Chocolate cherry muffins are moist chocolate muffins studded with chocolate chips and juicy chopped cherries, what’s not to love? Sometimes you want a decadent muffin for breakfast and, oh my, does this fit the bill!
I ended up with a ton of chopped cherries in my freezer this year. It was just a silly misunderstanding. I’d asked my kids to pick up a few cherries because I needed literally a few fresh cherries for pictures. Like 5 cherries total. But they picked up a few bags of cherries because I’d been raving about how cheap they were!
Here’s the thing about frozen cherries. They taste great still, but they often don’t look very pretty and their dark red juice will discolor lots of baked goods. That’s why I like adding them to chocolate! Plus, cherry chocolate chip anything is one of my favorite combinations.
This cherry muffin recipe has double the chocolate! Cocoa in the muffin batter and chocolate chips added. The recipe calls for dark chocolate chips, but milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips work just fine too.
Looking for more fruity and fresh muffin recipes? Try Pumpkin Banana Muffins, Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins, and Cranberry Crumb Muffins!
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- 2 ⅓ cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 ½ cups fresh dark sweet cherries, pitted and chopped
- ⅔ cup dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate or semisweet is fine too
How to Make Chocolate Cherry Muffins:
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 muffin pans with paper liners. Stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and set aside.
2. Whisk together the sour cream, buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs, and almond extract in a bowl until evenly blended. Pour the sour cream mixture into the well of the dry ingredients and then stir until the muffin batter is just combined.
3. Fold in the chopped cherries and chocolate chips.
4. Spoon into prepared muffin cups, filling ⅔ full.
5. Bake until a toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean, about 18-22 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack. Store tightly covered at room temperature.
Substitutions:
If you don’t have sour cream, greek yogurt is a good substitute when baking.
If you don’t have fresh cherries, frozen or canned cherries will work in this recipe.
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Cherry Chocolate Muffins
Chocolate cherry muffins are moist chocolate muffins studded with chocolate chips and juicy chopped cherries, what’s not to love? Sometimes you want a decadent muffin for breakfast and, oh my, does this fit the bill!
Ingredients
- 2 ⅓ cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 ½ cups fresh dark sweet cherries, pitted and chopped
- ⅔ cup dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate or semisweet is fine too
Instructions
- First, stem, pit, and chop the cherries if you are using fresh.
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 muffin pans with paper liners.
- Then mix the dry ingredients and make a well.
- Mix the wet ingredients and pour them into the well. Stir until just combined. You don’t want to overmix because it will make your muffins less tender.
- Fold in the chocolate and cherries.
- Fill the muffin tins half full and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean!
- Set on wire rack to cool.
Notes
If you don’t have sour cream, greek yogurt is a good substitute when baking.
If you don’t have fresh cherries, frozen or canned cherries will work in this recipe.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 164Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 160mgCarbohydrates: 23gFiber: 1gSugar: 12gProtein: 3g
