Orange Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins
Orange Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins are a nice treat with tea or coffee. They also make a nice addition to breakfast or brunch. The orange flavor is enhanced by the chocolate, and the cream cheese in the center is a nice surprise!
Servings: 18 muffins
Ingredients
- 3 oz Bitersweet Baking Chocolate (grated) 12 squares, 1/4 oz each, or equivalent
- 2 Tbsp Orange Zest (grated) about 3 oranges
- ½ cup Orange Juice (about 1 to 1 1/2 oranges)
- ½ cup Softened Butter (unsalted)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- ½ cup Sour Cream
- ½ tsp Vanilla
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
Cream Cheese Filling
- 2 ½ oz Cream Cheese
- 1 Tbsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Orange Zest
Instructions
- Grate the chocolate and set aside. I use a box grater, on the regular sized holes.
- Zest and juice your oranges and set aside. Zest before cutting the orange to juice, it's easier!
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each.
- Mix in the sour cream, vanilla, zest and juice.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and the grated chocolate.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients just until moistened. Don't over mix!
- Fill paper lined muffin cups 3/4 full (I use an ice cream scoop with a thumb trigger to get even sized muffins).
- Mix together the cream cheese, sugar, and zest until well combined.
- Put about a teaspoonful of the cream cheese filling in the center of each muffin and gently press it into the batter. It can be partially exposed.
- Bake at 400 degrees (F) for 12-17 minutes, or when a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Then remove from oven and let sit to cool in pan for 5 minutes.
- Transfer the muffins to a cooling rack to continue cooling.
Nutrition
Calories: 242kcal
