Pina Colada Muffins Recipe - Celebration Generation (2024)

These Pina Colada Muffins are based on my one of my favourite muffins at the rink, back as a kid. Pineapple and coconut are a great way to start the day!

Originally posted May 17, 2013. Updated 2/1/2021

When I about 11 or 12, I spent a summer at the CalAlta Figure Skating Club in Calgary. Loved the rink, had a really nice coach...

... but the rink and the coach aren't what inspired this blog entry. It was the giant muffins that they sold there.

I'm pretty sure they were from Costco.. each was way too big to be eaten in one serving.

My favorite was the pina colada muffin, which I'd never seen before then. Upon my return to Winnipeg, searches of Costco failed to turn up these muffins, much to my dismay at the time.

Anyway, last weekend I woke up from a dream about those skating days, and with the muffins included.

Pina Colada Muffins

I decided to design a recipe around the idea of them. I wouldn't be going for authentic, as their muffins were actually pretty dry.

So, here we are. Moist, tender pina colada flavored muffins!

One of the tweaks I made to the source content was to top the muffins with coconut flakes prior to baking, which would allow them to toast up in the process.

Pretty AND tasty!

Anyway, on to that Pina Colada Muffins Recipe!

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Pina Colada Muffins

These Pina Colada Muffins are based on my one of my favourite muffins at the rink, back as a kid. Pineapple and coconut are always a great way to start the day!

Prep Time5 minutes mins

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Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time25 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: American, Canadian

Servings: 12 Muffins

Calories: 301kcal

Author: Marie Porter

Equipment

• Muffin Tin

Ingredients

• 2-¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups coconut flakes sweetened or not, divided
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• ¾ cup coconut milk
• ½ cup butter melted and cooled
• 1 cup pineapple puree*
• 1 tsp. rum extract

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 F. Line 12 muffin cups with liners, or spray with baking spray.

• In a large bowl, combine flour, 1 cup of the coconut, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.

• In another bowl, combine eggs, coconut cream, melted butter, pineapple puree, and rum extract. Add egg mixture all at once to the flour mixture.

• Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy.) Divide batter between 12 prepared muffin cups, filling each to almost full. Sprinkle remaining coconut over muffin batter in cups.

• Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden and a wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.

• Cool in muffin cups on a wire rack for 5 minutes, before serving

Notes

* For pineapple puree, I drained a 20 oz can of pineapple chunks, then pureed the chunks. You can use crushed pineapple if you would like, just drain it really well first!

Nutrition

Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 301mg | Potassium: 173mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 286IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 2mg

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