Espresso Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Espresso Chocolate Chip Muffins. A dense, but soft muffin sprinkled with miniature chocolate chips and topped with espresso streusel.

If we could choose one breakfast pastry to bake every weekend, we would bake muffins 98% of the time. In our opinion, nothing beats a homemade bakery-style muffin right out of the oven.

When we were trying to think of a new flavor combination for our muffins last week, we knew we wanted to make a twist on a classic flavor that people of all ages would enjoy (kids, teens and adults). After some debate, we decided on an espresso chocolate chip muffin recipe.

Our family couldn’t get enough of these. They are so good! The muffin batter is infused vanilla bean and sour cream—giving it a delicious flavor and dense texture. We sprinkled in miniature chocolate chips, because we didn’t want the chocolate to steal the show, and topped the muffins with an espresso-flavored streusel.

You’ll probably want to make a double batch of these muffins, just in case they get eaten up too quickly!

This post is all about espresso chocolate chip muffins.

Espresso Chocolate Chip Muffins

How to Make the Muffins…

Muffins are one of our favorite go-to recipes in the morning, because they are easy to whip up and don’t take much time to bake in the oven.

Step 1: Mix the Dry Ingredients

To start, you’ll want to mix your dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Once they are whisked and combined, set the bowl aside for later.

Step 2: Mix the Wet Ingredients

In a medium size bowl, whisk your wet ingredients with sugar. This will allow the sugar to dissolve, before incorporating it into the dry ingredients. 

Step 3: Combine

Next, pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix until just combined. Add the mini chocolate chips and fold them into the batter.

We chose miniature chocolate chips for this recipe, because we didn’t want the chocolate to take away from the delicious flavor of the muffin. Mini chocolate chips give you that rich, chocolate flavor in every bite.

Step 4: Make the Streusel

To make the streusel, combine melted butter, flour, brown sugar, salt and espresso powder with your hands until it comes together and forms a crumble-like texture.

Step 5: Scoop, Top and Bake

Lastly, line your muffin pan with liners, scoop a heaping, ice cream scoop full of batter into each liner and bake for 15-20 minutes.

Pro tip: if you want puffy, large bakery style muffins, bake the muffins on 425°F for 6 minutes, then turn the temperature down to 350°F for the remaining 10 minutes.

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• Total Time: 35 minutes
• Yield: 12 muffins 1x

Ingredients

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• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips

Espresso Streusel

• 2 tbsp butter (melted)
• 4 tbsp flour
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp espresso

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Instructions

1. In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk the dry mixture until all the ingredients are incorporated.
2. In a medium size bowl, mix eggs, sugar, butter, milk, vanilla and sour cream together.
3. Mix dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Then gently fold in chocolate chips.
4. To make the streusel, combine butter, flour, brown sugar, salt and espresso powder.
5. Using an ice cream scoop or 1/4 measuring cup, scoop batter into a prepared muffin tin (you can grease the pan or add liners). Add streusel to the top of each muffin.
6. Bake on 425°F for 7 mins then on 350F for 10 more minutes.
7. Remove the muffins from the oven and allow them to cool for 10 minutes.

• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Category: Breakfast, Dessert
• Cuisine: American

This post is all about espresso chocolate chip muffins.

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