There are countless recipes for muffins with chocolate inside - these are baked goods with chocolate chips, and with crushed pieces of tile, and with liquid chocolate. And if you add cocoa to the dough, you get a real chocolate madness for the sweet tooth. The right to be called the birthplace of muffins is disputed by two countries - France and Germany. The French claim that muffins are their sweet bread (moufflet), while the Germans are sure that these products are nothing more than one of the varieties of old pastries (muffe).

Muffins according to classic recipes in silicone molds

Muffins can be called a "lazy cupcake", like charlotte - a "lazy biscuit". Muffins are baked in small molds (sometimes in disposable paper ones), traditionally part of the flour in muffins is replaced with starch (ideally corn) for greater friability. The proportions there are more free than in muffins, warm milk, syrup and other flavorings can be added to the dough. The order of kneading is also simpler: all liquid ingredients (butter, eggs, milk, syrup) are mixed together, all dry ingredients (sugar, flour, baking powder) are mixed in a separate bowl, then everything is combined, but it is not necessary to beat the whole mass to a homogeneous structure - muffins are not capricious. They are baked at a temperature of 160–165 degrees for the same 20–25 minutes.

Muffins– this is just a field for culinary experiments. Instead of jam, you can fill them with “taffy” – boiled condensed milk, bananas, dates, pieces. When preparing muffins with chocolate according to classic recipes, you can add almonds or other nuts, all kinds of spices, chocolate pieces, cognac, liquor, rum to the dough. And every time you get a special taste!

Many people like to bake such cupcakes in disposable paper molds. Just remember that chocolate muffins according to this recipe must be put into silicone molds, otherwise they will lose their shape. When serving, you can leave the paper on the table - it serves as a decoration for baking.

To decorate muffins, powdered sugar, icing with various additives, chocolate, and confiture (if your muffins – fruit) are suitable.

Another find for lovers of delicious: salty muffins that can be stuffed with cheese, smoked meats (both meat and fish), mushrooms, cottage cheese with salt and herbs. Ukrainian-style muffins can be stuffed with salted lard or lard, and Russian-style muffins can be stuffed with red caviar. For savory muffins, dill cream (whisk dill with lemon juice and salt in a blender) or tartar sauce (for fish muffins) are suitable as icing.

You can also make a large family cupcake with filling (not liquid) according to the muffin recipe.

I would like to say separately about the use of soda as a baking powder. Quite often, we run the risk of getting not the most pleasant soda flavor in our pastries instead of the promised splendor. The popular idea - to quench soda with vinegar or kefir - is not so good, because the reaction with the release of gas occurs already in the process of quenching and this soda will not bring any more benefit to your dough. If you do not want to use dry baking powder, and you are more accustomed to working with soda, then mix it dry with a few grains of citric acid and add this mixture to the dough, then the reaction will occur already in it. But in general, for pancakes, for biscuits and muffins, baking powder is a completely unnecessary thing.

Below you can find recipes for muffins with chocolate and step-by-step photos of how to make cupcakes.

Recipes for making chocolate muffins in a slow cooker

Here you will learn how to make chocolate muffins at home using a slow cooker instead of an oven.

Sweet cupcakes with chocolate filling (muffins)

Ingredients:

• Flour: 1 cup.
• Sugar: ⅔ cup.
• Egg: 3 pcs.
• Butter: 100 g.
• Baking powder: 1 sachet.
• Zest of 1 lemon.
• Vanillin: ½ sachet.
• Liquid chocolate: ½ cup.
• Cinnamon (powder): to taste.

Cooking:

Whisk eggs together with sugar.

Add butter, baking powder for the dough, vanillin and flour. Grate the lemon zest on a fine grater, add to the dough. Mix everything well.

Fill a silicone mold for chocolate muffins in a multicooker or disposable (not metal!) molds about ⅓ filled with dough.

Put some thick chocolate in the center.

Lay out the top layer of dough (the same as the bottom), starting from the edges of the molds.

Molds should be ⅔ full or a little more.

Put the molds in the slow cooker and turn on the HEAT mode for 10 minutes.

Bake chocolate muffins in a slow cooker according to this recipe in the BAKING mode for 60 minutes.

Chocolate-sea buckthorn muffins in a slow cooker

Ingredients:

75 g butter, 100 g sugar, 50 g frozen sea buckthorn, 80 g flour, 1 egg, ½ tsp. baking powder, 1 tbsp. l. (for berries) flour, 1 tsp. vanilla essence, 40 g chocolate chips, 4 muffin cups

Cooking :

1. To prepare muffins with chocolate according to this recipe, you need to prepare butter and an egg in advance so that their temperature is equal to room temperature.

2. Mix baking powder and 80 g flour, sift the mixture.

3. Dry well-thawed berries and roll in 1 tbsp. l. flour.

4. Grind the butter, gradually mixing sugar into it.

5. When the sugar dissolves, add the egg, vanilla essence and mix thoroughly.

6. In several steps, add the flour mixture, mixing it with a spatula. Then add chocolate chips and mix again.

7. Place half of the prepared dough into molds, spread the berries in them, slightly sinking them into the dough with your finger, and put the remaining dough on top. Forms should be two-thirds full.

