Cookie Butter Filled Chocolate Muffins
Chocolate muffins filled with creamy, cheesy cookie butter mixture. For all those chocolate and cookie butter lovers, you’d definitely love every bite!
So I had plan for the previous weekend. You know I always do. I cannot go on a day without planning what do I have to do for the weekend. When the plan is finalized and entered on my system, nobody should change it. I even cannot change it. Otherwise, there will be a glitch. I had planned to go to to get stuff I’ve been planning to buy. No cooking and I finally get to buy those things – yay! Guess what? Just before that supposed to be a happy day (coz I call grocery day a happy day), friends called and said they will be coming for a visit.
Glitch incoming – I felt it.
So many things going on in my mind like ‘you know you should give me like a week notice’, ‘no food for you tomorrow’…. the mood changed to 180 degrees!
But knowing myself, I couldn’t let them come without anything to offer. And I have this mark on them that I always give them ‘take away’ bag whenever they come to visit. So I checked what can I make them for them to take home.
I remembered that I had cookie butter that’s going to go bad and needed to be used ASAP! And that recipe I pinned has been waiting for a while to be tried. Problem solved and the happy mood came back. I made a batch at night and saved some for the photoshoot the next day. I was waiting for them to leave before I do the photoshoot, but one stayed for a little more time. And that’s it – she found out why I haven’t placed much on their take way bags – coz I saved some take photos. 😀
These chocolate muffins are filled with cookie butter-cream cheese mixture. Every bite is a piece of heaven – chocolatey, creamy from the cookie butter filling. You can also find chocolate chips inside the muffins, so this is such a perfect treat.
Take a cup of tea with you (or should I?) and enjoy these yummy treat at this week’s Fiesta Friday #180. And hey, I am co-hosting with the lovely Tracey @ My Baja Kitchen.
Please do join us by clicking the image below and do not forget to mention in your post that you are linking up to Fiesta Friday party so you can be selected for the feature. And please, please be nice and polite by saying “hi” to our host, Angie, to your co-hosts and to some (if not all) party goers. Besides, this is a party. So bring out that chatter in you. 😉
Cookie Butter Filled Chocolate Muffins
- Difficulty: easy
Ingredients:
For the cookie butter filling:
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ cup cookie butter
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
For the chocolate muffins:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup chocolate chips, to be mixed with the batter
- ¼ cup canola oil
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup plain yogurt
- ½ cup chocolate chips, for topping
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare 12 muffin cups lined with a paper liner.
For the cookie butter filling:
- In a heatproof bowl, add in cream cheese and cookie butter. Microwave for 1 minute with 15 seconds intervals until mixture has softened a bit.
- Add in sugar and vanilla extract. Mix and set aside.
For the chocolate muffins:
- In a large bowl, mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
- In another small bowl, add ½ cup chocolate chips and take about 1tbsp from the dry ingredients and add to the bowl with chocolate chips. Mix to coat. Set aside. (This will keep the chocolate chips to sink at the bottom)
- In a bowl or jug, add oil, sugar, and milk.
- Add egg, yogurt and vanilla and mix until well incorporated.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix (do not overmix).
- Add in chocolate chips coated with dry ingredients and mix again to incorporate.
Baking the muffins:
- Using an ice scream scoop or a ¼ cup measuring cup, divide the batter into the prepared muffin pan, noting that you have to fill until halfway only.
- Take about 1 tbsp from the cookie butter mixture and add on top chocolate batter.
- Cover the cookie batter with the remaining chocolate batter.
- Top with the remaining ½ cup chocolate chips.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with few crumbs, but not wet batter.
Source recipe: Peanut Butter Filled Chocolate Muffins by Sugar Spun Run
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28 Comments
Monika
What a creative idea, these muffins look great! When it comes to muffins possibilities are endless:)
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome
Those look more like decedent cupcakes than muffins!! Oh just yum! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner link up!
Jhuls
These were so good, Helen! My friends were looking at the ones I reserved and told them they were for me.😂 Thanks for stopping by.
turkswhoeat
I’m sure you’re friends were MORE than pleased with these, I wouldn’t be surprised if they stop by more often now lol!
Jhuls
Yeah, they will stop by next weekend and I have time to think what dishes to prepare. Hmmm… I hope I don’t overthink this – I am very good at overthinking!😂 Thanks for stopping by!
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie
Yum!! These look and sound absolutely gorgeous!! I know what you mean about planning your life so carefully and then having something happen unexpectedly to mess up those carefully laid plans…happens to me all the time!!! Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare 🙂 Eb x
Jhuls
I am trying to be the same jolly person whenever unexpected stuff happens and ruins my plan, but it takes some time. Thanks, Eb!
Corina
These would be perfect for guests! I’d be so happy if someone I was visiting made them anyway.
Jhuls
Thank you so much, Corina.
Hmm, I think I linked up and forgot to stop by #CookOnceEatTwice! Yes or no? Haha! I will double check!
Mandy Mazliah
I love the two tone effect of these muffins! They look so pretty. #CookBlogShare
Jhuls
Thank you so much, Mandy!
sannavelasco
We are so similar in so many ways! Grocery day is my happy day too; Unexpected visits shakes the calm person in me and finally, a plan is a plan, if somebody should change it, they should give 2 weeks notice!
Anyways, these muffins look ultra moist and tasty! I would love to have some now!
Jhuls
I am glad you agree with me! 😀 Thanks for stopping by!
FrugalHausfrau
Oh, jhuls, these look so amazing. I think I’m drooling over here!
Mollie
Jhuls
That’s a good thing! 😀 Thanks, Mollie!
Josette@thebrookcook
Cookie butter going bad, what on Earth!?! Is that possible? 😉 These look delicious, Jhuls!
Jhuls
Yeah, that what happens when you buy lots of stuff then you decide to do a Whole30 program 😂 Thanks, Josette. I know you are a cookie butter lover like me, so I know you’d love these, too! Thank you for stopping by.
apuginthekitchen
Those muffins look so good, is cookie butter biscoff? Ashamed to say I have never had it. Boy do those beauties look good!!
Jhuls
Yes, I used Biscoff here. The Speculoos brand can be used, too. Thanks, Suzanne!
lathiya
Wow..this looks yum..can enjoy both cookie and muffins in same recipe..delicious
Jhuls
Thank you, Lathiya. I am glad you liked these!
Tracey@MyBajaKitchen.com and TraceyDelaplainMD.com
Wow Jhuls. If this is what you whip up for friends at the last minute then I’m glad we’re blog buddies. My friends would get chips and salsa, maybe. I’ll be eating this before anything else at Fiesta Friday!
See you at the party,
Tracey
Jhuls
I get crazy when I know friends are coming over & I really prepare something for them to eat at home + they have take away food. 😀 I hope you are enjoying at the party, Tracey, coz I do. Happy Fiesta Friday!
Tracey@MyBajaKitchen.com and TraceyDelaplainMD.com
There were lots of great posts this week and I found some new blogs that I don’t usually stumble upon. Thanks for sharing the hosting duties with me. Have a great week.
Debbie Spivey
Hi Jhuls! These look delicious! Yum!
Jhuls
Thank you, Debbie. And thanks for stopping by!
MyCulinarySaga
That looks absolutely …. uuuuhhmmm….I am struggling to get the perfect word.. uhhmmmm me drooling!
Jhuls
I know what you mean, haha! Thanks for stopping by!