Chocolate Brownie Muffins?! You had me at ‘chocolate’. Then sealed the deal with ‘brownie’. And won my heart with ‘Nutella’ as a listed ingredient. There would be no resistance to such a scrumptious sounding recipe – not in this household.
Instead of regular chocolate chips, I opted to use mint chocolate chips as I figured it would be a great flavour combination for this muffin. Other than this change, I have to admit that I stuck to the recipe. It sounded pretty near perfect so I was excited to taste the results. With the addition of sour cream and Nutella I figured it would be rich and moist and oh so lovely.
Not the case.
I am a little puzzled why my muffins turned out to be dry and disappointing. I did opt to make mini muffins fearing regular sized versions of such a decadent treat would be too intense. I did over bake the first batch but even my second attempt – while definitely better – were still rather sawdusty. Not sure what went wrong but I’m interested to see how the other Muffin Monday bloggers made out with this recipe.
Perhaps a generous dollop of Nutella in the middle would have increased the extravagantness of these muffins. Or a nice ganache spread on top. In the end I gave up on the idea of a third attempt and instead went and made another batch of last week’s Bread Pudding Muffins. Mmm…they were just as good as I remembered!
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Loooove this muffins a lot!! And I also love your last picture! Your muffins went out perfectly!
Oh I am sorry yours turned out dry. I was disappointed with my Rocky Road Muffins a Monday ago.
These brownie muffins turned out wonderfully well for me. I guess, that is the thing about baking, sometimes, even when everything is just perfect, the output might end up surprising us.
I’m sorry your muffins didn’t turn out how you wanted. I understand the frustration 🙁 I hope next week comes out better!
Oh no! I’m so sorry you were disappointed! I wonder what happened? I love your idea to use mint chips… it all sounds perfect to me. There’s nothing I don’t like about the sounds of a ‘generous dollop of Nutella’ though 😉 Next time!
Well, they sure look pretty; shiny like a brownie. Hhhhhmmmm….
Your muffins have this deep red color! And that’s gorgeous!
Thanks Valerie! They might not have tasted good but at least they looked pretty 🙂
Yes that’s true Anita – you never know with baking sometimes. Ingredients could have been old, oven temperature off, any number of variables I guess 🙁 Hopefully next week I’ll have better results!
Thanks Bianca…I hope next week turns out better for me. But sounds like everyone else had HUGE successes with this recipe so I just might have to give it another try…third time lucky?!
Thanks Aimee! At least I was able to whip up another batch of those Bread Pudding Muffins to sooth my pain 😉
Thanks Laurie! They do look rather delicious in the photo…not sure what I did wrong?
An – I think it was the cocoa powder I used. It had this deep, almost amber glow. Funny, eh?!
i love the idea of mint chips in these sounds like a great addition!
Thanks…the mint and chocolate combo was fantastic. Can’t go wrong!
I’m sorry the muffins turned out to be disappointing. I do like your idea of Nutella dollops in the middle for next time, though. 🙂 Mmmm…
Yeah it was a bit of a bummer Carrie 🙁 Although I’m definitely tempted to try again with the dollop of Nutella in the middle!
Hmmm, I thought maybe it was the gluten-free aspect, but I did add a couple extra tablespoons of milk to get mine into a batter that “looked right.”
Mint chips are a good notion – I might have to try that!
Yes I’m still not sure what went wrong…maybe my flour was old? Anyway. Mint was a GREAT addition – I highly recommend 🙂