Chocolate Cheesecake Muffins

Submitted by ltdsaloon16r

"A Canadian friend gave me this recipe a few years ago...if you like chocolate and cheesecakes, this ones for you."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: muffins
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄3 cup oil

directions

1. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and 2 Tbsp sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, stir together flour,1/2 cup sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
4. Make a well in centre of dry ingredients.
5. Combine egg, milk and oil.
6. Add all at once to dry ingredients stirring just until moistened.
7. (batter should be lumpy) Spoon about 2 Tbsp of batter into each greased muffin tray.
8. Drop 1 tsp of cream cheese mixture on top and then more of the chocolate batter.
9. Bake 375F degrees for 20 minutes.

Reviews

[skat5762]

Chocolate and cream cheese- in other words, heaven in a muffin! These smelled incredible while baking, and were very good straight out of the oven. They were even better after spending a bit of time in the fridge. I added a little white icing on top and took 'em into work- gone in minutes. Thanks for a great recipe! (hint- don't overmix! I overzealously used my KitchenAide, and these came out a little dry. Hand mix just until moistened!!)

 

[1TexasLizard]

WoooHooo, Eve!! What a great recipe, thanks for sharing! I made them as mini muffins and it yielded about 36. I found the cream cheese mixture easy to work with by squeezing out of a sandwich baggie with a corner snipped off. Baking time as mini's was about 15 minutes. Delightful and I'm looking forward to sharing them at a meeting this afternoon. Thanks again.

 

[Sueie]

These were scrumptious, I did however do a little bit of tinkering with the cheesecake filling. I used icing sugar instead of normal sugar, and a squirt of orange juice and some grated orange rind. It's a keeper.

 

[JerriLea]

These are wonderful! I added 1 teaspoon vanilla to the muffin batter. Loved the cream cheese. I had enough filling to put a little more than a teaspoon in each muffin. After they baked I put a chocolate glaze on top. Just delicious! Great recipe, Thank You Evie*!!

 

[Kim D.]

YUMMY! When I made these muffins I used 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese filling instead of 1 teaspoon, and there was plenty of filling for each muffin. I think I over baked them just a bit because they were a little dry, but they had a wonderful flavor. I will be baking these again!