Healthy Fall Recipes for Picky Toddlers

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
for Picky Eaters

With chilly weather and the holidays rapidly approaching I thought I should make something festive.  Pumpkin definitely has a fall feel to it so I wanted to make something with pumpkin in it. My little man has had pumpkin purees in baby food mixes but I have never let him experience the full deliciousness of the pumpkin flavor.  For this taste test I opted to make Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.  I know for me making muffins is a stretch for me – ha ha.  For those that have recently joined me you can view my successful with toddlers and adults catalog of muffin recipes and their variations (Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Toddlers, Healthy Muffin Recipe for Toddlers, More Mini-Muffin Madness.)

I found this recipe through Pintrest.com but it led me to the recipe owner’s site which is AllRecipes.com.  I have actually found a lot of healthy toddler recipes for picky eaters there.  I will definitely be re-using this resource in posts to come.

These muffins were delicious!  I made them in about 20+ minutes total.   Other than the can of pumpkin I keep my pantry stocked with every other ingredient I needed to make them. I took them to a neighborhood party with several adults, toddlers and small kids.  Every single person loved them.  I even brought the three remaining muffins to my day care lady the next day and she loved them.  I highly recommend giving this recipe a try.

My only variation to the recipe was replacing with sugar with brown and making them into mini-muffins.  Mini muffins should be cooked for about 11 minutes.  I may experiment with this recipe and try raisins or a touch more spice next time too just to see what happens.

Recipe: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins [allrecipes.com]

Recipe result:  Parents enjoyed them - SUCCESS! Toddler enjoyed them - SUCCESS!