Dark Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil or 1/3 cup canola oil
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups chopped dark chocolate or 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup toasted walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f grease a 12-cup muffin pan or line with paper liners.
• 2 topping: combine brown sugar and cocoa in small bowl, reserve.
• 3 batter: combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl,
• 4 in a separate bowl, combine buttermilk, brown sugar, oil and egg. stir into dry ingredients. stir in chocolate and walnuts. spon batter into prepared muffin pan. sprinkle muffins with reserved topping.
• 5 bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 6 tips: use an ice cream scoop to put batter in muffin pan.
• 7 use semi-sweet 60% or 70% chocolate depending how bitter you like your chocolate. the lower the percentage, the sweeter the chocolate.
• 8 toasting the walnuts will make them more flavorful. to do so, place walnuts on a baking sheet, bake in a preheated 350f oven for 10 minutes. toast extra walnuts and freeze in a plasric freezer bag to have on hand.