Triple Chocolate Muffins – rich chocolate chocolate chip muffins that are moist, tender, and actually pretty good for you!
Chocolate for breakfast is pretty much my ultimate dream. But you also want to stay on track with your eating and not go crazy. Well, now you can have both! These chocolate muffins just happen to fit the bill. With only 3 Tablespoons of butter in the whole recipe, you don’t have to feel guilty.
If you are all about splurging then go for these Nutella Muffins, because Nutella can never be wrong.
Muffins are kind of my favorite thing to make and have stocked in my house. The question always come up; Can you Freeze Muffins? 100% absolutely you can. Just let them cool completely, and then store in a freezer safe plastic bag. Then you can take out one of these easy chocolate muffins any morning of the week for breakfast or as a snack with your coffee or even send in lunch boxes.
These chocolate muffins are bakery style muffins; which means they are dense and have that nice dome on top. And dusting them with powdered sugar gives them just a little extra hint of sweetness!
How to Make Triple Chocolate Muffins
- Melt dark chocolate and butter together until smooth. If you are using a microwave heat in 30 second intervals, stirring until melted.
- Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the sugar, milk, vanilla and eggs until smooth.
- Add the melted chocolate go the egg mixture and stir until everything is well combined
- Add the flour mixture and stir until just combined. You want to be careful not to over mix.
- Mix in chocolate chips and scoop into a prepared muffin tin.
- To get the nice dome on top bake for 5 minutes at 425 degrees. Then reduce the heat to 375 and cook for about 10 more minutes.
Tips for Making the Perfect Muffins
- Be careful not to over mix your batter, this makes for tough muffins. When stirring in the flour, mix until the white streaks just disappear.
- Every oven is different, so you use a toothpick to test for done-ness. Don’t always rely on the time in a recipe, testing early ensures your muffins don’t turn out dry and crumbly.
- Use good quality chocolate for these muffins. There are 3 different kinds of chocolate in these muffins, but they are a lighter muffin, so using good quality chocolate makes a difference in how they taste.
- Don’t skip mixing the wet and dry ingredients separately. It is worth having the extra dirty bowl because it helps your muffins stay tender and make sure you don’t over mix them.
Check out the 50 Muffins that have been shared here before, all in one place.
More Chocolate for Breakfast Recipes
- Chocolate Banana Oatmeal Blender Muffins
- Chocolate French Toast
- Nutella Cinnamon Rolls
- Double Chocolate Cheesecake Muffins
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
- Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
- Brownie Batter Pancakes
- Chocolate Pumpkin Bread
Triple Chocolate Muffins
Triple Chocolate Muffins - rich chocolate chocolate chip muffins that are moist, tender, and actually pretty good for you!
Ingredients
- 3 Tbls butter, , cubed
- 1 1/2 oz dark chocolate chips
- 2 cups flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs, , lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Powdered sugar for dusting, , optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray or line a 12 cup muffin tin with liners.
- Melt dark chocolate and butter together. If using a microwave, stop to stir every 30 seconds.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large bowl combine sugar, milk, vanilla, and eggs. Mix until well combined. Stir in melted chocolate until smooth.
- Add flour mixture, and mix until just combined. Fold win chocolate chips.
- Fill the 12 muffin tins with batter.
- Bake for 5 minutes at 425 degrees. Reduce the oven to 375 (leave door closed) and cook for an additional 10 minutes. A tester should come out clean.
- Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes before removing from the pan. Once completely cool, dust with powdered sugar if desired.
Notes
Recipe from Cooking Light
Nutrition Information
Yield
12Serving Size
1Amount Per ServingCalories 266 Total Fat 8g Saturated Fat 4g Trans Fat 0g Unsaturated Fat 3g Cholesterol 40mg Sodium 186mg Carbohydrates 46g Net Carbohydrates 0g Fiber 2g Sugar 27g Sugar Alcohols 0g Protein 5g
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Kristen says
What gorgeous muffins!!
Christiane ~ Taking On Magazines says
Well, welcome to the club! I’m with Cooking Light as well. They’re awesome to work with and I love, love, love the magazine. I think my daughter would vote for the muffins up there. She’s a chocolate hound. 🙂
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
Beautiful muffins, I love anything triple chocolate!
Pam Sohan says
These sound yummy !
Gianna says
Those look so delicious!
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says
Absolutely loving these!
Tracey says
I’m a last minute shopper- I still have so much to do! I’ll be wrapping on Christmas Eve for sure 🙂 These muffins sound amazing – you never have to ask me twice when it comes to chocolate for breakfast!
Lisa {AuthenticSuburbanGourmet} says
Nothing better than a warm muffin out of the oven and when you kicked it up with chocolate – now this is supreme!
Patty says
Triple chocolate…and light..what’s not to like!?! Great looking chocolate muffins Erin 🙂
Dionne Baldwin says
My other half loooooves chocolate muffins. They have become a bit of a tradition for special occasions! 🙂 Thanks for sharing this giveaway with us.
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says
Such pretty pretty pics! Delicious recipe, Erin!
Erin @ Texanerin Baking says
What pretty pictures! 🙂 Like a winter wonderland of muffins.
And my goodness are you busy over here! How in the world do you keep up?!
Suzanne says
Great muffins, triple chocolate is always a good thing!
Erin says
These sound amazing! What is the theory behind the high bake temp at the start, and then a longer lower temp bake? Where did you learn that? (I see it in the Cooking Light recipe directions, and you say it gives them a big dome top and a light fluffy center. I’m just curious about the food science about why it happens.)
Erin S says
From what I have read the high heat at the start lifts the muffin quickly, and creates the tall dome. I don’t know if it activates the baking powder quickly or why it happens, it just does 🙂 Then you lower the temp to finish cooking them more slowly, so they don’t get crusty on the outside.