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. Snow day yesterday and granddaughter was here. Made a 1/2 batch of Double Chocolate Chip muffins and they are wonderful. So easy. I enjoy all your recipes and feel like you are one of the family.

  2. Wow, your words are so true Christy. I know life sometimes grabs you and pushes to the point of complete exhaustion, but try to take time to do what your kids want. Nothing elaborate, just play around the house with them. Sit and talk to them, or just simply tuck them in at night. Those are the things they will remember. Give them a reason to stay near you when they grow up, and they will continue to return to your home. Love those kids, they’re only young once.

  3. Your post reminds me just how much we should love and appreciate our families. There is nothing more important than FAMILY. Neither MONEY, FAME OR SUCCESS can take the place of a loving family. I moved away from my family when I was 20 years old to find work, and although that was more than 40 years ago and 700 miles, I still miss them and stay connected by phone and internet and cards. You are so right NOTHING COME CLOSE TO REPLACING YOUR FAMILY. How quickly we tend to forget sometimes. It is such a BLESSING that you get to stay home with your kids. Nothing and no one can replace a Mothers love and care. I was a single parent and had to work long hours to make ends meet. So I valued the QUALITY OF TIME I had with my daughter, instead of the AMOUNT. It was all I could do at the time. There are no regrets, I did what I could with the resources that were availavble to me at the time.Having a family to love and be loved can never compare to the emptiness that one feels if you don’t have a loving and caring family. God Bless you Christy for keeping us all grounded, and for always remembering and reminding us that nothing and no one replaces family. We really do love you, and appreciate all that you do and especially the many wonderful recipes.

  4. Great post Christy,
    these muffins look so yummy,i love making your recipes for my family so much,I’m so glad to have found your website several years ago,i have learned so much from you.on how to make such good meals for my family..have a great week.Cilla

  5. Hi Christy!

    These look so delicious! I think I’m going to have to get busy baking this evening!

    Thanks for another great recipe!

  6. Hi Christy! Love your site.The muffins look amazing…will try them soon.It is so true,time passes so quickly.My son has been married for almost 7 years,and I’m still not used to it….I have a beautiful 14 month grandson,whom I see 1-3 days a week…so not so quiet anymore.Smiles.

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