This easy and delicious chocolate chip muffins are perfectly moist bakery style treats, every single time!
Ready in less than 30 minutes, these amazing muffins are so fluffy and the top is like a crunchy chocolate chip cookie! Perfect for breakfast, a mid afternoon snack or as a dessert.
There’s nothing better than a warm, fresh chocolate chip cookie, right? Well, now you can start your day with them, too, thanks to chocolate chip muffins!
You can bake these easy muffins in minutes with just a few staple ingredients.
They’re better than the bakery! A soft, tender crumb inside with a crunchy cookie-like muffin top. So, I dubbed them chocolate chip cookie muffins! It’s the best of both worlds.
You can whip them up in 28 minutes start to finish. If you can keep them around (good luck!) they keep incredibly well, too!
You can enjoy a single batch of muffins for days, weeks, even months if you freeze them! Then you have a ready to eat snack any time you get a craving.
Why You’ll Love these Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Simple Ingredients
- Quick and Easy
- Great for Little Hands
- They Store Beautifully
“Great recipe! I love to freeze them individually and grab one when I’m on the go.”
– Cheryl
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Butter – Salted or unsalted, your preference.
- Vegetable Oil – Vegetable oil works best, but you can substitute canola oil.
- Sugar – Offers a hint of sweetness.
- Egg – An egg, and an egg white.
- Vanilla Extract – Pure rather than imitation if you can, bonus points for using Homemade Vanilla. You can substitute Almond Extract if you prefer.
- Buttermilk – Don’t have any? You can make your own Buttermilk with milk and lemon juice.
- Flour – All purpose flour, no need to sift.
- Baking Powder – The leavening agent that makes these so quick and simple.
- Corn Starch – Corn starch softens the proteins in flour making the muffins incredibly soft.
- Salt – Omit if using salted butter.
- Chocolate Chips – I use semi-sweet, but you can use your favorite…anything goes! Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, even white chocolate chips! My sister likes to use miniature chocolate chips.
Variations
- Add Nuts – Almonds, walnuts, pecans, oh my!
- Add Zest – Orange zest goes so well with chocolate chips! You can even add a little orange extract.
- Add Glaze – Drizzle a little glaze on top for an extra sweet treat.
Tools to Use
- Mixer (You can also mix by hand)
- Measuring Cups + Measuring Spoons
- Mini Muffin Tin
How To Make Chocolate Chip Muffins
It takes less than half an hour to make a batch of these yummy muffins.
- Prep – Preheat oven and grease or line muffin tin.
- Combine Wet Ingredients and Sugar – In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, oil and sugar and add the eggs, vanilla and buttermilk until combined on low or by hand.
- Combine Dry Ingredients – In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, corn starch and salt.
- Combine – Gradually fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, but do not over mix. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Fill – Fill no more than 3/4 full and sprinkle with sugar for a crunchy, glistening muffin top.
- Bake – Bake 18 minutes or until they pass the toothpick test.
Tips
- Don’t Overfill Your Muffin Pan Cavities – Fill 2/3 full to compensate for rise.
- Use the Toothpick Test – Insert a toothpick in the center of a muffin. When it comes out clean, it’s done.
- You can also check for doneness by lightly touching the top a muffin, it should spring back to shape.
- Because some ovens run hotter (and cooler!) it’s best to check your muffins a couple of minutes before they are due to be ready.
- Use a cookie or ice cream scoop to get picture perfect muffins. This keeps them consistent in size.
- Top with chocolate chips – Save a few chocolate chips to sprinkle on top to make them look bakery made.
Make More (or Less!)
Scaling up, down or substituting? You’ll love this printable Measurement Conversion Chart!
Frequently Asked Questions
Don’t overmix your ingredients, and don’t overfill your muffin tins.
Ensure that all your ingredients are at room temperature before making your muffin batter. Room temperature ingredients help trap air into the batter, creating the light and fluffy bakery style muffins we crave!
Dietary Considerations
- To make Gluten Free, be sure to choose a 1:1 gluten free flour for baking.
- Nut Free
- Vegetarian
How to Store
- Room Temperature – Once you have baked these muffins, let them cool to room temperature and store them in an airtight container. They will keep for 4-5 days.
- Refrigerate – Allow to cool. Cover refrigerated up to 1 week.
- Freeze – Wrap them individually to freeze up to three months. Thaw them at room temperature for 3 to 4 hours. If you like them warm, place them in a pre-heated oven at 350ºF for 3 minutes.
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Easy Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg white
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoon corn starch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- sugar to top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease each muffin cavity, or line muffin tin with paper liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, oil and sugar and add the eggs, vanilla and buttermilk until combined on low or by hand.
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, corn starch and salt.
- Gradually fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, but do not overmix.
- Fold in the chocolate chips
- Fill ¾ full and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake 18 minutes, or until they pass the toothpick test.
Julie’s Tips
Note
This recipe makes 10 standard size muffins rather than 12.Optional Add Ins
- Add Nuts – Almonds, walnuts, pecans, oh my!
- Add Zest – Orange zest goes so well with chocolate chips! You can even add a little orange extract.
- Add Glaze – Drizzle a little glaze on top for an extra sweet treat.
Tips
- Don’t Overfill Your Muffin Pan Cavities – Fill 2/3 full to compensate for rise.
- Use the Toothpick Test – Insert a toothpick in the center of a muffin. When it comes out clean, it’s done.
- You can also check for doneness by lightly touching the top a muffin, it should spring back to shape.
- Because some ovens run hotter (and cooler!) it’s best to check your muffins a couple of minutes before they are due to be ready.
- Use a cookie or ice cream scoop to get picture perfect muffins. This keeps them consistent in size.
- Top with chocolate chips – Save a few chocolate chips to sprinkle on top to make them look bakery made.
Estimated nutrition information is provided as a courtesy and is not guaranteed.
Can I make these as mini muffins? Thanks
Absolutely, just reduce bake time.
Thank you! What baking time would you recommend
Thanks. What baking time would you recommend?
One we baked them up, they did not last long! So good and that muffin top was amazing!
My kids really loved these! They kept asking for more!
Yay! I love that they were such a hit, thanks for sharing!
You aren’t kidding, these really are easy! They freeze really well too which is awesome.