These grain-free Paleo Chocolate Cupcakes are absolutely perfect for birthday celebrations. Because so many of you have nut allergies, I decided this had to be a nut-free cupcake recipe! Be sure to check out my Nut-Free Recipes page if you are on a nut-free diet, or if your children go to a school with a nut-free food policy.
Made with coconut oil, these cupcakes are also a fabulous dairy-free dessert. While I’ve been on a strict grain-free diet since 2001, my recipes continue to evolve within the grain-free genre, as I learn more about various healthy foods. Coconut oil has been a favorite ingredient of mine for some time, but for the past year or so my focus has been on eating as much coconut oil as I can. Sometimes that means eating it straight out of the jar, other times I add it to everything I cook. Most days I do both.
A good deal of anecdotal evidence points to coconut oil as a fabulous brain food. Here’s a video that discusses the health benefits of coconut oil.
Did you ever notice that the rise of various brain disorders (ADD, Autism, Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons, etc.) happened to take place in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s when the fat-free diet was all the rage? I think many people’s brains may have been malnourished by the pervasive lack of fat in the Standard American Diet during this period.
My Paleo Chocolate Cupcake recipe is full of good fat! I hope your family enjoys these gluten-free, nut-free, dairy-free chocolate cupcakes as much as we do!
Paleo Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- ¼ cup cacao powder
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 4 large eggs
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- ⅓ cup honey
Instructions
- Pulse together dry ingredients in a food processor
- Pulse in wet ingredients
- Line a muffin pan with paper liners and scoop ¼ cup batter into each
- Bake at 350°F for 15-18 minutes
- Cool and serve
Frost these Paleo Chocolate Cupcakes with my amazing Paleo Chocolate Frosting. Here are some of my other easy paleo cupcake recipes!
Judy says
Seeing these just cheered up my morning! I have everything in the house to make these today…too bad I didn’t see this in time to make them for…breakfast. Thanks for all the wonderful recipes, Elena!
Gary Conway says
These look so good :-)
sej says
Elana,
I love your recipes! We are vegetarian and do not eat eggs but trying to incorporate as much grain free options as possible. Any thoughts of how to substitue for the eggs?
Would really appreciate your guidance as I have been dying to try out the recipes.
Sej
Elana says
Hi Sej, I haven’t made these without eggs, so not sure how that would work. Here’s a link to my Egg-Free Recipes page for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/egg-free/
Enjoy!
Elana
Beth @ Tasty Yummies says
Wow these look incredible! And I am with you – I have a MAJOR obsession with coconut oil these days. Cannot get enough of it. I cannot wait to try these cupcakes! Yum, thanks for sharing.
renee says
Hi
I really want to include coconut oil in my diet, but have noticed that it’s stimulating affects cause me some sleep issues even when I consume the coconut oil in the morning. I end up getting up in the middle of the night… like, wide awake and ready to roll!!!
Does anyone else have this issue.
Thanks, Renee
Karina says
Coconut oil! I go through phases where I make myself take a fourth of a cup of coconut oil a day… unfortunatly it isn’t long before I become so disgusted with it I am not able to swallow it. Which is why I like chocolate recipes that call for it!
Alicia says
I use coconut oil for cooking or greasing everything. I saute all of my vegetables in it and it gives them a nice flavor. It also helps to make my eggs super light and fluffy if I coat the pan in olive oil before cooking them.
I also add a couple teaspoons to my tea or coffee substitute. It adds a bit of a sweetness to it so I don’t feel like I need to add any honey.I like to buy mine from Tropical Traditions because it is very high quality and I like their business ethics.
Kathleen says
Couldn’t wait for the frosting recipe, had to make these last night :) All I can say is YUM!! Thank you. My hand mixer worked just fine (don’t have a food processor). The recipe made eight beautiful cupcakes for me.
Livebakelove says
I am going to share this with a friend that is doing the Paleo diet.
these look delicous!
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Deb Kinney says
Love this post and the video. Can’t wait to try making this cupcake. It looks really delicious. I feel like you’ve given me a way to satisfy my demanding sweet tooth and palate in such health-affirming ways that I can let go of the conflict I used to have and just enjoy the new balance. Thank you, thank you. Deb
Brenda D. Gaines says
Coconut oil, according to the ‘Blood Type Diet’, Flocculates serum or precipitates serum proteins- for blood types A, and B, (both secreter and non secreter) type AB should AVOID: as it Enhances effect of other food toxins.
And it is on the avoid list for type ‘O’ secreters and neutral for non-secreter.
If a person doesn’t know their secreter status -if they do or don’t secrete their blood type antigens into their bodily fluids, like saliva- then they should follow the secreter status since 80% of use are secreters. So I don’t use coconut oil or flour or coconut.
renee says
Thanks for the info… now I know why coconut products do not work for me. Oh well… I will use almond products instead.