Double Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Thanks to the delicious combination of chocolate chips and cocoa powder, this easy double chocolate chip muffins recipe is a must for the chocolate lover in your life.

Double Chocolate Chip Muffins

When my son was just a little whipper snapper, my chocolate chocolate chip cookies earned me the title of the Best Mother In The Entire World and this double chocolate chip muffin recipe brought home a second honorary crown from the taste buds of my kid and his friends. 

I mean, I get it, they’re a chocolate lovers’ dream and fortunately, they’re super easy to make. All you need is vanilla extract, milk (to make them deliciously tender and moist), butter, self-rising flour, egg, sugar, cocoa powder, and chocolate chips. It takes 10 minutes to slowly combine the wet and dry ingredients and 20 minutes of baking in the oven before you can dive into a batch of warm double chocolate chip muffins. See the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.

The combination of the cocoa powder and semi-sweet chocolate chips gives the muffins just the right amount of chocolate flavor without being too rich (looking at you, triple chocolate cake). Now, let’s go make some double chocolate muffins.

ingredients for double chocolate chip muffins.

Recipe Ingredients

  • Vanilla extract
  • Milk
  • Chocolate chips
  • Unsalted butter
  • Cocoa powder
  • Self-rising flour
  • Egg
  • Sugar

How to Make Double Chocolate Chip Muffins

Place sugar, flour, and cocoa powder in a medium bowl.

Place your sugar, flour, and cocoa powder in a medium bowl.

Don’t worry if your cocoa powder is lumpy, mine was too so it’s in good company!

Stir the dry ingredients together.

Stir the dry ingredients together.

In a separate bowl, combine butter, milk, vanilla extract, and egg.

In a separate medium bowl, combine the melted and cooled butter, milk, vanilla extract, and egg, and stir well.

Mix together wet and dry ingredients.

Now pour the wet ingredients into your dry ingredients and give it a good stir until well mixed. 

Stir in chocolate chips.

Stir in chocolate chips.

Dividing batter into muffin tin.

You can cook this either in a muffin tin greased with cooking spray or lined with muffin papers.

Muffins ready for the oven.

Bake at 400 for 20 minutes and serve your double chocolate muffins with love.

basket of Double Chocolate Chip Muffins

Oh, how pretty!

Enjoy!

Storage

Store leftover muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or place them in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature before serving.

Recipe Notes

  • I’m using semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips, but you can use any you like, including white chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, or even chocolate chunks for something different.
  • To make your own self-rising flour, simply add 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder and 1/2 tsp of salt for each cup of all-purpose flour.
  • I recommend using unsweetened cocoa powder. You can use dutch process cocoa, but just know the muffins may not rise quite as much.
  • For the best double chocolate muffin batter, I also recommend bringing the milk and egg to room temperature as well before adding to the other wet ingredients. Another tip is to not over-mix the batter, as this is how you get fluffy muffins every time.
  • I use whole milk, but you can use whatever milk you have on hand.
  • You can use granulated sugar, brown sugar, or a combination of both.
  • Use an ice cream scoop or cookie scoop to distribute the chocolate muffin batter between each muffin cup or muffin liner. Just make sure you only fill them about 2/3 full to ensure they don’t spill over the top.
  • For added flavor, add 2 teaspoons of instant coffee.

You may also like these other chocolate treats:

Chocolate Sundae Cake

Chocolate Cobbler

Triple Chocolate Brownies

Chocolate Snack Cake

Chocolate Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

The Best Brownie Recipe With Chocolate Frosting

BAsket of Double Chocolate Chip Muffins

Double Chocolate Chip Muffins

Thanks to the combination of chocolate chips and cocoa powder, this easy double chocolate chip muffins recipe is a must for chocolate lovers.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate
Servings: 18 muffins
Calories: 348kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups self-rising flour*
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1 stick butter, melted and cooled
  • 1.5 cups chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, and cocoa powder.
    2 cups self-rising flour*, 1 cup sugar, 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • In a separate bowl, mix together melted butter, egg, milk, and vanilla.
    1 cup milk, 1 egg, 1 stick butter, melted and cooled, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir to mix well.
  • Stir in the chocolate chips.
    1.5 cups chocolate chips
  • Divide the chocolate chip muffin batter among each greased muffin cup or a muffin tin lined with muffin papers.
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

Notes

*To make your own self-rising flour, simply add 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder and 1/2 tsp of salt for each cup of all-purpose flour.

Nutrition

Calories: 348kcal
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This post was originally published in 2011 but I’ve updated it in 2020.

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121 Comments

  1. I baked these as instructed and they came out like hockey pucks. Tonight I added 1/2 each sour cream and nuts. Turned the heat down to 350° and baked 17 minutes. Much moister.

  2. 5 stars
    In the oven right NOW made mini muffins (portion control) and baked them a little less
    time. House smells incredible!!!!!

  3. 5 stars
    I made those chocolate muffins this morning and they are great. I love the soft inside texture with the slightly crunchy muffin top. They are as close to bakery muffins as I’ve ever gotten with any muffin recipe. And the fact that they are chocolate makes them the PERFECT muffin for me. I’m sitting here enjoying it with butter while working from home and just wanted to drop a comment while I was thinking about it. Thanks for the recipe.

  4. 5 stars
    Just made these for our afternoon snack. They are delicious! I’m feeding 4 boys ages 12-21, so theres been A LOT of cooking and baking happening in our home. Our family gives this 12 thumbs up! Thank you for a great recipe.

  5. 5 stars
    I’ve enjoyed this recipe for several years now! Christy, hope you and your family are well and staying healthy through this pandemic.

  6. My stepdaughter decided that she was getting married in Mexico at a resort there and invited everyone to go. It was the first time I had ever flown on a plane like that, and I was also terrified! If you were able to appear calm, you did better than I. I started crying once we got set down in our seats! On the way back, my daughter said, “You don’t have to cry this time, Mama!”

  7. I cannot wait to make these for my twin grandsons. Double Chocolate Chip Muffins are their favorite. They will be 15 on Saturday and I am ashamed to say I have only made them these muffins from a package. I just never saw a good recipe for them until now. Thank you!!

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