These fluffy chocolate chip muffins are the perfect balance of light, tender texture and rich chocolate flavor. Made with simple ingredients, they’re quick to prepare and a hit for breakfast, snacks, or dessert. With melty chocolate chips in every bite, these homemade muffins are sure to become a family favorite! Recipe makes 1 dozen muffins, easy to double or tripe if you need.
Fluffy Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe
These fluffy chocolate chip muffins are incredibly easy to make and a must-try for anyone who loves chewy chocolate chip cookies. Packed with a generous amount of chocolate chips, each bite is filled with that irresistible chocolate flavor. This chocolate chip muffin recipe is our favorite because it yields moist, light, and fluffy muffins that taste just like a chocolate chip cookie—only in muffin form!
Tip for super soft muffins! Be sure not to overmix your muffin batter or it will smooth out the pockets of air bubbles that help create the moisture in your muffins!
These homemade chocolate chip muffins are so delicious, they taste like they came straight from the bakery—but better because they’re made right at home! Enjoy one with your morning coffee, serve them as a quick school breakfast idea, or treat yourself to them for dessert. For my chocolate lovers, you’ll also love our Chocolate Chip Scones and for a warm, comforting treat, try Bread Machine Chocolate Chip Bread.
Ingredients to Make Moist Chocolate Chip Muffins
- All-purpose flour, provides the structure for the muffins, ensuring they hold together while maintaining a soft and fluffy texture.
- Sugar, adds sweetness and helps create a soft, tender crumb.
- Brown sugar, brings moisture and a subtle caramel flavor, enhancing the overall sweetness and texture.
- Baking powder, acts as the leavening agent, helping the muffins rise and become light and airy.
- Salt, balances the sweetness and enhances the flavors of the other ingredients, making the chocolate taste richer.
- Milk, hydrates the dry ingredients, contributing to a moist texture. You can use dairy milk or vanilla almond milk for different flavors.
- Butter (melted), adds richness and flavor, helping to create a soft and tender muffin crumb.
- Eggs (beaten), bind the ingredients together and help the muffins rise, giving them a fluffy, tender texture.
- Vanilla, adds warmth and depth of flavor, complementing the chocolate chips.
- Lemon juice, brightens the flavor of the muffins and enhances the leavening effect of the baking powder.
- Vegetable oil, adds moisture and ensures the muffins remain soft and tender for longer.
- Chocolate chips, provide the signature chocolate flavor! You can use bittersweet, milk, dark chocolate, or even try peanut butter chips or nuts for variety.
How to Make Fluffy Chocolate Chip Muffins
Preheat the oven and spray a muffin pan with nonstick spray. This recipe makes 12 muffins.
In a large mixing bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.
In another bowl, mix the wet ingredients.
Combine milk mixture with the dry ingredients and mix well.
Add in the chocolate chips and gently mix to combine.
Spoon muffin batter into the muffin tin.
Bake. Once complete, allow them to cool before popping them out.
Serve and enjoy your moist chocolate chip muffins!
Storing Leftover Muffins
The best way to store chocolate chip muffins is to keep them in an airtight container at room temperature. They’ll stay fresh for about 2-3 days this way.
If you need to keep them longer, you can freeze them! Just wrap each muffin individually in plastic wrap or aluminum foil and store them in a freezer-safe bag or container. When you’re ready to enjoy, simply thaw them at room temperature or heat them in the microwave for a few seconds to warm them up.
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Soft and Fluffy Chocolate Chip Muffins
PrintIngredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 2 eggs beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a muffin pan with nonstick spray.
- In a mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder and salt.
- In a separate bowl stir together milk, butter, eggs, vanilla, lemon juice and vegetable oil.
- Add milk mixture into the flour mixture and stir until combined.
- Add in chocolate chips and gently mix to equally distribute them.
- Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling them 2/3 of the way.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes or until slightly browned on the sides.
- Allow the muffins to cool before popping them out. Serve and enjoy!
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
I need these fluffy muffins on my breakfast table! They look so soft, fluffy and loaded with goodness! Yum!
Ashley @ My Midwest Table says
Oh, hey, fluffy chocolate chip muffin. We need to meet. I think I’d like you. A lot! 🙂
Kelly @ hidden fruits and veggies says
I love having grab and go options in the morning, and nothing is better than a muffin!
