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Take a trip “down under” to the Gold Coast with these Golden Kiwi Muffins. Sweet gold kiwifruit with macadamia milk combine to make these moist, succulent, gluten-free and vegan muffins a perfect breakfast destination!

Golden Kiwi Muffins | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Take a trip "down under" to the Gold Coast with this Golden Kiwi Muffin recipe. Sweet gold kiwifruit with macadamia milk combine to make these moist, succulent, gluten-free and vegan muffins a perfect breakfast destination!

I’m finally giving you a recipe I’ve had tucked away all summer. It’s been a long time coming and can wait no longer. I also realized I haven’t shared many baking recipes lately so this will remedy all those situations. The mind “recipe-brewing” for these muffins started way before the summer, but couldn’t come to fruition until I had access to a kitchen and a muffin pan. I guess I can say it was worth the wait though since these muffins are probably my favorite I’ve ever made. The flavor is something I’ve never tasted, the sweetness so luscious, the crumb so moist. Now let me tell you why that is. There are two things that make these muffins so special. Two things you may never have heard of.

Golden Kiwi Muffins | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Take a trip "down under" to the Gold Coast with this Golden Kiwi Muffin recipe. Sweet gold kiwifruit with macadamia milk combine to make these moist, succulent, gluten-free and vegan muffins a perfect breakfast destination!

Starting with the fruitiness. These are not your regular kiwis. O no. These are Gold Kiwifruit, only grown in New Zealand (some in Italy and Chile). Brought to the US by the one and only Frieda’s, and in season from May to October. These kiwis don’t have all the “hair” as normal kiwis do. They are smooth on the outside and have bright gold flesh, much sweeter and less tart than the conventional kiwi. They’re much bigger too and lend themselves to make one damn good muffin. I wanted to do something special with these kiwis, not just eat them whole. In my mind, kiwi muffin, why not?

Golden Kiwi Muffins | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Take a trip "down under" to the Gold Coast with this Golden Kiwi Muffin recipe. Sweet gold kiwifruit with macadamia milk combine to make these moist, succulent, gluten-free and vegan muffins a perfect breakfast destination!

Second showstopper ingredient to these muffins is Suncoast Gold Macadamia Milk! I saw foodie bloggers posting about this amazing mac milk after Expo West many months ago and was totally drawn in. After some chatting this the mac milk people, they sent me some milk to test out myself. I was still back in school though and had to wait until I was home to do my “experiments”. Suncoast Gold is the lead supplier of macadamia nuts in Australia and I can see why. (P.S. I say Gold Coast in my description because the mac milk is Australian and the kiwis are from New Zealand…close enough, eh?). I was intrigued to see how mac milk tasted in comparison to your typical American almond, cashew, etc. Well it’s delicious. Creamy, smooth, and guzzle-worthy. Thankfully Suncoast is slowly expanding so everyone can enjoy this awesome non-dairy milk alternative. Still not in NJ, but soon! I hope really soon, because I need more!

Golden Kiwi Muffins | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Take a trip "down under" to the Gold Coast with this Golden Kiwi Muffin recipe. Sweet gold kiwifruit with macadamia milk combine to make these moist, succulent, gluten-free and vegan muffins a perfect breakfast destination!

Gold Kiwifruit and Mac Milk sounded like a good idea that I couldn’t wait to try out in one tasting baking experiment. I think muffins are the easiest “bread” to bake. If you’re a newbie gluten-free + vegan baker, I suggest testing out muffin recipes first. I’m never scared of getting to crafty with my muffins and like to throw caution to the wind. That’s why when I made these muffins I also used a new flour combo. I of course went with my favorite buckwheat flour as the base, but I also included one of the sweeter, lighter gluten-free flours, amaranth! Amaranth is just like millet flour and should be combined with another as the base. But the slight sweetness of amaranth flour makes it a great one for baking some sweet luscious muffins!

