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Gooey Chocolate Muffins

Delicious, super moist, very very chocolatey and easy to make chocolate muffins. Easy enough to be made by kids. Made with dark chocolate, unsweetened cocoa powder, eggs, milk, baking powder, sugar, butter and plain flour. Definitely a keeper!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: afternoon tea, Baking, Dessert
Cuisine: International
Keyword: baking with kids, chocolate muffins, easy recipes, quick recipes
Servings: 12 Muffins
Author: Ester | esterkocht.com

Equipment

  • Handmixer
  • Fine sieve
  • Muffin tin
  • Muffin paper liners

Ingredients

  • 100 g (3.5 oz/ ½ cup) sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar SEE NOTES
  • 100 g (about ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons/ 3.5 oz) butter room temperature
  • 2 medium eggs room temperature
  • 200 ml (about ¾ cup + 1 tablespoon) milk room temperature
  • 200 g (7.1 oz/ 1 2/3 cups) plain flour (all purpose flour)
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa powder unsweetened
  • 200 g (7.1 oz) chocolate dark chocolate
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

Instructions

  • Begin by lining 12 muffin tin with (cupcake/ muffin) paper liners and preheating the oven to 180 °C (356 °F), with top and bottom heat. Next combine flour, cacao powder and baking powder and sieve and cut dark chocolate into chunks. Add butter, sugar, vanilla sugar/ vanilla extract and eggs to the bowl and beat until creamy. Beat in flour mixture and then milk. Repeat the process until you’ve used up all the flour and milk. Stir in chocolate chunks and divide the batter within the prepared muffin cups. Then bake for 25 minutes.

Notes

  • This recipe calls for vanilla sugar, but feel free to use about 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract. Just use one tablespoon more sugar if you’re using vanilla extract.