8. Select the BAKING program in the menu, set the time to 1 hour 10 minutes.

9. Preheat the multicooker for 10 minutes with the lid open.

10. Put the molds on the bottom of the multicooker bowl, close the lid and set the pressure to the “0” mark.

ADVICE:

Do not fill the molds to the top with the dough so that the muffins do not stick together.

Leave the berries out of the batter if you want them to stay whole.

See photos of chocolate muffin recipes prepared in a slow cooker:

Muffins with chocolate inside: step by step recipes with photos and videos

Your attention - step-by-step recipes for muffins with chocolate inside and various additives.

Muffins with nuts and chocolate

Ingredients:

• Flour - 250 g
• Baking powder - 10 g
• Peeled walnuts - 150 g
• Chocolate - 180 g
• Eggs - 3 pcs.
• Sugar - 200 g
• Vanilla sugar - 10 g
• Vegetable oil - 120 ml
• Sour milk or curdled milk - 180 ml

Cooking:

Before making chocolate muffins, you need to mix flour, baking powder, chopped walnuts and chocolate.

In another bowl, mix eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar, add vegetable oil and sour milk or yogurt, mix well.

Pour the egg-milk mixture into the flour and mix until smooth.

Fill silicone or buttered metal cupcake liners 1/4 full with the batter, bake at 180°C for 20-25 minutes.

As you can see in the photo, muffins with chocolate inside according to this recipe look very appetizing:

Chocolate muffins "Polar Star"

Ingredients:

• Confectionery crumb for sprinkling (see recipe below)
• 100 g butter
• 1 glass of granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups of flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ cup milk
• ¼ cup sour cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 200 g chocolate

Cooking:

1. Preheat oven to 190°C before making chocolate muffins. Place paper capsules into 12 cupcake liners.

2. Prepare crumbs for sprinkling as described below. Set aside.

3. Using a hand mixer, mix the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add eggs, beating thoroughly.

4. In a separate bowl, mix flour with baking powder and salt. Gradually add this dry mixture to the butter-sugar mass, alternating with milk, sour cream and vanilla extract. Knead until a homogeneous mass is obtained.

5. Gently add chopped chocolate.

6. To make muffins tall, fill each mold with dough almost to the top. Sprinkle liberally with crumbs.

7. Bake for 25-30 minutes, then stick a splinter in the middle of one muffin. When the muffins are ready, the dough will not stick and the skewer will remain dry. Cool for 10 minutes on a baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack.

For this recipe for chocolate muffins with chocolate, you will need crumbs for sprinkling:

• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup flour
• ¼ cup frozen butter, finely chopped
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Cooking:

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend at high speed until the mixture begins to crumble into dense crumbs. Sprinkle muffins as directed in recipe.

Watch the video recipe for making chocolate muffins to better understand the baking technology:

How to make delicious chocolate muffins at home

Chocolate muffins with pine nuts

Ingredients:

500 g flour, 150 g margarine, 250 g sugar, 100 g peeled pine nuts, 2 tbsp. tablespoons of cocoa, 5 eggs, 1 sachet of vanilla sugar, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of grated lemon zest.

Cooking method:

Before making chocolate muffins with pine nuts, you need to grind eggs with sugar, add melted margarine, mix well. Pour the sifted flour, add vanilla sugar, cocoa, lemon juice and zest, knead a homogeneous dough. Add pine nuts, mix.

Pour the dough into molds lined with baking paper.

Bake muffins in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 20-25 minutes.

Muffins in chocolate glaze

Ingredients:

• cake mix box
• 24 waffle cups for ice cream
• 2 muffin tins, 12 each
• jar of chocolate icing
• confectionery topping

1. To make delicious chocolate muffins with this easy recipe, preheat the oven and make the cake batter according to the directions on the box.

2. Place the cups in the muffin tin, then carefully fill the cups with the prepared batter.

3. Carefully place the molds in the oven and bake according to package instructions. Check with a toothpick if the dough is baked.

4. Cool down.

5. After the cups are completely cool, decorate them with chocolate icing and sprinkles to make them look like real ice cream in cups.

The photo of recipes for chocolate muffins with chocolate shows all the cooking steps:

How to make chocolate muffins with cocoa at home

Chocolate muffins

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 100 g, corn starch - 50 g, sugar - 150 g, butter - 50 g, bitter chocolate - 50 g, hot milk - 100 ml, eggs - 3 pieces, baking powder - 5-10 g.

Cooking:

To make chocolate chip muffins according to this recipe, you need to put the broken chocolate bar and butter in a bowl, pour hot milk over them and stir until they are melted. Add the eggs to the cooled mixture and beat. In a separate bowl, mix: flour, starch, sugar, baking powder. Then mix wet and dry ingredients together and spread the dough into molds.

Bake at a temperature of 165-170 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Photos of muffin recipes with chocolate chips clearly demonstrate how these cupcakes are prepared:

Dark Chocolate Devil's Food Muffins

Due to the fact that ordinary cocoa is "processed" with baking soda, these cupcakes acquire a rich dark chocolate color. Instead of regular cocoa, you can use Dutch technology cocoa for this chocolate muffin recipe. In this case, the color will become even darker, and the taste will become softer. You won't notice any difference in texture. So, how to make chocolate muffins at home using simple ingredients?

