January 12, 2015
Triple Chocolate Muffins!
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Light, gooey, and incredibly easy to make and bake triple chocolate muffins that everyone will LOVE and want to make again!
Muffins
Absolute and utter heaven for me is a good triple chocolate muffin. You can buy them in every supermarket, coffee shop and bakery – yet they are so easy to bake at home!
Another favourite of mine is lemon & blueberry but that is for another day. These muffins are beautiful when fresh out of the oven and still warm, or even when they have cooled down and are the day after baking. They are truly irresistible!
Testing recipes
I have tried and tested many a triple chocolate muffin recipe, but honestly I believe this one is the best I have found and created – the sponge is so light and fluffy yet chocolatey from all of the chocolate chips.
You don’t feel weighed down after eating one as they are that light! However, this does often lead to eating more than you potentially should… but who cares really. Muffins are good for the soul. They’re good for the mind.
The recipe does seem to have a lot of ingredients in it, but to be honest its not thaaaaat many… but it is worth it.
Sugar
You could easily just use one type of sugar in comparison to two, but I just love the combination. Using all light brown sugar would make the muffins slightly more caramel flavoured, and just caster sugar would make them lighter.
It’s one of those types of recipes where you can really use whatever sugar you want, but I would still recommend using the entire amount. I know some people like to try and reduce the sugar in recipes, which you can feel free to do… but sometimes I think it can affect the bake a little too much.
With all the other ingredients that are put into the muffins, it will lighten it anyway so there is nothing to worry about.
Chocolate
I then add in white chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, and dark chocolate chips and it creates the wonderful triple chocolate heaven. You could easily use chunks of chocolate in comparison to chips, and it will make larger pockets of chocolate which when gooey is heeeeaven… but thats up to you!
You could also easily use a flavoured chocolate of sorts, or even peanut butter chips! The possibilities are endless.
Muffin cases
I decided to make these as muffin like as possible, which may sound stupid but I didn’t want them to look like cupcakes without any frosting on top… so I used some beautiful tulip muffin cases! These are optional, but with the amount of mixture there is, if you use smaller muffin cases, you may make 15-16 muffins instead of 12.
It’s best to fill the cases up 2/3 full so that the muffins have room to grow – but honestly… I just love a muffin case. They look so impressive!
ENJOY!
Triple Chocolate Muffins!
Ingredients
- 115 g unsalted butter
- 250 g caster sugar
- 2 medium eggs
- 225 g self raising flour
- 25 g cocoa powder
- pinch of salt
- 125 ml full-fat milk
- 75 g dark chocolate chips
- 75 g milk chocolate chips
- 75 g white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 190ºc/170ºfan, and line a muffin tray with 12 cases.
- Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
- Add the eggs and beat again
- Add the self raising flour, cocoa powder, and salt and beat again.
- Finally, pour in the milk and beat until combined.
- Add the chocolate chips in, and fold.
- Spoon the mixture into the cases evenly, and bake in the oven for 25 minutes or so.
- Once baked, leave to cool slightly and then gobble up.
Notes
- These muffins are best on the day of baking but last 2-3+ days at room temperature.
- These muffins will freeze for 3+ months
- I use these tulip cases
- I use this dark chocolate
- I use this milk chocolate
- I use this white chocolate
- This recipe has been updated in July 2022 - the original recipe was: 75g dark chocolate melted with 100g butter. 250g self raising flour, 1/2 tsp bicarb, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 75g caster sugar, 75g light brown sugar whisked together. Add the melted choc/butter mix, 1 medium egg and 100ml soured cream. 300g chocolate chips.
ENJOY!
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I followed the recipe? but the muffins were really hard on top.
This likely means your oven runs hotter than you think x
Hi Jane!
Mine came out really bland and don’t taste chocolatey. I can only really taste the sugar. Do you know why this is?
Thanks!
Hey! What chocolate and cocoa powder did you use? This is likely it! x
Hi Jane , when you’ve filled the muffin tulips , do you line them up on a tray or do you put them in a muffin tin ??
Hiya! I put them in a muffin tin, hope this helps! x
Hi Jane I have made your triple choc muffins they looked amazing and tasted soo nice when out the oven, however the next day when I tried one the muffins were not soft and moist please help
Hiya! How did you store them? x
Hi Jane I stored them in a tight container left out over night are they meant to be stored in the fridge?
