffins! Gluten and grain free, made with cultured dairy, and with low sugar, they're great to serve to a class, too. These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits and veggies, including carrots, avocado, and blueberries! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.
Recipe By: Cheryl Malik
5 from 1 vote

Gluten-Free Muffins for Kids (with Blueberries and Avocado)

Prep 15 minutes
Cook 20 minutes
Total 30 minutes
These gluten-free muffins for kids are packed with fruits, veggies, and cultured dairy! I think your family will love these gluten-free muffins for kids just as much as mine does.
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24 mini muffins

Ingredients

  • 2 cups superfine blanched almond flour
  • 4 tablespoons coconut flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch cinnamon
  • 6 ounces Horizon Organic Yogurt Cups in Blueberry or 6 ounces organic blueberry yogurt of choice
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • 1 large avocado peeled, pit removed, flesh mashed
  • 1-2 tablespoons refined coconut oil
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • ⅛ teaspoon lemon zest from approximately ½ of one lemon
  • 2  teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • ½ cup grated carrots
  • 1  cup fresh blueberries or defrosted if frozen

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit. Line muffin tin with paper muffin liners.
  • Add 2 cups superfine blanched almond flour, 4 tablespoons coconut flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 pinch salt, and 1 pinch cinnamon to medium mixing bowl. Whisk until well blended.
  • Add 6 ounces Horizon Organic Yogurt Cups in Blueberry, 2 large eggs, 1 large avocado, 1-2 tablespoons refined coconut oil, ⅓ cup honey, ⅛ teaspoon lemon zest, and 2  teaspoons pure vanilla extract to large mixing bowl. Whisk until ingredients are fully incorporated.
  • Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and whisk until no lumps remain. Gently fold in ½ cup grated carrots and 1  cup fresh blueberries.
  • Scoop into prepared muffin tins, filling almost completely full. They will rise, but they will create lovely domed tops. Bake 20-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Let cool 5 minutes in the pan then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Bake Time: My mini muffins took about 20 minutes to bake, while my larger, bakery-style muffins took more like 27.

Approximate Information for One Serving

Serving Size: 1mini muffinCalories: 118calProtein: 4gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 70mgPotassium: 166mgTotal Carbs: 10gFiber: 2gSugar: 6gNet Carbs: 8gVitamin A: 484IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 1mg
Nutrition Disclaimers
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.

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Cheryl Malik

In addition to being a certified health coach, certified yoga instructor, and mom of 3, Cheryl is also the recipe developer, editor-in-chief, food photographer, and passionate foodie behind 40 Aprons. Having spent the last 10+ years as a food blogger, she's become known for her flavorful recipes, detailed instructions, gorgeous photography, and down-to-earth approach to food and cooking in general.

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13 Comments

    1. They’re in there! The recipe calls for 6 ounces of the blueberry yogurt and an eighth of a teaspoon of lemon zest.

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    1. You would just have to swap the yogurt out for a dairy-free yogurt! They make lots of alternatives made with almond milk, coconut milk, soy milk, etc! And they should have a blueberry option!

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  3. Has anyone frozen these?? I made them on Sunday but it made a TON!! Is it too late to freeze them? My kids LOVE them!! Thanks!

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  4. I love these muffins and have been making them a ton for my now one year old. However, we now suspect he’s having a mild reaction to avocado. Any suggestions for what I could replace that with?

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    1. Oh no, I hate to hear about your little one’s food sensitivity! Try substituting mashed banana in place of the avocado. Let me know if that works out for ya’ll!

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    1. Right? Like HOW! Who let this happen!? ? Even when I try to snuggle him before bed he’s like, “No, mommy. CRIB.”

      Thanks buddy. And real thanks to you ? They’re so yummy!5 stars

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