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Ever since I had my muffin epiphany a few weeks ago I’ve been making muffins like mad. I want to make every single kind of muffin every day! I think muffins could make the world a better place, don’t you think? If politicians could just stop arguing and sit down and enjoy some chocolate for breakfast, I think they’d get more done.
Or maybe that’s just me?
Anyway, my next foray into the stuffing cream cheese into breakfast are these Cream Cheese Filled Chocolate Chip Muffins. You guys – if you haven’t tried my muffin recipe yet, you must. 1. It’s so fluffy and perfect, 2. It’s filled with sweetened cream cheese, and 3. CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST.
Remember how Jordan is super picky? She won’t eat pasta, she won’t eat mashed potatoes, hates all vegetables, and won’t eat most meat. She’s also picky when it comes to desserts and breakfast foods: no coconut, no fruit, no lemon, and most certainly no whipped cream or cream cheese. Even though Taylor Swift’s favorite dessert is supposedly cheesecake, Jordan won’t even eat it. She’s a lost cause…or so I thought.
Recently, she discovered whipped cream. Now she begs for a whoosh every night…and most mornings too. And after lunch…and any time she opens the fridge. Then I made those blueberry muffins with cream cheese inside. I figured she’d hate them and refuse to eat them. I was wrong – she loved them so much I’d find her sneaking them from the freezer. She’d even shove the cupcake liner in her mouth and chew it when she was done.
(Side note: isn’t it weird the things kids do that us adults did when we were kids but most certainly did not teach them?)
Anyway, when I was trying to decide what special breakfast to make her for her birthday, I thought of those muffins. And then I thought about making them chocolate chip because, well, does that need an explanation?
How to Make Cream Cheese Filled Chocolate Chip Muffins
These muffins are light and fluffy and full of sweetened cream cheese filling. The baking soda combined with the vinegar along with the sour cream (or greek yogurt) gives them a slight rise and lots of air inside. I reduced the sugar from my regular recipe because the chocolate would add so much sweetness and they were perfect.
Feel free to use mini chocolate chips or regular in this recipe. They also freeze and defrost well, either on the counter or in the microwave. The cream cheese filling is a nice surprise inside and makes a regular boring old chocolate chip muffin into something special. You won’t be able to stop at just eating one!
Cream Cheese Filled Chocolate Chip Muffins
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Ingredients
Muffins:
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sour cream or plain nonfat greek yogurt
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup chocolate chips any kind
Filling:
- 4 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin pans with paper baking cups.
- Stir eggs with sugar and oil, beat until creamy. Add vanilla, vinegar, baking soda, and salt. Mix in sour cream (or greek yogurt) then stir in flour. (Batter may be slightly lumpy.) Stir in chocolate chips.
- Make the cream cheese filling: stir (or use a hand mixer) together cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
- Fill muffin cups with about 2 tablespoons of muffin batter. Add about 1-2 teaspoons of cream cheese to the center of each muffin, then top with another 1 tablespoon of batter.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of a muffin. Cool 5 minutes in pan then remove to a rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to one month.
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Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins
These look incredible! I’m going to make up a batch of these for my daughter this week!!
What are the topping ingredients???
I didn’t put topping on these because of all the chocolate, but you can make the crumble topping from these muffins if you want to add it: https://www.crazyforcrust.com/2016/01/blueberry-cream-cheese-muffins-recipe/
Cream cheese in baked goods is just the best- pinning!
I love that your muffin epiphany is going strong! On a whim I was making pancakes last week (I rarely make them but had a post-marathon carb attack and needed pancakes like they were my life…lol) but anyway, I was just winging it and not measuring anything and threw in a splash of vinegar and they turned out to be the best pancakes I’ve ever eaten! Vinegar…sounds like the thing to use for muffins or pancakes!
And you have the patience of a saint stuffing each little muffin with cream cheese and keeping it all neat and tidy!
What are you topping these with????? Confused…photo shows NO topping.
There is none! Forgot to delete that step. Ignore it! I fixed it online.
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