Cappuccino muffins, infused with chocolate chips and espresso powder, offer a delightful morning pick-me-up or a convenient snack to energize you while you're out and about.
You can prepare these muffins ahead of time and freeze them, making them a handy option for snacks and breakfast later on.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
Flavorful Combination: The combination of smooth coffee flavor and semi-sweet chocolate chips provides a rich coffee flavor that is chocolatey and perfect for breakfast or an afternoon pick-me-up. It's a great muffin for the coffee lover in your life.
Perfect with coffee: These muffins are great with a cup of coffee and provide an extra caffeine boost.
Easy to make: These muffins are easy to make using pantry staples.
Ingredients in Cappuccino Muffins
This cappuccino muffin recipe uses everyday ingredients making it an easy recipe.
- white sugar
- unsalted butter
- egg
- vanilla extract
- ground cinnamon
- baking powder
- all purpose flour
- salt
- milk
- instant espresso powder (substitutions include instant coffee granules or crystals)
- semisweet chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips
See the recipe card for full ingredient amounts and the full directions.
How to Make Cappuccino Muffins
It's straightforward to make these cappuccino chocolate chip muffins.
Preheat the oven to 375°F and line muffin tins with muffin liners.
In a large bowl use an electric mixer to beat the softened butter and granulated sugar together until creamy.
Add in the egg and vanilla extract, and beat until light and fluffy.
Warm the milk slightly in a small bowl and dissolve the espresso into it.
Stir the milk into the wet mixture.
In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Do not overmix.
Fold in the chocolate chips.
Spoon the muffin batter into the liners ⅔ of the way full and bake for 14-16 minutes. Add additional chocolate chips to the tops of the muffins if desired Check with a toothpick to check for doneness.
Transfer the muffins to a wire rack to cool completely.
Enjoy with fresh fruit or a morning cup of joe.
RECIPE TIPS: Instant coffee powder can be used in place of the instant espresso powder in this recipe. Make sure to dissolve the coffee granules in warm milk before using.
Instant Coffee Granules can be found in the coffee aisle at most grocery stores or online and can be used in place of espresso powder.
FAQ's
Yes, these muffins are made using instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder so they do contain caffeine.
Yes, in addition to the chocolate chips you can add other mix-ins such as mint chocolate chips and other flavored chips and nuts.
Store these muffins in an airtight container for up to 4 days at room temperature or place them in a freezer bag and store in them in the freezer for up to 3 months. To thaw, set it out on the counter and allow it to come to room temperature before enjoying. You can also heat the muffins up in the microwave to enjoy warm.
Other Breakfast Muffin Recipes
If you don't want an extra caffeine kick, these other flavorful muffins would be a great afternoon snack or breakfast with a glass of orange juice or your morning coffee.
These Jumbo Chocolate Chunk Muffins are made with a cake mix and taste like Costco's muffins!
During the Fall season, these Pumpkin Spice Muffins are a warm and comforting treat.
Another easy cake mix muffin recipe are these Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins. These muffins can be made with fresh or frozen blueberries!
📖 Recipe
Cappuccino Muffins
Ingredients
- ¾ cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter - room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk - slightly warmed
- 2 tablespoon espresso powder - instant espresso granules
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F
- Line muffin tins with muffin liners. The batter makes approximately 20 muffins.
- Beat the softened butter and granulated sugar together in a large bowl until creamy.
- Add in the egg and vanilla extract, and beat until light and fluffy.
- Warm the milk slightly and dissolve the espresso into it.
- Add the milk to the wet ingredients.
- In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Do not overmix.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Fill the liners ⅔ of the way full and bake for 14-16 minutes. Check with a toothpick to check for doneness.
- Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate based on third-party calculations. Actual values may vary due to ingredients, measurements, and serving sizes.
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