Ingredients:

For 18 cupcakes with a diameter of 6.5 cm:

• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup softened butter
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla

Cooking:

1. Preheat oven to 175°C before making chocolate muffins.

2. Lightly grease or spray muffin tins with vegetable oil or insert paper baking capsules into them.

3. Pour cocoa into a small bowl. Slowly add boiling water, stirring with a spoon until the mixture turns into a smooth paste. Set aside until cool to lukewarm.

4. In another small bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.

5. In a medium bowl, beat the butter and sugar with a mixer (on medium speed).

6. Beat the eggs one at a time into the butter mixture, add the chilled cocoa and mix until smooth.

7. Add all the flour with soda and salt and mix until a homogeneous, flour-free dough is obtained.

8. Using a measuring cup or ice cream scoop, spoon the batter into the molds, filling them three-quarters full.

9. Bake 15 minutes or until done. Check readiness with a toothpick: if it remains clean, then the muffins are ready.

Easy chocolate muffin recipes with liquid chocolate inside

Easy Chocolate Muffin Recipe

Ingredients:

250 g flour, 125 g sugar, 1 teaspoon of slaked soda, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil, 60 g butter, 1 glass of milk, 150 g coconut flakes, 100 g chocolate.

Cooking:

To prepare muffins with liquid chocolate according to this recipe, you need to mix butter, sugar, milk, eggs and mix. Add flour, soda, coconut, raspberries. The dough should be creamy. Grease baking molds and pour batter into them. Bake in the oven for 15-20 min.

Muffins with chocolate and chokeberry

Ingredients:

For test:

• 2 cups chokeberry berries,
• 100 g butter,
• 180 g dark chocolate
• 100 g sugar
• half a glass of milk
• 2 eggs,
• 200 g flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar.

For glaze:

• 100 g powdered sugar,
• half a glass of chokeberry berries.

Cooking method:

To make muffins with liquid chocolate inside according to this recipe, turn on the oven to preheat to 200 ° C, grease muffin molds with oil or put paper molds in them. Mix flour with vanilla sugar and baking powder. Beat the softened butter and sugar into a fluffy mass, add the eggs one at a time, then the flour, and finally the berries with chopped chocolate. Pour the batter into the molds two-thirds of the way up and bake for about 20 minutes. Finished muffins after cooling, cover with icing.

To prepare the glaze for chocolate muffins with chocolate inside according to this recipe, crush the berries (it is convenient to do this with an immersion blender), add a tablespoon of water and strain through a sieve. Mix with powdered sugar until creamy.

Easy Blueberry Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients:

For 8-10 muffins

• 1 cup whole grain flour
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ⅓ cup (or less) maple syrup, sugar, or honey
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup oat milk
• 1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen (wild blueberries, if you can find them, are ideal)
• 200 g liquid chocolate

Cooking:

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.

2. To make the Liquid Chocolate Muffins for this recipe, combine the first six ingredients in a large bowl.

3. Center remaining ingredients. Gently mix the dough from the center to the edges until a uniform consistency. Do not overdo it.

4. Spoon batter into non-stick muffin tins (or spray regular muffin tins with vegetable-based non-stick cooking spray). Bake for 25 minutes or until cupcakes are browned on top.

Muffins with chocolate inside

Ingredients for 12 muffins:

• 100 gr. room temperature butter (if I need it quickly, then the butter can be cut into pieces and put in the microwave for 10-20 seconds, the main thing is that it becomes soft)
• 100 gr. Sahara
• 2 large eggs
• 170 gr. flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp. l. cocoa
• 12 pieces of dark or white chocolate

Cooking:

Preheat oven to 190 degrees.

In a bowl, mix butter, sugar, eggs, sift flour, baking powder, cocoa there. Mix everything with a mixer. If the dough turned out to be dense (it depends on the flour), then add a couple of tablespoons of milk.

Put half of the batter into a muffin tin. Top each mold with a piece of chocolate and cover with the remaining dough.

We send it to the oven for 20-25 minutes. Let the muffins cool slightly and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

How to bake chocolate raisin muffins

Muffins with dark chocolate and raisins

Ingredients:

• wheat flour - 200 g;
• dark chocolate - 1 large bar;
• granulated sugar - 70 g;
• cocoa powder - 2 tbsp. l.;
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs;
• butter - 150 g;
• baking powder - 2 tsp;
• vanilla sugar - 1 tsp;
• seedless raisins - half a glass.

Cooking:

Rub room temperature butter in a bowl with eggs, cocoa and granulated sugar. Then add the diced chocolate bar and mix. After that, add baking powder, vanilla, flour and knead the dough.

We dry the washed raisin berries, mix with a small amount of flour so that they are evenly distributed over the pastry. Pour into the dough and mix again.

We put the prepared dough into small oiled, metal, paper or silicone molds (in the latter case, you can simply sprinkle with water), filling about two-thirds of the volume.

Before baking chocolate muffins, the oven must be preheated to 180-200 ° C. Bake the cupcakes until done, about 20-25 minutes. Then we take out the finished muffins from the oven and decorate with icing, sprinkles, powder, etc. on top.

