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Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins

Recipe by becky

  • Total Time45 minutes
  • Yield44-48 mini muffins 1x

Mini chocolate peanut butter muffins with chocolate outside and a creamy filling inside, plus crunchy sea salt on top.

Ingredients

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Nonstick spray, for greasing pan
256 grams all purpose flour (2 cups; 9 ounces)
75 grams cocoa powder (3/4 cup; 2 2/3 ounces)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 large eggs, at room temperature
200 grams granulated sugar (1 cup; 7 ounces)
150 grams plain Greek yogurt (1 5.3-ounce container)
60 milliliters canola oil (1/3 cup)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
80 milliliters water (1/3 cup)
150 grams semi-sweet chocolate chips (1 cup; 5 1/3 ounces)
Coarse sea salt, or flaky sea salt, for sprinkling
225 grams creamy peanut butter (1 cup; 8 ounces)
2 tablespoons confectioner’s sugar


Instructions

Preheat oven to 375° F (190° C). Lightly grease a 24-cup mini muffin pan* with cooking spray, or line with paper liners. Sit pan on a tray. Set aside until ready to use.

Silicone muffin pan on a metal tray

In a large bowl, whisk together all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and fine sea salt.

Dry ingredients in a bowl with a whisk

In a separate bowl, use a whisk or electric hand mixer to combine eggs, granulated sugar, Greek yogurt, canola oil, and vanilla extract, mixing until thoroughly combined.

Wet ingredients in a metal mixing bowl

With a rubber spatula, fold the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until a thick dough forms. Drizzle in the water. If batter feels too thick to pipe, add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time.

Chocolate muffin batter in a bowl with a spatula

Fold in the chocolate chips.

Chocolate muffin batter in a bowl with a spatula

Scoop batter into a disposable piping bag. Pipe muffin batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt.

Red silicone muffin pan filled with chocolate muffin batter

Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until muffins bounce back when touched.

A pan of chocolate mini muffins cooling on a wire rack

Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

mini muffins cooling on a wire rack

Repeat with remaining batter.

In a small bowl, whisk together peanut butter and confectioner’s sugar.

peanut butter in a metal bowl with a whisk

Fit a disposable piping bag with a 1/4-inch round metal tip. Fill with peanut butter mixture.

A piping bag filled with peanut butter

Turn each muffin upside down and inject it with the peanut butter mixture.** Do not overfill.

Piping bag filling a mini muffin with peanut butter

Mini muffin filled with peanut butter next to a piping bag of peanut butter

With a butter knife or small stepped palette knife, scrape away any excess peanut butter.

Palette knife scraping excess peanut butter from a mini muffin

Hand holding a chocolate peanut butter stuffed mini muffin

Serve immediately.

Store leftover chocolate peanut butter stuffed muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

Hand holding a halved peanut butter chocolate mini muffin

 

Notes

This recipe makes approximately 44-48 mini muffins.

*You can use a silicone mini muffin pan for this recipe, or a standard metal mini muffin tin. If using a metal tin, I suggest lining it with paper liners to prevent the muffins from sticking.

** To make the process easier, you can use a knife or metal skewer to pre-pierce a hole into each muffin bottom. Then simply insert piping tip into the pre-made hole and fill. For mess-free muffins, use a soft cloth or paper towel to clean the piping tip periodically.

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