Delicious chocolate chip muffins that taste more like a dessert for breakfast! Easy to make and kid-approved!
Jump to RecipeOne morning, I wanted to make something new for breakfast. We typically have the same thing, so we wanted to change it up. Tyler has a sweet tooth to rival Justin’s and mine, so he begged for something with chocolate chips in it. I suggested some pancakes, but they (surprisingly) turned that down. I was trying to think of what else we could make with chocolate in it and decided on some chocolate chip muffins.
Only problem: I had no idea how to make muffins. I’ve never made them from scratch before, only in the small packages you can buy near all the cakes. And really, how good can they be for you if they are located next to cakes and brownies?
I did a quick search online and found a few recipes that sounded promising. The next trick was to find one that I already had all the ingredients for. Since none of them fit exactly, we decided to just wing it based on a few recipes.
These were such a hit! Tyler, who normally doesn’t eat a lot, ate 3 muffins and was still asking for more! We all enjoyed these and I may have to make a double batch next time! The boys love helping out in the kitchen and kept stealing some of the chocolate chips as we were making these.
Chocolate Chip Muffins Step by Step
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
Directions
Start by preheating the oven to 400F and line your muffin tray with baking cups. We have silicone baking cups that we love to use. They are great because you aren’t wasting anything since they are reusable. And nothing ever sticks to these so I don’t have to use spray either.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and chocolate chips.
In a small mixing bowl, thoroughly whisk together the milk, oil, and egg. You want to make sure this is combined very well. It helps to beat the egg before mixing it in. If it isn’t mixed well enough, then it doesn’t mix in with dry ingredients.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix them until they are just combined. The mixture will be lumpy, but you want to make sure you don’t have any pockets of flour or baking soda in there. I did that the first time, and when we ate them there were chunks of dry areas in the muffins that weren’t very good.
Fill your muffin cups about 2/3 of the way full. These will expand quite a bit, so you want to give them room to grow as they bake.
In a small bowl, mix together the remaining white sugar and brown sugar. This will be the topping for your muffins. Sprinkle the sugar mixture over the muffin mix then bake them for about 20-25 minutes until they are golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
As with most things, they always taste better when fresh. We’ve had leftovers for breakfast the following day too. I just throw them in the microwave for about 15 seconds to warm them up and soften them again.
Recipe
Originally Published On: January 26, 2017
Last Updated On: March 22, 2020
Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
Recommended Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F
- Line muffin tray with baking cups
- In medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, chocolate chips, and salt
- In a small bowl combine milk, oil, and egg
- Add wet ingredients all at once to dry ingredients
- Stir until just combined, batter will be lumpy
- Fill muffin cups 2/3 full
- Combine sugars and sprinkle on top of muffins
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutrition content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
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Looks great! My daughter will eat anything with chocolate in it. May have to try these soon.
My son is the same, and he is a picky eater. I started doubling this recipe because he eats 3 and asks for more!
Have you ever tried chocolate oatmeal? She made me make some over the holidays and it was surprisingly good.
No, I haven’t. I’ll have to check that out, thanks!!
These look delicious! I can’t wait to try them! Love the photo of your boys helping bake 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! They just love to help in the kitchen lately, especially my older one 🙂
These look so good! I have never tried to make homemade muffins, I usually stick with the grocery store pack but maybe I will try homemade ones!
I always had too until I made these! It’s really not much harder and they taste so much better!!
These look delicious! But the best part has to be your little guy’s Olaf slippers! Too cute!!
Thanks! He loves those Olaf slippers, it’s over 90 degrees here and both of them are still wearing them in the house!!
Yes, please. We love chocolate chip everything!
These look so good! I’ll have to give them a try!
Let me know what you think if you get a chance to make them!
So cute that you made these with your children. I love cooking with my nephews!
It’s so fun to cook with them, most of the time! My oldest likes to help cook, my youngest is in there just to eat!
These look delicious. I am always up for adding chocolate to breakfast 🙂
Right?! Chocolate chip muffins, chocolate chip pancakes, chocolate chip waffles….. 🙂
Yum! Muffins are such a delicious breakfast treat. Especially with chocolate chips. 🙂
Chocolate makes everything better 🙂
These look really good — a classic! Love that bit of sugar sprinkled on the tops!
The sugar makes all the difference in these! Gives the tops a bit of crunch that’s always so good.
Chocolate chips muffins are my younger daughter Yanah’s favorite muffins, I also enjoy them. Every week, I look for something simple to do with her, most likely, you will try to make them Friday evening.
This would be a great way to spend time together, especially if they are her favorite!
Yum! There is nothing better than a warm batch of homemade muffins. I can’t wait to give this recipe a try!
Yes! And when they aren’t fresh, I pop them in the microwave for a few seconds to warm them up again!
Awesome new recipe!
I would like to try this for my breakfast. 🙂
I make them on the weekends for my family sometimes. Let me know if you try them and what you think!
Yum! These chocolate chip muffins looks so good. Especially in the morning with coffee. 🙂
My husband always comments that they go so well with his coffee! I don’t drink coffee, so I just take his word for it 🙂
I’ve made cookies from scratch a few times and they come out pretty good! I’ll have to try muffins, my daughter loves them.
Let me know how it goes! I had never made muffins before and didn’t realize they were just as easy as cookies or cupcakes!
Mmm, these look so yummy!
This recipe needs to go viral! I love how simple it is and they turned out to be so fluffy ! I’ll makae these for my boys next time we get together for a business meeting, they will absolutely love them!
Oh, what a great idea! My boys devour the muffins, so make sure you make plenty of them!
You know what would be yummy? Smearing peanut butter on top of them! Then again, I love peanut butter with EVERYTHING hehe.
Personally, I can’t stand peanut butter. But I could totally see my husband and his dad doing this as they love peanut butter, too!
I make muffins pretty often and these look so good! I have actually never made choc chip ones
My oldest son is all about finding ways to add chocolate chips to his breakfast, so we put them in a lot of foods!
This muffin looks great and will go great with a cup of tea or coffee. I will be using this recipe to bake with my kids.
My husband always has a cup of coffee with his when we make the muffins for breakfast (I don’t drink coffee). And yes, the kids absolutely love them!
That’s awesome these were such a hit! I love homemade muffins but it’s also not something I make often from scratch.
You should try soon! These are so easy to make, nothing too crazy goes into them, and delicious!
I love home-made muffins. The smell of freshly baked ones are so tempting. I must try this recipe.
Oh my gosh, yes, the smell of them baking is the best! Then the house smells good for the rest of the day, too.
There is nothing like a yummy muffin and a cup of coffee to start my day. Chocolate just makes it even better. 😀
In my opinion, chocolate makes everything better! 🙂
These muffins look like they would be absolutely incredible. My kids love muffins as a quick and easy breakfast that they can take with them on the go.
When I was in high school my dad would make muffins every morning that we would eat on the way to school. It was so easy and convenient.
This makes such a change to cookies, these are my fab. I love anything chocolate so bring on the muffins xx
I know, chocolate makes it all better. Especially when you can get away with it for breakfast!
Game changer! This looks and sounds like exactly what I need in my life!
You should make some! They are pretty easy to make and so yummy 🙂
I make muffins all the time and everyone loves them at home! I will try your recipe this weekend!
I love muffins! They are such a great easy breakfast. I hope your family enjoys when you make them!