These easy, fast double chocolate muffin has been a popular favorite chocolate muffin recipe for years and years. I love that they use only a few ingredients and are so much more healthier than many other chocolate muffin recipes and you would NEVER know it.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
This chocolate muffin recipe is one of my all time favorite muffins. It doesn't get better than double chocolate!
- Healthier Ingredients This recipe uses pumpkin and egg whites!
- Short Baking time. Muffins cook so much faster than an entire coffee cake.
- Few ingredients. you don't have to spend time measuring out flour, baking soda, salt, sugar cocoa etc. You just dump a bag of your favorite cake-mix.
- Chocolate on chocolate who doesn't love chocolate muffins with chocolate chips!
What makes these chocolate muffins SO DANG EASY and FAST is that we use a cake-mix as your base. So you don't have to spend time measuring out flour, baking soda, salt, sugar cocoa etc. You just dump a bag of your favorite cake-mix.
Ingredients For Easy Chocolate Muffins
These are the same ingredient are probably all in your pantry! If not you can pick them up from any grocery store.
- Chocolate Cake Mix - You can use your favorite brand. Gluten free cake mixes work too! I l recommend King Arther bc their cake mix is equal to gluten cake mix as far as amount of batter it makes.
- Pumpkin Puree- Pumpkin puree doesn't have any added spices- it is just plain pumpkin whereas pumpkin pie filling, which looks very similar to pumpkin puree but has spices and added ingredients.
- Egg Whites- I like to separate the whites from regular eggs but if you have a carton follow their measurements per egg.
- Chocolate Chips- You can use your favorite brand or variety. Dark chocolate semi-sweet or milk all work well.
Pro Tip: If you want to have less chocolate try adding in cinnamon, andes mint, toffee or butterscotch chips. You can also add in fruit like raspberries or blueberries. What doesn't go great with chocolate?!
How To Make Easy Chocolate Muffins
This Chocolate muffin batter is very easy to make. Just mix a few ingredients together and you're done. You dont need a mixer, but are welcome to use one.
- Add all your ingredient to a large mixing bowl.
- Whisk together until well combined.
- Add in your desired chocolate chips
- Stir again.
Fill You Muffin Pan With Batter
In a cupcake pan, line spray with a non-stick spray or you can use either parchment liners or silicone. I'm a huge fan of silicone!
- Place about 3 tbs of batter in each muffin liner.
- Top with more chocolate chips if you desire
Pro Tip: I love to use a 1.5 tbs cookie scoop when putting batter into the cups. It keeps the muffins easy and the work space very mess free!
Double Chocolate Muffin FAQ's
YES! It will still work great. It usually includes cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice.
Yes, its dairy free, gluten free options. This Cake mix muffin recipe is also only 2 points on the weight watchers list.
These muffins, with the kind Arther gf cake mix, is still light and fluffy just like a regular cake mix. You will notice that the gluten free muffins do not dome as much as regular flour muffins.
Tips For Bakery Style Muffins
If you would love a big fluffy muffin with an over sized muffin top here are a few tips
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Make sure you give it plenty of time to be evenly heated.
- Let your batter rest. Allowing your batter to rest and come to room temperature allows the gluten do its magic!
- Fill your muffin tin with muffin batter to the brim!
- Bake your muffins at 425 for 6 minutes and then lower to 350 for the remaining time.
More Baking Recipes
Another fun recipe are these Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins. They are healthy and delicious!
If you love our muffins, you'll also love our browned butter chocolate chip cookies! And if you're looking for more better-for-you desserts check out this Keto Cheesecake.
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Chocolate Muffin Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box Chocolate Cake mix that makes 24 cupcakes/ can be gluten free
- 2 egg whites
- ⅔ Cup water
- 14 ounces can pumpkin
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chocolate chips plus extra for topping muffins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425. Mix all ingredients in large bowl.
- Fill in cupcake tin with 3 tbs of batter. Let batter rest for 15 minutes.
- Cook at 425 for 6 minutes and the lower heat to 350 for about 7 minutes
Emily Kemp says
Chocolate muffins for breakfast, yes please!
Laura H. says
These look great. Can't wait to give them a try!