Chocolate chip muffins recipe
| Serves | 4-6 |
| Prep time | 10 minutes |
| Cook time | 20 minutes |
| Total time | 30 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Allergy list | Egg, Milk, Soy, Tree Nuts, Wheat |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Cold |
| Region | European |
| Description | Slightly crunchy on the outside at the top and soft in the middle. |
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Please note: only the ingredient list has been updated, you will need to allow for different cooking times, temperatures and quantities in each step.
Ingredients
- 6.1oz self-raising flour
- 1.8oz margarine (or butter)
- 1.8oz caster sugar
- 2 medium eggs
- 4 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 7oz chocolate
Optional
- sugar (a sprinkling for a crunchy top)
Directions
Step 1
Place the flour and caster sugar into a bowl and create a well in the middle for the other ingredients.
Mix the eggs, vanilla extract, milk and margarine and then pour it into the bowl with the dry ingredients.
Mix well until it is lump free and then break the chocolate into small pieces and add them.
Step 2
Pour the muffin mixture into a muffin tin filling each mould up to two thirds full.
Place a block of chocolate into the middle of each muffin. Then sprinkle some sugar over the top of each.
Step 3
Cook for around 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 200ºC / 390ºF / gas mark 5. After 18 minutes or so check to see if they are cooked enough.
Insert a knife into one of the muffins and if no mixture is on the knife then they are cooked!
Allow to cool for at least 5 minutes before eating.
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I made these cakes with my cousin and we both loved them the instructions were easy to follow and the cakes came out looking delicious and once they had cooled down we both tucked in and ate them all up the taste was outstanding I would definitely recommend making them. -
the chocolate didn't harden, other than that it turned out amazingly
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Easy to follow recipe, great oozing chocolate filled muffins, great every time!
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Made these and they were really nice :) , my dad said that they were as good as shop bought and that they we're the nicest thing that I ever made
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I made this today following your recipe and they look the best cakes I've made ever and I even decorated it with melted chocolate shich is nice and I recommend this to people tbh :) thanks and well done 5*
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was very easy to follow and make and I mixed all ingredients together which worked well and tasted really nice.
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I made these with my class of 30 7 and 8 year olds and they followed the steps without any help, and the cakes were a huge success. Thank you.
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they were excellent and i didnt put vanilla essance in
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Just made them with coconut milk (found no milk in the fridge) and used a mix of plain and milk chocolate. My first muffins. Devine! Saving the recipe! :)
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Brill! Easiest ever, didn't have vanilla extract, guessed the milk and put loads of chocolate in but turned out great!
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Easy to make, great tasting, will definitely being baking again.
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Sooooo easy to do the instructions are so clear and simple definitely use it again or recommened it :)
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amazing recipe! going to use this in the future
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Definitely going to use this recipe from now on they turned out amazing!
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I am going to make more of them but in a smaller cup case, so I can have more cakes! I also think you should cut the chocolates in half!
But a delicious cup cake mixture :) -
Fantastic! So easy to make. Made them twice now perfect both times. The most difficult part was trying to stop my family from eating them all in one go.
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This is a fab recipe, so easy and the muffins are fantastic, in fact they are better than the ones you buy, i have bought from many stores and my kids say these were the best ever, please try you wont be disappointed, trust me! :-)) 5 stars +
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The best muffins I have ever made, fab recipe, thank you.
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Hi Coooooooool Girrrrl,
Yes paper cases are fine. I just baked them directly in a muffin tin tray. -
They were nice but u could do with chopping the pieces of chocolate in half
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I'm not sure whether I should actually make them cos I don't have any choco chips and I only have paper cake cases soooooooo.
Please post a comment whether or not I can use paper cake cases cos I don't have any silicone ones -
The instructions are easy to follow and they taste so good! My family can't wait for me to make more! Heading off to the shops now for more ingredients! I use 150g of milk chocolate and 50g of white chocolate and it works well!!
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Amazing! Everybody loved them! Went down a treat! Will definitely be making again!
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i cooked these muffins yesterday and there where amazing making them again today gawjuss
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I made these muffins yesterday and they were gorgeous making them again today OMG gorgeous recipe
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dddddddddddddddelicious!!!!!
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I made these muffins last week and they were just simply beautiful, best muffins I've made, I used milk chocolate, dark chocolate, chocolate sprinkles and choc chips and they were so nice, can't wait to make them again today!
