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Double chocolate cherry coconut sugar muffins

written by Marvellina Updated: September 20, 2023
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Double chocolate cherry coconut sugar muffins

When Fiorina sees me getting out flour, sugar, and eggs, she knows it’s BAKING TIME! It’s her favorite time. This just brought me back to the time I spent with my mom at the kitchen. Those were truly my favorite childhood times. I haven’t been much of a baker before. I’m trying to bake more now because I know my girl loves to help me out when it comes to baking. These double chocolate cherry coconut sugar muffins is adapted from King Arthur’s Baking Chocolate Breakfast Muffins recipe.

Double chocolate cherry coconut sugar muffins

I’m trying to incorporate more coconut sugar in my baking and cooking now. I grew up with coconut sugar. This is very common in Indonesian kitchen. We call it Gula Jawa/Gula Merah/Gula Aren. They have much lower glycemic index and more nutritious compared to regular cane sugar. I’m not going to bore you with that as you can easily google and read the benefit of coconut sugar. Anyway, yes….the coconut sugar gives these muffins their much darker colors, but I love how fragrant the coconut sugar is and don’t worry about your muffins smelling like coconuts, because they aren’t.

Double chocolate cherry coconut sugar muffins

Double Chocolate Cherry Muffins

Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 18 minutes mins
Total Time 33 minutes mins
Servings 12 muffins
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Ingredients

Dry ingredients:

  • 57 g Dutch-process cocoa
  • 240 g all-Purpose Flour
  • 150 g coconut sugar or use light brown sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¾ tsp espresso powder optional
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ¾ tsp salt

Wet ingredients:

  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 170 g milk room temperature
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp cider vinegar or white vinegar
  • 113 g melted unsalted butter

Add ons:

  • 170 g semi-sweet chocolate chips or mixture of white or semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 150 g Pitted fresh cherries

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350 F (180 C) for conventional oven, 330 F (165 C) for convection oven. Line your muffin trays with parchment paper
  • Combine the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Whisk the eggs, melted butter, milk, vanilla, and vinegar. Add the flour mixture along with the chocolate chips and 2/3 of the chocolate chips and cherries until just combine. Do not overmix.
  • Fill up the muffin cups with the batter evenly, about 3/4 full. Gently press in more cherries and chocolate chunks on top of the muffins. Pop into the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes or until the muffinsspring back when gently pressed and toothpick inserted comes out with some crumbs and smear of chocolate, but nothing should be wet. Do not overbake the muffins
  • Let them cool down in the muffin tray for about 5 minutes and then cool down completely on a cooling rack

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*Nutrition facts are just estimates and calculated using online tools*

Nutrition Facts
Double Chocolate Cherry Muffins
Serving Size
 
1 muffin
Amount per Serving
Calories
309
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
15
g
23
%
Saturated Fat
 
9
g
56
%
Trans Fat
 
0.3
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
4
g
Cholesterol
 
50
mg
17
%
Sodium
 
360
mg
16
%
Potassium
 
254
mg
7
%
Carbohydrates
 
41
g
14
%
Fiber
 
4
g
17
%
Sugar
 
20
g
22
%
Protein
 
5
g
10
%
Vitamin A
 
304
IU
6
%
Vitamin C
 
1
mg
1
%
Calcium
 
73
mg
7
%
Iron
 
3
mg
17
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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The tartness from the cherries, slight bitterness from the semi-sweet chocolate and mild sweetness from the coconut sugar and white chocolate are just so perfect together in these muffins.

Double chocolate cherry coconut sugar muffins

Definitely family-approved!!

Double chocolate cherry coconut sugar muffins

 

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3 comments

Jasline (Foodie Baker) July 13, 2016 - 9:15 am

The muffins look gorgeous and delicious! I hope I’ll be able to find some coconut sugar over here to experiment with them!

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Marvellina July 15, 2016 - 10:21 pm

I love coconut sugar. I used them a lot in baking and cooking now 🙂 They are sugar, but much better than regular white sugar

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Marsha | Marsha's Baking Addiction July 13, 2016 - 4:15 am

Wow, these muffins sound and look amazing! Beautiful photos as always!

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