Julie Clark
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins
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Simple and delicious these Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins are a family favorite that are as tasty as they are quick to whip up!
These easy chocolate peanut butter muffins are right on brand for us with our chocolate peanut butter breakfasts: Reese’s sweet rolls, buckeye pancakes, and chocolate peanut butter pancakes.
But muffins are one of my go-to breakfasts.. This Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffin recipe has the perfect flavor combo, and a breeze to make in just one bowl. It’s one of my favorite ways to use up peanut butter.
How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins
The recipe makes twelve regular sized muffins. I have yet to try making them as mini muffins but I imagine they would be just as delicious, with less peanut butter per muffin, and would probably make about 24 muffins.
- Prepare. Preheat the oven to 375ºF and line a standard muffin pan with muffin liners.
- Mix the wet ingredients. In a large bowl whisk together the wet ingredients.
- Add the dry ingredients. Then add the dry ingredients and stir together until just combined. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add the chocolate! Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Stuff the muffins. Scoop batter into muffin pans about 2/3 full. Take ½ tablespoon of peanut butter per muffin and dollop it in the center of the muffin batter on each muffin.
- Bake the chocolate muffins. Bake in the preheated oven for 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Can you make these muffins without peanut butter?
Yes! If you aren’t a peanut butter lover or have a family member with an allergy you can also make these muffins without peanut butter. You can also add any other type of nut butter that you like, such as almond butter or even nutella.
Storage Instructions
Store the leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. They also freeze well for up to 2 months.
How to Reheat Muffins
Just pop a chocolate peanut butter muffin in the microwave for about 10 seconds (give or take depending on your microwave) and you’ll have a warm, chocolate and peanut butter afternoon snack.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins
Simple and delicious these Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins are a family favorite that are as tasty as they are quick to whip up!
Servings 12 servings
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 17 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup 2% milk 8 ounces
- 1/3 cup plain yogurt 83 grams
- 1 large egg
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar 133 grams
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 163 grams
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 50 grams
- 1 teaspoon baking soda 6 grams
- 1 teaspoon baking powder 5 grams
- 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 grams
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- Peanut Butter- ½ Tablespoon per muffin
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375ºF and line a standard muffin pan with paper liners.
- In a large bowl whisk together the wet ingredients. 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour, ⅓ cup plain yogurt, 1 large egg, 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- Then add the dry ingredients and mix together until just combined. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed. 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour, ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
- Fold in the chocolate chips. ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- Spoon batter into muffin pans about 2/3 full. Take ½ tablespoon of peanut butter per muffin and dollop it in the center of the muffin batter on each muffin.Peanut Butter- ½ Tablespoon per muffin
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool before removing from muffin tin.
Notes
In the recipe I added ½ a cup of chocolate chips. I also tried it with more and found the problem to be that all of the chocolate chips sank to the bottom of the muffins. If you want more chocolate chips then I would recommend sprinkling them on top of the batter after it is scooped. But if you like the bottom of your muffin to be full of chocolate chips I found out it’s pretty delicious when warmed up.
The calories shown are based on the recipe making 12 muffins, with 1 serving being 1 muffin. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information.**
Nutrition
Calories: 159kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 212mg | Potassium: 145mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 80IU | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 1.3mg
Great recipe. It made 16 for me. Great flavor. I added a 1/2 tsp of instant coffee with dry ingredients.
Would I be able to substitute the yoghurt for buttermilk? Dying to try these!!!
These are perfect for when you want a sweet snack but have only the pantry basics in the house! (Plus 6 jars of peanut butter, thank you Aldi online order substitutions 😉 I made them today without the chocolate chips, to cut down on sugar and because I didn’t have any. They are a perfect level of sweet for me this way; very similar to the cream cheese-bottom cupcakes, I think. I doubled the recipe and filled two trays of muffin tins nearly to the top, but still had almost 1 cup of batter left over. Probably could have made… Read more »
Can I make this dairy free? What can I sub for the yogurt?
Love it! To keep the choc chips from sinking, put them in with your dry and give them a good stir to make sure they’re coated 🙂 Then add your wet. Not sure why it works, but it does! (Also works with dried fruit, nuts, etc)
Just made these today and boy are they rich!! They are wonderful, but more like dessert for sure. I subbed gluten free flour and they were perfect. Thanks for the recipe
Made these tonight and they are amazing. Thank you for sharing the recipe