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truly amazing
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I made these chocolate chip muffins last week and they were amazing, I couldn't ask for anything better, they were beautifully moist and simply delicious, I added pieces of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, chocolate sprinkles and choc chips, even making them was so fun, can't wait to make them again today!
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Hi, no just cut the butter into small pieces and mix it in at room temperature.
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Are you meant to melt the butter/margarine? Thankyou!
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They taste absolutely amazing! If your'e debating, go for these!
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I made these today absolutely amazing the best cakes I have ever tasted 5 stars :)
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Very easy instructions now I can have tasty muffins :)
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Very good instructions I used 4 paper cases to each muffin worked well, left out vanilla but used cocoa powder in the mix ..awesome .. great site
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Wow so helpful! now we can make muffins, wow what a site! thank you... btw nice pictures. x
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Going on to 2nd batch - 1st batch was perfect. Sifted flour & sugar - & folded the wet ingredients into the dry which kept them light & fluffy :-) Very basic recipe, so tonight trying some milk choc & raspberries...maybe some chocolate orange too - will ditch the vanilla essence for these flavours to work. Thanks for the head start :D my mates love them
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First attempt was a disaster found they were dry but I did have to substitute a couple ingredients margarine is much better, butter just didn't work but as the reviews were all so good I decided to try again and use all the right ingredients this time and they worked perfectly loved them.
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They were truly amazing :D They tasted fab, instead of the chunks of chocolate I added chocolate chips to the recipe. I gave them to family & friends and everyone liked them and said they were delicious!!!
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just done them wi mi little sis n they turned out great best muffins i ever baked
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They turned out beautifully :) although, did ingredients to make 12 but ended up making 16 instead.. so the mixture does go along way!
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It tastes really good the best muffin I've tasted in my life.
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best recipe I've found my family have got me cooking them by the dozen they can't get enough of them.
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This was really easy to follow and they turned out really well.
I'm a teacher and I made them with the students and they loved them thanks very much and I have also recomended this website to other people. -
I think melt the margarine but other than that great!
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Well I made them, but maybe I done something wrong because they turned out very heavy and dough like instead of light and fluffy. More like a scone than a cake. I'm not sure what I could have done wrong as I followed the recipe. :(
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Hi Amaaaani,
You can use muffin cases instead but they would need to be silicone muffin cases rather than paper as the paper cases will not keep their shape so the muffins would go flat while cooking. -
Hey, I was wondering, you can put them into muffin cases instead of actual muffin tins right?
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Hi,
I know what you mean, it's my photo and I meant to sprinkle on the sugar but I only had sugar cubes so it went a bit wrong. If you make them, please add your photo to show how they should look! -
I haven't done it yet, because my only worry is the end result; the photo above doesn't look very appetising! To those who have already tried them; do they look okay? xx
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I think it is a good recipe but instead of chocolate pieces why not use chocolate chips it tastes much better I have tried it.
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This is the best and most simple recipe I've seen for muffins! I have to do this for my class. Can't wait!
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A great recipe that worked and my family and I really enjoyed the final result!
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This is the best muffin recipe I've used, so much so that my colleagues argued over who got the last one!! Thanks very much for such a simple tasty recipe!
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The milk ratio is a bit off. We didn't have any vanilla so added cinnamon and they were really nice!!
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Good recipe. Not enough milk though. Had to add a lot more to get it the right texture. Thumbs up though!
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It was great I had to add more milk due to the fact that it was still a bit too thick but overall the method was clear and easy to follow and I would recommend this site to anyone.
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It went really well and the end product was great!!! xxxx :D
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Made these with light-soft brown sugar and soft margarine. They were quite possibly the MOST delicious cake I've ever eaten!!!
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Absolutely gorgeous!!
The only disaster was my three year old getting my whole kitchen covered in muffin mix, including us! :) -
Thank you - very easy to make. I did read the other comments first, so only used 100g choc. Just had the first one whilst still warm! yummy!
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Me and my mum are making them. They were really simple to make. We have just got them out of the oven. They look really yummy. Hope they taste as good as they look.
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Brilliant, easy to follow, no disasters.
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I did it without vanilla as didnt have any but they were delicious!
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Very easy to follow and they have risen very well. Horray
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This recipe is great and so easy!! Me and my little sister are now going to make some for the family :) x
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This recipe is very easy and it's not at all complicated. I used dark chocolate for this and it tastes gorgeous! Also on the top I put on some Betty Crockers Rich and creamy icing chocolate fudge which you can buy anywhere.
