Chocolate Chip Muffins

by Sabrina Snyder

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18 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
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These quick and easy Chocolate Chip Muffins will satisfy your chocolate cravings. They’ll become your favorite go-to breakfast or afternoon snack.

If you’re in the mood for a bakery-style muffin that’s soft and moist with a bit of chocolatey sweetness, you won’t go wrong with either these Chocolate Chip Muffins or Chocolate Banana Muffins to get your morning chocolate fix. Be sure to check out all the other delicious muffins in our Baked Good Recipes section. There’s something for everyone.

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CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

What is it about going out for a coffee and a muffin from your local coffee shop or bakery that’s just so perfect? It can easily become a part of your daily routine which sounds lovely until you get your monthly statements and realize what it’s been costing you. 

Making muffins that rival your local bakery at home will not only save you money but it’s easy to do. This muffin recipe uses less than 10 ingredients, all of which you probably already have in your kitchen and the total time it takes to make them is less than the time it would take for you to go to the store to buy them. This recipe is a total win. You’ll never buy store-bought again.

Chocolate Chip Muffins in muffin tin

These muffins are so good you won’t want to save them just for breakfast. They’ll satisfy any sweet tooth so forget about grabbing a chocolate cupcake or cookie, enjoy one of these instead.

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HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

  • Sifting: Sifting the dry ingredients helps to keep the muffins soft and fluffy.
  • Wet ingredients: Whisk the wet ingredients together well until fully combined. Make sure there are no streaks left because you only want to mix the dry ingredients until it is barely incorporated.
  • Chocolate Chips: Stir in the chips for just a couple seconds.
  • Muffin Cups: Fill the cups ¾ of the way full before baking.

 

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VARIATIONS ON CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

  • Add-Ins: You can mix up the flavor of these muffins by adding vanilla extract or by adding cocoa powder for a chocolate muffin base.
  • Toppings: Make a streusel topping to add before baking using flour, sugar and unsalted butter. 
  • Mini Muffins: To make mini chocolate chip muffins use a mini muffin tin for this recipe. You’ll need to adjust the total time of baking to around 10-13 minutes.
  • Chocolate: You can use whatever chocolate chips you prefer. Add in mini chocolate chips, semisweet, or dark chocolate.
  • Gluten-Free: Make sure to use a Gluten-Free all-purpose flour for this recipe.

 FAQs

  • How do I make the muffins light and fluffy?  

    This Chocolate Chip muffins recipe requires baking powder which is a leavening agent. It allows the muffins to “rise” and be light and fluffy. If there’s not enough, the muffins won’t rise and if there’s too much, they’ll rise and then sink in so make sure to measure correctly so your muffins come out perfect.

  • Why are my muffins dense? Unfortunately, over-mixing can be an issue and cause the muffins to become dense or heavy. You only want to mix the ingredients just enough that it’s all combined. After that, resist the urge to mix more and stop.

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HOW TO STORE AND SERVE

  • Serve: These are best served straight out of the oven but can be left out at room temperature for up to 2 hours, uncovered.
  • Store: Place any leftover muffins in an airtight container or storage bag lined with a paper towel. To keep them moist, it’s better to leave them on the counter and not put them into the refrigerator.
  • Freeze: Wrap completely cooled muffins in plastic wrap or foil and place into a freezer-safe container or storage bag. Chocolate Chip Muffins will last up to 3 months.

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Chocolate Chip Muffins

These quick and easy Chocolate Chip Muffins will satisfy your chocolate cravings. They'll become your favorite go-to breakfast or afternoon snack.
Yield 18 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder
Chocolate Chip Muffin
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Ingredients
 

  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Whisk together the vegetable oil, egg, milk and vanilla extract until well combined.
  • Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  • Whisk together the dry and wet ingredients until just combined, then stir in the chocolate chips.
  • Line muffin tins with muffin liners and fill the cups ¾ full.
  • Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until toothpick placed into muffins come out clean.

Nutrition

Calories: 279kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 114mg | Potassium: 236mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 62IU | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 2mg

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  1. Simply amazing. I used a quarter of the sugar to keep them more versatile for breakfast, and less dessert-y. I also made a portion of the batch plain without chips, just delicious vanilla batter.

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