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Carrot Muffins with Pineapple

Last updated on February 23, 2022Originally published May 26, 20217 CommentsSabine

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Carrot muffins are moist, soft, and so easy to make. Expect a perfect harmony of carrots, pineapple, coconut, and banana. Every bite is heavenly. The oat crumb topping adds a nice crunch on top. These are one of my favorite muffins for breakfast and brunch, and they easily feed a crowd. You should try my carrot cake and carrot cookies as well. By the way, you could bake them in the air fryer as well and make air fryer muffins.

Close up of a muffin wrapped in paper
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Ingredients notes and substitutions

  • All-purpose (plain) flour - make them gluten-free by using Bob's Red Mill or Doves Farm gluten-free blend, for example.
  • Oil - I prefer canola or mild vegetable oil, but olive oil or coconut oil works well too. Keep in mind that strong-flavored oil alters the taste of the muffins, though. Butter doesn't work so well since it makes the muffins a little dry.
  • Eggs - substitute the eggs with either ½ cup of applesauce, yogurt, or mashed bananas, or use your favorite egg substitute.
  • Spices - a blend of cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg is my favorite. You can leave ginger and nutmeg out if you wish, but I recommend using cinnamon at least.
  • Carrots - I recommend using only freshly, finely grated carrots rather than pre-packaged carrots from the store. The reason is that pre-packaged carrots are thicker and dryer, and they would make the muffins dry and crumbly.
  • Pineapple - I use canned pineapple tidbits (chunks) and chop them that they are about ¼-inch (0.5cm) in size. You can use crushed pineapple as well. I use the juice from the canned pineapples as well. However, you could use fresh pineapple and pineapple juice instead.
  • Banana - the mashed banana adds additional moisture and perfectly harmonizes with the carrots, pineapple, and coconut. It's so subtle that you don't even notice it much. You could use greek yogurt instead, 1:1, if preferred.
  • Coconut flakes - if you prefer nuts, you could swap the coconut flakes for pecans instead.

Step-by-step instructions

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt and set aside. In a large bowl, whisk bananas and brown sugar to combine. Then, slowly add the oil while whisking.

Banana, sugar, and oil mixed in a bowl

Then, add the eggs and whisk to combine. Add the pineapple juice and vanilla as well.

All wet ingredients for the muffins batter mixed in a bowl

Then, add the flour mixture and whisk until thoroughly combined.

Dry ingredients mixed into the muffins batter

Finally, add the carrots, pineapples, and coconut flakes and whisk just to incorporate.

Mixed muffins batter in a bowl

In a medium bowl, use your fingers to combine the flour, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon, and butter until the mixture is crumbly. Then, spoon the batter into the prepared wells until almost full and top with the streusel. Then bake.

Note: The photo below doesn't show the streusel on top of the batter.

Muffin batter filled into muffin liners

Expert tips

  • You can use regular muffin liners and fill them almost full, or you can use tulip liners and fill them up until the batter is on the same level as the muffin pan. Alternatively, you can make your own tulip liners.
  • Make sure to preheat the oven and bake them at a high temperature for the first 5 minutes. This lets them rise beautifully high right from the beginning. Continuing with the lower baking temperature lets them still rise, though. The photo below shows how much they have risen after 5 minutes.
Baking muffins in the oven

Freezing

If you plan to freeze them, let them cool completely. Then wrap each muffin tightly in plastic wrap, one by one, and place in freezer bags. They freeze well up to 3 months. To thaw, unwrap, and place them on the kitchen counter for 1-2 hours.

Mini muffins

To make mini carrot cake muffins, make the recipe as directed and fill the batter into about 50 mini muffin liners. Then top with the streusel. Adjust the baking time as follows: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°) and bake for 6-8 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.

Note: Because of the short baking time and the size of the mini muffins, the baking temperature is 350°F. There is no high-temperature phase in the beginning.

Muffin cut in half

More muffin recipes

If you love muffins as much as I do, you will love the following recipes as well. They are some of my favorites and well received by family, friends, and readers around the world.

