Kelly's Cinnamon & Chocolate Chip Muffins

By Addie

"From Quick Cooking 2003 - created by Kelly Sellers. These muffins freeze very well. Making a double batch works extremely well too."

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) packages French vanilla instant pudding
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup oil ( vegetable or canola)
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, combine flour, pudding mix, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In another bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk, oil, honey and vanilla - then add to dry ingredients. Whisk for 1-2 minutes or until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.

Fill greased or lined muffin cups 2/3rds full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire rack.
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REVIEWS:

Chocolate chips and cinnamon.....what a GREAT combination!!!!! Who would have thought?!?? I took them to our church meeting and everyone loved them and asked for the recipe. This is a "must try" for everyone....you won't be disappointed. Thanks so much for sharing it, HokiesLady. It's a keepter!!!

Good. I used only 2 eggs and added a scoop of sour cream. I also used part whole wheat flour, and subbed sugar for the honey. Next time I would add more than 2 tsp cinnamon.

Tasty combination, not too sweet, this made 22 petite muffins. They were a bit burnt on the bottom, which I attributed to the first toothpick coming out with melted chocolate, so the extra 5 minutes may have been too much; I recommend pressing down with a finger to see if the muffin's surface bounces back. I tried chopping regular semi-sweet chips in my food processor with mixed success, and the larger chips did not suspend well in the muffin batter. I really like this taste combination, so I plan to remake with mini chips and with the finger-bounce-back test.

The only change I made was to use sugar instead of honey. These muffins have a great taste with chocolate but they were a little bit too dense.

Yummy! Yummy! Yummy! What more can I say. Made 18 muffins with no changes in recipe. Although next time I might throw in some nuts. Thanks for posting.

I don't know what I was thinking but I cut the recipe in half for my DBF and I. It made 9 muffins of which my DBF consumed 8 in one day and asked where the rest were! He said he didn't know exactly what it was but they were GOOD! I loved mine too!

Can't go wrong with chocolate chips and cinnamon!! Made about 14 big muffins. They were a bit burnt on the bottom, but I think it was my oven that was too hot!