Golden Kiwi Muffins | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Take a trip "down under" to the Gold Coast with this Golden Kiwi Muffin recipe. Sweet gold kiwifruit with macadamia milk combine to make these moist, succulent, gluten-free and vegan muffins a perfect breakfast destination!

Before I get to the recipe, let me tell you about my deep desire to live in Australia (or New Zealand). If you asked me when I was younger where I wanted to live, my answer would have been California or Australia. I’m not sure why, but AU seemed so “perfect”. I’m not sure it would be my #1 destination to live in now, but I still have a strong desire to visit! Maybe it’s the kangaroos, maybe the mac milk, or maybe it’s that Aussie accent 😛 Regardless, you will see me in Australia some day, eating these muffins on a tour of the Outback 😛 Hahaha!

Golden Kiwi Muffins

Golden Kiwi Muffins | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Take a trip "down under" to the Gold Coast with this Golden Kiwi Muffin recipe. Sweet gold kiwifruit with macadamia milk combine to make these moist, succulent, gluten-free and vegan muffins a perfect breakfast destination!

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Golden Kiwi Muffins

Take a trip “down under” to the Gold Coast with this Golden Kiwi Muffin recipe. Sweet gold kiwifruit with macadamia milk combine to make these moist, succulent, gluten-free and vegan muffins a perfect breakfast destination!

  • Author: Rebecca Pytell
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Yield: 12 1x
  • Category: Breakfast, Muffins, Breads
  • Cuisine: Australian, American
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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. In a bowl, scoop out the kiwi flesh and mash up until you get a smooth texture.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, combine the mashed kiwi with all the other ingredients. Stir together until you get a nice smooth muffin batter.
  4. Line a medium muffin pan with 12 liners and fill each liner with 3 TB of batter.
  5. Bake the muffins for 20 minutes, remove and allow to cool.
  6. Serve warm, cold, with your favorite nut butter, coconut butter, maybe even some chocolate stevia syrup. Enjoy!

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 2

 Golden Kiwi Muffins | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Take a trip "down under" to the Gold Coast with this Golden Kiwi Muffin recipe. Sweet gold kiwifruit with macadamia milk combine to make these moist, succulent, gluten-free and vegan muffins a perfect breakfast destination!

Aren’t muffins the perfect breakfast? I love having some in the freezer for when the craving hits. All I have to do is heat them in the microwave for a few seconds and bam! Perfect sweet bready goodness. Do people consider muffins dessert ever? I think muffins = breakfast and cupcakes = dessert, but there is such a grey area. I mean, if I added some protein frosting to this, I would call it a cupcake, but it would qualify as breakfast. Eh, that’s why breakfast and dessert equal the same thing for me. Tough life, huh? 😉

Golden Kiwi Muffins | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Take a trip "down under" to the Gold Coast with this Golden Kiwi Muffin recipe. Sweet gold kiwifruit with macadamia milk combine to make these moist, succulent, gluten-free and vegan muffins a perfect breakfast destination!

By the way, as you saw with my ingredient list links, you can get mac milk on Amazon! What a joy! Now no matter where you live, you can have some mac love in you life. And to keep you on your toes and prod you more into buying some mac milk, I have another recipe that I’ll share in the coming months using mac milk again! Plus, Suncoast’s milk is clean (like Silk) and doesn’t contain carrageenan like some gross brands we shall not name. So bake some muffins, brew some coffee, and enjoy my “down under” inspired breakfast!

So tell me:

+ I’ve asked this before, but I’ll ask again. Do you eat the skin of a kiwi? I really hope you do! It’s the best part and full of nutrition and fiber! If you waste it, I’ll cry!

+ Have you ever been to Australia or New Zealand?

*Recipe linking up for the week! Allergy Free Wednesdays, #RecipeOfTheWeek,#StrangeButGood, Gluten-Free Wednesdays, Real Food Friday, Gluten-Free Fridays,Tasty Tuesdays, Savoring Saturdays, Healthy Vegan Fridays, Tasty Tuesdays, Meatless Mondays, Lena’s Tasty Tuesdays, TFFM Meatless Monday, Waste Not Want Not!*


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Comments

  13. Marla says

    Hi Rebecca,
    I had never heard of the golden Kiwi before, but they sound great. I love the regular Kiwi although they are a little tart so the golden would be great for sweetness. These muffins sound wonderful and look so tasty.

