Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2012

I used half whole wheat flour, skipped the coconut, chopped the apples and substituted 1/2 cup of honey for the sugar. They turned out beautiful and tasty. Four stars because the recipe as written would have been much too sweet, especially with the naturally sweet carrots, apples, and dates.

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Nelleke

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Reviewed: May 20, 2011

My whole family loves these muffins! I reduced the sugar, eggs and oil. Used 1 c sugar, 2 eggs and 1/3 cup oil. They turned out perfect.

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Heather

Reviewed: Apr. 14, 2011

Absolutely delicious! I made this for the first time a month ago and I have been making them every week. I made them for trip my family and I made and they were good for several days, we had for breakfast every morning before going sightseeing. Love them!

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cristinaor

Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2011

I love this recipe!! I used raisins instead of dates and it turned out awesome!

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Melissy Jean

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Living In: Rossland, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2011

Great recipe - I will make these again. However, they'd be TOO SWEET as written. I only added 3/4 cup sugar instead of the 1 1/4 cups, and next time I will try with only 1/2 cup sugar. They were quite sweet with the 3/4 cup! I also didn't have coconut on hand, so I omitted that (without replacing with anything), and they were still delish. I omitted the vanilla b/c I didn't want these to be overly cake-tasting. Finally, I used olive oil instead of veg oil - works a treat! Note that the batter is SUPER THICK - I was worried at first! But they turned out beautifully.

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Diana Moutsopoulos

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: London, Greater London, England, U.K.

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2011

great!! followed some of the above advice and used bananas instead of eggs, brown sugar instead of white, omitted the coconut and put in some dried berries and it was wonderful!!

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colyal

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Living In: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2011

Yummy! I doubled the recipe and made two loaves of bread! I made it for my toddler so I did make some changes to make it healthier. I used 3 cups flour, 1 cup oatmeal. Cut the sugar to 1/2 cup brown, 1/2 cup white sugar. I only used 4 eggs, because I didn't think it needed 6 for the doubled recipe. I used half oil, half applesauce. Omitted pecans and dates, personal preference. Added cloves, nutmeg and all-spice. Delicious!

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Mrs. Jones

Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2011

These were fantastic! I substituted crushed pineapple for the the apple and apricots for the dates so that I didn't have to shop for ingredients. They came out exactly as what my tastebuds were craving - moist, sweet and delicious!

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Soolady

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2010

These are fantastic!! Great flavour and texture. I made them with half whole wheat flour and they were still tender due to the fruits and veggies. Also did 1 c apple, 1 c canned pineapple and 1 c carrot instead of just carrot and apple. You can reduce the sugar if you use sweetened coconut - I reduced to 1 c and could have reduced it another 1/4 cup but no complaints - they are delicious!!

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