Whole Wheat Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins
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.
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins
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
Instructions
- 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.
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
These look amazing! Love the cracked tops! Another must-try, Barbara!
These chocolate delights with whole wheat flour have to be good for you, right? They look sooooo good! I’m bookmarking this one! 🙂
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.
Chocolate is my favorite way to begin the day, and look at you making it healthier!
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??
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….
On the must try list!
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!
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
Oh, hooray!
Great recipe. I liked that you used whole wheat flour.
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!
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!
i’m all about the occasional decadent muffin for breakfast! 🙂 YUM!
Those muffins look so intriguing!
These muffins look perfect! Love Reeni’s blog and have no doubt that these were delicious =)
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!
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?
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.
I could totally go for one of these right now- the breakfast of champions. My boys would love these!