Consuelo @ Honey & Figs says
I want to live on that edge as well, oh MY. These look absolutely fluffy and soft. I’ll need like 3 hundreds of them right now oh pleeeeeeaaaaase. Best muffins I’ve seen in a while, I tell you :–)
Bianca @ Confessions of a Chocoholic says
These fluffy muffins sound delicious – and look adorable!
Pam says
My kids would LOVE these muffins.
ela@GrayApron says
They look mighty fluffy to me. I would like to fluff one now! Looking delicious! 🙂 ela
Shashi @ http://runninsrilankan.com says
Making multiple batches of these muffins at 7pm on a friday is my kinda wild party! And the coffee and face planting that will follow would be just off the charts! These look so so good Pamela! I wish we were neighbors so I could help you dispose of the extras 😉
Anna (Hidden Ponies) says
These do look SO fluffy and delicious, I can never get too many muffins!
Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen says
Oh yum! You had me when you said light, fluffy and melt on your tongue. I’m in!
Jess @ Gas Stove Girl says
Oh my goodness. Those look like perfect muffin pillows. Can I have, like, 5 of those for breakfast this morning? Can’t wait to give this recipe a try!
Sophie says
Divine very high fluffy cc muffins indeed! I want to add more c chips, of course!
Yuym yum Yummm! A things of beauty is a joy forever! 🙂 x
Ashley says
Whoa, these do look so so fluffy – I love it! Nothing beats a good chocolate chip muffin – I wish I had one for breakfast today!
Jess says
These look lush, Pamela! Fantastic recipe, looks so light and airy! 🙂
Choc Chip Uru says
Bookmarked for every breakfast I ever eat for the rest of my life 😛
These look incredible!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Monet says
I can never get enough muffins. Thank you for sharing such a delicious recipe, my friend! I hope you have a happy start to your week!
Jamie | Jamie's Recipes says
Those muffins are so perfectly tall and domed. Chocolate chip muffins sound like the perfect breakfast treat and then again later with my mid-afternoon tea.
Tandy | Lavender and Lime says
Perfection indeed Pamela 🙂
Mary Frances @ The Sweet {Tooth} Life says
I want a hug from these so bad! These truly look perfectly fluffy – and perfectly delicious! Man, now I want one. With my tea. Muffins are the best!
Davida @ The Healthy Maven says
I actually think these are the most perfect- looking muffins I have ever seen. Such a pet-peeve when bloggers call their recipes “fluffy” (and all other adjectives) when they clearly aren’t. Not at all the case with these!!
Monica says
It’s hard to find a good, simple chocolate chip muffin. These sound so good – I would actually love one as an after dinner dessert. That would definitely cheer me up!
kimmythevegan says
“Nothing says wild like throwing on your pajamas on a Friday night at 7PM and deciding to make up multiple batches of different flavored muffins.”
You are so super cute. I think if we lived closer, we could be besties. That sounds like my perfect Friday night Ms. Pamela!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
ooooh I wanna give these muffins a hug too!
….with my mouth 😛
Pamela says
I hope you guys enjoy them! I love being able to make a batch and then be set for the rest of the week!
nicole ~ Cooking for Keeps says
Those babies DO look SO fluffy!! Mmmmmmmmm Can I have a dozen please?
Pamela says
Stop on over Nicole!
Stacy | Wicked Good Kitchen says
Beautiful muffins, Pamela! They look so airy and moist. Chocolate chip muffins are such a treat with a hot cup of coffee. The perfect winter breakfast sweet!
Abbe@This is How I Cook says
I love anything with chocolate chips. And muffins that are fluffy are not easy to come by! I wish I had one now!
Chris @ The Café Sucré Farine says
They look so pretty Pamela and I love how tall they rise!
Cathy Pollak ~ Noble Pig says
Just shared these gorgeous muffins on Facebook, they look amazing and a perfect breakfast treat!
Pamela says
Thanks Cathy, I appreciate it! Glad you liked these muffins!
John@Kitchen Riffs says
Those muffins definitely are on the fluffy side! One can never have too many muffins. Good to rotate, though, from muffins, to donuts, to cookies. After all, one wants a balanced diet, yes? Fun post, good recipe — thanks.
Pamela says
I love the way you think John. 😉