Chocolate Cherry Cordial Muffins

Chocolate Cherry Cordial Muffins

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Servings: 12

    • Ingredients

  • 2cupsall-purpose flour
  • 2cupsmilk chocolate chips, divided
  • 1/4 cupbrown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1/4 cupgranulated sugar
  • 2teaspoonsbaking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • 1/2 cup candied cherries or 1/2 cup maraschino cherries or 1/2 cupraisins, chopped
  • 3/4 cup milk or 3/4 cuphalf-and-half
  • 1/3 cupvegetable oil
  • 1egg

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F Grease 12 muffin pan cups or line with paper liners.
  • In large bowl, combine flour, 1 3/4 cups chocolate morsels, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Stir in cherries.
  • In small bowl, combine milk, oil, and egg until well blended.
  • Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened.
  • Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups until full.
  • Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup chocolate morsels.
  • Bake 18 to 20 minutes, or until muffins are golden.
  • Cool in pan 10 minutes.
  • Remove from pan; serve warm or cool completely on wire rack.

    • Reviews

  • “If you love the combination of chocolate and cherries,then these are the muffins for you.I didn’t even sprinkle the tops with the extra 1/4 cup of chocolate chips and they were still full of chocolate.My family enjoyed the Valetines Day morning.Very delicious.”

  • “Made these for a surprise addition to my husbands lunchbox for Valentines Day. Just had to try one first though!Really chocolatey and the added cherries make them delish. Thanks for posting.”

  • “These were incredible! I was very happy with these muffins and I will make them again and again!!! I used a 6 large muffin pan instead of a 12 small muffin pan. I increased the time by 5 minutes. I also used chunks of chocolate since i did not have chips. This was so good Marg!!! Thank you!!!!!”

  • “Hey Marg, I wish I could give this recipe more than 1 star, but I was a bit disappointed as to how these muffins turned out. I thought the recipe had waaay too many chocolate chips in it to begin with, so I didn’t top each muffin with the remaining chips, and I thought the 1/2 cup of chopped cherries wasn’t enough, so I added all the cherries from one 10 oz. jar. When it came to mixing the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, I thought the batter was too dry, so I added an extra 1/4 cup of milk, but still the end results were…the muffins were still a bit too dry, and would crumble very easily. Marg, I’m sorry I couldn’t give this recipe more stars, but I am glad to see that others here enjoyed the muffins.”

  • “Made these for school lunches so in the freezer they go.Also I usedchopped maraschino cherries a that is the kids favourite.Made into 34 mini muffins, two bite size.Nice simple fast recipe,I will make these again, has all pantry items that I always have on hand.”

  • “Wow.These were incredibly rich — amazingly rich.I don’t often use milk chocolate chips, and hadn’t realized how rich they’d be!I made these as mini-muffins, and I’m glad I did — I think a whole muffin would have been too much for me.But I’m thrilled with how they turned out, and loved the combination of cherries and chocolate.I made these for my Mom for Valentine’s Day, and they’ll make a perfect gift.They make wonderful mini-muffins, by the way — they look like perfect little muffins.Thanks so much for posting this!”

  • “Tastes just like a chocolate covered cherry. I only used 1 cup of chocolate chips and I subbed applesauce instead of oil.I’d have liked a few more cherries but these were great.”

  • “Oh my, these muffins are delicious! I didn’t have quite enough cherries so to compensate I used the cherry juice from the bottle, mixed with milk to make 3/4 cup. I also cut down a bit on the chocolate chips and they were plenty chocolatey. The cherry juice gave the muffins a pretty pink color… I think making this variation makes them perfect for Christmas baskets or baby showers! Thanks so much for sharing”

  • “I’m really impress. I made half od the recipe and used maraschino cherries, Splenda, Splenda brown sugar blend and skim milk. I don’t know if that change something, but they rise really hight and taste like the one in the bakery. I also cut the chocolate by half, and it’s still full of chocolate.”

  • “Delicious muffins Kit!Used a mix of candied cherries I had and used low-fat milk.I also used about 1 cup of mini chocolate chips!Moist and great tasting!Thanks Kit!:)”

  • “What a fantastic recipe!Definitely my new favorite muffins!For a chocoholic like me, these are absolutely perfect.The only problem I have is trying to stop eating them.I used frozen cherries and put twice as many in as the recipe called for – turned out wonderful!”

  • “This recipe saved the day!I got a frantic e-mail from the PTA Hospitality Chairwoman.She needed 2 dozen muffins for tommorow morning.I surveyed my cupboards and thought cherry muffins.I substituted mini semi-sweet choc chips.I didn’t even bother to measure, just dumped what I had in.I used dried cherry-flavored craisins.I, obviously, also doubled this recipe.It turned out wonderful.It actually made 28 muffins, so I got to test one.Thanks Kitten for saving the Principals Christmas Breakfast.Sue”

  • “One great recipe. very easy to make and a treat for the whole family!”

  • ” again another great recipehave youtried using some baking cocoa in this its good tooi love coming to your site when i can find a computer lol your recipes are great thanks for the review dee”

  • “Made these for Zaar’s Muffin Day.They were incredible. Loved them!Definitely a keeper in my house!Thank You”

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