Description
These Double Chocolate Muffins are soft, rich, and chocolatey, made with Dutch process cocoa, melted butter, sour cream, and mini semi-sweet chocolate chips throughout. Extra chocolate chips sprinkled over the tops give these homemade muffins an irresistible chocolate finish.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Double Chocolate Muffins
- 1 3/4 cups (219 g) all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1/2 cup (40 g) Dutch process cocoa powder
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup (112 g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated white sugar
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) whole milk, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup (122 g) sour cream, at room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup (200 g) mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup (100 g) mini semi-sweet chocolate chips for sprinkling on top of the muffins
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, Dutch process cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until evenly combined.
- In a separate large bowl, combine the melted unsalted butter and granulated white sugar. Add the room-temperature eggs and whisk until combined.
- Add the room-temperature whole milk, sour cream, and vanilla to the wet mixture. Whisk until the ingredients are evenly incorporated.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and gently stir until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Fold in the 1 cup (200 g) mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, distributing them evenly throughout the batter.
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups.
- Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup (100 g) mini semi-sweet chocolate chips over the tops of the muffins.
- Bake according to the recipe’s specified baking temperature and timing until the muffins are set and baked through.
- Allow the muffins to cool before serving.
Notes
- Bring the eggs, whole milk, and sour cream to room temperature before mixing.
- Stir the batter only until the dry ingredients are incorporated to help maintain a tender texture.
- Keep the two portions of chocolate chips separate so the reserved chips can be added to the muffin tops.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: double chocolate muffins, chocolate muffins, easy chocolate muffins, homemade chocolate muffins, chocolate chip muffins, Dutch process cocoa muffins