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    Published: Aug 27, 2018 · Modified: Oct 23, 2024 by joskitchenlarder · 28 Comments. · This post may contain affiliate links ·

    Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins

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    Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins

    Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins

    These delectable Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins are my way of waving farewell to Summer. With August Bank Holiday in the UK pretty much marking the end of the Summer Holidays it's time to gear ourselves up for new school year, sort out uniforms and think what's there still to be done before the first school run in September.  I don't know about you but I couldn't do it without indulging in a little comforting chocolate treat and shedding a tear or two for what's been a fantastic Summer!

    Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins

    All good things must come to an end as they say although there is still one full care-free week for my eldest and almost three weeks for my youngest who doesn't start school until mid September. Trying to keep them occupied in between the times when I've been leaving them to be "bored" so that I can actually get something done has proven somewhat challenging but I've managed on occasion. These muffins were brought to existence one afternoon last week when my kids were "encouraged" 😉 to re-discover some of their once favourite toys they have since forgotten about.

    Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins

    Why are these muffins so good?

    One thing I really love about muffins is that they are  super quick to make and you don't need any fancy equipment. Couple of bowls, a whisk and some spatulas and spoons will do. Oh and a sieve...

    I thought that adding a swirl of cream cheese mixture to lovely and rich yet fluffy and light muffins will work really well and I was definitely right. The cream cheese layer is fairly thin as it spreads out during baking providing this lovely cheesecakey flavour dimension against the chocolatey richness, I absolutely adore these.

    As I've used cocoa powder and some dark chocolate chips these muffins are quite rich and almost savoury in flavour. Feel free, however, use milk or even white chocolate chips to sweeten things up a bit if you wanted to.

    Give them a go, so little effort and such a huge reward plus they will make those last days of Summer Holidays that bit more delicious!

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    Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins
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    5 from 10 votes

    Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins

    Chocolate rich yet light in texture these muffins are super delectable & extremely tempting. Perfect chocolate treat anytime!
    Course Dessert, Muffins, Snack, Treat
    Cuisine International
    Keyword cheesecake, chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate muffins, cream cheese
    Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes minutes
    Total Time 40 minutes minutes
    Servings 12 muffins
    Calories 329kcal
    Author Jo Allison
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    Ingredients

    Metric - US Customary
    • 250 g plain flour
    • 30 g cocoa or cacao powder
    • 2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 150 g soft brown sugar
    • 2 large eggs
    • 125 ml plain, full fat yogurt
    • 100 ml rapeseed/sunflower/olive oil
    • 50 g dark or milk chocolate chips

    Cream Cheese Mixture

    • 200 g full fat cream cheese
    • 1 large egg lightly beaten
    • 75 g caster sugar
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract optional

    Instructions

    • Put yogurt, eggs and oil in a large bowl and give them a good whisk. Add brown sugar and whisk until nice and smooth (the mixture will be the colour of caramel). Set aside.
    • In another bowl weigh out all your dry ingredients (flour, cocoa and baking powder). Sift these directly onto the wet ingredients and mix in gently only until all the dry ingredients are fully incorporated (do not overmix). Add chocolate chips and fold them in gently.
    • Prepare cream cheese mixture by whisking cream cheese with egg, sugar and vanilla until nice and smooth. 
    • Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Fill 12 muffin cases half way up with chocolate muffin batter. Follow with cream cheese mixture (divide it evenly in between 12 muffin cases - approx. 2 heaped teaspoon per muffin). Follow with a small dollop of remaining chocolate batter mixture on top of cheese mixture. You can bake these as they are or using a toothpick swirl cheese and chocolate mixture around a bit. Bake for 20-25 minutes until the skewer inserted in the centre of the muffins comes out clean. Remove to the cooling rack to cool completely and enjoy!

