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Hearty Chocolate Coffee Crumb Muffins filled with oozing chocolate, flecks of Espresso and topped with a cocoa crumb; scrumptious AND easy to make! #ad #fairtradefortnight
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Chocolate Coffee Crumb Muffins

Hearty Chocolate Coffee Crumb Muffins filled with oozing chocolate, flecks of Espresso and topped with a cocoa crumb; the perfect way to start your day!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 12
Author Annie S

Ingredients

  • For the crumb topping:
  • 1/2 stick (56g) unsalted butter, left at room temperature for 10-15 mins
  • 1/4 cup (50g) Fairtrade caster sugar
  • 1/2 cup (70g) plain flour
  • 3 tbsp Fairtrade cocoa powder, I used Green and Blacks
  • For the muffins:
  • 6 oz (170g) Fairtrade milk chocolate, chopped roughly into chunks
  • 2 1/2 cups (350g) plain flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda/baking soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 cup (200g) Fairtrade caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp freshly ground coffee
  • 1/2 stick (56g) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup (240ml) milk

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 190C/375F and spray a 12 hole muffin tin with cooking spray.
  • Make the crumb topping first: Place butter, sugar, flour and cocoa powder into a medium sized bowl and rub together with your fingers until you have a coarse bread crumb texture. Some larger and some smaller lumps of butter are great! Leave to one side.
  • Place chocolate chunks, flour, baking powder, bicarb, salt, sugar and ground coffee into a large bowl and stir until all of the chocolate is coated in flour.
  • Place cooled melted butter, vanilla, eggs and milk into a jug and lightly beat until there are no lumps of egg yolk.
  • Pour the milk mixture into your flour mixture and then gently stir until there are no lumps of flour visible. Don't beat otherwise you'll end up with rubbery muffins.
  • Divide the mixture between your muffin holes, filling each one level. I use a heaping 2tbsp cookie scoop to fill each one.
  • Sprinkle 1tbsp of the crumb topping onto each muffin and lightly press into the top with the back of a spoon or your hand.
  • Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes until risen and an inserted skewer into the centre comes out clean.
  • Leave to cool in the pan for at least 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Once cool, Chocolate Coffee Crumb Muffins will keep in an airtight container, at room temperature, for 4 days.