Healthy, paleo pumpkin muffins made with almond butter and pumpkin. No flour, no oil and no dairy, and 9 grams of protein in each muffin!

Fall is here and that means it’s time to break out the canned pumpkin (or made some pumpkin puree) and get baking! I have a ton of healthy pumpkin recipes here on EBF so it’s hard to say which is best, but when it comes to pumpkin muffins… these might be my favorite.

Ingredients For Paleo Pumpkin Muffins

• almond butter – this is the base of these pumpkin muffins. Look for a brand with only 1-2 ingredients. Just almonds or just almonds and salt. You want it to have a drippy consistency rather than super thick.
• pumpkin – you can use canned pumpkin or homemade pumpkin puree. Just be sure you don’t accidentally buy pumpkin pie mix because that’s sweetened and not what we’re looking to use in this recipe.
• eggs – these muffins don’t use flour so you need eggs to help the muffins rise and create the fluffy texture. Because there are quite a few eggs needed, I don’t recommend trying to replace these with an egg replacer. Try my vegan pumpkin muffins if you want an egg-free recipe.
• honey – this is the only sweetener needed! You can use another liquid sweetener like maple syrup if desired.
• pumpkin pie spice – this mixture is a combo of fall spices. You can make your own pumpkin pie spice using my recipe or use a store-bought blend.
• vanilla, baking soda and sea salt – three baking essentials.
• chocolate chips – I used Lily’s dark chocolate chips to keep these muffins lower in sugar, but you can use whatever chocolate chips you have on hand.

No Flour or Dairy Needed!

The exciting part about these muffins isn’t what’s in them, it’s what’s not in them! There’s no flour (not even coconut flour or almond flour), no oil or butter, no dairy and they only contain a small amount of added sugar from the honey and chocolate chips.

Like my healthy zucchini muffins, these muffins are made with almond butter as the base! Before developing these two recipes I had never baked muffins without flour so I was shocked that they they turned out looking and tasting like real muffins, not dense balls of pumpkin and almond butter. Hooray!

Blender Muffins = Less Dishes

Another bonus… these muffins come together in minutes and there’s no mixing bowls to clean because you blend the batter in your blender or food processor. I have to thank Averie of Averie Cooks for the blender muffin idea. She’s a genius!

Of course, if you don’t have a blender, no worries! You can totally mix all the ingredients together in a bowl!

Why You’ll Love These Pumpkin Muffins

These muffins have been taste-tested by several of our friends and everyone absolutely loves them. Not only are they easy to make (just mix everything together in your blender), but the texture and flavor is amazing.

Tips and Substitutions

• Almond butter – you can replace this with another nut/seed butter. I recommend cashew butter or sunflower seed butter.
• Eggs – as I mentioned above, I don’t recommend trying to replace these with an egg replacer. Try my vegan pumpkin muffins if you need an egg-free recipe.
• Chocolate chips –feel free to swap these for another mix-in option like raisins, cranberries or chopped pecans.

How to Serve These Muffins

They make for a cozy fall breakfast paired with a pumpkin cream cold brew or healthy pumpkin spice latte.

Serve them at brunch alongside healthy breakfast casserole, fall breakfast salad and apple cider mimosas.

They’re also a lovely afternoon snack to tide you – and your kiddos – over until dinner.

Storing Suggestions

Muffins are always best fresh, but you can totally store them for later. Once the muffins are done baking, remove from the muffin tin and let them cool completely on a wire rack. Place in an air-tight container and store at room temperature for 4-5 days or in the freezer for up to 4 months.

Paleo Pumpkin Muffin FAQ

Recipes to Use Up the Leftover Pumpkin

• 26 Amazing Canned Pumpkin Recipes
• Oatmeal Pumpkin Cookies
• Easy Pumpkin Granola
• Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
• Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte
• Best Pumpkin Oatmeal

More Healthy Muffin Recipes

• Pumpkin Bran Muffins
• Healthy Apple Muffins
• Almond Flour Muffins
• High Protein Blueberry Muffins
• Gluten-Free Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
• Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
• Banana Blender Muffins

Be sure to check out the full collection of pumpkin recipes and all my muffin recipes here on EBF.