# @kalejunkie on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C_NxmfWJ7rL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36609383-kalejunkie-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-08-28T13:28:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nicole Keshishian | KALEJUNKIE® (@kalejunkie) — https://gondola.cc/kalejunkie

## Caption

BETTER THAN STARBUCKS PUMPKIN CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS, when I say RUN, don’t walk, I mean it. To be honest, I’ve never actually had one of these muffins from Starbucks—nothing in the case ever looks appealing to me and I like making my own. But my friend @melissas_healthykitchen posted her better-for-you version of these muffins a few days ago and they looked so good, I made them immediately! They are not too sweet which I loved and the texture is literally perfect. They also happen to be gluten-free and can be made dairy-free too! Please check out Melissa’s page for all kinds of yummy eats and make sure to give her a follow (and maybe one for me too while you are at it lol)!⁣
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Makes 6 jumbo muffins or 9 regular size ⁣
Muffins—⁣
3 eggs⁣
1 cup pumpkin puree⁣
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted⁣
1/3 cup maple syrup⁣
2 tsp vanilla extract⁣
1 cup almond flour⁣
1/2 cup organic arrowroot flour (or tapioca flour or cornstarch)⁣
1/4 cup coconut flour⁣
1 tb pumpkin pie spice⁣
1 tsp cinnamon⁣
1 tsp baking soda⁣
1/4 tsp salt⁣
Pumpkin seeds for topping⁣
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Cream cheese filling:⁣
7 oz cream cheese, softened⁣
2 1/2 tb maple syrup⁣
2 tb gf flour
2 tb milk of choice⁣
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
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Preheat oven to 350F. Whisk together all of the wet ingredients and set aside. Next, add all of the dry ingredients to a large bowl and mix well. Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until incorporated. Grease a muffin tin or add muffin liners (6 or 9). Fill each cavity with the batter. Next, make the cream cheese filling. Add the cream cheese to a small bowl and microwave for ~ 30 seconds until easy to stir. Add the maple syrup, milk, and vanilla and whisk/stir until fully incorporated. Transfer to a piping bag or a ziplock bag. Cut off the tip and pipe the filling into each muffin. Sprinkle pumpkin seeds around top. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick poked into the muffin part (not the cream cheese part) comes out clean. Let cool for 5 minutes in the muffin tin and then transfer to wired cooling rack to cool completely, and enjoy!⁣
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