Description
Delicious chocolate coffee muffins that are rich and flavorful, perfect for breakfast or a snack!
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 ounces bittersweet (55% to 72% dark chocolate, roughly chopped, divided)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted if lumpy)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup brewed coffee (at room temperature; or swap regular milk)
- 1/3 cup yogurt (I used plain, non-fat Greek yogurt, at room temperature)
- 1 large egg (at room temperature)
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- With the rack in the center position of the oven, preheat to 375 degrees F. Lightly coat a standard muffin pan (with 12 cups) with nonstick spray or use paper liners.
- Place a medium heat-proof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Add butter and half of the chocolate. Heat gently, stirring often, until the chocolate is almost completely melted. Remove from heat and continue stirring, allowing the residual heat to melt the chocolate the rest of the way. Let the mixture cool for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- To the bowl with the cooled chocolate, whisk in the coffee, yogurt, egg, and vanilla extract until smoothly combined. Pour the wet mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients. With a rubber spatula, stir to combine. Stop as soon as the flour disappears.
- Stir in the remaining chopped chocolate. Divide the batter evenly between the 12 muffin cups.
- Bake the muffins for 16-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean without any wet batter clinging to it. Place the pan on a cooling rack and cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then carefully unmold the muffins and transfer them to the rack to finish cooling completely. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
- Using coffee will yield a more intense chocolate flavor.
- Ensure all ingredients are at room temperature for the best results.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 36mg