Hiya! No – as per the recipe they are best served fresh, but will last 2-3 days at room temperature. Hope this helps! x
Nearly perfect. I think I’d use less raising agent next time. Coupled with self raising flour the taste was a tad noticeable. The kids loved them though
Absolutely delish! My new fave choc chip muffin recipe!
I baked mine for 22mins and they were probably a tiny bit over baked, so 20/21 mins would probably be spot on for next time!
Your recipes are the best, Jane! Foolproof.
I made these but the version from the book!they tasted fabbb! How can I adapt them to make them regular chocolate chip muffins? Thanks!
Hello 😃 can I add baking powder for then to rise like the domed muffins?
Jane can you use buttermilk instead of sour cream
Hi Jane
I made these, the middle has disappeared whilst cooling uh oh. What did I do (hiding my face) xx
Hey! They just sound a little under baked that’s all xx
Mine too came a little bit dry like a cookie dough then sank after cooling down ☹️ What may I have done wrong?
Sinking usually means it’s under baked but its hard to say for certain! But also, it could be over mixing the batter causing a problem x
Hi,
Can you freeze these at all?
Yes you can!
These are scrummy delicious and so easy to make we all love them thank you for sharing with fab recipe.
These are scrummy delicious and so easy to make we ll love them thank you for sharing with fab recipe.
Amazing recipe, the kids ask me to make it every week it’s their favourite
Hi Jane,
Is there any chocolate chip muffin recipe ? Or is there any modification I can do to any of your other muffin recipes. I have made these ones and they are delicious!
Thank you
You can try this one with more flour and less cocoa powder, or try my white chocolate & raspberry ones without the raspberry for now!
My mixture was very thick like a cookie dough, and once baked they were very firm like a brownie texture rather than light and fluffy muffins. Any ideas what I did wrong? I use your recipes all the time and everything always turns out perfect so can’t understand what’s at fault here. Do you think I’d be better mixing my hand as I used my kitchen aid and maybe that over mixed it? It was still a dough like mixture though. Many thanks.
Ahh yes, sounds over mixed for sure – its a very easy mixture to make so likely is just that! x
Hi Jane
Could this recipe be used to make a chocolate muffin traybake?
Thank you
So yummy but they sank, any ideas? Texture seems good, flavour is good, mixing kept to a minimum, overfilled maybe?
Yes it could be over filled or they hadn’t finished baking!
Can I use Greek yoghurt in place of soured cream? I love your recipes. Usually make the brownies but not tried the muffins yet.
I haven’t personally tried that, but there is no reason why not!! x
Really yummy choc muffins, didn’t have any sour cream so used natural yoghurt and they turned out great! Everyone loved them and will definitely bake them again
Would natural yoghurt work instead of sour cream?
Should do!
Hey Jane, I really love your recipes! I was just wondering if you had any advice on how to get a chocolate filling in the middle like some of the coffee shop muffins around?😍 thank you in advance!x
They are a future recipe!
I’ve made them 3 times now, always perfect
So glad you like them!!
Hi Jane! I’ve tried a few of your recipes now and they always turn out great. But this one went a bit strange when I finished mixing it almost resembled a cookie dough, and when baked the muffins were all lumpy. Why do you think this is? P.s I used chocolate chunks instead of chips but that’s the only change I made
The only thing I can think is that you over mixed it – it really doesn’t take long to mix at all for me by hand, and is quite an airy mousse like mixture when I have finished mixing!
hey, I had this problem too! when I mixed (in only a few stirs, the mixture was very thick) Only thing I can think of as well Is the sour cream I used was quite thick and not very liquidy., still taste delicious tho xx
Jane, thanks for this wonderful recipe. Will definitely try it soon ! One question, can I freeze these cupcakes? and for how long? thanks !
Yeah you can! And I believe I read somewhere 3 months? But I have never personally frozen them or cakes so I usually freeze for a month!
You had me at “triple chocolate” 🙂 Just in time for Valentine’s day!
Ah always a winner 😉 they’re my partners favourites too so Im baking some for him for valentines too! Haha!
Yum! Thank you for the recipe
It’s okay!! I’m glad you liked it!