These chocolate muffins easy to make and taste like they come from a bakery. Flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and chocolate chips are mixed together in a bowl. Then eggs, sour cream, oil, milk and vanilla are folded into the dry ingredients. Next the batter is spoon into muffin tins. The muffins are baked until a toothpick comes out clean.
Course
Dessert
Prep Time10minutes
Cook Time21minutes
Cooling Time10minutes
Servings12muffins
Ingredients
2cupsAP flour
1cupgranulated sugar
½cupunsweetened natural cocoa powder
1tspbaking soda
½tspsalt
1 ¾cupssemi-sweet chocolate chips
2large eggsroom temperature
¾cupsour cream or plain yogurtat room temperature
½cupvegetable oil
½cupmilkroom temperature
1 ½tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 F. Spray a 12 count muffin pan with non-stick spray or use cupcake liners.
Whisk the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and chocolate chips together in a large bowl. Set aside.
Whisk the eggs, sour cream, oil, milk and vanilla together until combined. Pour the wet ingredients into dry ingredients and fold together with a silicone spatula until completely combined. Avoid overmixing. The batter will be thick and sticky.
Spoon the batter into the liners, filling them all the way to the top. Bake for 5 minutes at 425 F. Then keep the muffins in the oven, reduce the oven temperature to 350 F. Bake for an additional 15 to 16 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool muffins for 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a wire rack until ready to eat.
Recipe Notes
Store leftover muffins at room temperature for 5 days or in the refrigerator for 1 week.
Total baking time should take 20 to 21 minutes. For mini muffins, bake for 13 to 14 minutes at 350 F.