Chocolate muffins from Yulia Vysotskaya with chocolate pieces inside and recipe photo

In order to bake muffins with chocolate according to Yulia Vysotskaya's recipe, you will need:

• 100 g dark chocolate
• 50 g white chocolate
• 100 g butter
• 3 eggs
• 40 g brown sugar
• 2 tbsp. spoons of flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• a pinch of ground coffee

Cooking method:

Preheat the oven to 190°C. Break the chocolate into pieces and put in a small saucepan, add butter and put on fire. Combine the egg with sugar and beat with a mixer so that the sugar is completely dissolved. Add flour, baking powder, ground coffee and continue whisking. Then add the melted chocolate with butter to the egg mass and beat until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Arrange the dough in small molds (if the molds are not silicone, grease them with oil). Break the white chocolate into pieces and stick a few pieces of white chocolate into each mold with dough. Place cupcakes in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes. Serve muffins with chocolate chips inside, prepared according to Yulia Vysotskaya's recipe, chilled well.

Banana muffins: recipe and photo of cupcakes with chocolate and banana

Ingredients:

• Flour: 225 grams;
• Cocoa: 3 tablespoons;
• Bananas: 3 pieces;
• Chicken eggs: 2 pieces;
• Sugar: 100 g or to taste;
• Vegetable oil: 125 ml;
• Soda: 1 teaspoon.

Cooking:

Step 1: preparing bananas.

Peel bananas and place on a plate. We arm ourselves with a fork or a potato masher and grind the banana pulp into a puree.

Step 2: preparing the eggs.

We wash the eggs under hot running water and break them into a separate plate. Pour sugar and vegetable oil, using a whisk, beat until smooth. Then pour into mashed bananas and mix everything thoroughly with a tablespoon.

Step 3: preparing the dough.

Pour the required amount of flour, cocoa and soda into a sieve. Sift into a wide bowl and mix well. Sifting is necessary in order to get rid of lumps, as well as to enrich the dough with oxygen, because this way the baking will turn out even more airy and tender.

Pour the sweet banana mass to the flour and beat everything thoroughly with a whisk or with a mixer. The liquid dough should be uniform in color and without lumps.

Step 4: making muffins.

Carefully grease the baking dish with butter or vegetable oil or, as in our case, lay out paper molds. Then spread the prepared dough with a tablespoon, filling the molds by about 2/3, because our dough will rise a little. And you can start baking.

Step 5: baking muffins.

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius and only after that, place the mold in the oven. Bake muffins until fully cooked for 15 - 20 minutes. During this time, they should rise and become covered with a beautiful crust. And readiness can be checked with a toothpick, skewer or fork. If, when sticking a skewer, a trace of raw dough remains on it, then the baking is not yet ready, and if it is dry, then safely turn off the oven and take out the form, helping ourselves with kitchen tacks.

Let the banana and chocolate muffins prepared according to this recipe cool down to room temperature for 10-15 minutes.

Step 6: serve banana chocolate muffins.

Chilled banana-chocolate muffins can be served in paper cups or without them, but certainly on a beautiful tray or on a wide dish. You can decorate the dessert with icing sugar or delicate butter cream, in any case, the cupcakes are incredibly fragrant and very tasty. And as a drink, hot chocolate, tea or milk is suitable.

And in conclusion - a photo of banana muffins with chocolate, prepared according to the recipe presented above:

Muffins - uncomplicated, at first glance, pastries - won the hearts and stomachs of a multi-million audience around the world. However, many consumers do not fully understand the difference between them and their "closest relatives" - muffins and cupcakes. Who are the members of this trio? Cupcake (from English cake) - cake; (from English) - a small cake (cupcake); muffins (from English maffin) - a kind of cake (cupcake).

"Big Brother" is a large cupcake with raisins, candied fruits and other sweet additions. This is baked, for example, at Christmas. However, it will not be a mistake to call small cupcakes in silicone molds that way. The “younger brothers” in this trio are cupcakes. In their structure and taste, they are similar to cupcakes and muffins, but differ in miniature. In addition, they are usually decorated with cream or icing, which makes them look more like cakes. And finally, our main character - muffins. This is the name of a type of cupcake. They are baked in portion molds with different fillings, salty or sweet - it all depends on taste preferences. Muffins are served warm with butter.

The confusion in the names does not change the essence of baking: it is tasty, beautiful and very easy to prepare at home. Of course, you can easily buy muffins in the store. However, the quality is unfortunately questionable. In addition, it is enough to spend a little time in the kitchen and bring to life one of the many recipes. For example, making chocolate muffins interspersed with pieces of dark chocolate is a real delicacy! And immediately after to deal with, how do you like the idea?)

Cooking time: 25 minutes / Yield: 12 pieces

Ingredients

• flour 200 grams
• sugar 100 grams
• baking powder 2 tsp
• egg 3 pieces
• instant coffee 2 tbsp. spoons
• cocoa 2 tbsp. spoons
• dark chocolate 150 grams
• butter soft 200 grams.

Cooking

Crack the eggs into a bowl and add sugar. With a whisk, mix the products all together in a lush foam.



Add soft butter, cocoa powder and instant coffee to the egg mixture. Mix all ingredients well.



Cut the dark chocolate into pieces with a knife. To make the tile easier to cut, leave it to lie down at a temperature of 25 0 C and melt a little.



We put the pieces of dark chocolate in a mixture of eggs, sugar, butter, cocoa and coffee. Mix all the ingredients with a spoon.



