Hello everybody! Are we all in our places with bright shining faces? Wearing your pearls, makeup and high heels while listening to Mozart as you get ready to make something delicious?
If you are, you are quite possibly on the wrong blog page. Because here, I am in sweats and a t-shirt with no make up on (I’m honestly not sure if I even own any anymore) listening to The Backstreet Boys (Hey! Don’t judge. You can’t tell me you never listen to bubble gum music. Ok, so maybe I’m the only one listening to BSB’s. Still; don’t judge. I’ll cry. And make you eat liver. Or cows tongue.) Erhmmm, sir, does your wife know that you have on her pearls and high heels? I REALLY think you’re on the wrong blog page (*brain bleaches self*)
But I HAVE been cooking something delicious. Can you smell that? That lovely smell of the tropics coming at you from my kitchen? Well, sniff harder darn it! Because it’s there. yeah; there. Oh yeahhhhh… right thereeeee.
Sorry; got distracted for a moment.
Moving on. Wanna know where that smell is coming from? I made muffins! Lovely lime and coconut flavored muffins.
I was contacted recently by the lovely Miranda who was representing the company that makes Melt Buttery Spread and offered some samples of their product and the chance to make something yummy and review Meltâ„¢ Â (buahahahahaaaaa… the power. The poooooooowwwwwwwerrrrrr!. Sorry. I’m fine now.).
I of course said yes after looking at their site because the product sounded delicious. Melt is an organic alternative to butter made with Virgin Coconut Oil, Flaxseed Oil, Palm Fruit Oil and a few other goodies. Talk about healthy! Flaxseed oil is so good for you and coconut oil is something very representative of the “good fats”. So Melt Buttery Spread is great if you’re trying to watch your weight or cut your cholesterol. Before cooking with it, I tried it on a slice of crusty French bread and it’s pretty darn good. You can definitely taste the coconut oil and anyone who has been following my blog knows I love me some coconut oil.
Here are a couple of links from them to go check out. http://www.meltbutteryspread.c
I wanted to make something sweet (go figure huh?) and I wanted something that used the Melt Buttery Spread in a melted state because a lot of times butter subs don’t work well when baking. So I decided on muffins. Many muffins use either melted butter or vegetable oil so I knew I could sub Melt easily.
One muffin I’ve been making for years is a Lime Coconut one I adapted heavily from one that is on food.com. These are moist and delicious and smell as fantastic as they taste. I use coconut milk in them (am I the only one who has to force myself to not just stick a straw in the coconut milk can, slurp away and then lick the insides of the can clean?? You’re judging me again aren’t you? Sigh.) which gives them suchhhh a good taste.
The Melt went wonderfully in these due to it’s own ingredients. Like I said, you can taste the coconut oil in the Melt so making something tropical is a natural fit. So give these muffins a try. They’re a quickly made treat. May not be fancy but oh my do they taste great! They’re perfect for breakfast or a light dessert. Then go to the Melt site and check them out. Good stuff!
Tropical Lime Coconut Muffins
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup full fat coconut milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup Melt Buttery Spread, melted
- 1/2 cup lime juice
- 1 tablespoon lime zest (I didn’t realize I was out of limes so I subbed 1/4 teaspoon lime oil; worked fine.)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coconut extract
- 1 teaspoon rum extract (optional but adds nice flavor)
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 12 cup muffin tin or line with paper liners.
- In a a large bowl, combine your dry ingredients, including the lime zest.
- In another bowl, combine your wet ingredients.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ones. Mix with a fork until JUST combined. Never over beat muffins or you end up with a tough tunnel filled mess.
- Fill muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake at 375 degrees until tops are nicely browned and firm to the touch.
- Let cool in pan for a minute then turn onto wire rack to finish cooling.
Looks like it is time for a luau! Our minds were in the same place based on our posts for today, but with great minds it does happen-ha! Love the citrus coconut combo here-yum!
I will need to check out the butter sub that you used..Great post.
Ooo, haven’t done my daily blog runs yet so I can’t wait to see what you’ve made, Tina!
Ooooh, my favorite flavor AND you will have me singing that song for days! 😉
Kiri, aren’t coconut and lime such a great combo!? And hehe, my job here is done if I have created an earworm for ya!
I hope you made enough of these lovelies for everyone.
@Sandra… ummmm, erhmmmm, well, I, uh, there are a few left. I’M SORRY!!!!! It was the kids! Yeah, that’s the ticket. The kids ate them!
Mine too Candy! They go so well together. And if you check the site, I believe you can find a locator.
Oh I am going to keep an eye out for the Melt spread to try it! These muffins sound good, and now I have that song stuck in my head. LOL the cure might be making the muffins…
Janet – they look delicious and I LOVE that you have the poooowwwweeer! You crack me up! ….but you know I love ya! (and who wouldn’t love these cupcakes – they’re fab!)
These look good, Janet! I’d love a tropical cupcake to remind me of wrmer weather!
MMM this sounds like a fabulous muffin! I am thinking about using some coconut oil in place of the Melt, I can’t’ seem to find it anywhere near me. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Nom nom nom! These look so yummy. I love me some coconut.
This is just a wonderful post. I love your sense of humor (right up my alley) and the muffins…let’s talk about those muffins. YUM!
Thank you for the review, I’ve never heard of Melt, but I will be sure to look for it next time I am at the grocer.
If you can admit that you listen to BSB, I can admit that I have Eminem as my ringtone.
I’ve never seen this brand in the store, but it sure did result in gorgeous cupcakes. I’ll have to get my pearls on and make a batch. Ha. Sweat pant wearers unite!
I’m still chuckling with your funny title – love the post and these coconut and lime goodies are wonderful for warming us here. Today the weather around Paris has suddenly dropped big time and so this has brought a much needed warm glow! Fabulous.
I have some samples on their way to me too and I can’t wait! These muffins sound wonderful!
Back Street Boys eh!?!? I couldn’t listen to them myself, but I fully agree with you that we all have some closet music that we listen to that we know others would put their nose up to. LOL
Great looking muffins. I love Lime! especially lime zest. Where did you get lime oil from??
I’ll take dozen..thank you very much!:))) You did such a great job with these and I love the flavor!! Nicely done!!!
Janet….I love coconut so much…I’d love to try these paired with lime! Looks like a good product, too. Instead of taking my flaxseed capsules….I’d much rather have one of your muffins every morning! : )
These sound amazing! And a great way to bring a little “summer” into this season. 🙂
Always happy to see a post about muffins! These will be fab in the springtime at parties so I am definitely keeping it bookmarked. Thanks!
Mmmmmmm….lime and coconut muffins sound amazing! And I’ve heard of Melt, but I didn’t know all of its ingredients…I bet it’s wonderful in these muffins.
PS…thanks for always giving me a good chuckle when I visit 🙂
The title of this cracked me up. I love you Janet.
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These are ace! Some of my favorite flavor combos and just perfect for Cayman 🙂
These sound wonderful! Love the flavors, coconut milk makes everything better! No judgment here, you’re definitely not the only one who still listens to BSB 😉
Thanks Meghan! And yep, coconut milk is soooo awesome! I swear, I could just eat it from the can!