{"id":44600,"date":"2025-02-10T07:10:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T12:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=44600"},"modified":"2025-02-10T07:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T12:10:55","slug":"double-chocolate-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/02\/10\/double-chocolate-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Chocolate Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44601\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/02\/10\/double-chocolate-muffins\/heartcupcakes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HeartCupcakes.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HeartCupcakes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HeartCupcakes.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44601\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HeartCupcakes.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HeartCupcakes.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HeartCupcakes.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HeartCupcakes.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These double chocolate muffins are just the thing for your Valentine-on-the-go! Moist, rich, denser in texture than a chocolate cupcake, and packed with mini chocolate chips. It&#8217;s the perfect little dessert for your loved one! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 3\/4 cups mini chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup sour cream, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup milk, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>heart decorations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 425\u00ba. Line muffin pans with 18 liners.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips. Set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sour cream, vegetable oil, milk, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients mixing with a spoon until just combined.<\/li>\n<li>Scoop the batter into muffin papers, sprinkle with heart decorations. Bake for 5 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350\u00ba and bake for an additional 15 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These double chocolate muffins are just the thing for your Valentine-on-the-go! Moist, rich, denser in texture than a chocolate cupcake, and packed with mini chocolate chips. It&#8217;s the perfect little dessert for your loved one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,1179,2441,38],"class_list":["post-44600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-chocolate","tag-muffins","tag-valentines-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-bBm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45187,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/06\/02\/sour-cream-double-chocolate-muffins\/","url_meta":{"origin":44600,"position":0},"title":"Sour Cream Double Chocolate Muffins","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"June 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A very large mug of coffee and one of these sour cream double chocolate muffins is a fabulous way to kickstart your Monday morning. 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