Mix wheat flour with baking powder, sift through a sieve and mix in small portions into a bowl with an oil-egg mass.



Knead with a spatula a thick homogeneous dough for muffins with pieces of chocolate.



Take a muffin tin. Lubricate the molds inside with butter and sprinkle with flour or put in each paper cupcake molds. We put the finished dough in each container - a tablespoon with a slide. It should fill the mold a little more than half.



We bake chocolate muffins in an oven preheated to 180 0 C for 25 minutes. On the surface of the finished baking, an appetizing cap is formed with pieces of melted chocolate.



We lay out the finished products from the mold on a plate and serve still warm to the table.

Muffins are simple, elegant, delicate and very fashionable pastries. They are adored by everyone from young to old, this is a joy for those with a sweet tooth and food bloggers. They are baked in the home kitchen, ordered in cafes and coffee houses, they can be bought in bakeries. Favorites, of course, are chocolate muffins - the perfect companion for a mug of coffee. Crumbly, slightly moist dough literally melts in your mouth, leaving behind a bright taste.

Unlike conventional cupcakes, which have a denser texture and vary in size and shape, muffins are always hand-sized and come in round or oval shapes. They are very convenient to serve at the festive table or family feast. Or treat yourself alone.

They are eaten cold, warm or even hot. A small minus of this type of baking is that it is not made with a margin, because it gets stale very quickly. They even sell ready-made mixtures for housewives who want to save time.

Traditionally, chocolate muffins are made with cocoa or, more rarely, Nesquik instant drink.

The network has a lot of recipes for muffins with chocolate, with cherries and cream, with a fluid filling and decorated with candied fruits, baked in the oven or microwave, and many others. And you should definitely try them!

Classic chocolate muffin recipe

The classic chocolate muffin recipe is so easy and simple that even a young cook can make it at home if they follow the instructions. As a rule, muffins are baked in the oven. If you have an electric oven, then choose a mode where heating is evenly distributed from above and below.

Chocolate muffins with the most delicate dough can easily replace eclairs, cake and pastry on a festive and everyday table. They can be served just like that or decorated with cream, fruit, icing.

Inventory

You will need a capacious metal bowl or saucepan where you will mix the ingredients of the future culinary masterpiece, and a spatula for mixing. Ideal for making chocolate muffins in silicone molds. In them, baking is smooth and very easy to remove, allowing you to enjoy not only the taste, but the beauty of the dish. Ceramic and metal molds are also popular. Very often, a disposable paper mold is also inserted inside. Its use makes ready-made pastries more aesthetic in appearance and it serves as packaging, preventing muffins from getting stale too quickly, and for those with a sweet tooth from getting their hands dirty.

Ingredients

The recipe for chocolate muffins baked in a silicone mold includes the following ingredients:

• 200 g flour;
• 150 g of granulated sugar;
• 150 g butter;
• 100 ml of milk;
• 2 eggs;
• 5 tbsp cocoa powder;
• 2 tsp baking powder.

How to make chocolate muffins

We prepare classic chocolate muffins at home in several stages according to a simple recipe.

Butter at room temperature should be mixed in a saucepan with sugar and milk. Bring to a boil over low heat, stirring regularly, let cool.

When everything cools down, pour in the eggs. All ingredients are gently mixed with a spatula or mixer at low speed as they are added.

Mix flour with baking powder and cocoa, add it to the pan, mix again. The dough should come out fluid, like pancakes.

Using a silicone brush, grease the molds from the inside with butter. Pour the dough into them, filling the molds a little more than half - the muffins rise well.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, put a baking sheet with muffins in it and bake them for 20-25 minutes. To prevent the dough from settling, it is recommended not to open the oven at this time.

Chocolate muffins according to the classic recipe are ready! It remains to remove them from the oven, cool and serve, decorating as desired.

How to make chocolate muffins video

https://youtu.be/KTg2Ad0WCIM

Other Chocolate Muffin Recipes

Recipes for chocolate muffins are very diverse. In search of "the one", you will find a recipe for muffins with melted chocolate, and chopped into pieces, and muffins with cocoa. There is no single instruction on how to make delicious chocolate muffins - there are dozens and hundreds of them. But all the more tempting to learn everything you can about chocolate muffins in order to find the most delicious ones.

If you want to make very chocolate muffins, take a recipe where not only cocoa, but also pieces of chocolate are added to the dough. Usually they use dark or bitter natural chocolate - they crumble the bar or take ready-made “drops”, they are sold in the departments for confectioners.

In order to make chocolate muffins with chocolate at home, you will need:

• 100 g of granulated sugar;
• 2 tsp baking powder;
• 3 eggs;
• 2 tablespoons instant coffee;
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder;
• 150 g dark chocolate;
• 200 g butter;
• 150-250 g flour.

First you need to beat eggs with granulated sugar in a bowl (part of it can be replaced with vanilla sugar) until fluffy foam.

Whisk in soft butter, cocoa powder and coffee alternately.

Chop the chocolate with a knife, after holding the bar out of the refrigerator to make it easier to do, and add the pieces to the bowl.

Mix wheat flour with baking powder and add parts to the resulting mixture. Depending on the quality of the flour, a different amount may be required, so focus on the consistency of the dough - it should be thick and slightly fluid.