    Notes

    • Calories are approximate and per muffin
    • Feel free to replace dark chocolate chips with milk or even white chocolate ones for sweeter, less savoury flavour

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins
    Amount Per Serving (0 g)
    Calories 329 Calories from Fat 153
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 17g26%
    Saturated Fat 5g25%
    Cholesterol 60mg20%
    Sodium 83mg3%
    Potassium 241mg7%
    Carbohydrates 39g13%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 20g22%
    Protein 5g10%
    Vitamin A 295IU6%
    Calcium 101mg10%
    Iron 1.8mg10%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins

    I’m linking my Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins recipe with the following pages:

    Cook Blog Share hosted this week by Eb at Easy Peasy Foodie

    Cook Once Eat Twice hosted by Corina at Searching for Spice

    Last one ever We Should Cocoa hosted by Choclette at Tin & Thyme

    Fiesta Friday hosted by Angie and Lathi at From Lathi’s Kitchen

    Baking Crumbs hosted this month by me 😉

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    1. Jenny says

      May 13, 2024 at 10:48 am

      How many cups would I use for 3.4 floz of oil?

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        May 13, 2024 at 12:32 pm

        Hi Jenny, It will be about 0.425 cup so roughly shy of half a cup I suspect. There are lots of converters online if you'd like to double check. Hope that helps.

        Reply
    2. Sarah Jones says

      April 05, 2021 at 8:06 pm

      5 stars
      Excellent recipe, thank you! I was a bit alarmed that my chocolate mixture was very thick and my cream cheese mixture very runny, so they were impossible to swirl together. But it didn’t matter, they cooked beautifully and taste fantastic- the cream cheese mixture sort of replaces icing and is softer and sweeter than the chocolate part but still not at all sickly. They look great baked and are very easy to transport too. I made with milk chocolate chips but I bet they would be even better with dark. Thanks for a great recipe, will definitely make again.

      I filled my paper cases almost to the top but still had some leftover mixture which I baked in some little silicone moulds but I could have piled it all into the 12 cases, they rose nicely and didn’t spill over the edges.

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        April 06, 2021 at 9:18 am

        Thank you so much for lovely feedback Sarah! 🙂

        Reply
    3. Little Cooking Tips says

      September 24, 2018 at 11:08 am

      5 stars
      Fantastic work Jo! Especially the last photo with the tea on the table is amazing (that's the one we pinned!) 🙂
      Really looking fwd to trying these out, we'll use half olive oil/half sunflower oil, we think that the combo makes the muffins moist-ier and not as heavy as they would be if we only used olive oil (which is domestic and therefore strong in flavor here in Greece).
      Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe!
      Greetings from Athens,
      Mirella and Panos

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        September 28, 2018 at 8:38 am

        Hello Mirella and Panos 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by and your kind comment, it's really appreciated! 🙂
        I usually use rapeseed oil or lighter olive oil (not extra virgin) for the same reason you've mentioned. Hope you guys enjoy making and eating these if you decide to give them a go! 🙂

        Reply
    4. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says

      September 24, 2018 at 10:58 am

      5 stars
      I love what you've done with the chocolate muffins Jo, they sounds incredibly fab with the addition of the creamcheese swirled into the chocolate batter Mmmmmm mmmm yum! Thankyou so much for linking up with #BakingCrumbs 😉 xx

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        September 28, 2018 at 8:32 am

        Thanks Angela! We do love chocolate and cream cheese swirl combo. These are moreish beyond belief lol 🙂 x

        Reply
    5. Kat (The Baking Explorer) says

      September 21, 2018 at 8:35 am

      5 stars
      I need these in my life!

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        September 28, 2018 at 8:29 am

        Thanks Kat! 🙂

        Reply
    6. Jason says

      September 18, 2018 at 9:57 pm

      5 stars
      Wow these look and sound amazing! Never tried cream cheese in a recipe like this. Does the cream cheese make them very moist?

      Thanks for sharing

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        September 19, 2018 at 8:03 pm

        Thanks Jason! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂 Cream cheese gives these muffins perhaps not added moisture but almost salty, cheesecake like flavour dimension which works really well with chocolate. These are really moist anyway.

