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These are the most delicious, moist, melt in your mouth paleo pumpkin muffins!
It’s my favorite recipe to make in the fall. I always make a few batches of these paleo pumpkin muffins and bring them for snacks to the local fairs this time of year.
This afternoon, I put these paleo pumpkin muffins out for my family on the dining room table and when I turned around, they disappeared!
I’ve been searching for a great recipe for paleo pumpkin muffins for a long time. I made a few recipes that sounded good; however, the few that I tried didn’t seem to have that delicious pumpkin taste.
Also, one of the problems that I had with many of the recipes was that they used a combination of both almond flour and coconut flour. Some of the people in my family are allergic to almonds, so I couldn’t use any of those. I’ve been using coconut flour for a lot of recipes, like my gluten free apple cinnamon muffins.
After searching more recipes for paleo pumpkin muffins, I stumbled across one that sounded good, but when I first made it, the inside turned out like pumpkin pudding. To work with the recipe, I added more flour and changed a few other ingredients. With these changes, the muffins came out with the perfect taste and consistency!
Paleo Pumpkin Muffins are a Healthy Fall Treat
I love eating anything pumpkin flavored in the fall and this recipe for paleo pumpkin muffins is my all time favorite. It’s one of the many reasons I love this time of year!
These pumpkin muffins are paleo, gluten free and dairy free. It’s great to use fresh pumpkin if you have any. I usually use canned pumpkin because I haven’t grown pumpkins in our garden in years.
I love adding pumpkin to my diet because it is a good source of fiber and vitamin C. Eating these paleo pumpkin muffins is the most delicious way to get some of the benefits of pumpkin.
Paleo Pumpkin Muffins Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)
- 1/4 cup raw honey
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Muffin Cups/Pan
If you don’t have a muffin pan (I don’t either), you can use these great muffin baking cups.
They’re great because they are unbleached and chlorine free!
Here’s the batter mixed with all the ingredients:
Here’s the paleo pumpkin muffins ready to go in the oven:
Instructions:
1. Combine the coconut flour, pumpkin pie spice, and sea salt all in a large bowl and stir the ingredients.
2. In a separate bowl, combine the canned pumpkin, melted coconut oil, raw honey, eggs, and stir well.
3. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients and mix well.
4. Add the apple cider vinegar and baking soda to the mixture and stir. (these help the muffins rise and be nice and fluffy)
5. Use a spoon to scoop the batter into muffin baking cups (I used these) or a muffin pan.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
Hint: when you first take them out of the oven, let them sit for 15 minutes before eating.
I hope you enjoy these Paleo pumpkin muffins!
Do you recommend a substitution for the eggs? I have a kiddo with a dairy and egg white allergy. Apple sauce? Flax eggs?
Hi! Can I use almond flour only for these??
Lori – I made these last night, and thought they were okay, but I don’t think I added enough honey. Next time I’ll add more honey, a t of cinnamon in addition to the pumpkin pie spice, and a t of vanilla. Also, have you tried spraying the muffin pan with coconut oil instead of using the muffin liners? So much of the muffin sticks to the liner, so I was wondering if you had tried that. Also, where do you store them? Right now I have them in the fridge, but wondering if they would be okay on the counter. Anyway, thanks for the recipe.
You can get parchment liners… they don’t stick at all. Regular paper liners end up with half the muffin stuck to it.
Do you know the nutrition facts? I eat these things like crazy! So delicious!!!
Hi Kaeli, so glad you like them! I haven’t calculated it. You can use a online ingredient calculator to input all the ingredients and it will calculate it for you.
Do you have the nurtiton facts?
These pumpkin muffins were AMAZING!! We sure enjoyed em! THANKS for sharing!
So happy you liked them!
Do you have the nutrition facts for these?
Hi Amanda, I will work on adding the nutrition facts.
How many Paleo pumpkin muffins will your recipe make?
Thank you so much!
Ann Cantrell
About 8 to 10 muffins depending on how big you make them.
I made these this morning and when I took them out of the oven, let them cool some and they stuck to the papers. Did you spray the muffin papers?
They are very, very moist and the bottoms got too brown, but I’ll try them again, because other recipes of yours I’ve tried and they worked fine.
I didn’t spray the muffin paper cups. If you have a muffin pan, maybe try using that without the paper cups and grease the pan with coconut oil.
Thanks for such a great recipe LORI!!! I am a huge fan of pumpkin and these are the best pumpkin muffins I’ve ever made. I just discovered your web site & recipe and have made them 3 times this week……though once was too late at night since I mistakenly used Caynne Pepper instead of Pumpkin Pie Spice. Didn’t realize until I had one and thought why they might be oddly spicy. I discovered my mistake when double checking my spices cupboard.
These pumpkin muffins are perfect!!! Moist, a great pumpkin flavor and just the right size. We don’t often have treats but since this is a healthy recipe I won’t feel guilty making and eating these. I will check out your other recipes and give them a try also. Thanks for sharing this great one with us.
Thank you so much! It’s my absolute favorite recipe 🙂 Haha I’ve made mistakes like that before!
I just did it yesterday with oven baked butternut squash (I live in the UK) and it was a total a total hit! Everyone loved it!!! Thank you!!!
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Hello Lori,
You are my HERO! I was on the verge of giving up on coconut flour after many failures. Sandwich bread is next.
Thank you!
So glad to hear that! Hope the sandwich bread turns out good!
just one question. can you use fresh pumpkin and if so how much. i live in Australia and i havent seen canned pumpkin. thankyou so much for sharing. i cant wait to try this.
Fresh pumpkin will work great! Just measure 1 cup of it for the recipe.
These are amazing!
They are SO moist and not a bit dry, no risk of getting lodged in throat in my opinion. I didn’t have honey so I made these with pure maple syrup instead. I also added chopped walnuts and raisins and in another batch I added cranberries instead of raisins. This will now be my new GO TO pumpkin muffin recipe! Thank you!
Yay, so glad you liked them.
Omg, Lori, I can’t believe I never came to tell you how much I LOVE THESE MUFFINS! I’m creating my “blog besties” page for my new site and was writing about you and these muffins when I realized I never commented. Ooopsies.
I was 6 months into my Candida diet when I tried these for the first time, and I left out the honey and they were still amazing! They still tasted very sweet to me because I hadn’t had sugar for so long – not even fruit! I’ll go share these with my 4,000 Candida peeps now! 🙂
Anyway, thanks for the awesome recipe – I’ll need to try them again with the honey! xo
Hi Rachael, so glad you enjoyed the muffins! This is one of my favorite recipes 🙂 I’m so excited to check out your blog, hope you have a great holiday!
These were very flavorful and moist! They were super easy to make – even for a baking novice. Thanks for sharing!
Yay! Thanks for sharing how it came out.
Trader Joe’s sells almond meal, coconut oil, coconut cooking spray, shredded and dried coconut, and ground flaxseed. I have also found these items at Job Lots in a aisle that had Hodgkin Mill products.
I don’t miss white or wheat flour at all now.
I haven’t tried your sandwich bread recipe yet that has no wheat or flour in it: soon! I love all your ideas and think your blogs and emails are always welcome. I like the simplicity, practicality, and style you have.
Thank you so much Judy! Wow, that’s great you found them at job lots, hope you got some good deals there. 🙂