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      If you ever find them, I already know you will be creating great sweet things with them!

      Reply

  21. Lisa B. says

    Thank you for sharing this recipe! I have never hear of Golden Kiwi’s before. I don’t know if these are available in my area but I would love to try make these!

    Reply

  22. Giovanna Silvestre says

    Hi Rebecca! Thanks so much for posting these recipes! Super yummy! I really appreciate what you do here. I would love your feedback on our blog and activewear line. I think it would resonate with you. Keep up the good work! <3

    Reply

  23. sue says

    Two things I’ve never heard of – golden kiwi fruit and using them in muffins. It is logical though if we use other fruit in muffins we could use kiwi fruit. I’ve just never thought of it.

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  28. Erlene says

    Ooo…my youngest dd loves kiwi fruit and I’ve never seen a golden one, but I checked out the site and see that it could be available in several local markets. Will have to check this out. Also, the mac milk sounds delicious. Our stores just started stocking cashew milk (totally love), so will be interested in tasting mac milk.

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      O I hope you can get your hands on some then!
      Cashew rocks, any nut milk rocks in my option 😉

      Reply

  29. Kristy @ Southern In Law says

    Products like this always make us giggle when we’re in the US because they’re marketed as being Australian but we’ve almost always never heard of them and can’t get them here! Haha.

    I used to eat the skin of kiwis (but I can’t eat any kiwi now!) but Jesse thinks that’s disgusting haha.

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  33. masala girl says

    i LOVE the skin on kiwi! on all fruits, really. and actually, my dad & i went to australia this past december! I started to write about it on my blog but there was just so much information, and school started, and yeah.. haha.
    but i love how you used amranth flour here! I bought it a while ago but have only used it once, so i think i’ll try it out soon! thanks 🙂

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Fruit skins rock. Period. 🙂
      That’s awesome! I hope you took tons of photos!
      Amaranth is such a great baking flour!

      Reply

  34. Michele says

    Had no idea you could eat the skin! I’m always wary about skin hurting my stomach but who knows, it might be fine. These muffins look incredible and I’m sure they’re perfect 🙂

    Reply

  36. Melissa @ vegan does it m says

    We get golden kiwis in our weekly produce box from time to time, but I never thought to bake with them. I usually just eat them straight up. Now I want to try it though. These look so yummy! I hope I get some kiwis soon ????

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  39. Sam @ PancakeWarriors says

    I’m so intrigued. I love kiwi but no i don’t eat the skin something about eating that hairy skin meh. But these gold kiwi sound so beautiful. Love that you throw caution to the wind with muffin baking. They are a fun way to experiment wth flavors though!

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Haha, I will always be fond of the hairiness 😉 But if you scrub a kiwi good, most of it comes off anyway!…kinda!
      Muffins always need to be fun 😉 Muffins > cupcakes!

      Reply

  40. Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says

    Uhhhh… yes this totally #strangebutgood! I’ve never heard of kiwi in a muffin, but I love golden kiwis! They’re a bitt sweeter than the green ones, so I prefer them.

    My freezer is so full of muffins too… Vegas and I will never starve. Ha!

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Now that I know what a gold kiwi tastes like, I love them more too!!
      A freezer without a hefty muffin stock is a sad, sad, freezer 😉

      Reply

  41. Lisa @ RunWiki says

    A naked Golden Kiwi? Macadamia Milk? You are killing me! I want to make these right now! I don’t have the two main ingredients, but you better believe that the next time I’m at the farmers market I will be looking for these cute lil naked fruits.

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  42. Linda @ Veganosity says

    Well aren’t you creative! 🙂 I have never baked with kiwis, but now I’ve got to try this. Nicely done, my friend.