  • Chocolate Banana Muffins
  • Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins
  • Banana Walnut Muffins
  • Double Chocolate Muffins
  • White Chocolate Muffins

Recipe

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Carrot Cake Muffin Recipe

5 from 11 votes
Author Sabine Venier
Calories: 268kcal
Servings: 16 muffins
Prep 30 minutes
Cook 17 minutes
Total 47 minutes
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Carrot muffins are moist, soft, and so easy to make. Expect a perfect harmony of carrots, pineapple, coconut, and banana. Every bite is heavenly. The oat crumb topping adds a nice crunch on top. They are one of my favorite muffins for breakfast and brunch, and they easily feed a crowd.

Ingredients
 
 

Muffins

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • 2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup mashed bananas (about 1 large banana)
  • ¾ cup packed dark or light brown sugar
  • ½ cup canola or vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup pineapple juice (from the canned, drained pineapple chunks)
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups freshly, finely shredded carrots - not packed
  • ¾ cup drained pineapple chunks - about ¼ inch (0.5cm) in size
  • ½ cup coconut flakes

Streusel

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • â…“ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ cup cold, unsalted butter - cut into small pieces

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Line two 12-well muffin pans with about 16 paper liners and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, using a whisk, mix together bananas and brown sugar to combine. Slowly add the oil while whisking. Then, add the eggs and whisk to combine. Add the pineapple juice and vanilla as well. Then, add the flour mixture and whisk until thoroughly combined. Finally, add the carrots, pineapples, and coconut flakes and whisk just to incorporate and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, use your fingers to combine the flour, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon, and butter until the mixture is crumbly. Do not overwork; otherwise, it will become a paste rather than crumbs.
  • Spoon the batter into the prepared wells until almost full and top with the streusel. You will end up with about 16 muffins. Bake at 425°F (220°C) for 5 minutes. Then, leaving the oven door closed, lower the heat to 350°F (175°C) and bake for another 11 to 13 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
  • Remove from the oven, let cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before serving. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 1 day, in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, or freeze for up to 2 months.

Notes

Mini muffins
Make the recipe as directed and fill the batter into about 50 mini muffin liners. Then top with the streusel. Adjust the baking time as follows: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°) and bake for 6-8 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.

Small batch
Just divide the recipe in half and you will get about 8 regular-sized muffins or 25 mini muffins.

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Nutrition

Calories: 268kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 60mgPotassium: 211mgFiber: 2gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 2139IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 1mg
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword carrot cake muffin recipe, carrot muffins with pineapple
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This recipe was originally published on March 6th, 2019 but has been reworked and improved based on readers' feedback.

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I'm a passionate baker, cookbook author, and award-winning food photographer. You find here kitchen-tested quality baking recipes everyone will love.

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  1. Jessica

    June 30, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    Is the original recipe still posted somewhere? My son is autistic and the original are his favorite carrot muffins. He’s so sensitive to different flavors that he’ll know that this recipe is different and he hates bananas.

    Reply
    • Sabine

      July 08, 2021 at 4:28 am

      I'm sorry, no, based on readers' feedback I reworked the recipe and this is the only version existing.

      Reply
    • Monica

      October 28, 2021 at 9:41 pm

      Hi Jessica. I love the original recipe as well. And i just made it without those extra ingredients which were pineapple, banana, pineapple juice, coconut & ginger. Just please mix the wet ingredients first. Still pretty good! Hope this helps. 😊

      Reply
  2. Connie

    July 13, 2020 at 11:23 am

    This is a great recipe. I added raisins to my recipe and they were delicious

    Reply
  3. Babara Pieters

    May 19, 2020 at 5:49 am

    5 stars
    Wonderful recipe! I used half canola oil and half plain yogurt. Added 1 cup grated carrots and one cup grated apple.

    Reply
  4. Thanuja Raveen

    April 28, 2020 at 2:07 pm

    5 stars
    This was a great hit! Super moist and absolutely delicious. I added walnuts to mine and they came out perfect!

    Reply
  5. Lisa

    May 30, 2019 at 1:46 pm

    5 stars
    They are so moist! I made a batch for breakfast and they were gone within minutes. I will make them soon again.

    Reply

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