Melissa's Chocolate Chip Muffins

After having my second child, I recieved this recipe from my sister. I had succeeded in losing some of the baby weight but upon tasting these muffins and the easy accessibility for breakfast or a night time snack---I have gained the weight back. Needless to say these are really good. They can be frozen as well.

2 cups flour

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/3 cup sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

2/3 cup milk

1/2 cup margarine, melted

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup chocolate chips

In a large bowl, sitr together flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, stir together milk, eggs, margarine and vanilla until blended. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients; add milk mixture and stir just to combine. Stir in chocolate chips.

Spoon batter into muffin cups or greased muffin pans. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from cups. Dust with powdered sugar.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

My friend made these last week and they were sooo good! I asked her how to make them and have been craving them ever since, so I tried it out today. I think it's the easiest recipe ever and very fitting for the season, so I figured I'd share :)


All you need is...
1 spice cake mix
A can of pumpkin... Either a 16 oz. can or you can use half of one of the big 30 oz. cans
1 bag of semi sweet chocolate chips

That's it!

Just mix the 3 ingredients together, put the mixture into a muffin tin that is either greased or use liners and you're all set to bake it. If you look on the back of the cake box, it'll tell you how long to cook a muffin tin for. For example, I used Duncan Hines and it said bake for 18-21 min. on 350. So you'll just have to read the back of your box.

If you're wondering... my recipe made 18 muffins.

They are amazingly simple and so yummy! Enjoy!!!

Also... if you want to know another secret, you can also use this recipe to make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Instead of putting them in a muffin tin, just put them on a baking sheet. I believe you bake them at 350 but for less time. I think around 12 min... but you may have to keep an eye on them to make sure.

Blueberry Muffins

I love to whip these muffins up. I've added my modifications for making them healthier and I seriously do not think you can tell that they are "healthy," just yummy!!

3/4 Cup milk
1/4 Cup vegetable oil (I use applesauce)
1 large egg
2 Cups all-purpose flour (I use whole wheat)
1/2 Cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup fresh, canned or frozen blueberries

Streusel Topping
1/4 Cup all-purpose flour
1/4 Cup packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 Tbsp. firm butter or stick margarine (butter is better!)

Mix flour, brown sugar and cinnamon in medium bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly.

Beat milk, oil, egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, sugar, baking powder and salt all at once just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Fold in blueberries.

Divide batter evenly into prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle with streusel topping.

Bake 20-25 min. in 400 oven.