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I used to buy a Chocolate Chip Muffin at my High School Cafeteria as a special treat every now and again. Now I’m talking 20+ years ago, and I’ve never found a recipe that makes a muffin as perfect as those ones. Until today that is!! This is it. These are the PERFECT Chocolate Chip Muffins.
A muffin is an individually portioned baked product, however, the term can refer to one of two distinct items: a part-raised flatbread that is baked and then cooked on a griddle, or a quickbread that is chemically leavened and then baked in a mold.
What is the secret to moist muffins?
So the 3 simple secrets for beautifully soft and moist blueberry muffins are:
- use butter AND oil -butter makes things tasty but oil makes things moist. So use both!
- don’t mix the batter more than 12 times; and.
- don’t bake for longer than 20 minutes.
What makes a muffin fluffy?
Having eggs, butter, and milk at room temperature helps them form a smooth mixture that traps air and expands when heated in the oven. That expansion makes your muffins fluffy and light.
Chocolate Butterscotch Chip Muffins
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 12 depending on size 1x
- Category: Cake, Cookies and Tarts, Cupcakes
Description
I used to buy a Chocolate Chip Muffin at my High School Cafeteria as a special treat every now and again. Now I can bake my own – this is the best ever!
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup oil
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips (I used 1/2 cup chocolate and 1/4 cup butterscotch chips)
Instructions
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Mix wet ingredients, then add to dry and combine.
- Fold in chocolate chips at the end.
- Bake at 375°F / 190°C for about 18-25 minutes.
- Can substitute any fruit for the chocolate chips, up to 1¼ cups if fresh (or stick to ¾ cup if dried).
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Corlea from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs and SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 18
- Sodium: 191
- Fat: 14
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 10
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 37
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 17
The difference between a Muffin and a Cupcake
Muffins are usually domed and aren’t soft and fluffy, most are usually oil-based and have fruits or chocolate chips. Their texture is in between moist and slightly dense
Cupcakes are baked flat, they have toppings such as buttercream, whipped cream, or even secret fillings
Cupcakes are usually oil-based and are meant to be soft and fluffy.
What are muffins spelled backward?
Exactly what you do when you take them out of the oven. Sniff ’em, that’s correct yes, they are so awesome that’s what you want to do, and then devour them with a delicious cuppa coffee.

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This sounds so delicious! This would go great with a nice cup of coffee or even tea. Thank you for sharing your recipe at The Crazy Little Lovebirds link party #30.
It’s an awesome muffin – I am put together of muffins – love them. Hope you do try and enjoy it. Happy Easter
Thanks for sharing them at our Cookie Exchange.
Thanks Helen, glad to share with you at Cookie Exchange
These look and sound so delicious any time of day or even night cap Esme
I totally agree with you Julie, super delicious and a must bake
These sound so good!!
Thank you Erin. Yea its super easy and delicious. Thanks for popping over