Anyone else have fond memories smashing spheres of perfectly-welded chocolate orange segments on the table every Christmas and then slowly eating each delicate slice? I have to admit, chocolate orange isn’t actually my favorite chocolate fruit combo, but there’s something deeply nostalgic about it and every once in a while I absolutely crave it. Which is why, for our next installment in the GIANT muffin series, I give you: GIANT gluten free chocolate orange muffins with an extra-cozy hint of cinnamon, and a deliciously-easy chocolate orange glaze (you’ll want to pour it on EVERYTHING, let me tell you). For those of you just joining, we started creating GIANT muffin recipes…
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Giant Gluten Free Ube White Chocolate Muffins
Ube is one of those flavors I’m thankful to have been introduced to in the last five years. It’s a very popular one in Filipino cuisine – and I highly recommend seeking out Filipino bloggers and pastry shops who will have tons of glorious ube bakes and treats for you to try. There’s one in particular here in the Bay Area that I’m so glad I found out about last year: Meryienda Bake Shop! They’re actually based in New York but recently started sharing their incredible bakes here in the Bay Area which is how I got to know them. I ended up ordering a bunch of their ube white…
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Giant Gluten Free Lemon Saffron Muffins
Give us all the citrus! I recently returned from an absolutely wonderful vacation in France and Italy, and the final week was filled with incredible foods and citrus-centered dishes. I stayed with friends in Sicily, where lemons reign supreme and seafood is the freshest you’ll ever have. A few lemony stand outs: limone e sale, a typical Sicilian drink (especially on the east coast where we were) made of sparkling water, fresh lemon juice, and sea salt! Sounds weird, but it’s surprisingly refreshing – highly recommend. Another stellar find was an absolutely glorious scoop of lemon gelato at Caffè Sicilia (which, apparently, is a now a world-famous cafe thanks to…
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Giant Gluten Free Lavender Earl Grey Muffins
Both of these flavors are some of the dreamiest out there, so be ready to drift off into a tea time daydreamscape of whimsical proportions. I am a HUGE tea drinker: I start off my day with a very large mug of black tea, usually English Breakfast, though my second go-to is earl grey, hence the penchant for these giant gluten free lavender earl grey muffins with perhaps my favorite glaze of the giant muffin series thus far. These giant muffins were born out of a longing for the similar lavender earl grey cupcakes I made for the first time last year (still one of my best recipes to date)…
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Giant Costco Copycat Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
This recipe is AGE OLD. I remember my mom making giant chocolate zucchini sheet cakes and covering them with her homemade fudge sauce when I was maybe 5 or 6 years old for any and every potluck or family event. It was hands down my favorite chocolate cake, maybe one of my favorite desserts (which, let me tell you, is a really difficult question to answer as a 5 or 6 year old – there are so many favorites!). I went on to make chocolate zucchini cakes for friends for their birthdays, especially for Christina who is the number one chocolate zucchini cake fan EVER. I even brought a ziplock…
