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!
Servings: 24 muffins
Calories: 164kcal
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.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 164kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 160mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g