Mini Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe

Name: Mini Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 cup plain yogurt; ½ cup milk; ½ cup vegetable oil; 3 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup light brown sugar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup mini chocolate chips

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Soft, delicious, and packed with chocolate, this Mini Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe makes the perfect breakfast treats or easy snack. You'll love the fluffy texture of these little bites! Follow the simple steps on the printable recipe card below to get started!

mini chocolate chip muffin with a bite missing resting on other muffins

What I love about these mini chocolate chip muffins is that they're a simple recipe with simple ingredients. I make these for a perfect snack for the afternoon or even as easy little muffins to take with us on road trips as well.

Making this mini muffin recipe means that you can pop the whole muffin in your mouth at once if you want to! I just make sure to have a glass of whole milk or a cup of hot coffee ready to drink right after.

This recipe reminds me a lot of these Triple Chocolate Muffins. And speaking of mini, check out this Little Bites Muffin Recipe as well!

mini chocolate chip muffin recipe on serving platter

Ingredients

Flour - This is the main ingredient to make the muffin batter.
Light brown sugar - Used to sweeten the muffins, and also adds a golden color.
Baking soda - Gives the muffins their fluffy texture.
Plain yogurt - Adds moisture to prevent dryness.
Milk - Thins out the muffin batter.
Vegetable oil - Helps to keep the muffins moist.
Eggs - The main binding agent to combine the dry and wet ingredients.
Vanilla extract - For flavor.
Mini chocolate chips - The sweet factor!

See recipe card for quantities.

How to Make Mini Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray or line the mini muffin cups with liners. (You'll likely have to bake them in batches).

Step One: Add the wet ingredients to a large bowl. Mix the milk, yogurt, eggs, oil and vanilla.

Step Two: Stir in the flour, sugar, and baking soda in a mixing bowl.

Step Three: Stir gently. Don't overmix or the muffins may be tough.

Step Four: Add the mini chocolate chips. You can swap in other mix-ins at this point.

Step Five: Fold in the chocolate chips gently.

Step Six: Fill the muffin cups ¾ of the way full. I use a small cookie scoop.

Step Seven: Put the mini muffin tin in the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean. This will take about 9-11 minutes. Let the muffins cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing and cooling entirely on a wire rack.

Top Tip

You can use these to make regular-sized muffins as well. Either double the recipe to make enough muffin batter to fill the muffin cup or just know that you'll be making fewer larger muffins using this recipe. The steps of this easy recipe will give you big or small muffins!

Substitutions

Coconut oil - You can use this in place of vegetable oil to add a bit of a coconut flavor.
Almond extract - Some people really enjoy the flavor of almond extract over vanilla, so that can be a simple swap.

Variations

Add mashed banana - Turn this recipe is banana mini muffins easily enough. If I do that, I typically leave out the mini chocolate chips and just add the banana instead to make simple banana muffins, but the option is yours.
Change the flavor of sweet chocolate chips - You can use white, dark, semi sweet, and even mint chocolate chips if you want.
Regular chocolate chips - If you're a big fan of chocolate, you can also use regular chocolate chips as part of the basic ingredients.
Cupcakes - Make these into teeny tiny cupcakes by adding a small amount of this Small Batch Chocolate Frosting on each.

See this Banana Carrot Muffins recipe for another fun snack or treat!

muffin tin with small muffins made with chocolate chips

Equipment

You'll most definitely want to have a mini-muffin pan. I also use a wooden spoon, a large mixing bowl, paper liners, and a small cookie scoop.

Storage

Once you make this quick snack, you'll likely have a few leftovers. That means that you'll get to enjoy the flavor of this great recipe again - and that's a good thing! Let the small batch chocolate chip muffins cool to room temperature, and then store them in an airtight container.

They can be kept at room temperature or in the fridge.

mini chocolate chip muffin recipe served on platter

Common Questions

Can I add a natural sweetener to this recipe?

You sure can! I have not tested it just using a liquid sweetener but a natural granular sweetener would be an easy sub.

Can I freeze homemade muffins?

Absolutely. I love to take homemade muffin recipes and bake a batch, and then freeze them for later. Be sure to let them cool, and then add them to a freezer safe bag or container. They should stay fine in the freezer for up to 3 months. When you're ready to eat, you can move them to the fridge to thaw - and enjoy!

Why do people add plain Greek yogurt to baking recipes?

You likely noticed that this was included in my list of ingredients for this mini muffin recipe. Greek yogurt is used because it adds natural moisture to the item that you're baking. This prevents the baked goods from being too dried out!

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