MOCHA WALNUT CHOC-CHIP MUFFINS…GREEDY GOODNESS!!
The name ‘Muffin‘ either comes from the French word ‘moufflet‘, meaning a soft bread, or from the German word ‘muffe‘ which is the name for a type of cake. There are two types of muffins: English and American. What ‘American-style’ muffins means is that the muffins are made, not from a yeast dough like the English Muffin, but rather they use a chemical leavener (baking powder or baking soda). Maybe it would be better to describe them as a cross between a bread and a cake.
Either which ways, the kids are always happy to have muffins. These chocolate ones were really nice, so the son made me a ‘Happy Happy Day’ card to thank me!!
The mini muffins were very cute too. I topped each with a dark & milk chocolate chip the minute they came out of the oven. Perfect little bites!
Ingredients:
Hot water – 1/2 cup
Instant coffee/espresso powder – 2tbsp
Buttermilk – 1/2 cup
Vegetable oil – 1/2 cup
Eggs – 2 large
Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
Flour – 1 3/4 cups
Sugar – 1/2 cup
Brown sugar – 1/2 cup
Cocoa powder – 4 tbsp
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Baking soda – 1 tsp
Salt – 1 tsp
Chocolate chips – 1/2 cup
Walnuts – 1/2 cup / coarsely chopped / optional ; reserve a few halves for topping
Method:
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line twelve 1/2-cup muffin cups with paper liners.
- Stir 1/2 cup hot water and instant coffee in medium bowl until it dissolves.
- Add buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla and whisk until well blended.
- Mix flour, sugar, brown sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
- Add buttermilk mixture and stir just until combined. Mix in chocolate chips and walnuts (or pecans).
- Divide batter equally among prepared muffin cups. Bake until tester inserted into center of muffins comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
- Transfer muffins to rack and cool.
MUFFIN is the way to go!!
As Michelle so rightly puts it… “The beauty of the humble muffin is that it’s so versatile and almost any ingredient is agreeable with the baked bun; from pumpkin and fresh fruit to chocolate chips.”
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14 Comments
Asha
I will ship my son to you right away Deebs! Everyday after dinner, he looks for something Chocolatey to eat, he is an chocoholic, gets it from Arvind!:D
Purnima
Ah!! Those oil muffins, butterfree, look great treat!Tks for making it informative! Well I too dont mind shipping myself there, to save u trouble of shipping every goodie u make! 😀
Rachel
Now the muffins look delectable..they looks so moist..mine turn out dry most times.
by MAG
Ooh la la!!! they look sooooo good and delicious!!! I listed you on my blog, hope you don’t mind 🙂
Kalai
Oh, my gosh!!! Gorgeous and delicious looking muffins, Deeba. Bookmarked. Enough said! 🙂
Arundathi
Can you send some over? 😉 they look scrumptious!!
Nandita
They do look lovely and such a rich chocolate colour 🙂 I’ll be trying them next….still not gotten around to making the fudge 🙂
Dhanggit
oh i just gained weight staring at these goodies!! they look absolutely delicious!! yummy!
Shri
Wow home made muffins!never thought about that!have to try this soon..
meeso
Coffee and chocolate, they are perfect!
Rosie
Oh Deeba these muffins look SOOOOOOOO delicious!! I am drooling away here do you think you could spare just one muffin my way 😉
Rosie x
singairishgirl
Those look absolutely gorgeous. I love anything chocolate. 😛 And I always marvel at the way you write your posts, so poetic and all the verses you find. 🙂 All the effort that you put into it. Marvellous!
Happy cook
I made this cup cake annd it was super delicous. My daughter and her friends really enjoyed them.
Thankyou for a wonderful and delcious recipe.
http://mykitchentreasures.blogspot.com/2009/01/mocha-walnut-choco-chip-muffin.html
zahirah
These look delicious!! I am printing the recipe now to try it out.