Chocolate chip mini muffins are the perfect on-the-go snack or bite sized dessert. Filled with mini chocolate chips and topped with turbinado sugar, these muffins are made from scratch and come together in a single bowl.
You're going to love this recipe for Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins. It makes a small batch of 24 soft and moist mini muffins, and the batter comes together in a single bowl.
Best of all, I made this recipe using common, easy to find ingredients. You may already have what you need on hand!
Mini muffins make a great snack, on-the-go treat, or small dessert. Plus, this recipe is easy to customize with your favorite mix-ins, like nuts or dried fruits.
Ingredients and substitutions
For this recipe, you'll need a few common baking ingredients like all-purpose flour, baking powder, granulated sugar, an egg, milk, butter, and vanilla extract.
Make sure you're using baking powder and not baking soda - otherwise your muffins will not rise like they should.
You'll also want some mini chocolate chips to fill your mini muffins. Regular size chocolate chips will work just fine, if that's what you have on hand, but mini chocolate chips are the perfect size for these mini muffins.
You can also substitute the chocolate chips with your favorite chopped nuts, like pecans or walnuts.
Turbinado sugar
Turbinado sugarI like to top my muffins with a sprinkle of turbinado sugar. If you don't have turbinado sugar on hand, granulated sugar will also do the trick.
Adding sugar to the tops of your muffins before they bake gives them a crunchy sugar crust.
Mini muffin pan and liners
This recipe will make 24 mini muffins, or about 8 standard size muffins. To make mini muffins, you'll need a mini muffin pan, like one of these:
- Wilton Perfect Results Premium Non-Stick Mini Muffin and Cupcake Pan, 24-Cup
- USA Pan Bakeware Mini Cupcake and Muffin Pan, 24 Well
I'd suggest using mini muffin liners, or giving your pan a thin coating of butter before adding your muffin batter. Even in my nonstick pans, I like to use a thin layer of butter to make sure the muffins release from the pan easily.
Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup whole milk
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup mini chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and butter or grease mini muffin pan. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, add sugar, eggs, milk, butter, and vanilla extract. Mix until fully combined. Make a well in the center of your dry ingredients, add your wet ingredients, and stir until just incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then add min chocolate chips and stir to combine.
- Fill mini muffin tins halfway with batter. Optionally, sprinkle tops of muffins with turbinado sugar. Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean (or with crumbs, not batter).
- Allow pan to cool for 2-3 minutes before removing muffins. Store cooled muffins in a sealed container.
Equipment Recommendations
Notes
- This recipe will make 24 mini muffins, or about 8 standard sized muffins. If making standard size muffins, bake for 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Muffins will keep at room temperature in a sealed container for 3 days.
- Baked muffins can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months, tightly wrapped in foil and stored in a freezer safe container.
- Turbinado sugar can be substituted with granulated sugar.
Maryanne
Is it possible to provide metric measurements as well. Its a lot easier than cup measures. Thanks!
Heather
Hi Maryanne, I agree! Using a kitchen scale makes baking so easy 🙂 You can find gram measurements in the recipe card by clicking on 'metric' below the list of ingredients.
Debra
I made these for coffee hour at church and they were perfect, but I had a little bit of a learning curve. I made a test batch for my husband first. I didn't want to use the paper liners because I wanted a touch of a crust and didn't want to lose any of the muffin from tearing the paper away. However, in my attempt to encourage a crust, I overcooked them. They were still good, but dry and more like a cookie. Also, I did not have turbinado sugar and instead sprinkled the tops with cinnamon sugar which was OK but not the best. For the next batch, I was careful to bake them for the shortest time (12 minutes) and I bought turbinado sugar and sprinkled the tops generously. My pan is a good quality, dark pan so they came out with a nice color crust and the turbinado sugar provided a little crunch on top. The chocolate chips provide just the right amount of sweetness. Perfect!
Heather
So glad to hear you enjoyed the muffins!
Lily
I must have done something wrong. My mini muffins came out like scones. They were still good but just not muffins. Haha. My batter was quick thick when spooning.
Heather
Hi Lily, I'm sorry to hear that your muffins didn't turn out! Overmixing the batter could cause them to be tough, because the gluten is overworked. Did they rise much in the oven? I'm wondering if maybe your leavening agent is expired, so they didn't puff up as much as they should have. It's hard to say without being in the kitchen with you, but those are a few things that came to mind!
Kelly
Same thing happened to mine. They were very dry. ☹️
Heather
Hi Kelly, dry baked goods are either due to overbaking or substituting butter and milk with low fat ingredients. I'd try checking for doneness a few minutes early, sometimes ovens can run hotter than others!
Amy
Omg! What a great recipe! So easy and super simple ingredients! So we made half the batch that this recipe was called for, we split the egg too 🙂 haha! Came out amazing! We used organic cane sugar to sprinkle on top instead! I’ve also read elsewhere to put them in at 425F and then lower down the temperature to get the the crispy tops and I did that! My 5 year old loved it!! Asked for a second one!! 🙂 thank you so much!
Virginia Mireles
I made these fof my kiddos but I used oil instead of melted butter. They turned out perfect and my kids liked them.
Marie
Great recipe! Easy to make and they taste superb! Fantastic snack, dessert or breakfast!
Prachi
Great recipe. I made this with my five year old. She loved making it as well as eating it.
Heather
That is so sweet, I'm glad you both enjoyed the recipe!