Name: Chunky Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour; 2 1/2 tsp baking powder; 2 eggs; 1 1/4 cups sugar; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 cup butter, melted; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 1/2 cup whipping cream; 1/2 cup milk; 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 ½ cup cherries, quartered; a few tsp of coarse sugar for the tops, optional

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Chunky Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins. The best chocolate chip muffin recipe with chunks of sweet, fresh cherries baked right in. A sure hit at any brunch.

Chunky Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins.

First Published May 2012. Updated Oct 2020.

My daughter Olivia is only 14 but she has grown into quite a good little baker. Today is her last Pointe Ballet class for the season and she wanted to make some of her favourite Chocolate Chip Muffins to take along and share with the young ladies in her class.

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This recipe is a variation of our Best Chocolate Chip Muffins. So simply delicious.

I suggested adding some chopped cherries to the mix and the result was wonderful. The sweet and slightly tart cherries played very well with the chocolate indeed.

Chunky Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins.

This is really just a slight variation of our very popular Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe that we recently featured but one I thought well worth posting again.

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12 muffins

Chunky Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Chunky Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins - the best chocolate chip mufin recipe with chunks of sweet, fresh cherries baked right in. A sure hit at any brunch.

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 ½ cup cherries, quartered
a few tsp of coarse sugar for the tops, optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 12 muffin tins very well and grease the top of the pans too, between the cups.
Sift together the flour and baking powder and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment in place, whisk together the eggs sugar and vanilla extract on high speed until foamy and slightly stiffened.
Mix together the melted butter and vegetable oil in a measuring cup with a spout. Slowly add the oil and butter mixture to the egg mixture in a slow stream as the mixer continues to whisk.
Mix together the whipping cream, milk, and cider vinegar and add slowly to the mixing bowl continuing to mix but at a reduced speed.
Fold in the dry ingredients by hand with a rubber spatula being careful not to over mix. Don't worry about a few small lumps in the batter, they are fine.
When the dry ingredients are almost incorporated, gently fold in the chocolate chips and chopped cherries.
Spoon batter evenly into the well greased muffin tins, filling them almost to the top. If you like you can sprinkle about a teaspoon of coarse sugar (like turbinado) over the top of each muffin before baking.
Bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for about 20 - 25 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
Let the muffins rest in the pans for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.

Notes

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Chunky Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins