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Double Chocolate Muffins

Name: Double Chocolate Muffins
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 27 min
Ingredients: 2 cups spelt flour (or all purpose); 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/2 cup brown sugar (not packed); 1/2 cup white sugar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 cup olive oil (or vegetable oil); 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 cup yogurt; 1 egg; 1 cup Ghirardelli chocolate chips

Last updated on March 29, 2022. Originally posted on March 29, 2022 By Elaine 40 Comments

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Want to start your day with the best double chocolate muffins you’ve ever tried? Of course you do. Ready in under 30 minutes, this mouth-watering chocolate muffin recipe makes the perfect on-the-go breakfast or decadent snack.

Real close up view of one of the chocolate muffins with a bite taken out

Okay, I’m going to be real here, I eat this chocolate muffin recipe a lot. You could say that I eat them at least a few times a week. Why? Because I’m a chocoholic and the flavor of these muffins are simply out of this world.

I happen to think that these muffins are the best recipe I’ve ever had. They are filled with dark chocolate chips and have a deep chocolate taste from using a good quality cocao powder.

Now, the great thing about these muffins is you can have them for breakfast. Hubby thinks they are more like a chocolate cupcake or chocolate cake. But as I tell him – “Do you see any frosting?

The purist shakes his head, no.

I pat his hand, “Alright then.”

You see, it’s not a cupcake, it’s a muffin. It has a totally different texture than a cupcake or cake and you can have it with your coffee in the morning or as a snack, as well as a sweet little treat after dinner.

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Helpful tips

I use Ghirardelli 60% larger chocolate chips, but if you can’t get them, semi-sweet chocolate chips will do.
Sprouted spelt is my favorite flour to use but if you can’t get any all purpose white flour will be fine.
Don’t over mix the batter because you’ll get harder muffins. What I do is mix the dry and wet ingredients together until ‘almost mixed’ and then add the chocolate chips to finish mixing.
Olive oil is my favorite oil to use in my baking, but you can substitute it with any vegetable oil like canola oil.
Remember, all ovens are different. So, bake for 22 minutes, test the muffins and if it needs more time, add 2 minutes to the bake time.
I freeze half the muffins each time I make them. I seal them in a airtight container like a ziiplock gallon bag and place them in the freezer.

How to make double chocolate muffins

Pre-step

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and line the muffin pan with 9 parchment paper muffin liners.

Step one

Gather the dry ingredients – Cocoa powder, sugar and sprouted spelt flour (A) and put them in a medium bowl. Use either a rubber spatula or a pastry blender to combine the flour mixture together.

Step two

Gather the wet ingredients – an egg, almond milk, plain Greek yogurt, olive oil. (B)

Left - cocoa powder, flour and sugar. Right - egg, milk, oil and a bowl

Step three

The wet ingredients added to the dry ingredients. (C)

Step four

Mix the ingredients until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips. (D)

Left - All the muffin ingredients in a white bowl with a muffin tin in the back. Right - chocolate chips in a measuring cup with the bowl in the back

Step five

Spoon the batter into the muffin pan.

Nine muffin cups filled with the chocolate muffin batter

Step six

Bake for 22 minutes. Remember all ovens are different, so test the biggest muffin with a cake tester and if they’re not done, put back them in the oven and then test again every 2 minutes until done.

Step seven

Let muffins cool for 5 minutes before removing from the pan and placing on a wire rack.

See how nice and high they get? That’s because you fill the muffin cups all the way to the top.

Overhead shot!

Overhead view of the muffins on a white plate

Let’s plate one!

One of the chocolate muffins on a plate with a big plate of them in the background

Let the eating commence!

A bite taken out of one of the chocolate muffins and the big plate filled with whole muffins in the background

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I hope you enjoyed this double chocolate muffins recipe. I’m SURE you will!! What is your favorite muffin? Please leave me a comment to tell me what you think!

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