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. You gallon jug of vanilla always brings a smile to my face!! 🙂 I always have these ingredients on hand, so I will have to bake up a batch the next time my guys are home!! 😀 Thanks for sharing!!!!

  2. I figured out from this post who you remind me of, John Boy Walton from “The Walton’s” when he describes the episode introducing the show.

  3. These are simply delicious turned out wonderful! 18 nice muffins and moist and delicious! Thank you for the great recipe it is a keeper!

  4. I made these tonight and they seemed like I had too much cocoa in it. My 9 year old loved them, but my hubby and I felt it was too much chocolate . . . and there can never be too much chocolate. Would it hurt the recipe to cut back on the cocoa? My recipe also yielded 24 muffins.

  5. It is 1:25 in the morning here in Alabama, and I have these muffins in the oven. This is the 2nd time I have made them. My 11 yr. old son took one to school last time with his lunch. He asked me last week if I would make them again soon because his friends at school wanted some after seeing his. His friends kept asking when he was bringing that chocolate muffin again! I decided to have a surprise for him when he wakes up, even though I had to go to Walmart at midnight, in the pouring rain to get the choc. chips! It will be worth it when I see his sweet smile. Thanks, Christy!

    1. That is such a cute story. I do things like that for my sons. Anyone who has boys knows how important tasty food is to them. 🙂

  6. Ok … I think I must have done something wrong. Was so excited about making these muffins, but they turned out really dense and not moist at all. Baked them at 400 for about 18 minutes. HELP!

    1. Amber G,
      Did you use self-rising flour? Possibly you used regular and without leavening agents you would likely get a more dense muffin. Also, maybe you cooked them a little too long? Since different ovens cook differently I always bake things less than what the time says – you can always add more time if needed. Hope this helps!

  7. Decided to start a new Valentine’s Day tradition with my girls – one and three – making these yummy muffins! They were so excited and the muffins were excellent! Before we even made them, I got about 50 kisses from my 3 year old just for saying we were going to make them!

    Thanks for the recipe!

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