Say hello to your new favourite muffin. These gorgeous bakery-style Double Chocolate Muffins boast beautiful high-tops, a soft and fluffy chocolate centre and LOADS of chocolate chunks.
The code has finally been cracked 👩🍳
Now you can make bakery-style, high top muffins at home. These gorgeous Double Chocolate Muffins boast a sky-high domed top and a soft cake-like centre that’s absolutely PACKED with chunks of chocolate.
Seriously, you NEED these in your life.
It took me a while to master the art of the high top muffin. If you are anything like me, you’ve had your fair share of squidgy flat top muffins, that, if anything, resemble a stodgy cake, rather than an attractive muffin.
But friends, those days are OVER.
And I have a freezer full of Double Chocolate Muffins to prove it.
So what’s the secret to a perfect homemade muffin you ask? First things first, it’s about getting that batter just right.
Muffin batter is thick. Instead of being mixed with an electric mixer, it comes together with just a bowl and spoon.
There’s no creaming the butter and sugar. Instead, dry ingredients are gently mixed together with wet ingredients.
But the most important thing of all is to not over mix the batter. Keep your hand light and gently fold the mixture until it just comes together. A few little flour pockets aren’t going to hurt, but over mixing will give you tough, dry muffins -> No thank you.
Just like my Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars, these muffins are stuffed with hand cut chocolate for extra chocolately goodness.
Finally, to achieve the high top, these muffins are baked in a hot oven for the first 5 minutes. This causes the batter to rise quickly for some serious height.
The end result is truly mouthwatering. Soft and moreish, these cake-like muffins are perfect for morning or afternoon tea.
They also freeze really well if you want to save some for later in the week. But make sure you eat one or two straight out of the oven. A warm, freshly baked, high-top Double Chocolate Muffin is truly hard to beat.
You’re welcome xx
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Double Chocolate Muffins
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: Makes 12 muffins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Description
Bakery-style chocolate muffins loaded with chocolate pieces.
Ingredients
- 280 grams (2 cups) plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 40 grams (1/2 cup) cocoa powder
- 20 grams (1/4 cup) dutch processed cocoa powder*
- 90 grams (1/2 cup) brown sugar
- 100 grams (1/2 cup) caster sugar
- 115 grams (1/2 cup / 1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 240 ml (1 cup) buttermilk*
- 60 ml (1/4 cup) boiling water
- 150 grams (1 cup) milk or dark chocolate pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 C (390 F) standard / 180 C (350 F) fan-forced. Grease a 12-hole muffin pan well with butter. In a large mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powders. Add sugars and mix together with a wooden spoon.
- Using the microwave, heat butter until just melted, stirring every 15 seconds. Remove the butter and set aside to cool slightly. Meanwhile turn the kettle on and pour out 1/4 cup of boiling water and set aside.
- Next, add vanilla, eggs and buttermilk to your cooled butter and whisk gently until combined. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients, add the wet ingredients and begin to fold. Throw in the chocolate pieces.
- Gently mix using a spatula or wooden spoon and then pour in the hot water. Fold until the mixture is just combined – be careful not to over mix.
- Spoon batter into your muffin pan – the holes will be quite full. Bake for 5 minutes before turning the heat down to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced. Bake for a further 10-15 minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean. Gently remove muffins from pan and cool completely on a cooling rack.
Notes
If you don’t have dutch processed cocoa powder, just substitute regular cocoa powder.
If you don’t have any buttermilk, simply add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to 1 cup of milk and leave to sit for 5 minutes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 319
Keywords: Chocolate, Muffins
Hi there. These muffins looks amazing & so yummyyy. What’s the difference between cocoa powder & Dutch processed cocoa powder? Aren’t they the same?
Hi Katrina, great question! Actually regular cocoa powder and Dutch cocoa powder are two different products. Dutch cocoa powder has been processed differently and therefore has less acidity thank regular cocoa powder. It has a slightly different taste and a darker hue. In this recipe, it helps to make a dark and rich chocolate muffin, but using 3/4 cup of regular cocoa powder also works well if you don’t have any Dutch processed cocoa on hand. I hope that helps!
