Great for a quick breakfast or an afternoon snack, these Chocolate Chunk Muffins are easy to make and so incredibly delicious. Warm, they are packed with molten chocolate pieces making this the best chocolate muffin recipe we've ever made!
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😋 The best chocolate chunk muffin recipe
This chocolate chunk muffins recipe has been one of our favorites here at home for a long time! We have made some changes to this recipe over all these years, and the one I'm sharing with you today is what we consider the best choc chunk muffins ever!
Very moist chocolate muffins, with the right balance of sweetness and chocolate goodness.
The original recipe is from a book we love called Recipe Encyclopedia. We used that book a lot before internet became popular 🙂 but we still browse it from time to time!
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📋 What ingredients do you need?
To make these easy chocolate muffins you'll need:
- all purpose flour - you could use cake flour instead
- sugar
- semi-sweet chocolate cut into chunks - you could substitute for milk chocolate and you can turn this recipe into a chocolate chip muffins recipe by using chocolate chips instead of chocolate chunks
- baking powder
- salt
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- unsalted butter
- sour cream - you can substitute sour cream for heavy cream and add the juice of 1/2 lime or lemon
🍳 How to make it
There is no mystery on how to make a chocolate muffin! Some chocolate muffin recipes might have a lot of steps and ask to mix ingredientes separately, but this is not the case here.
As you'll see, you will use a single bowl, mix all ingredients in it (there is no need for a mixer either), transfer batter to pan and bake.
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C)
- In a bowl mix all dry ingredients
- Add eggs, vanilla, butter and sour cream and mix well
- Add chocolate chunks and mix - but don't overmix
- Pour batter in prepared muffin cups and bake for around 25 minutes, or until muffin tops are lightly golden brown
This is not a runny batter. It should be firm.
💭 Variations and substitutions
- You can use milk chocolate for sweeter muffins
- Turn this chocolate chunk muffin recipe into a chocolate chip muffins recipe by using chocolate chips instead of chocolate chunks
- No sour cream? No problem. Substitute sour cream for heavy cream and add the juice of 1/2 lime or small lemon (about 1 tablespoon) or even 1 tablespoon of apple vinegar (or any other white vinegar)
🧺 How to store muffins
Keep these choc muffins at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 2 days or freeze them for up to 2 months.
To defrost, leave at room temperature for about 15 minutes, or microwave them for about 30 seconds.
📖 Recipe
I think you might also enjoy these Red Velvet Cupcakes.
Chocolate Chunk Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter melted
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4.2 oz semi-sweet chocolate cut into chunks (you could substitute for milk chocolate if you prefer)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- In a bowl mix all dry ingredients.
- Add eggs, vanilla, butter and sour cream (see note 1). Mix well.
- Add chocolate chunks and mix (but don't overmix).
- Pour batter (see note 2) in prepared muffin cups and bake for around 25 minutes, or until muffin tops are lightly golden brown.
Notes
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Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe. I'll definitely try it at home.
You'll love it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Andrea