    To answer your questions, yes, I eat the skin and no, I’ve never been to either location, but I really want to go to NZ.

    Reply

  43. Evolve with Mary says

    I’m going to be on the look out for Mac Milk, macadamias have a distinct flavor that I love so I’m pretty sure I’ll the love milk. I’ve never seen a kiwi muffin and my tastebuds are dying to know that it tastes like. Do you think I can substitute a regular kiwi?

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      You can also make your own super easy 😉
      It will taste less sweet, but it’s not like you CAN’T. Just won’t be THIS recipe.

      Reply

  46. Laura says

    I lived in Australia for a year and visited New Zealand, and went to so many kiwi farms. So fun, and so delicious! These muffins look super tasty, and the macadamia milk is perfect for the down under theme;) I miss fresh macadamias sooo much! They’re such a tasty delight and it’s so cool to just go pick them off the tree.

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Lucky!!! Omg…a kiwi farm…that would be amazing!
      Fresh picked macadamia nuts….now that beats kiwi farms!

      Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      I know right!? Sometimes normal ones are sweet (if their good ones) other times you get that terrible sour sad one 😛

      Reply

  49. Emma's Mamma says

    They look and sound delicious! I love gold kiwis! I’m not a huge fan of normal kiwis but I adore the gold ones. And I eat the skin! 🙂 Will definitely try making these muffins if I can source all the ingredients. Love how there’s no sugar, means my toddler can eat them, and since I’m not a Stevia fan I sure I can easily skip that out! Thanks for sharing! Love the pictures too 🙂 #tastytuesdays

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  51. Jenn says

    Macadamia milk??? That sounds so delicious!!! And I have never heard of golden kiwi either. Great recipe! I’ll have to give it a try with regular kiwis. Might be a different color, but probably just as tasty!

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  53. Kat | curlsnchard.com says

    Those sound so incredibly unique, Rebecca! I would’ve never though about putting kiwi into muffins – but now that you suggest it, it sounds wonderful. I actually love golden kiwis, I’m always doing a little happy dance in the grocery store when I see them (and embarrass the people I’m with :D), because they are so rare here!

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  58. Natalie | Feasting on Fruit says

    The MUFFINS!!!!!!! These muffins look like the best little muffin bites of joy! So much better than the bronze muffins or the silver muffins 😉 It’s so funny that the gold kiwis have no fuzz…like someone shaved them 😀 haha But seriously these muffins look like they have the perfect light fluffiness, you are so skilled with the GF flours! And I love that you used the word ‘fruitiness’, now you’re starting to sound like me!

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Haha, naked kiwis 😉
      You would totally dig eating the skin of these! not tough or anything 😉 So you should get some…and eat the skin!
      Hahaha I love the word fruity, fruitiness, that’s why I always like calling you my fruity friend 😉
      xoxoxoxoxoxo

      Reply

  60. Judy (ImBoredLetsGo) says

    Kiwi and macadamia nut milk sound wonderful together! I spent a month in Australia last year traveling around with my son who was living over there for a year. It’s a beautiful country! And, I do love the accents!

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  62. Sarah | Well and Full says

    I’ve never been to Australia or New Zealand but I’ve been dying to go to NZ ever since I learned that Lord of the Rings was filmed there (closet nerd here). 😉 Also, do you have an substitution suggestions for the flours in this recipe? I’m not GF so could I use whole wheat flour? 🙂 Thanks!

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Hahaha, confession, I’ve never seen Load of The Rings!!! (shame me)
      You’re on your own there, haha. But I’m sure using whole wheat or all purpose would be fine to replace all the flour.

      Reply

  64. Alanna says

    I can not tell you how many times I’ve wanted muffins and just never made them. These kiwifruit are my absolute favorite – loving the hairless! And macadamia milk?! I NEED.

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Muffins are SOO easy to bake! Like, even for a non-baker! So quick!
      You really do need the mac milk 😉 Tummy goodness!

      Reply

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