These Sweet Potato Muffins can be made using your leftover mashed, whipped, or pureed sweet potatoes or yams. They’re full of flavor and easy to make! Sweet Potato Muffins are a delicious, portable breakfast.
Last year after Thanksgiving, I had a lot of leftover Spiced Sweet Potatoes. My kids and I love sweet potatoes, but really, there are only so many times you can eat them.
I considered freezing them, and as I thought about that, it made me think about how I freeze pumpkin puree. And that made me wonder how things would turn out if I used leftover sweet potatoes in a recipe instead of pumpkin puree.
So I set about making sweet potato bread and sweet potato muffins. I was shocked at how good they were. Dare I say that I liked the recipes better with sweet potatoes than with pumpkin? I really do!
If you make The Sweetest Sweet Potato casserole, it will also work in this recipe.
If you love muffins, you’ll want to try our other muffin recipes:
Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cream Cheese Muffins
Raspberry Cream Cheese Muffins
And now, without further ado, here is the recipe for Sweet Potato Muffins:
Sweet Potato Muffins
Sweet Potato Muffins use up your leftover sweet potatoes or yams to create a delicious, portable breakfast.
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 cups cooked sweet potatoes, mashed
- 2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup oil
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Grease 24 cup muffin pan, or line with muffin liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
- Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together sweet potato, sugar, oil, vanilla, and eggs.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir just to combine.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Divide mixture between muffin cups.
- Bake 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffins comes out clean.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 276Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 281mgCarbohydrates: 41gFiber: 2gSugar: 25gProtein: 3g
The nutritional information provided here is not guaranteed to be accurate and is provided for informational (and google) purposes only.
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Jen says
I love sweet potatoes and I enjoy eating muffins. This is a great combo and can’t wait to bake these for my family!
Jess Benoit says
I’m not a big sweet potato person but I bet these sweet potato muffins would be really good! Especially with chocolate chips in them.
Terri Beavers says
Who knew sweet potatoes could be so versatile? I have used them in a few recipes but not muffins before. I buy them in huge boxes at our local farmers market because I love them so much. I’ll definitely find some time to whip up a batch of these this winter when I need to clear out my sweet potatoes!
Lavanda Michelle says
I love that it’s a great way to use up leftover sweet potatoes. What a delicious idea! My kids are going to go crazy for these muffins
vidya says
this sounds unique and tempting.. another way for me to use sweet potatoes
Christy G says
I love sweet potatoes but always forget to buy them. I’d love to try these muffins. Thank you for sharing.
Amber Myers says
These muffins sound amazing. What a tasty flavor. I can’t wait to try them out.