Blueberry Chocolate Chip Muffins
These blueberry chocolate chip muffins are fluffy, full of fresh blueberries and loaded with mini chocolate chips. For an extra bit of blueberry flavor, we've added a dollop of blueberry jam to the middle of the muffin. The muffins come together quickly and you can mix them up with simple ingredients all in one bowl.
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 349kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 large lemon zested and juiced
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup plain greek yogurt or sour cream at room temperature
- ½ cup buttermilk at room temperature
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice use the lemon that you zested
- 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup blueberries fresh but frozen in a single layer for 30-45 minutes
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons coarse sugar for sprinkling on the muffin tops
- ½ cup blueberry jam such as Bonne Maman
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°. In a small mixing bowl melt the butter. Allow to cool for a few minutes.
- Line your muffin pan (12 cups) with cupcake wrappers.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, lemon zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk to combine.
- In a large measuring cup, combine the sugar, cooled butter, yogurt, buttermilk, eggs, lemon juice and vanilla extract. Whisk until well combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined. Be sure not to overmix.
- Gently fold in the blueberries and mini chocolate chips.
- Use a large cookie scoop to add batter to the muffin pan. Fill each muffin cup halfway.
- Place 1 teaspoon of blueberry jam onto each muffin.
- Add more batter to each muffin. The cups should be filled to the top of the cupcake wrapper. Sprinkle the batter with coarse sugar.
- Bake muffins at 425° for 5 minutes. Lower the temperature to 375° and bake for an additional 16-18 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and the middles are baked through.
- Remove muffins from the oven and allow the muffins to cool.
Nutrition
Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 161mg | Potassium: 136mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 388IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 1mg