Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins
Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins are a little bite of cheesecake encased in a soft chocolate muffin with morsels of melted chocolate chips.
Servings 12 muffins
Calories 292kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup canola oil softened 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 tablespoon flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened good quality cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Cream Cheese Filling:
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon flour
- powdered sugar for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin tin with paper liners or spray well with non stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In large bowl, whip oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla, sour cream and milk until well combined and light in color, 3 minutes or so. Fold in remaining ingredients until just combined.
- In small bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar and flour together until smooth. Set aside.
- Scoop 1 large spoonful of muffin batter into prepared muffin tins to be 1/3 way full. Drop small spoonfuls of cream cheese mixture into middle of muffin batter (should be about 1 1/2-2 teaspoons per muffin). Scoop another large spoonful of muffin batter and pour overtop cream cheese mixture. Muffin tins should be filled 2/3-3/4 way full.
- Bake 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool 10 minutes before removing from tins. Dust with powdered sugar if desired. Once cooled, store in air tight containers, ideally in the fridge.
Nutrition
Calories: 292kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 124mg | Potassium: 156mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 232IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg