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Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins (Passover)

Forget everything you know about crumbly, dry Passover baking. 🧁✨ We’re officially trading the ‘matzah-mouth’ for these ultra-moist Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins! While the avocado works behind the scenes to replace heavy butter with heart-healthy fats, the spinach gives these gems a stunning naturally-green glow that’s perfect for a spring Passover snack. They’re loaded with a satisfying pistachio crunch and enough melty chocolate chips to make you forget there’s a single veggie inside. Whether you’re fueling up for a long day of holiday prep or just need a treat that actually tastes like a treat, these are the ‘stealth-health’ winners your kitchen needs this year! 🥑🌿🍫

Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins (Kosher for Passover!)

Name: Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins (Kosher for Passover!!!)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Gluten Free
Ingredients: 1/2 cup baby spinach, packed; 2 ripe medium avocados; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1/2 cup avocado oil; 1 cup almond milk, can be homemade; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract; 2 cups cassava flour; 1 cup almond flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 cup mini dairy-free chocolate chips; 3/4 cup chopped roasted and salted pistachios (see note); 1/2 cup dairy-free mini chocolate chips; 1/2 cup dairy-free mini white chocolate chips; 1/2 cup chopped roasted and salted pistachios (see note)

Who knew the secret to the perfect Passover muffin was hiding in the produce aisle? 🥑🌿 But… Don’t tell the kids there’s spinach and avocado in these until after they finish their second one. 🤫 🥑 These Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins are basically a magic trick in a paper cupcake liner! They’re also naturally dairy-free (Parve) and gluten-free (non-gebroks), making them the perfect dessert after a meat-heavy Seder meal or a grab and go Pesach snack.

Kids love the Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins! Shhhh… not a vegetable in sight – just don’t tell!!!

Where did the recipe for Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins Come from

I was looking for a muffin recipe that my kids would inhale… without knowing that there were super healthy ingredients inside. I somehow managed to pull together the original Vegan Avocado Muffins recipe from Rainbow Nourishments while visiting my kids in Israel. We served the muffins on Shabbat and everyone was stunned that these delicious muffins contained avocado and spinach!!! Right then and there I decided to try to figure out how to make these muffins Kosher for Passover, when I couldn’t use my usual 1:1 kitniyot gluten free flour. After a LOT of attempts, I finally came up with Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins.

What’s so great about Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins?

The original batch I made from Rainbow Nourishments was vegan, which was great for Dear Grandson who is allergic to eggs. It’s hard to get kids to eat vegetables in any form, so being able to add avocado (4g protein per avocado and healthy fats) and spinach (5g protein per cup and other healthy vitamins) to the recipe, was a super sneaky way to put them in a delicious treat.

The best part? No one could tell there was avocado or spinach inside. They basically inhaled them.

Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins (Kosher for Passover)

They couldn’t stop eating them… I managed to grab this little corner!

I did have some fun making them though 😆

My kids basically just moved into their just-built apartment and were starting to put their kitchen in order. Sadly one of the boxes from their lift didn’t arrive and they were missing some basic tools. I went shopping for them on Achuza (the main street in Ra’anana), and found a bunch of stuff in Zol Stock and Max Stock (imagine a cross between Dollar Tree, Amazing Savings and Home Goods).

No fancy shmancy electric food processor for me. I bought this old school, manual food processor for just 15 shekels. It actually worked better than I thought it would and I got a great arm workout in the process.

Trust me when I tell you, there was a lot of improvising going on. It was loads of fun, and I had to get pretty creative.

The end result was pretty awesome if I do say so myself!

The original Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins, made in Israel! Everyone thought they were insanely good! Dear Daughter-in-Law is modeling them for me.

Making Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins Kosher for Passover

I really, really thought this was going to be an easy one.

Nope.

My original idea was to substitute cassava flour, which is Kosher for Passover, for the original one-to-one the gluten free flour in the recipe.

The result was super dense, and not at all what the original recipe tasted like.

Dear Son-in-Law took them to work for everyone with lower standards to enjoy lol.

The first pass of the Kosher for Passover muffins.

The first pass of the Kosher for Passover Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins. Can you tell how super dense they are??? Thank goodness for Dear Son-In-Law saving the day!

Five iterations later…

After trying a bunch of different combinations of flour, including potato starch with the cassava flour, less cassava flour, cassava flour and tapioca starch I finally punted.

Yup, I was pretty happy with the final outcome!

My original goal was to make them vegan and nut free. That just wasn’t going to work for Passover. The non-kosher-for-Passover 1:1 flours have things like xanthan gum and other flours to compensate for the no eggs in the recipe. I ended up adding almond flour and eggs to give the muffins some lift.

The Final Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins

In addition to adding the almond flour and eggs, I also added and substituted some ingredients to gave the muffins some extra crunch, flavor, and lift.

The original recipe called for:

a teaspoon of vanilla extract – I substituted 1-2 tablespoons vanilla extract
pinch salt – I substituted 1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup (15g) baby spinach – I substituted 1/2 cup baby spinach packed, which was more than 15g
1/4 teaspoon baking soda – I substituted 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
no pistachios in the batter – I added 3/4 cup salted chopped pistachios
no eggs in the batter – I added three eggs
3 cups 1:1 gluten free flour – I substituted one of the three cups of flour with one cup of almond flour and two cups of cassava flour
12 muffins – became 18 muffins with the additions

So… in the end, it really wasn’t the same recipe at all – just the recipe’s concept. But… I still will give credit for the idea where credit is due. So thank you Rainbow Nourishments for the original idea.

The original Rainbownourishments muffins

The original Rainbow Nourishments Vegan Avocado Muffins. They were a great basis for the final Kosher for Passover version.

Here’s the recipe for Avocado Pistachio Chocolate Chip Muffins (Kosher for Passover)

I wouldn’t make a lot of changes to the final recipe except:

You can substitute chopped almonds for the pistachios
If you can’t find mini chocolate chips, just use the regular sized ones
If you can’t find mini white chocolate chips, use the regular sized ones or leave them out
Can’t find pure vanilla extract for Passover, use the imitation. It will be fine.
Don’t have avocado oil? Use olive oil. It will be great