Chocolate Chip Muffins
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When you’re craving something warm, homemade, and chocolatey, these bakery-style chocolate chip muffins are the answer. Easy to make, absolutely packed with mini chips, and always a hit.
These rich chocolate chip muffins are one of my go-to comfort bakes—right up there with chocolate chip cookies. The batter comes together in just 10 minutes (no mixer needed), and 20 minutes later, you’ve got warm, melty, chocolatey muffins that are sure to make everyone smile.
If you love them like we do, be sure to try my banana chocolate chip muffins too—especially if you’ve got a few ripe bananas hanging around.
“Moist, delicious, and the perfect amount of chocolate chips — I couldn’t keep my kids and husband away from them!!”
What You’ll Need To Make Chocolate Chip Muffins
- All-Purpose Flour: Forms the base of the muffins and gives them structure. For best results, scoop it into your measuring cup with a spoon and level it off with a knife.
- Baking Powder and Baking Soda: Work together to help muffins rise and come out nice and fluffy.
- Melted Butter: Adds richness and flavor to the muffins.
- Granulated Sugar and Light Brown Sugar: Sweeten the muffins and help keep them soft and tender.
- Vanilla Extract: Adds a warm, sweet note that rounds out the flavor.
- Eggs: Help bind everything together and give the muffins structure and a bit of richness.
- Sour Cream: Keeps the muffins moist and gives them a tender crumb and soft texture. If you keep plain Greek yogurt on-hand, it’s perfectly fine to use it in place of the sour cream with no other modifications.
- Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips: Pack in chocolate flavor. Mini chocolate chips are less likely to sink to the bottom of the muffins during baking, which means more chocolate in every bite.
- Turbinado Sugar: Adds a crunchy texture and caramelized sweetness to the muffin tops. No turbinado? Brown sugar works too for a similar effect.
- Jump to the printable recipe for precise measurements
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1: Mix the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisking the dry ingredients ensures the leaveners are evenly distributed, which helps the muffins rise uniformly.
Step 2: Mix the wet ingredients. In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla. Add the eggs and whisk until combined.
Step 3: Add the sour cream. Add the sour cream and whisk until smooth.
Step 4: Combine wet and dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and whisk until evenly combined. (Whisk just until no dry streaks remain—overmixing can lead to dense or tough muffins.)
Step 5: Whisk in the chocolate chips. Add the chocolate chips and whisk until evenly mixed.
Step 6: Fill the muffin tin. Spoon the batter evenly into a prepared muffin tin, filling each well about three-quarters full. Sprinkle the tops with the remaining chocolate chips and a little coarse sugar. Sprinkling the chips and sugar on top gives the muffins that appealing bakery-style look.
Step 7: Bake the muffins. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until the muffins are domed and golden brown. Let the muffins cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Cooling in the pan helps the muffins set, but transferring them to a rack after a few minutes prevents steam from collecting underneath and making the bottoms soggy. The muffins will keep well in a covered container for a few days or can be frozen for 3 up months.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- Heaping ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- ⅔ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus about 3 tablespoons more for sprinkling on top
- About 1½ tablespoons coarse sugar, such as turbinado or sanding sugar, for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and set an oven rack in the middle position. Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla. Whisk in the eggs, followed by the sour cream. Add the dry ingredients and whisk until evenly combined. Stir in ⅔ cup of the chocolate chips.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared pan, filling the muffin cups about three-quarters full. Sprinkle the tops with the remaining chocolate chips, followed by the coarse sugar. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until domed and golden brown. Let the muffins cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. The muffins are best enjoyed fresh on the same day, but leftovers will keep well in a covered container for a few days. (To refresh individual muffins, warm in the microwave for 15 to 20 seconds.)
- Freezer-Friendly Instructions: The muffins can be frozen in an airtight container or sealable plastic bag for up to 3 months. Thaw for 3 to 4 hours on the countertop before serving. To reheat, wrap individual muffins in aluminum foil and place in a preheated 350°F oven until warm.
Nutrition Information
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- Serving size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 348
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated fat: 10 g
- Carbohydrates: 46 g
- Sugar: 29 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Sodium: 215 mg
- Cholesterol: 64 mg
This website is written and produced for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and the nutritional data on this site has not been evaluated or approved by a nutritionist or the Food and Drug Administration. Nutritional information is offered as a courtesy and should not be construed as a guarantee. The data is calculated through an online nutritional calculator, Edamam.com. Although I do my best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered estimates only. Varying factors such as product types or brands purchased, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, and the way ingredients are processed change the effective nutritional information in any given recipe. Furthermore, different online calculators provide different results depending on their own nutrition fact sources and algorithms. To obtain the most accurate nutritional information in a given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe, using your preferred nutrition calculator.
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Hi Jenn! Firstly, love your recipes. I understand from the ingredient notes that Dutch cocoa and natural cocoa powder are not interchangeable in this recipe. If all I have on hand is Dutch cocoa is there an alteration to the other ingredients that need to be made in order to make it work or is there no substitute for the 100% natural powder? Thank you!
Hi Rachel, I really don’t know what modifications would be necessary if you used Dutch-process cocoa powder; for the best results, I’d stick with natural. Sorry!
These taste great, but was much more than 12 muffins for me. I did 16, and I think they would have baked better as 20. The 4 that I put in the 2nd tray baked up much nicer.
Oh wow Jenn! These are outstanding! I am so grateful that you share your recipes with us thank you so much!
I absolutely loved these chocolate chip muffins! They are moist, not too sweet, and just amazing. I like to add some cinnamon sugar on top, the little pop of cinnamon really compliments the muffins. My mother loved them and she can be hard to please. I love how easy and fast it is to whip up, I can go from nothing to muffins in 30mins which is amazing. Thank you for sharing 😊💜
Another Jenn hit recipe! Don’t skip using the turbinado sugar. I bought a box of single serve portions because I didn’t want a big box. Used 3 packets. Really elevates the muffins. Jenn, would recipe work in mini muffin pans?
So glad you liked them! Yes, these should work nicely as minis.
We LOVED these choc chip muffins! Light, fluffy, not too sweet and moist! Outstanding! Thank you Chef!
You’re a lifesaver, Jenn! My third grader announced at dinner that she had signed up to bring chocolate chip muffins the next day for a fundraiser. I don’t have a recipe for those, but your website is my go-to for dependable recipes, so I was so relieved when I found these muffins! They did not disappoint! They really did taste like muffin versions of chocolate chip cookies. Great recipe and thanks for helping in a pinch. 🙂