How to bake chocolate muffins correctly so that they come out the most delicious, fluffy and airy to the envy of any cupcake? Grease the baking molds with oil from the inside and sprinkle with flour or cocoa. Put the dough in them by two-thirds of the volume or a little less.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, mark 20-25 minutes and bake the muffins. They are usually eaten warm before the chocolate has hardened again.

Or you can use the previous recipe with milk by simply adding chocolate chips to the dough. The calorie content will be lower, but this will not affect the taste.

Delicate chocolate muffins can also be baked with white chocolate - it will give the dish a milder taste than dark or bitter. And white blotches will look unusual on brown dough.

For them you will need:

• 1 egg;
• 60 g butter;
• 120 ml of milk;
• 100 g of granulated sugar;
• 160 g flour;
• 1 tsp baking powder;
• 2-3 tbsp cocoa powder;
• 50-100 g of white chocolate;
• 5 tbsp flaked almonds or chopped almonds.

Melt the butter in a separate bowl. Add the egg to the cooled butter and beat everything. Pour in milk and mix thoroughly.

In another bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and cocoa. Pour into the egg-butter mixture and mix with a spatula or mixer. The dough should be the consistency of thick sour cream.

Cut the white chocolate into small pieces and mix into the dough along with part of the almond flakes.

Pour batter into molds and sprinkle with remaining almond "feathers".

Bake muffins with white chocolate in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Serve warm with tea.

A delicious and non-standard dessert - muffins with chocolate inside, with a liquid filling. They are also called French fondant, and they require a certain skill from the cook.

To prepare them, you must take:

• 80 g dark chocolate (70-80%);
• 80 g butter;
• 2 eggs;
• 100 g of granulated sugar;
• 2 tbsp cognac;
• 2 tbsp flour.

Melt butter and chocolate together on the stovetop or in the microwave.

In a separate bowl, beat eggs with sugar. Add flour and beat again.

Stir chocolate and butter into the dough, finally splashing 1-2 tablespoons of cognac for a richer taste and smell.

Muffins with chocolate filling are very fragile, so it is necessary to prepare the molds - grease them well with butter and sprinkle with flour or cocoa so that the pastry comes out intact. Or use disposable paper molds.

Pour the dough into molds and bake for 7-10 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees. Readiness will be indicated by a risen and slightly cracked “crown” of muffins.

Serve them hot, garnished with a scoop of ice cream or fresh berries.

Simple and delicious chocolate muffins are made with fermented baked milk. Its addition also allows you to reduce the calorie content of baking, which is important for many.

To make them, you need to take:

• 200 g butter;
• 80 g of granulated sugar;
• 180 ml of fermented baked milk;
• 3 eggs;
• 250 g flour;
• 5 tbsp cocoa powder;
• 2 tsp baking powder;
• 1 tsp vanillin.

Beat softened butter with eggs and sugar. Add ryazhenka.

In a separate bowl, mix the sifted flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla. Transfer to a bowl with butter and eggs, mix well.

Spread the dough into molds and put them in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake 20-25 minutes.

Ready-made muffins can be served for dessert or afternoon tea both warm and cold.

Muffins in the microwave

How to make muffins as quickly and easily as possible? Use the microwave recipe. The same method will help if the kitchen does not have an oven.

To make quick chocolate muffins, you will need:

• 125 g butter;
• 120 ml of milk;
• 1 egg;
• 100 g of dark chocolate;
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder;
• 200 g flour;
• 1 tsp baking powder;
• 75 g of sugar;
• 0.5 tsp salt.

Whisk the egg with milk. Melt the butter in the microwave, pour over the egg and beat again.

Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Add cocoa. Mix dry and liquid products, knead with a spatula or mixer.

Grate chocolate. Add half to the batter.

Please note that the molds need to be filled with dough only a third, no more, and not two-thirds, as for the oven - it fits very well.

Put the molds on a dish in the microwave and set the mode to 700 watts. With this power, the cooking time is only 3 minutes.

Let the muffins cool slightly, sprinkle with the remaining chocolate and - bon appetit!

There are other recipes for chocolate muffins. Variants of the classic, with a variety of fillings, icing, cream, berries. Most recipes are suitable for fearlessly feeding a child with such pastries. There are options for those who watch the figure. For novice cooks and experienced pastry chefs. For everyone who loves sweets and chocolate.

Both for a cozy family tea party and for a festive dessert idea, chocolate muffins are the best. Economical and very tasty cakes can be prepared in several versions, decorated differently for each type of product and get rave reviews from guests or household members. And you will have to spend about 30 minutes, or a little more if you also make a decor cream.

What you need to know about chocolate muffins

Despite the simplicity of the recipe and the availability of all ingredients, there are subtleties that can significantly affect the result. Dessert pastries include butter, milk, cocoa, the quality of which determines the taste of the final product. In addition, berries can be added to the dough.

