20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes

By Healthy Helper
Updated on July 17, 2026
Posted on June 3, 2018
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A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day! 

Not all of us out veggie lovers. little-girl-wont-eat-broccoli-picky-eater Kids usually get the ‘veggie-hating’ wrap, but I know PLENTY of adults that aren’t big fans either! In fact, some have a pretty hard time getting in their daily recommended servings of vegetables. Vegetables are some of the healthiest foods on earth and they provide nutrients that can’t be found in any other food group. So needless to say, it’s important to make sure you’re getting an adequate amount in your diet. With that said, eating vegetables is not always the most fun if you don’t like the taste or haven’t found a way to prepare them that you enjoy. People tend to rely on concentrated veggies juices, cheese laden sauces to mask the taste, overly steamed broccoli, and ‘green superfood’ powders. Those can be helpful to some degree, but nothing beets ? (punny!) fresh veggies being used in homemade recipes that taste great. Lucky for me, I am a certified veggie fanatic! But that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten about the rest of you. Since June is National Fruit & Vegetable Month, I thought I’d do my part in helping others eat and learn to actually enjoy vegetables! Today I’ve rounded up the best hidden-veggie baked good recipes from around the web. Who doesn’t love a sweet treat, right? Baked goods can be the perfect vehicle for sneaking some veggies into your diet. Chocolate lovers…get excited. A lot of these recipes showcase chocolate as the star ingredient. Let’s face it, there isn’t a food out there that can’t be made delicious when combined with chocolate. Well, maybe…fish. Chocolate-covered fish would not be good. ? Moving on… I am sharing the Top 10 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods that you’ll be dying to try in your own kitchen once you check out how delicious they look! Everything from greens to squash is covered here! You’re bound to find something that appeals to you. Enjoy… 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Vegan Pear & Parsnip Pie hidden veggie | parsnip  20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  3 Ingredient Fudgsicle Bites hidden veggie | sweet potato 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Pumpkin Power Cookies  hidden veggie | pumpkin 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Carrot Cake Donuts hidden veggie | carrots  20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day! 

Superfood Peanut Butter Bites

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Vegan Pizza Snack Bars

hidden veggie | olives and sun-dried tomatoes

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The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Gluten-Free Vanilla Zucchini hidden veggie | zucchini  20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Pumpkin Spice Latte Protein Bars hidden veggie | pumpkin 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Chocolate Peanut Butter Power Bites hidden veggie | purple sweet potatoes 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Simply Sweet Scuffins hidden veggie | cabbage 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Zucchini Bread Bites hidden veggie | zucchini  20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  High Protein Veggie Bread hidden veggie | broccoli and cauliflower 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Sneaky Spinach Chocolate Chip Muffins | Fit Foodie Finds hidden veggie |  spinach 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Spelt Zucchini Lemon Cake | Delicious Everyday hidden veggie | zucchini  20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Nut-Free Carrot Cake Bites hidden veggie | carrots 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Superfood Sweet Potato Cookies hidden veggie | sweet potatoes 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day!  Fudgy Vegan Beet Cupcakes | Minimalist Baker hidden veggie | beets 20 Hidden Veggie Baked Goods Recipes | Healthy Helper A round-up the best treats and snacks made with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition! Healthy, homemade baked goods can taste amazing AND have superfood ingredients. The perfect way to encourage kids or the veggie-haters in your life to get their five-a-day! 

So have I convinced ya? Veggies are delicious on their own in my opinion, but they also lend themselves very well to baked goods and desserts! It’s a great way to add extra vitamins and nutrients to your favorite sweet (or savory!) treats.

Have you ever baked with veggies before?

Do you have any veggie-haters in your own life?

What’s you favorite way to get veggies in your own diet?

Talk soon,

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101 Comments

  3. GENIUS! I love throwing in veggies into things like oatmeal (cauliflower), baked goods and I am loving throwing spirulina powder in my smoothies that seems to work really well for my husband and I! Thanks for sharing xo C

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  6. The concept of yellow squash and carrot cupcakes is kinda blowing my mind! And eggplant brownies!?! Honestly I think carrots and zucchini and bananas make most baked goods better though :) I love this round-up idea, veggies in everything!

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  12. I love hidden veggie treats! It’s always so much fun to see the looks on people’s faces when they realize they’re eating zucchini or something like that

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  13. You write about good stuff – third time on your blog today over from #brilliantblogposts :)
    I am not big on chocolate, but my husband likes it. He always complains there’s not enough veg in his lunch box – I may make these for him as a nice surprise!

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  15. My favorite way to eat vegetables is fresh or roasted with a tiny bit of olive oil and lots of cloves of garlic, but we like to hide vegetables in treats and smoothies as well. Just the other day, I baked a wonderful chocolate-chocolate cake that was filled with shredded zucchini–lots of it! Found that recipe on line too, and will keep it handy.

    Thanks for all the recipes here. I’m especially intrigued by those savory fennel and cauliflower cookies. Sharing this on my Facebook page, Cooking with Whole Grains & Real Whole Foods.

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  20. HI Kaila,
    Wow these all look so delicious and are so healthy too. Any kid would love to eat these treats. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & twitted.

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  26. This post is making me wonder how much my own mother snuck into things growing up! My boyfriend has made the beetroot chocolate brownies/cupcakes before and you really can’t tell (he didn’t ground up the beetroot enough so I got a string of it in mine, but close enough!)

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  27. These looks great. You’d never know they had veggies in them. I’m a veggie lover too so don’t need to hide them in things, but it is nice to make a healthier alternatives sometimes. I made a cake using summer squashes once, it was delicious.

    Thanks for linking up to #LifeLovingLinkie it would be great if you can add my badge or a link back from your linked posts please?

    Sally @ Life Loving

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  29. There are some great ideas here. I love hiding veggies in baked goods but hadn’t thought of ever using some of these. #freefromfridays

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  30. Great Post and a great way to tuck those Veggies in the awesome baked goods. Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  32. I’m a chocolate lover and am pretty excited about the recipes you share. What a great way to sneak in some healthy food (and bonus points that they taste great!)

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  33. I’m not one to hide veggies as the girls love them but any way to get more or a reason to have more chocolate (not that I need one) I’m all there! Such a great collection of recipes!

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  37. These all look amazing! I don’t have kids but I DO have a picky husband and sometimes I’ve been known to sneak veggies into his food (he also has no idea just how much cabbage he actually east ;p ) Thanks for sharing this on WNWNW, I’m featuring it this week :)

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  39. Great recipe roundup! I love sweet treats, but I love them even more when I can eat them a little less guiltily with the added veggies =)
    Thanks for sharing this at Healthy Vegan Fridays – this is being featured this week and I’m pinning it!

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  40. Hi Kaila,
    Just a note to let you know that I have chosen your post as one of my favorites for this weeks Real Food Fridays blog hop. Thanks for being part of Real Food Friday and helping us to make this world a little healthier every week.

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