It’s Monday, and it’s these muffins, again. But just a bit different. {I can’t help it, they are so terribly good, and this is my most favorite combination yet.} I whipped these up one day last week on the fly; a dear friend was stopping by, and she needed a treat without gluten. There was a blood orange in my fridge, and a bar of chocolate in my pantry. The cacao nibs made their way in as well {they hate to be left out of anything, as you might have gathered}, and one incredibly tasty muffin was born.
And perhaps it may have been breakfast all week long.
I didn’t plan for it to be a blog post, but I shared these pretties with a few people and a recipe was demanded. I’m also banking on your groggy, tired, Monday eyes to overlook pictures from my phone; they will just have to do. But! really! you want to make these as soon as possible. Your hungry Monday tummy will thank you.
Gluten-Free Blood Orange-Chocolate Muffins with Cacao Nibs
These muffins are adapted from a recipe on the Roost blog. I only made a few changes: I omitted the chamomile, I used canola oil instead of ghee, and I added 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice and 1 teaspoon vanilla to the wet ingredients, and then added the zest of one orange, 4 ounces chopped bittersweet chocolate, and 2 tablespoons cacao nibs to the dry ingredients. I also sprinkled them with a little sugar in the raw before baking.
Also, a note: if you double the recipe, use 3 eggs instead of 4.
17 Comments
Jenny @ BAKE
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 1:29 pmI love the photo of the blood orange!
Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 3:04 pmThese sound FANTASTIC. I’m always looking for a GF baking recipe that actually sounds tasty… this is definitely one. Yum!
Anouk
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 3:12 pmAnd where did the bar of chocolate end up? 😉
vanilla bean blog
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 3:29 pmHa! I forgot to write that in. I promise it ended up in the muffins. 😉
thelittleloaf
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 3:21 pmYou wouldn’t believe these pictures are from a phone, they’re just as gorgeous as ever 🙂
Shira
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 4:40 pmThese look so good! This may be the first GF muffin recipe I am inspired to try – the chocolate/orange combo sounds amazing. Found your blog via Instagram – gorgeous!
Laura
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 5:09 pmWhen you ‘gramed this, I was seriously hoping that you would share the recipe. Whoop! Blood orange + chocolate? You’re a genius. xo
Sacha
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 1:52 amOK, that’s it. I just *must* make one of your variations of this muffin! Hopefully I will after having three reminders.
london bakes
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 10:37 amSuch a lovely combination of flavours & I love the double chocolate hit 😉
Anonymous
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 5:35 pmWhat if I don’t want them to be GF – same amount of flour?
vanilla bean blog
Friday, January 25, 2013 at 2:37 amI haven’t tried it yet, but I think it would work to swap it out for the same amount. If you try it, let me know!
Esther
Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 9:43 amHi! These muffins look amazing, I was planning to make them, but the link to the recipe doesn’t work 🙁
Sarah
Monday, March 17, 2014 at 8:12 pmHi Esther – sorry the link didn’t work! Roost recently redid their site, and the links appear to be broken. Also, I can’t seem to find the original post. But I did find this version: http://themademoiselleinme.blogspot.com/2013/05/blood-orange-and-pistachio-muffins.html Hopefully that helps!
Laurie Francis
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 9:40 amThe link for Roost is not really working. Can you print the entire recipe? I have a young girl dying to make these! Thanks
Sarah
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 11:36 pmHi Laurie, it seems Roost took down that post, but I have a link to a blood orange and pistachio version: http://themademoiselleinme.blogspot.com/2013/05/blood-orange-and-pistachio-muffins.html
I hope that helps!-Sarah
lisasporing
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 8:13 pmI would like to make these but the recipe is not clear. I am looking at the blood orange and pistachio muffin recipe which calls for 1 blood orange juiced. You say you use 1/4 cup of fresh squeezed oj. So , do I juice 1 blood orange plus 1/4cup of fresh squeezed oj ? You say you add the 1/4cup oj to the wet ingredients. Thanks for your help !
Sarah
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 9:04 pmHi Lisa – Sorry it is so confusing! It looks like it is supposed to be just 1/4 cup juice. The Blood Orange + Pistachio recipe is on someone else’s blog, but usually the juice of an orange is around 1/4 cup, so I’m guessing that what she meant. I hope that helps! -Sarah