A buttery, moist muffin studded with chocolate chips, these Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Muffins are the perfect breakfast treat!
I always thought it would be fun to write a muffin cookbook. I love muffins. I don’t know what it is about them, but they excite me. Yeah, I’m kind of weird like that. Maybe it’s the fact that you are almost eating a cupcake for breakfast. Or maybe it’s because they are so easy to throw together. And the fact that there are about a million different recipes out there for muffins, that’s always a plus, too! I definitely have my go-to recipes, like these Brown Sugar Muffins, but I love to try out new recipes. And if it were up to me, I’d try out a different muffin recipe every Sunday morning!
So I was super excited when I had the chance to make some muffins for a little breakfast get-together. I made the Oatmeal Raisin Muffins that I already posted about along with these Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Muffins. And wow – I chose 2 pretty awesome recipes to try out!!
These muffins come from a fabulous blog that I spotlighted just a week ago – The Curvy Carrot. I couldn’t stop thinking about these muffins after I first saw them, and knew they would grace my table sooner than later. I would have jumped up and made them right away, but I don’t think I had any sour cream on hand when I first saw the recipe!
I’ll be honest – these really are more like a cupcake to me than a muffin – but it didn’t mean I loved them any less! These are SO good. They were everything that I was hoping for. Super moist, full of buttery, chocolate-y goodness. These probably aren’t an every day muffin, but if you are feeling like a little cheat, these are definitely the way to go! Luckily I was able to give most of them away at the breakfast I went to, otherwise I think I would have eaten them all myself. (Yes, I do have a bit of a self-control problem…)
This is a recipe you’ll want to whip up for a special breakfast this weekend!
Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup sour cream
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line 12 muffin cups with liners or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk together the egg, sour cream, butter and vanilla.
- Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix just until moistened. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Divide the mixture between the prepared muffin tins. Bake in the preheated oven until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 14 to 18 minutes.
Chris says
I am at the cabin and was looking for an easy muffin recipe! I found this one and thought, I gotta try this! Unfortunately I only had only 1/2 cup sour cream. So I used a mixture of sour cream and vanilla yogurt. So omitted the vanilla. I also didn’t have chocolate chips, so I chopped up a dark chocolate bar. The result was fantabulous! Thanks for the recipe!
Lori says
Omg! I have been for the perfect chocolate chip muffin recipe and ta da this is it! I also put blueberries instead of chocolate chips for my boyfriend and he loved them! He is hard to impress! Thanks so much!
Dena Levant says
These muffins are delish. Moist and chocolatey.
I stuck a piece of Caramilk bar in centre of each muffin so that there is some caramel goodness oozing out when you bite into centre of muffin. Fabulous!
Lori says
I have been looking for a recipe like this forever! So good!
Becky says
These were good. I used a wire whisk and didn’t even have to get out my electric beater. They are low fiber but that’s perfect for my son who can’t tolerate a lot of fiber. He loved them. Quick and easy. I’ll hang on to this recipe.
Deborah says
I’m so glad you both were able to enjoy them!
anickhspot says
those look amazing
Nadia says
hey, loved them, tried couple of times, blogged about them today 🙂 thanks
Deborah says
@Nadia, I’m so glad you liked them!!