Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins

Peanut butter and chocolate are such a classic flavor pairing and these easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins a packed full of those great flavors. Bake a batch of these wonderfully moist and flavorful muffins for breakfast, a delicious snack, and even dessert.

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These homemade muffins have become a staple in our house.  Seriously, try baking up a batch and eating one (or several) of these tasty muffins warm from the oven while the chocolate is still soft and melty and you will understand why we are constantly making them.

My peanut butter lovers say these are the best muffins ever. And then they say these are the best Peanut Butter Cupcakes. Under the decadent caramel frosting and caramel corn is a deliciously tender peanut butter cupcake. We make these for our baseball game snacks. Did you get it? Peanuts and Cracker Jacks.

And if you like Peanut butter chocolate chip bars are so easy to make and perfect for curing that chocolate craving.

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• 📌Pin now to bake later
• 📋Ingredients
• 🥄Let's bake
• 💡Muffin baking tips
• 📝Variations
• More muffin recipes
• 🍫Equipment and ingredients
• Favorite bread, muffins and scones
• Recipe

📋Ingredients

Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best. You know, the recipes with just a few ingredients. For this recipe just use your favorite peanut butter and chocolate chips or chocolate chunks to make muffin batter that comes together easily.

• Peanut butter
• Butter
• Brown Sugar
• Eggs
• Milk
• All Purpose Flour
• Baking soda
• Salt
• Chocolate chips - dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips

🥄Let's bake

Step 1.  Heat the oven to 425 degrees F. and prepare a 12-cup muffin pan with muffin liners or spray with cooking spray. For mixing the muffins you can use a Kitchen-Aide, a hand mixer, or can you mix by hand.

Step 2. In a large mixing bowl add the peanut butter and melted butter, with a mixer beat on medium speed until combined.

Step 3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating on medium speed,  then add the brown sugar and mix to incorporate.

Step 4. Add the milk and mix until just combined

Step 5. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt to the mixing bowl and beat on medium-low speed until the flour is incorporated.

Step 6. Slowly mix in the chocolate chips until just combined.

Step 7. Scoop or spoon the muffin batter into your prepared muffin pan filling the cups two-thirds full.

Step 8. Bake the muffins at 425 degrees F. for 5 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees F. for 12-15 minutes, until the muffins are golden brown. Remove from the oven and let the muffin cool before removing them from the pan.

Don't these muffins look amazing?  They bake up nice and tall with cracked tops which gives them a rustic look. 

These peanut butter muffins are perfect for breakfast or even an after-dinner treat. The muffins are not too sweet and full of delicious peanutty chocolate flavor.  

📝Variations

• As shown above, you can make these muffins in different sizes.
• You can use different size chocolate morsels. I like to use Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Chunks, but regular morsels or mini chocolate chips work too. And, if you are making mini muffins use small chips.
• Add some white chocolate chips in along with the dark chocolate chips.
• For more peanut butter flavor add peanut butter chips.
• Try adding chopped peanuts for a deeper peanutty flavor and texture.
• Since these are muffins with peanut butter, try using chunky peanut butter, or try using different nut butters for different flavors.

More muffin recipes

• Maple Syrup Walnut Muffins - have that subtle maple flavor paired with the soft crunch of walnuts. These muffins are so good with a cup of coffee or tea.
• Tuscan Lemon Muffins - these muffins are moist and delicious made with ricotta cheese and olive oil.

🍫Equipment and ingredients

• I love using really good chocolate in my recipes. As I said, I love Trader Joe's Chocolate Chunks, but if you don't have that store using Scharffen Berger dark chocolate chunks are perfect for baking.   They are also incredibly good to nibble on.
• I like using my vintage muffin pans but they can be tricky to bake with, that's why I also use Calphalon because of their amazing bakeware and this 12-cup muffin pan bake evenly and is nonstick.
• The baking cups I use are really amazing.  I love how muffins and cupcakes bake in this liner, plus they don't stick to the liner like regular paper liners, they are easy to fill, and I love how they look. You can get yours here.
• Don't forget the peanut butter.

Favorite bread, muffins and scones

Recipe

First published: March 7, 2022, Last updated: Sept 28, 2022, for better readability.

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About Jere'              

From learning to cook on a farm in Indiana to culinary school in California, my passion for food is never-ending.  Turning on my oven to bake something for friends and family is my happy place, and I am glad to be here at One Hot Oven sharing both sweet and savory family-friendly recipes for your cooking and baking inspiration.