Chocolate Muffins

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5 from 4 votes

Very chocolatey, soft and tender

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Dessert, Pudding, Snack

Cuisine: English

Diet: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Nut Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: muffins

Calories: 202kcal

Author: Thrifty Lesley

Cost: £1.44 for the batch, 12p each

Equipment

mixing bowl
large mixing spoon
jug
small whisk
silicone muffin tin
or
silicone muffin cases

Ingredients

255 g self raising flour 80p/1.5kg, 13p
½ tsps bicarbonate soda £1.60/200g, 1p
150 g sugar 110-170g, £1.38/kg 150g is 21p
40 g cocoa £2.50/250g, 40p
1 egg £1.50 for 6 medium free range, 25p each
250 ml milk 240-260ml 2.27 litres/£1.45 250ml is 16p
1 tsp vanilla extract Extra special vanilla extract, not essence 60ml/£1.40 12p
85 g butter Brilliantly Buttery melted, £1.90/kg, 16p
½ tsp salt

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Put all dry ingredients in a bowl, except cocoa.
255 g self raising flour, 150 g sugar, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsps bicarbonate soda
Add half the cocoa, stir it all together and give the mixture a good sniff. If it doesn’t smell chocolate enough, add the remaining cocoa. You might like even more than the 40g here, in which case, feel free to add another 10g or so.
40 g cocoa
Put all wet ingredients in a jug and whisk the egg.
1 egg, 250 ml milk, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 85 g butter
Stir the two together until just combined and there is no dry flour.
Lumps don’t matter. Don’t over mix, or the muffins will be tough.
If using, put a muffin case in each of the holes of a 12 hole muffin tin.
Divide the mixture evenly between the cases and bake at 375-400F /
190-200C / gas mark 5-6 for 20-25 minutes until the tops spring back
when gently pressed.
Click here to start a 20 minute timer

To Store

Any muffins that aren't eaten on the day of baking need to be wrapped and frozen as muffins stale pretty quickly

Notes

Priced at Asda June 2024

I use Susan Reimer's Muffins book for ideas and inspiration, and there are literally thousands of muffin recipes if you Google.

Chocolate muffins themselves can be varied in many ways.
Add some glacé cherries
Any chopped nuts, either mixed in or sprinkled on top
Use very strong coffee instead of milk for mocha muffins
Add a tsp of orange zest for a chocolate orange
And of course choc chips, milk, plain or white.
Plus you could top with a chocolate butter icing, or a fudge one.

If you're feeling really decadent, you could warm them in the microwave for a few seconds and serve with cream, ice cream or custard.

The vanilla essence is a significant part of the cost of this batch of muffins, so you could try making your own. It's super easy, promise.

Vegan Chocolate Muffins

If you would like vegan chocolate muffins, the non-vegan items are egg, milk and butter.

You can use oil in place of the butter, or your preferred plant spread, Pure or Vitalite for instance.
Muffins can be made easily with no egg, you don't need any egg replacer, you just need to replace the moisture of the egg, about 80g. If I don't have eggs, I just use a splash more milk.
For the milk, just use your preferred plant milk

Gluten Free Chocolate Muffins

All you have to do to make these muffins gluten free is to use a gluten free flour. If the flour is plain, add baking powder, ensuring that is gluten free too

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