Triple Chocolate Muffins

Triple Chocolate Muffins are moist, fluffy, and super simple bakery style muffins with 3 different forms of chocolate. These are easy to make with two bowls and whisk, have the deepest chocolate flavor, and are sure to impress at any gathering!

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Tell Me About This Recipe

• soft, fluffy, and moist muffins made with buttermilk for extra tenderness

• deep, rich chocolate flavor with cocoa powder, melted chocolate, and chocolate chips and chunks

• easy to make and quick clean up with only 2 bowls and a whisk

Bakery Style Muffin Ingredients

• Chocolate Chips: You'll melt down semi sweet chocolate chips with butter for an extra boost of chocolate flavor.
• Unsalted Butter: Unsalted butter will be melted down with chocolate chips and adds moisture and flavor in every bite.
• Vegetable Oil: Vegetable oil adds moisture to these muffins and helps them maintain moisture even days after they have been baked. You can substitute vegetable oil with any unflavored oil.
• Eggs: 2 room temperature eggs add to the structure of the muffins.
• Granulated Sugar & Light Brown Sugar: Together, both of these sugars contribute to flavor, sweetness, and moisture.
• Buttermilk: Buttermilk creates a light and tender muffin.
• All Purpose Flour: Simple, plain all purpose flour needs to be measured properly to create light and fluffy muffins.
• Cocoa Powder: Cocoa powder adds additional chocolate flavor. I use natural cocoa powder.
• Baking Powder: Baking powder gives rise to the muffins and creates a gorgeous dome.
• Salt: Salt brings out flavor and contributes to sweetness.
• Chocolate Chips & Chunks: Together, mini chocolate chips, regular chocolate chips, and chocolate chunks work together to create a dynamic texture, flavor, and look!

Step by Step Process

STEP 1:Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and line a 12 count muffin tin with liners.

STEP 2: In a medium saucepan over medium heat, stir chopped unsalted butter and chocolate chips together until smooth. Make sure to pull the mixture off of the heat as soon as the chocolate and butter are fully melted, as you do not want the mixture to burn.

STEP 3: Next, in a large bowl, whisk vegetable oil, room temperature eggs, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, and room temperature buttermilk together until smooth.

STEP 4: Then, add the melted chocolate and butter mixture to the bowl. Whisk until fully combined.

STEP 5: Add all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt to the bowl. Whisk only until you see the flour pieces disappear into the batter, as mixing past when you see the dry ingredients disappear will lead to dense muffins.

STEP 6: Then, use a spatula to fold chocolate chips and chunks into the batter. Mix until evenly dispersed.

STEP 7: Divide the batter between the liners, adding between ¼ cup and ⅓ cup of batter into each cavity. The liners should be about ¾ full. Then, push additional chocolate chunks and/or chips into the tops of the muffins before baking.

STEP 8: Bake the muffins at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 5 minutes before lowering the heat to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and baking for an additional 10-15 minutes. The tops of the muffins should be domed, slightly soft in the center, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Expert Tips

Homemade Buttermilk: These buttermilk muffins are so light and tender, and regular milk will not work the same to create a fluffy texture. If you don't have buttermilk on hand, you can make it at home:

1. Fill a measuring cup with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or distilled vinegar.
2. Add room temperature milk to reach the 1 cup mark.
3. Stir the two together before letting it sit for 5-10 minutes before using.

Mixed Chocolate: The recipe calls for 1 ½ cups (270g) of chocolate of your choice. I use a combination of chocolate chips, chunks, and mini chips. I also use a combination of different flavors for a more dynamic chocolate flavor.

Flash Baking: Flash baking is the process of baking at a higher temperature for a few minutes before lowering the temperature for the remaining, longer bake time. In muffins, this creates that gorgeous bakery-style muffin with the high dome.

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