Chocolate Chip Muffins
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These easy chocolate chip muffins are soft and tender inside, with golden, sugar-crusted tops and mini chocolate chips in every bite.
These chocolate chip muffins were one of my go-tos when my kids were growing up, especially when I had a houseful of their friends to feed. The batter comes together in just 10 minutes (no mixer needed), and 20 minutes later, you’ve got warm, melty, chocolatey muffins ready to eat.
“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: For the most accurate measurement, spoon the flour into your measuring cup and level it off with a knife.
- Baking Powder & Baking Soda: Work together to give the muffins their lift and fluffy texture.
- Melted Butter: Using melted butter keeps the batter quick and easy—no mixer needed.
- Granulated Sugar and Light Brown Sugar: Using both gives the muffins sweetness and a subtle caramel note from the brown sugar.
- Eggs & Vanilla: The eggs provide structure and richness, while vanilla rounds out the chocolate flavor.
- 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: Mini chocolate chips are less likely to sink to the bottom of the muffins during baking, which means more chocolate in every bite.
- Coarse Sugar: Sprinkled over the muffins before baking, it gives the tops their signature sweet crunch.
- Jump to the printable recipe for precise measurements
How To Make Chocolate Chip Muffins
Combine the dry ingredients: Whisk the dry ingredients together well so the baking powder and baking soda are evenly distributed throughout the flour. This helps the muffins rise evenly.
Mix the wet ingredients: Whisk the melted butter with the sugars and vanilla until well combined, then add the eggs and sour cream.
Finish the batter: Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir just until combined. Once the flour goes in, avoid overmixing, which can make the muffins tough. Fold in the mini chocolate chips until evenly distributed.
Fill the muffin cups: Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups, then sprinkle a few additional mini chocolate chips and some coarse sugar over the tops. The sugar bakes into a crisp, sparkly topping.
Bake the muffins: Bake until the muffins are risen and golden on top. Let them cool briefly in the pan, then transfer them to a rack to finish cooling. These muffins are best the day they’re made, but leftovers keep well for a few days and can also be frozen. See the recipe card below for full storage and freezing instructions.
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Chocolate Chip Muffins (Easy, No-Mixer)
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
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 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 (175°C) 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 (120 g) 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.)
Notes
Nutrition Information
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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Amazing! I sub 1/2 flour ratio with oat flour and protein powder for the kiddos …. they can out amazing. Thanks 4 recipe will add to my monthly bake.
Hi Jenn,
How would you convert this recipe for a 6 muffin cup pan, regular sized muffins?
Thanks,
Jan
Hi Jan, you can just cut the recipe in half. Enjoy!
Jen, I love your recipes but am uncertain if I should use King Arthur flour for these chocolate chip muffins
Hi Charlotte, King Arthur is my favorite brand of flour so I’d recommend it. Hope you enjoy the muffins!
Fantastic and a great texture; everyone who has eaten one loves them.
Instead of mini-chocolate chips, I use chocolate wafers ground into smaller chunks, so end up with a mix of chunks/powder, which works very well.
Recipe is easy to follow and now have to buy two tubs of sour cream each week as children love them so much.
Hi Jenn! I have a question, in your recipe metric 2 cup of AP Flour is 260g but in Google, it is 120g for 1 cup so 2 cup will be 240g. Which one should I follow?
Hi Evelyn, I know you can find some variation online, but I have measured flour many times and have always come up closer to 130 g per cup. Because I developed the recipe with that amount, I’d stick with the 130/cup. Hope you enjoy the muffins!
I love these muffins! I double the recipe and freeze them. When I am ready to eat one, I put it in the microwave for a very short time and they taste like a fresh baked muffin. I will admit that I do not add the topping.
Delicous moist muffins!
Hi Jenn- I have tried this recipe before with great success. I was wondering- could I substitute one cup of flour for one cup of rolled oats? Thx in advance.
P.S: Love your new cookbook!
Hi Sarah, Glad you’ve enjoyed the muffins! I’ve never put oats in these, so I can’t say from experience, but I suspect it will work (though the muffins will definitely be a bit drier and more dense). I’d suggest keeping the swap of flour to oats to no more than 1/2 cup. Hope that helps — I’d love to hear how it turns out if you make them this way!
Hi Jenn,
As an experiment, I ended up adding one cup of oats. Your feedback made me think to up the moisture content. To compensate, I let the oats sit in milk (2/3 cup) for 15 mins. Followed the rest of the recipe as usual and happy to report they tasted great, good texture, and were not dry. Only thing is I might up the baking powder next time as they were a bit flat. I only wanted to introduce one variable at a time. Thank you so much for your feedback-really appreciated it!
Glad it worked out with your tweaks — thanks for reporting back!
Used 2% greek yogurt instead of sour cream and they still turned out so well! Light, fluffy, perfectly sweet with a slight tang from the yogurt. Very impressed and husband approved!
One word: Delicious!