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Easy to do and very tasty!
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I made these with my seven year old cousin and we had so much fun. The recipe was really easy for her to follow and the whole family loved what we made.
We used smartie chocolate bars instead of plain chocolate and did melted plain milk chocolate as the icing so that we could decorate the cupcakes as well. They turned out great I would definitely recommend this simple recipe. -
Hey, WOW this recipe is absolutely BRILLIANT!
Tastes sooooo good!!!
Definitely recommended for KIDS as it's an easy recipe. -
Our muffins turned out really good, instructions were easy to follow.
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Gorgeous, made these last night, sponge was light and melt in the mouth.
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Hi Bob,
A systems diagram sounds interesting! Feel free to email it to contact@getmecooking.com -
Making a systems diagram of these for homework. Afterwards going to make them. Can't wait! still wouldn't advise the systems diagram bit. Blinkin difficult
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Hi Deb, yes you can. Margarine is just a healthier alternative. There's some good info at:
http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/9165/can-i-always-use-butter-instead-of-margarine-when-baking -
Can i use butter instead of margarine?
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Very lovely and nice. Would have prefered more mixture to make even more muffins. Otherwise very very very goood!!!
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So easy to make and sooo yummy. Will make this a regular quick treat for the boys.
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It was very easy to follow. Thanks!
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They are in the oven as I type and they are looking and smelling very good so far! The recipe is very easy to follow!
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Making them now! :) Instructions were so easy to follow.
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Just made this recipe with my 3 year old nephew....still waiting for them to finish cooking but they smell lovely. Great recipe, very easy to make!
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Fantastic recipe! Have added different sorts of chocolate as I've tried this several times and it is very easy to follow!
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The instructions were quite hard to follow but they tasted very nice!
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What a really simple easy-to-follow recipe. many thanks!
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Used mint aero chocolate bubbles in the oven now and they smell Divine!!!!
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I am 10 years old and I tried to make a muffin and I did it!!!!! All by myself its just because of this recipe it is very helpful.
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great recipe!! very simple, quick...made them today and they came out perfect. I mixed plain and white chocolate and it worked.
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I found these really nice and the recipe was easy to follow best one I've come across thanks :0)
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Just made two batches of these, one with choc chips the other with glacé cherries. They are yummy!! If I make them again I think I will blend the marg with the butter and sugar rather than mixing in with all the other wet ingredients at the end as it was quite hard to get it all mixed in, but other than that this is a really quick, easy and fairly child friendly recipe!!
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Great recipe. I made chocolate chip ones and also Glace cherry ones. They are beautiful.
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We used chocolate chips not chocolate chunks we also used hundreds and thousands. We're making it right now.
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Hello, I did it today and served them to guests. It was yummy. Easy recipe turns out to a very delicious muffin! thanks a lot.
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it wasn't that good with less chocolate.
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I guess my muffin cases are smaller, I got more than 5. I cook it 100g milk and 100g dark chocolate, which was nice, but I'm gonna try using only 100g milk chocolate. And it's even grate warm while chocolates are still creamy :)
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I agree there maybe is a little too much chocolate, even without the chunk in the middle. I used 200g of choc chips and was incredibly chocolately (still scrummy tho) would probably halve it to 100g of choc.
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Skipped the chunk in the middle (seemed like there was enough chocolate already? and I used less than the recommended amount...) but they tasted wonderful, particularly warm, so thumbs up (:
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I loved this recipe but I only used half the amount of chocolate and didn't put the chunk in the middle. It needed a little something extra though, it seemed to be missing something. The Hubby reckoned that a touch of salt might work so next time I'll put a touch in to see.
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Lovely light fluffy sponge cake, though I thought they were better with a bit less chocolate.
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These were really easy to make!
I also added banana pieces which was nice. -
This was a very easy recipe and tasted really great.
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This recipe makes the best muffins! I add extra chocolate chunks to make them even better!
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I think this recipe is really good although I thought putting chocolate in the middle was a little overpowering.
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This is a really good recipe. I've used it a few times now and they are just great although I don't put the chocolate chunk in the middle anymore. :)
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I used dark choc chips rather than normal chocolate and the muffin ended up fab and I put melted chocolate on top with chocolate mini eggs:D
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