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Chocolate Chunk Muffins Recipe

Published: Jun 1, 2018 · Modified: Jul 24, 2020 by Andrea - 2 Comments

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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!

Chocolate Chunk Muffins placed over a dark board

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  • 😋 The best chocolate chunk muffin recipe
  • 📋 What ingredients do you need?
  • 🍳 How to make it
  • 💭 Variations and substitutions
  • 🧺 How to store muffins
  • 📖 Recipe
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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.

Chocolate Chunk Muffins cut in half showing inside of muffin full of chocolate pieces.

💭 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.

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Chocolate Chunk Muffins

A delicious and easy chocolate muffin recipe, using chocolate chunks
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate, muffin
Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes minutes
Servings 12
Calories 299kcal

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)
US Customary - Metric

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

Note 1: If you don't have sour cream at home you could use heavy cream and add the juice of 1/2 lime or small lemon (1 tablespoon) or even 1 tablespoon of apple vinegar (or any other white vinegar).
Note 2: The batter should be firm. This is not a runny batter.
Adapted from Recipe Encyclopedia.

Nutrition

Calories: 299kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 183mg | Potassium: 116mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 341IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 95mg | Iron: 2mg

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  1. Kunal Pahuja- Handmade Chocolates

    June 01, 2018 at 4:40 pm

    Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe. I'll definitely try it at home.

    Reply
    • Andrea Martins

      June 01, 2018 at 5:24 pm

      5 stars
      You'll love it!
      Thanks for stopping by!
      Andrea

      Reply

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