The Best Chocolate Muffin Mix Recipe
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This is the best Chocolate Muffin Mix recipe! It makes wonderfully rich chocolate muffins that taste moist and delicious and are easy to make and easy to store to make later.
Chocolate Muffin Mix Recipe
There is just something about a chocolate muffin that makes it so much more tempting to me than all of the rest. I have a feeling that thing is….. chocolate. When I imagine the perfect Chocolate Muffin, it is full of rich chocolate flavor in a moist muffin. I’ve spent many years trying to figure out how to make the perfect Chocolate Muffin Mix because all of the muffins usually turn out dry or don’t have that strong flavor I’m hoping for.
I think you will love this simple Chocolate Muffin Recipe I’ve finally settled on. It’s easy to make and store in your pantry until the day comes when you want to enjoy a yummy muffin. Plus, these muffins stay moist for days thanks to the addition of sour cream in this recipe. They also freeze well, so you can have them on hand for a quick snack or breakfast anytime.
Ingredients in Chocolate Muffin Mix Recipe
What You Need:
- All Purpose Flour or All Purpose Gluten Free Flour. Either type of flour has been tested and will work in this recipe!
- Unsweetened Chocolate Cocoa Powder. You don’t need sweetened cocoa powder because we are using sugar in this mix recipe.
- Baking Powder and Baking Soda. Using both rising agents will help to give these muffins that “bakery style” look.
- Salt. Salt in baking recipes helps brings out the flavor. I wouldn’t skip this ingredient unless you need to.
- Chocolate Chips. Milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips will both work in this recipe. The addition of the chocolate chips makes these true double chocolate muffins!
- Sugar. I use cane sugar in this recipe, but you might be able to use an alternative like coconut sugar.
Instructions for Making the Chocolate Muffin Mix
Combine all of the above dry ingredients in a large bowl. Divide the mixture into 2 equal portions and pour into some kind of air-tight storage container. I prefer to use Mason Jars closed with a Plastic Storage Lid. This Chocolate Muffin Mix will store for up to a year if kept in a cool, dry place with the lid in place.
–Make sure to label your Chocolate Muffin Mix! You can use these Free Printable Canning Jar Labels!
This Chocolate Muffin Mix Recipe will make 2 jars of Chocolate Muffin Mix. Each jar makes 12 muffins. When you are ready to make your muffins, grab a jar of your mix and follow the directions at the bottom of this page for Chocolate Muffins to mix them up.
Easy Chocolate Muffins Directions
When you are ready to make Chocolate Muffins with your mix, follow the directions below.
You will need:
- 1 Egg
- 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil (melted coconut oil or a mild olive oil work great)
- 3/4 cup Sour Cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
What to do:
Combine all these ingredients with the contents of one jar of the mix. Stir the batter well until all ingredients are combined, and no dry ingredients remain.
Scoop into a greased or lined (I use the Paper Chef Baking Cups that are unbleached) Muffin Tin with a muffin scoop. Each jar should make 12 regular-sized muffins.
Bake the muffins at 375 for about 20 minutes in the oven or until a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the muffins comes out clean. Enjoy warm.
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Chocolate Muffin Mix Recipe
Ingredients
To Make the Mix
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2
cups
All Purpose Flour or
All Purpose Gluten Free Flour - 1 cup unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 2 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 1/2 cups Chocolate Chips
- 1 1/4 cups Sugar
To Make the Muffins
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
- 3/4 cup Sour Cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
Instructions
To Make the Mix
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Combine all of the above dry ingredients in a large bowl.
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Divide the mixture into 2 equal portions and pour into some kind of air-tight storage container. I prefer to use Mason Jars closed with a Plastic Storage Lid.
To Make the Muffins
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Combine all of these ingredients with the contents of one jar of the mix. Stir well until all ingredients are combined and no dry ingredients remain.
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Scoop into a greased or lined (I use the If You Care Baking Cups that are unbleached) Muffin Tin with a muffin scoop. Each jar should make 12 regular sized muffins.
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Bake the muffins at 375 for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the muffins comes out clean. Enjoy warm.
Recipe Notes
This Chocolate Muffin Mix will store for up to a year if kept in a cool, dry place with the lid in place.
Gluten-Free Chocolate Muffin Mix
To make this recipe gluten-free, use All Purpose Gluten Free Flour instead of regular flour. Double-check that all other ingredients you are using are gluten-free as well.
Dairy-Free Chocolate Muffin Mix
Use dairy-free chocolate chips and replace the sour cream with applesauce.
