Chocolate and orange is a amazing pair! And this delicious tandem is even better in the form of a muffin! Unusual? Maybe! But trust me, these chocolate orange muffins are awesome! It’s like your favourite chocolate muffin with a subtle note of orange! I know you want to try one so let me tel you how to make it! Don’t feel like chocolate orange? Try these blueberry lemon muffins or these raspberry white chocolate muffins!

Ingredients you’ll need

Like I said, it’s your basic chocolate muffins recipe with a little bit of orange juice and orange zest. Here is what you’ll need:

Eggs
Sugar
Flour
Baking powder
Milk
Vegetable oil
Orange
Chocolate chips

Tips to make the perfect muffins

There are a few tips to make the perfect chocolate orange muffins.

Don’t pack the flour, simply spoon the flour onto to the measuring cup.
Mix the wet ingredients well but don’t over mix the wet and dry ingredients together.
Gently fold in the chocolate chips but again, don’t over mix it.
If you want bigger muffins, don’t fill up all the muffin tins. Leave an empty tin between each muffin.
Don’t over bake the muffins.

How to make chocolate orange muffins

Well, like any other muffins, mix the dry ingredients (flour and baking powder) together in a large bowl and set aside.

In another large bowl, mix the sugar and eggs together until light and fluffy.

Add the oil and milk and mix.

Pour the dry ingredients in the wet ingredients and mix. Don’t over mix it!

Add the orange juice and zest and mix lightly.

Fold in the chocolate chips.

Scoop into prepared muffin tins and bake for 20 to 25 minutes (depending on the size of the muffins).

And voila! Enjoy perfectly delicious homemade chocolate orange muffins warm or store them into an air tight container!