There are several important rules for making chocolate muffins so that they turn out to be truly delicious:

1. You don't need to beat the ingredients. They are kneaded by hand (with a spoon, spatula), but to speed up the process, it is permissible to use a mixer with a nozzle for making dough. The rise during baking and the air structure of the cake is obtained as a result of the use of baking powder.
2. When adding frozen berries to cherry and chocolate muffins, do not thaw them ahead of time. The fruits will lose their juice, and the pastry will turn out to be too wet.
3. Muffins are usually baked in special paper forms. They do not need to be lubricated, and removed from the products after baking. In corrugated paper forms, the cake is both stored and served on the table. If there is a set of small metal molds (as for cupcakes), then they need to be treated with oil and dusted with flour. For silicone products, only the bottom is lubricated to get a convex rounded top of the cake.
4. To get a rich chocolate color of the dough, you need to use not cocoa, but melted chocolate.
5. It is better to buy good cocoa powder, produced by the Rossiya factory or the Babaevsky enterprise.
6. As a baking powder, you need to use a purchased mixture. In the absence of such, baking powder is used, which is easy to make on your own. To do this, mix in equal proportions dry soda and citric acid powder. You need to store homemade baking powder in a carefully closed jar and take it only with a dry spoon so that the substances do not begin to react with each other ahead of time. When baking muffins, in no case should you extinguish soda with vinegar.

If the recipe includes chocolate chips, you can use chocolate drops. This is a thermostable product that will retain its shape during baking. Shavings or caribe crumbs are also suitable as a filler. In the absence of the opportunity to buy special chocolate fillers, the easiest way is to crumble a bar of dark chocolate.

How to make muffins with your own hands?

The technology of kneading dough and baking seems complicated only at a very cursory glance. In fact, there are absolutely no difficulties in making muffins. The main requirement is to mix liquid and dry ingredients separately. This helps to retain carbon dioxide, which forms many small and evenly distributed bubbles in the dough.

Like any American recipe, the classic way implies that any housewife can cook pastries. It is better to turn on the oven in advance so that it warms up to 200-220ºС. You will need:

• sugar - 100 g;
• flour - 200 g;
• baking powder - 2 tsp;
• cocoa - 2-3 tablespoons;
• vanilla sugar (1 tsp) or crystalline vanillin (at the tip of a knife);
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
• butter - 70 g;
• milk - 70 ml.

The butter must first be melted to a liquid state (in the microwave or on the stove). Whisk the eggs with a fork, mixing the white and yolk. Then add milk and butter and mix.

Separately mix flour, sugar, cocoa and baking powder. Immediately add the chocolate chips. Pour the egg-butter mix into the prepared dry mixture and quickly mix the dough.

You should get a fairly thick, but not elastic mass. Divide the dough into small molds, filling them no more than 2/3 of the volume. Put in the oven for 10-12 minutes. Readiness can be determined with a dry wooden skewer, but with a preheated oven, this time is usually enough.

The number of cakes that will be obtained from this set of products is 10-15 pieces, depending on the size of the molds. The standard muffin diameter is about 7 cm. The weight depends on the set of products and the method of baking: the liquid filling makes the dessert heavier. It is not rational to make a lot of cakes and store them, as they quickly become stale. For home tea drinking, it is easier to bake them immediately before serving and cool if you need to decorate with cream.

Chocolate muffins with fruit fillings

The combination of fruit and chocolate is always very interesting. Instead of cherries, other seasonal berries (strawberries, red or black currants, garden honeysuckle, shadberry, small sweet grapes, etc.) can be added to the recipe below. In winter, you can use candied fruits or dried fruits and dates, as well as frozen berries.

To make Cherry Chocolate Muffins, you will need the following:

• flour - 200 g;
• sugar - 100 g;
• baking powder - 2 tsp;
• chocolate - 80 g;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• butter - 50 g;
• milk - 200 ml;
• pitted cherries - 100 g.

Melt chocolate with butter in a water bath or in a microwave oven. Let cool slightly and start mixing dry ingredients. Put the egg into the cooled chocolate and mix with a spoon or spatula.

Prepare the cherries: so that the fruits are evenly distributed in the dough, they must be sprinkled with flour or starch. 1 tbsp will be enough. any of these substances. You just need to pour the flour on the berries, and then shake the bowl several times.

Pour the chocolate mixture into the dry mixture and stir. Pour in the berries and with a few movements of the spoon combine them with the dough. Distribute the mass into molds, sprinkle with sugar on top and bake in a preheated oven (200ºС) for 18-20 minutes.

You need to cool the dessert directly in silicone molds. Ready-made chocolate muffins with cherries can be decorated with powdered sugar or a chocolate net.

banana muffins

Unusually delicious banana muffins. The aroma of these fruits complements the taste of chocolate very well. A simple recipe for chocolate muffins is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent.

A large banana should be mashed with a fork into crumbs and mixed with eggs (2 pcs.) And melted butter (80-100 g). Pour in yogurt (250 g, banana flavored).

Separately mix 300 g flour, 200 g sugar, 1 tbsp. baking powder and 2-3 tbsp. l cocoa. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry mixture and knead the dough. Bake according to general principles (200ºС, 12-15 minutes), then cool and remove from molds.

Dessert for chocolate lovers

Sometimes you want the dessert not only to have a chocolate taste, but also contain pieces of your favorite treat. To do this, they came up with thermostable droplets that will not melt and mix with the dough if you cook chocolate muffins with chocolate pieces. You can replace them with large pieces of dark or bitter chocolate, which also does not melt very well in dough products.