For more dairy and gluten-free recipes, check out my book, Frugal Gluten Free.
Storing Chocolate Muffin Mix and Muffins
Chocolate Muffin Mix can be stored in an airtight container (like a mason jar) for up to a year until yo are ready to use it.
Baked Chocolate Muffins can be stored in a plastic bag or airtight container on the countertop for up to 5 days until you are ready to enjoy them. If you want to bake and store them for longer, you can keep them in the freezer for up to 3 months.
More Muffin Recipes
- Homemade Muffin Mix Recipe
- Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
- Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Pumpkin Muffins
- Breakfast Muffins
- Banana Bread Mini Muffins
- Sugar Doughnuts Muffin Mix
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
Find even more delicious Homemade Mix Recipes in my book, Little House Living: The Make Your Own Guide to a Frugal, Simple, and Self-Sufficient Life. It features 130 recipes just like this one that are perfect for your family!
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Merissa has been blogging about and living the simple life since 2009 and has internationally published 2 books on the topic. You can read about Merissa’s journey from penniless to the 100-acre farm and ministry on the About Page. You can send her a message any time from the Contact Page.
This Chocolate Muffin Mix Recipe was originally published on Little House Living in September 2017. It has been updated as of April 2023.
These look delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe! I love that they don’t have a ton of sugar either. Will be making some today as I have some chocolate chips to use up!
I hope you enjoy the recipe, Letty!
I’m a bit confused the recipe says
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil (melted coconut oil or a milk olive oil work great)
Is that milk? Or milk olive oil which I’ve never heard of
It is supposed to say “mild” olive oil. I will fix the error.
These sound delicious! I like to use applesauce in place of oil when I use store-bought muffin mixes. Would that work here?
I haven’t tried it in this particular recipe but it should work here.
This mix would be handy to have on hand to whip up on busy mornings or for an afternoon snack.
Thanks for sharing on #TastyTuesdays.
These look so good. The best thing is I have all of the ingredients on hand so I can make them this weekend.
These look yummy! Definitely a must try for me! Anything choc is my favorite!
Your Chocolate Muffin Mix looks great! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday and come back soon!
Miz Helen
My son LOVE chocolate chip muffins. I guess I will be making some after seeing your yummy looking muffins. Thanks for sharing.
I am a chocolate lover and this recipe is perfect for me 🙂 Thank you for sharing at Sweet Inspiration Link Party
Can’t wait to try these! They look so good.
Your chocolate muffins look wonderful. I will be trying these out soon. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle. Pinning
I am featuring your recipe at Snickerdoodle tomorrow.
Thank you for the feature Sharon!
What else could we use if we dont have sour cream on hand
You could replace the sour cream with yogurt if you have that.
I was just going to mention subbing plain Greek yogurt for the sour cream when I found your reply. I use it for so many things these days. Thanks for the recipe. I’ll try it as soon as I buy chocolate chips. 😉
There must be some wet ingredient missing here?
These look so yummy! I am going to make them this afternoon. I will make them with goat yogurt so they are milk-free for my family member who can’t have cow’s milk. Thank you for the recipe!
No problem! I’ve made this recipe with coconut milk and they’ve turned out great 🙂
Can you use melted butter instead of oil? If so would it change the consistency?
Butter would work just fine in this recipe 🙂
I made these & while mixing it was too dry to combine so i added another 1/4 cup of sour cream & then it was better. Turned out really good and moist.
While make several batches to put in mason jars as gifts. Handy to have ready to make recipes.
Is there a way to substitute melted butter for the oil with this recipe?
Yes you could use butter in place of the oil for this recipe.
These muffin were so easy and delicious. I only made half the batch but it turned out spectacular. I also had to substitute the cocoa power for something I had in my cupboard which was ice chocolate topping used the same amount needed and it for half the batch and it worked perfect and came out just as delicious. Will be definitely using this recipe again.
This recipe is delicious and is great for chocolate lovers. Thanks, Merissa! 😊
This such a great chocolate muffin and my kids loved them!! I was trying to upload a picture but it won’t work
Definitely recommend these!!
I found this recipe last night when I was desperate to find something to make for my kids this morning (Friday special breakfast to end the week with extra joy, you know). This recipe fit the bill AND gave me a whole other batch’s worth of dry mix for next time I want to make muffins. I made mini muffins and cooked them for 12 minutes. The kids enjoyed them, and there were enough to put a couple extras in their lunches for dessert!