Chocolate Cheese Muffins
Light and fluffy chocolate muffins filled with a simple cheese filling and oreos!
Ingredients
Muffin Base
- 11/2 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 50 gram chocolate(1/2 cup)
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 egg
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 TBSP coffee
Cheese Filling
- 1 3/4 cup cream cheese/white cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 package vanilla sugar OR SUB: 2 TBSP white sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 TBSP pudding mix (dry powder straight from the package)
- 1 package mini oreos/chocolate covered oreos/regular oreos cut into 1/4
Instructions
Preheat and Mix
- Preheat oven to 350ºF/175ºC
- In a bowl whisk together dry ingredients(flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder).
- Place chocolate(50 Grams) into a heat proof bowl and micrwave for 30 seconds. Mix. Microwave another 30 seconds. Mix till melted.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment(or in a large bowl), beat together the sugar(3/4 cup), oil(1/2 cup), and one egg. Add the melted chocolate and beat until combined.
- Add half of the boiling water and all the prepared coffee into the muffin batter. Mix. Add half the flour mixture. Mix. Then add the rest of the water and the rest of the flour, mixing in between each addition.
Cheese Filling
- In a seperate bowl whisk together the cheese, egg, vanilla sugar, and pudding mix until well combined.
Fill and Bake
- Spray muffin tin with oil or add muffin liners to a cupcake tray.
- Fill each muffin cup 1/3 of the way full with chocolate batter, and then add a Tablespoon of the cheese filling to the centre. Cover the cheese with chocolate batter. If desired, press a mini oreo or 1/4 of a large oreo into the contre of each muffin.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until the muffins are set and the centres no longer jiggly.Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freeze immediately.
