Monday, February 7, 2011

Chocolate for Breakfast

Chocolate muffins are really just an awesome excuse to eat cupcakes for breakfast, right?

When I saw Monet's recipe for double-chocolate muffins a couple weeks ago, I knew I had to give them a try. (Remember how good her chocolate bread was?)

And while I can't bring myself to indulge in chocolate for breakfast, I knew Adam's lab-mates would have no difficulties polishing off a dozen of these "morning" treats without a second thought. Every guy in that brainy bunch somehow manages to maintain the metabolism of a 14 year old boy.

Ultimately, they raved that these muffins are chocolate intense--in the best possible way. Moist and tender and oh-so-chocolatey, they'll make the perfect breakfast treat for your co-workers, your neighbor, or your warp-speed-metabolism self.

Eat up! You're having cupcakes...er, muffins...for breakfast.

Double-Chocolate Muffins
(recipe from Monet at "Anecdotes and Apple Cores")

These muffins would make a wonderful Valentine's Day breakfast treat for someone special. Or, you could top them with peanut butter frosting and disguise them as a cupcake. No one would know the difference :)

Ingredients:
  • 2/3 cup cocoa
  • 1 - 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 - 1/4 cups brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 tsp. vinegar
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line muffin tin with muffin liners (or coat with cooking spray).

2) In a large mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients together. In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, vanilla, vinegar, and butter. Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients--don't over-mix! Fold in the chocolate chips.

3) Fill muffin cups (I filled mine pretty high!) and bake for 20 - 25 minutes. This made 12 muffins, plus 2 extra jumbo muffins.

12 comments:

  1. I'll be happy to have these muffins for breakfast!

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  2. haha that sounds about right! I stick to fruit b/c If I ate one of these amazing muffins i'd go back for more and more and more all day long! <3

    xoxo
    Jenn @ Peas & Crayons

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  3. These are a godsend, I LOVE chocolate muffins! Now, if only I had a muffin tin :(

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  4. Hahaha I agree with Jenn ^^ if I made those, there is no way I could stop at one for breakfast!

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  5. I'm always so confused by chocolate muffins, but in a good way! I bet these would be great with dried cherries in them. Lucky brainy guys! :)

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  6. Mmm, Matt would go crazy for these...especially with a touch of coffee extract!

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  7. Yum, these look awesome. I love chocolate and I love muffins but I've never made chocolate muffins!

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  8. Mmm, Kylie - if you can't have them for breakfast I'll totally eat them for you! Just pass them along my way, I'll make sure that they don't go to waste.

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  9. Can't go wrong with chocolate for bfast:)

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  10. I love chocolate for breakfast! I had a Vitatop this morning, but these look even better!

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  11. Yum. I'd make these right now...except I'm afraid I'd eat the entire batch in one sitting.

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  12. Even if I couldn't justify having these for actual breakfast, I could definitely settle for having them as a morning snack ;-)

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