Delicate Double Chocolate Muffins filled with a creamy peanut butter filling, I know what I am having for dessert... and breakfast!
If you are looking for the perfect sweet, savory combo there is no doubt that chocolate and peanut butter are the power couple you are looking for. For extra deliciousness ( and admittedly, who doesn't love a little extra of a good thing ) try adding a chocolate ganache to the top, or even some Nutella if you don't feel like putting in the work to make a topping. For a simple semi-sweet ganache recipe that never fails, check out my recipe here.
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Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins
For the Muffins
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs room temperature
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup regular sour cream ( light will work too )
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips + optional 1/2 cup to top with
For the Peanut Butter filling
8 oz softened cream cheese
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp peanut butter, honey roasted
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350F and line your cupcake tins with 18 cupcake holders, or grease your tray well and lightly dust them with cocoa powder
In a large bowl beat the oil, sugar and eggs until completely combined and smooth
Add in the milk and vanilla and mix well
Fold in your sour cream until just combined
Set your wet ingredients aside
In a separate bowl add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt
Slowly pour your dry ingredients into your wet mixture, making sure to mix constantly and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed
Gently fold in your chocolate chips
Set your muffin batter aside and start on your Peanut Butter filling
Soften your cream cheese an a medium sized, microwave safe bowl
Add your Peanut butter and beat until creamy and smooth
Now add your sugar, egg and vanilla and mix well
fill your muffin tins 1/2 way with your muffin batter
Next, scoop a large spoonful of your peanut butter mixture into the tins on top of your other batter
cover your muffins with another layer of your chocolate muffin batter, they will be pretty darn full!
optional- sprinkle the tops with semi-sweet chocolate chips
Bake for 18 - 22 minutes, or until the top is well baked and not jiggly
Baking notes
When testing these muffins with a toothpick it is EXTREMELY difficult to tell when it is done because of the peanut butter filling and the chocolate chips throughout.
You can add less, or even more peanut butter to your peanut butter filling if you are a peanut butter lover like me, it makes it that much more delicious IMHO!
I did one batch with chocolate chips to top the muffins and one batch without and they both turned out great ( of course, my husband liked the one with extra chocolate because... chocolate, need I say more? ).
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