These chocolate muffins look delicious and fresh, the image itself looks tempting, how can someone think of not to taste it!
Thanks Pooja!
These muffins look so delicious and chocolatey! I love how moist the center is!
★★★★★
Thanks Natalie! 😊
Yum!
★★★★★
Hi, these along with so many of your recipes look amazing 😀
It may seem like a silly question, but everytime I make muffins/ cupcakes I either put to much or not enough in tin. What have you used to measure this mixture in the tin to get right height.
Thank you 🙂
Hi Kat, thank you so much! And thank you for stopping by. There are no silly questions when it comes to baking! I can’t say that I use a formal measurement when spooning out my muffin mixture. I usually just spoon a fairly conservative amount into each tin and then go back round a second time to make them as even as possible. That’s probably the best advice I can give – just to try and make the 12 holes the same size, even if you just have to spoon a teaspoon or two into each one at a time.
With this recipe, you cook the muffins in a hot oven initially which is designed to make the muffins rise quickly and achieve a nice domed top, so that should also help prevent your muffins from spreading out if you overfilled one. I hope that helps a little Kat!
This is my kind of breakfast! They look divine and they baked up beautifully! Love those chunks of chocolate on top! 🙂
Thanks so much Meghan! 🙂
Chocolate chocolate chocolate. I can never have enough of it! Definitely love how it’s double in these muffins!
Neither can I Shelby! Team chocolate all the way! 🙂
I can see that you nailed this recipe! these muffins look fabulous! and love all of your photos, so beautiful! making me want these muffins now!!
Thanks so much Alice! 🙂
OH! Yum! Chocolate and more chocolate? There’s nothing better than more and more chocolate. And these muffins are stunning, chocolatey, delicious and so so GOOD! Decadent and chocolatey. And those big chunks of chocolate look adorable too! 🙂
Oh I couldn’t agree with you more Anu! The more chocolate the better! 😉
Wow! These muffins look out of this world, Jess! Love the double chocolate and those domes are just perfect!
Thanks Kelly! 🙂
These look fabulous! I’m a sucker for anything chocolate for breakfast for sure! And I’m with you, I just love a good muffin!!
Thanks Stephanie! 🙂
Oh Jessica, I am definitely pro-muffin too! There is something comforting, and slightly naughty, about them. They are almost like an entire cake for only one, under the guise of something slightly healthier than a cupcake. These double chocolate wonders are going to be exactly what I reach for next time I need a chocolate fix!
Oh so glad to hear it Amy! I am a total muffin lover, yes totally comforting! And that crunchy muffin top gets me every time!
These muffins look amazing! So decadent and chocolatey. I love the big chunks of chocolate! Yum!
Thanks so much Jess!
I am totally craving one of these for breakfast right now! Love those perfectly rounded tops!
Thanks Christin! 🙂
These muffins look perfect, Jess! I know what you mean about finding a really great chocolate muffin recipe. I’ve had some yummy ones, but have yet to find an awesome one. I can’t wait to try this because I just know these are delectable! Look at those beautiful dome tops and big chocolate chunks <3
Thanks Beeta! Muffins are just the best! I hope you get to try them soon! 🙂
Now this is my kind of breakfast – the more chocolate, the better! Sydney sounds awesome – can’t wait to see your post. Hopefully i will get there someday!
Thanks Cate! Definitely a city to add to your bucket list! 🙂
For real?! Double chocolate anything and I’m so there!!! Yummy!
Me to Brielle! Thanks so much for stopping by!
GORGEOUS!! Seriously wow, Jess! These muffins are picture perfect. The top! It’s so perfectly peaked! Absolutely going to try these! Pinned!
Aww thank you Lindsey! I do hope you get to try them! 😉
I love how many kinds of chocolate are in these! Perfect way to start a Monday 🙂
Thank you Sues! The perfect Monday pick-me-up! 🙂
Chocolate for breakfast? Sign me up! Jessica these look absolutely outstanding!!!! And it sounds like you had the most wonderful weekend away. Looking forward to your roundup 🙂
Thanks so much Leah! 🙂