Unsalted Butter | 3 tablespoons |
Bittersweet Chocolate | 1 ½ ounces |
Flour | 2 cups |
Cocoa Powder | 1/3 cup |
Baking Powder | 2 teaspoons |
Salt | ¼ teaspoon |
Baking Soda | 1/8 teaspoon |
Sugar | 2/3 cup |
Milk | 2/3 cup |
Vanilla | ½ teaspoon |
Red Food Coloring | 1 bottle (1 oz) |
Eggs Lightly Beaten | 2 large |
Chocolate Chips | 1 cup |
Preheat oven to 425.
In a microwave safe bowl combine butter and chocolate. Heat for 45 seconds. Stir. Continue to heat in 15 second intervals until butter has melted.
Stir until smooth. Let chocolate cool to room temperature.
In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
Stir with a whisk. In a separate bowl, combine sugar, milk, eggs, vanilla and food coloring. Stir.
Add chocolate mixture as well as milk mixture to flour. Stir just until combine.
Gently fold in chocolate chips. Using a large cookie scoop, drop dough into lined muffin tins. Make for 5 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 375 and bake an additional 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes our clean.
Let muffins cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. Makes 12-18 muffins.