Making muffins at home so that they look like your favorite cafe dessert (with an increased amount of chocolate) is also easy. For chocolate muffins with chocolate you need:

• sugar - 60 g;
• flour - 120 g;
• cocoa - 1 tablespoon;
• baking powder - 1 tsp;
• chocolate - 100 g;
• milk - 50 ml;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• oil - 70 g.

I cook in the same way as usual, mixing the dry ingredients separately, and then pouring in the liquid part. There is only 1 nuance in this recipe: part of the chocolate (30 g) must be melted with butter and then mixed with egg and milk, and the main amount (70 g) should be broken into pieces no less than 1 cm in size. The prepared pieces are mixed with the dry part of the dough blanks.

When combining the liquid and dry mixture, hard crumbs will be evenly distributed in the dough mass. A delicacy is baked at 180-200ºС for 20-25 minutes.

How to make liquid filling?

This is one of the most chocolate desserts. It will take 200 g of good dark chocolate (at least 75% cocoa) to prepare it. In addition, you will need:

• 100 g of oil;
• 2 eggs;
• 3 yolks;
• 70 g of sugar;
• 60 g flour;
• a pinch of salt.

Melt chocolate with butter in a water bath. Cool slightly and mix with eggs and yolks. Mix the flour with sugar and salt, pour the chocolate mass into it and knead the dough. Bake for 7-10 minutes in an oven preheated to 220ºС. The secret of the liquid filling is that at a high temperature the surfaces will bake quickly, and the middle of the cakes will only warm up a little, retaining a delicate structure. These muffins should be served hot, so it is better to cook them in paper forms.

Muffins on kefir with chocolate chips

For those who keep themselves in shape and count the number of calories in food, a recipe without oil is suitable. If you take fat-free kefir, the calorie content of the dessert will be slightly lower than in traditional versions. For richness of taste, you can make muffins with chocolate chips from a bar containing at least 15% cocoa.

Combine 70 g of sugar with 1 egg, pour in kefir (0.5 cups), mix until smooth. Separately, make a dry mixture of 1 cup flour, 3 tbsp. cocoa and ¼ tsp. soda (do not quench, as kefir acid will react with soda right in the dough). Grate 50 g of chocolate there (you can take ready-made shavings or crumbs). Combine the liquid and dry parts, arrange into molds. Bake at 180ºC for 20 minutes.

Having learned how to bake muffins on her own, chocolate or plain, with or without fillings, the hostess gets the opportunity to quickly treat her loved ones to something unusual. Having tried several recipes, you can choose the one that works best, and then vary only the toppings for it. And if you also pick up a good cream that can be applied to the top of the cake, then on a holiday you won’t have to rack your brains or waste time on exotic desserts.

I've told you more than once that I'm a chocoholic. If there were support groups for chocoholics, then I would definitely go to them. “I am Nellie and I am a chocoholic. Today I made chocolate muffins again, do you need a recipe? This is how I would start every meeting. And others like me would answer in chorus: “Hello, Nelly, give me the recipe!” And we would share our culinary stories.

This amount of dough makes 12 large chocolate muffins.

Muffins, cupcakes and muffins, what's the difference

In order for you to understand exactly what I suggest you cook, you must know the difference between muffins and other similar types of pastries. If you already know, then skip to the next section. The rest - let's figure it out.

For starters, muffins are not muffins or cupcakes. You don't need to confuse them. Cupcakes are always dense, and they are baked both large and small. Cupcakes are small biscuit cakes with or without filling, covered with a cap of cream, served in disposable paper cups.

Both in winter and summer in one color. What's this? Chocolate muffins of course!

Muffins are different. They, like cupcakes, are prepared exclusively in portions, but their texture is completely different. Less airy, but at the same time not as dense as cupcakes. They also contain less sugar and butter. This means they are not high in calories.

The dough is kneaded very simply and quickly. Everything about everything takes 5 minutes, since thorough kneading is not required. Follow the basic rule. Mix dry ingredients with dry, liquid with liquid, and then combine everything together. Even if there are lumps in the dough, it's okay. It is even welcome. Most importantly, don't forget to add a generous helping of baking powder to achieve large pores.

Just look how fluffy they are!

Recipe for the perfect chocolate muffins

Chocolate muffins according to this recipe have a rich taste and aroma of cocoa. I strongly advise you to cook them the night before and let them stand overnight in a closed container in the refrigerator. Then they will acquire a truly magnificent texture. The taste will only get better.

My recipe calls for yogurt. Better take Greek. But if this is not found, then take any other, most importantly natural, without sugar and incomprehensible additives. Suitable thermostatic yoghurts from Danone and Activia, for example.

Just look at these soldiers! I think it was necessary to sprinkle more confectionery crumbs on top.

You probably noticed what a rich, thick chocolate color my muffins turned out to be? They didn't burn, no, it's all right. The secret is in the cocoa. I used alkalized cocoa powder. With it, pastries always turn out brighter and more fragrant. I order online. Unfortunately, it is not available in regular supermarkets.

As a filling, I suggest adding pieces of dark and white chocolate in my recipe for chocolate muffins. So much tastier and more interesting. If you have heat-resistant chocolate drops, great, they will do. Now you know everything. Time to cook!

They are ultra chocolate, the aroma throughout the house is incredible