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    Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins

    Published: May 13, 2021 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    Cherry and chocolate chip studded muffin with a sweet cherry flavored glaze on top.

    Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins are a tasty way to start the day! A tender muffin with a hint of almond flavor sprinkled with chocolate chips and maraschino cherries are baked and dipped into a cherry flavored glaze.

    These are a great portable breakfast, or a delicious weekend muffin recipe to make for the family!

    Up close image of a muffin with a multi colored muffin wrapper of pink, white, blue, and yellow stripes with a cherry red glaze running over the top of the muffin.

    🧁 Muffins vs Cupcakes

    What is the difference between a muffin and a cupcake? You might think not much when you look at the photos of these Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins. However, there is a difference, and that is in the method of mixing them.

    Cupcakes generally start out by creaming butter and sugar. They are lighter in texture and usually have a decent amount of frosting topping them.

    Muffins come together a little quicker and usually the dry ingredients are mixed separately from the wet ingredients, then they are combined. They can be naked (no icing), have a crumb topping, icing drizzle, or glaze, rather than the thick frosting topping.

    These bakery style muffins fall into the later category but have an added cherry flavor glaze to give them a little more of a gourmet feel.

    A muffin studded with mini chocolate chips and maraschino cherries with a pink cherry glaze with the muffin wrapper pulled away from the sides and more muffins blurred in the background.

    🥘 Ingredients

    Flour

    Sugar

    Baking Powder

    Salt

    Egg

    Canola Oil

    Almond Extract

    Maraschino Cherries

    Chocolate Chips

    A pile of mini chocolate chips on a light wood cutting board.

    🔪 Instructions

    Step 1:

    1. In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
    2. In another mixing bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, oil, and almond extract.

    Step 2:

    1. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
    2. Fold in the maraschino cherries and chocolate chips.

    Step 3:

    1. Using a ¼ cup scoop, place the muffin batter into paper lined muffin pan.
    2. Bake for 15 minutes.
    3. Cool for 10 minutes on a cooling rack.

    Step 4:

    1. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the confectioner sugar, cherry juice, melted butter, and almond extract.
    2. Dip the tops of the still slightly warm muffins into the glaze. Return the muffin to the cooling rack and allow the glaze to dry.
    3. Store in an airtight container up to 4 days on the counter. Freeze up to 2 months.
    A cherry chocolate chip muffin cut in half with the inside facing out showing the muffin studded with chocolate chips and maraschino cherries topped with a light pink cherry glaze.

    ⏲️ Baking time

    15 minutes

    👪 Serving size

    1 Muffin is equal to 1 serving with 308 calories per serving.

    💭 Top Tips

    • Make a well in the center of the dry mix and add the wet mixture to that well. Then stir from the outside in until the ingredients are just mixed. This will lend to a light and fluffy muffin texture.
    • Adjust the thickness of the glaze by adding more confectioners sugar if it is too think and more cherry juice if it is too thick.
    • Freeze the muffins in an airtight container up to 3 months.
    • These muffins can be stored on the counter up to 3 days and be stored in the fridge up to 5.
    An unwrapped muffin studded with mini chips, maraschino cherries and a pink cherry glaze on a white plate

    📖 Variations

    • Stir ½ cup of chopped toasted pecans or almonds into the muffin batter with the chocolate chips and cherries.
    • Substitute 1 cup fresh pitted and chopped cherries for the maraschino cherries.

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    Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    Cherry and chocolate chip studded muffin with a sweet cherry flavored glaze on top.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Course Breakfast, Family Recipes
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12
    Calories 308 kcal

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Ingredients
      

    FOR THE MUFFINS

    • 1½ cups all purpose flour
    • ½ cup granulated sugar
    • 2 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ tsp salt
    • 1 large egg
    • ½ cup milk
    • ¼ cup canola oil
    • ½ teaspoon almond extract
    • 10 ounce maraschino cherries chopped
    • ¾ cup mini chocolate chips

    FOR THE ICING

    • 1½ cups confectioners sugar
    • 2 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice
    • 1 tablespoon melted butter
    • ½ teaspoon almond extract

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and place 12 paper liners in a muffin pan. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
    • In a 4-cup measuring cup whisk together the egg, milk, canola oil, and almond extract.
    • Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir just until mixed.
    • Fold the chocolate chips and cherries into the batter and stir until just combined.
    • Using a ¼ cup scoop, transfer the muffin batter to the paper lined muffin pan. Decorate with additional maraschino cherries and chocolate chips if desired. 
      Scooping muffin batter from the mixing bowl.
    • Bake for 15 minutes or until muffin is no longer wet in the center and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes.
    • Remove the muffins from the pan and place on a cooling rack with wax paper beneath the rack. In a small mixing bowl combine the powdered sugar, butter, cherry juice, and almond extract. Dip the top of the muffin into the glaze and return to the cooling rack. Allow to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
      dipping the cherry chocolate muffins into the cherry glaze.

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    Nutrition

    Calories: 308kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 126mgPotassium: 114mgFiber: 1gSugar: 40gVitamin A: 104IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 72mgIron: 1mg
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Honeybunch Hunts is a website dedicated to sharing canning and dehydrating recipes, wild game recipes, fish, seafood, plant based recipes, and some DIY scattered in between. Written by Shelby Law Ruttan, is also author and owner of Grumpy’s Honeybunch, and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. Shelby has also authored two cookbooks, The One Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook.

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