Due to the inclusion of both cocoa powder and chocolate chips, these muffins pack a double dose of chocolate.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 dozen |
Ingredients
- ½ cup applesauce
- ¼ cup margarine, softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon (Optional)
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups.
- In large mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla until well blended. Add applesauce, blend well.
- In a separate bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and cinnamon, if desired. Add to butter mixture, blending well. Stir in chocolate chips. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full with batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 22 to 26 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out almost clean. Cool slightly in pan on wire rack. Sprinkle muffin tops with confectioners’ sugar, if desired. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 230 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 38 g |
| Cholesterol | 16 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 113 mg |
| Sugars | 28 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Everyone loved these!
Fudgy is a perfect way to describe these. I make these quite a lot! My siblings absolutely love them and beg for them every other week. I make the recipe exactly and they are perfect for any chocolate lover!
Yum yum yum!!!!! My whole family LOVED these! Made a few changes though, forgot to use baking soda…oops but they turned out completely fine. I also added 1/3 cup of milk as other reviews
These were nicely moist when I added a couple tablespoons of oil and upped the marg to 1/3 cup. Next time, as a personal preference, I would halve the chocolate chips.
I chose to make mini muffins. I reduced the time by half and added from there. It ended up taking 14 minutes. These are AMAZING! I got 38 mini miffins from this recipe.
I followed the recipe and used gluten free all purpose flour. These turned out delicious! I believe I ended up taking them out around 19-20 minutes. Kids loved them too (most important!).
Made as-is, only replacing margarine with canola oil. Very moist, not very chocolately. My 3.5 year old and I enjoyed them very much. Will make again, but may sub some of the flour for more cocoa – or add more chocolate chips.
These muffins have a great chocolate flavor but mine fell in the middle. Only change I made was using oil in place of the applesauce. Great as they tasted I won’t be making them again. Will continue looking for a great chocolate muffin recipe.
The batter was a bit too dense so I added some milk until it was smooth. Other than that, it was amazing! I added a TBSP of chia seeds too to add some crunch (:
very good and I added oatmeal with milk to make it breakfasty.
amazing! the cinnamon enhances the chocolate flavor nicely.
My family loved this recipe!
These were so fudgy and delicious!!! I will be making them instead of my normal chocolate cupcakes next time 🙂
I made these and loved them! Very moist and chocolatey. They didn’t rise very much but I would still make them again. I also only baked for about 16 minutes per the recommendations.
These were very moist and light. I think next time I will reduce the sugar or up the cocoa, seeing the the sugar is needed to sweeten the cocoa. My boys will love them though. I only baked them for 21 mins. 🙂
I stopped at 21 minutes and they came out fudgey and perfect.
These are great especially with white chocolate chips…kids favourite!
Super easy to make and delicious! I substituted my gluten free flour and took the muffins out at the lower cooking time when the top bounced back to my touch. Taste like a chocolate cake. Yum!
I have made these 2xs now, the first time I added extra butter and milk at the suggestion of other reviews. They tasted great but didnt rise and fell apart. The second time I followed the directions and they came out beutiful!! They are a bit dense but taste great!! My kids love them!! The only change I made was substituting baking stevia for the white sugar!!
These were not very chocolatey or fudgey and they came out dry. I will not be making these again.
I found this recipe to be both very fudgy and moist by adding the following: small chocolate pudding mix and 3/4 cup milk. With these additions, I decided to add an extra 1/2 t of vanilla and an extra 1/2 t of baking soda. They came out perfect!