        Reply
    7. Michelle Frank | Flipped-Out Food says

      September 06, 2018 at 2:03 pm

      5 stars
      This was our first week of school as well here in Wisconsin, USA. I have to admit: I breathed a very deep sigh of relief [shame face]. I will be making a batch of these gorgeous chocolate cream cheese muffins PRONTO because I'm not sure that my life can go on very much longer unless I get one of these beauties in my face IMMEDIATELY.

      Reply
    8. Corina Blum says

      September 06, 2018 at 5:56 am

      5 stars
      These look gorgeous Jo! I'd love to make a batch as an after-school treat for my kids. My little girl is going back today and both children are starting swimming lessons after school on Thursdays so I am definitely going to need tasty treats to keep to keep them going! Thanks for sharing with #CookOnceEatTwice x

      Reply
    9. frugal hausfrau says

      September 03, 2018 at 8:09 pm

      Oh yes, please! These look delish! I love that you included both types of measurements for us, Jo!

      Mollie

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        September 06, 2018 at 1:44 pm

        Thank you Mollie! 🙂 I'm so happy you've noticed that I've included both type of measurements. x I hope this proves useful as it doesn't get any more frustrating than liking the recipe but having to work out the measurements you use on your own. 🙂

        Reply
    10. Moonsparkle (ZM) says

      September 03, 2018 at 5:40 pm

      These look and sound really nice! I'm pinning them to make later. 🙂
      Zania

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        September 06, 2018 at 1:41 pm

        Thank you so much Zania! Hope you like them! 🙂 x

        Reply
    11. Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook says

      September 02, 2018 at 8:34 am

      These look so divine, Jo!! I wish you could send me some. 😀 Pinned! x

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        September 06, 2018 at 11:56 am

        Thanks Jhuls 🙂 Wouldn't it be lovely if only we could exchange goodies electronically and they would materialise wherever we wanted them too! Bliss! 🙂 x

        Reply
    12. Choclette says

      August 31, 2018 at 6:59 pm

      Oh those muffins look delectable Jo. I remember making similar black bottomed cupcakes earlier on in my blogging career and thinking wow, I must make these again - but have I? Thanks for playing along with #WeShouldCocoa over the years and for joining in this one last time.

      BTW, it's meant to be good for kids to be bored (or at least think they're bored). Apparently they need that downtime to process what's going on and to gather creative energy. Or that's what I've heard anyway!

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        September 06, 2018 at 1:40 pm

        Thank you Choclette! I know what you mean there are so many delicious recipes out there to try that there is hardly any time for remaking ones we've already tried! lol Absolutely agree with "boredom" being good for kids, mine always end up getting themselves busy on their own, only sometimes it takes a moment or two 🙂

        Reply
    13. Monika Dabrowski says

      August 29, 2018 at 8:52 am

      5 stars
      These look super gorgeous, great idea to put these flavours into muffins!

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        August 30, 2018 at 7:11 pm

        Thanks Monika! 🙂 I was going for this rich chocolate, almost savoury flavour and it worked a treat! 🙂 Hope you had a lovely break!

        Reply
    14. Balvinder says

      August 28, 2018 at 5:37 pm

      This looks and sounds so delicious! Double the chocolate, double the fun!

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        August 30, 2018 at 7:01 pm

        That's what I say lol Just chocolate, simply doesn't cut it ;)!

        Reply
    15. Jenny walters says

      August 28, 2018 at 12:26 pm

      5 stars
      Oh Jo these look incredible!I have never tried them but I am so going to!!Love them. Hope you have had a lovely summer hols xx

      Reply
      • joskitchenlarder says

        August 30, 2018 at 6:59 pm

        Thanks Jenny! 🙂 What I most like about them is that savoury chocolatey vibe with a bit of cream cheese to round things up nicely! lol Hope you've had a great Summer too! 🙂 xx

        Reply

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