Eating chocolate muffins for breakfast feels a little decadent, but baking them with whole wheat flour makes me feel a little better about treating my family to them. Reeni, Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice, recently posted this irresistible double chocolate muffin recipe which she adapted from King Arthur Flour.
These are big, beautiful, tender muffins. Reeni’s recipe says to divide the batter between 12 muffin cups. I was a little afraid to fill them that full and made 16 muffins instead, but when I make them again I’ll try and be braver. I also forgot to sprinkle them with coarse sugar. They are rich and chocolatey and probably don’t need the extra sugar on top, but I do love a sweet crunchy muffin top.
Bake these up next time you have a chocolate craving and be sure and visit Reeni and check out all of her delicious recipes.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 2/3 cup Dutch-processed unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup sour cream (not non-fat) or yogurt
- 2 cups white whole wheat or all-purpose flour (I used whole wheat pastry flour)
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- coarse sugar, for topping
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan.
- In a large mixing bowl beat together butter, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, salt and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in eggs, then stir in milk and sour cream. Mix in flour, then chocolate chips.
- Divide batter equally between the muffin cups, they will be full. Sprinkle each muffin with a little coarse sugar if desired.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out without crumbs on it - chocolate is ok. Remove from oven, cool on wire racks 10 minutes, remove from pan to wire racks and cool completely.
Notes
http://www.barbarabakes.com/2011/07/whole-wheat-chocolate-chocolate-chip-muffins/Other great muffin recipes you might enjoy:
Best Blueberry Streusel Muffins, Barbara Bakes
The Best Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe, Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice
Banana Nut Muffins, Barbara Bakes
American’s Test Kitchen Blueberry Muffins, Judy’s Kitchen
Pineapple Coconut Muffins, Completely Delicious
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I love to bake, especially cookies, cakes, and pies. I’ll post my adventures in the kitchen, my favorite new recipes, as well as our family favorites.
Beautiful muffins! They look really tempting.
Cheers,
Rosa
These look great! I am wanting to start making sure to feed my family healthier, this look just the way to start!
WOW Barbara! look amazing, gloria
I’m always up for a muffin recipe, and I’m always looking for new ways to incorporate whole wheat. This recipe looks perfect!
I just started following your website. I found you when serching for a monkey bread recipe – I cannot wait to try yours. It looks delicious. And these muffins will be tried as well. Thanks for sharing. I will be checking your site often.
Thanks for following! The monkey bread is my most popular post. I hope you love it as much as we do. Thanks!
They look so decadent chocolately that yes, knowing they are made with whole wheat flour does sort of help me convince myself that they are in fact healthy. Which is why I would do the sugar on top!
These sound delightful! Love the addition of whole wheat!
They looked great on Reeni’s blog and they look great here.
Mimi
Love these! I use whole wheat pastry flour a lot and prefer it over all purpose.
These look fantastic! I want one tonight for dessert! I missed you so much this weekend in Utah. I may be back in January so will keep you posted!
I would love a chocolate muffin for breakfast and these look so perfect!
A homemade muffin and a cup of good coffee are my idea of the ideal weekday breakfast. These look delish, Barbara. I make muffins often but never think to make chocolate ones. Thanks for a very tempting recipe.
I love the Costco chocolate muffins, but I bet yours are better!
Those look so good and chocolately. Yummy. Thanks.
Barbara, I’m soooo drooling all over my keyboard!
Mum what a great idea making them more healthy and when they’re chocolate flavoured you really can’t tell!
xxx
These look fantastic Barbara! I’m a big fan of chocolate for breakfast, especially when it’s a muffin, which is totally fair game
These look 100% professional, i would be happy to buy these from a bakery for sure! and would definitely feel no guilt in tucking a few away for brekkie
gorgeous recipe, im saving it and hope to give it a try sometime!
Chocolate for breakfast is always a good thing.
Love that you used whole wheat in these. Wish I had some for breakfast right now
I could totally go for one of these right now- the breakfast of champions. My boys would love these!
Barbara, I actually made these muffins a couple of years ago and used white whole wheat flour. I gave them my highest rating, because they are unbelievably delicious and will definitely satisfy a chocolate craving with the least amount of damage to your diet.
Mmm, I can never resist a good muffin! Love the look of these big, puffy ones. Reeni’s recipes really are great, aren’t they?
I love how this recipe can be so healthy…with yogurt and whole wheat flour. It’s making me very hungry for chocolate (which I always am anyways!). Thanks for sharing such a beautiful recipe!
These muffins look perfect! Love Reeni’s blog and have no doubt that these were delicious =)
Those muffins look so intriguing!
i’m all about the occasional decadent muffin for breakfast!
YUM!
Those look fantastic! I love chocolate muffins like this but haven’t had one in forever. I love that you used whole wheat flour. I’m going to give these a try sometime soon, they look so good!
Your muffins look so big and beautiful Barbara! It’s hard to imagine I made 12 out of them when I see how high these raised. Thanks for making them and for the shout-out!
Great recipe. I liked that you used whole wheat flour.
Oh, hooray!
I love chocolate anything but having them in sweet muffins using whole wheat has to be the best way! Awesome idea and perfect for breakfast or a snack
Yes! Yes! Yes! The whole wheat in these make them perfect for a *healthy* breakfast muffin. The chocolate chips in them just make them wonderful!
On the must try list!
I’ll bet I could even get my picky three year old grandson to eat these lovely things!
He’s with me for a few days, so I’ll give it a try….
Reeni’s dishes are always delicious so I can only imagine how good these are too! Plus they’re whole wheat so that makes them healthy right??
Chocolate is my favorite way to begin the day, and look at you making it healthier!
For breakfast. So impressed. I love choc muffins. Mmmmmm. Yours look gorgeous, can’t wait to try. Will whip up a batch on the weekend.
These chocolate delights with whole wheat flour have to be good for you, right? They look sooooo good! I’m bookmarking this one!
These look amazing! Love the cracked tops! Another must-try, Barbara!
You had me at whole wheat Barbara and the you go to say chocolate- OMG heaven!! Love the pictures, recipe, your blog!:)
Beautiful, Barbara! I love chocolate anything!
I would never think of pairing chocolate and wholewheat. Great idea. I think the nuttiness would be delicious with the chocolate!
Boy, do these look great, Barbara! I’d eat them all day…
Beautiful muffins! They sound amazing and I’m sure they taste even better. Can’t wait to try these! And my little ones are even more excited for me to try these. Great recipe!
This has perfect breakfast written all over it!
These really are as fabulous as they look! I use half the butter (4 tbsp), 6 oz plain whole milk yogurt and 3 oz whole milk, and 1 cup chocolate chips and they are super decadent and delicious. My husband who doesn’t care for ‘healthy’ baked goods says these are equivalent to the best, moist chocolate cake he’s ever eaten! Thanks for the incredible recipe – it’s on my favorites list!
Hi Lise – thanks for taking the time to let me know you made and loved the muffins! So fun that your husband was a fan too. I’ll have to try your changes.
These were delicious muffins! Thanks so much for sharing. My family has been enjoying them from the freezer for a few weeks now. I even added a bit of ground flax. Here’s my post about them http://sassysweetonline.com/?p=262.
They were a hit with the family and used 1/2 cup less sugar!!!!
Thank you!
Thanks Sheri – so glad you liked them. Nice to know they’re great even lightened up a bit.