CHOCOLATE ORANGE MUFFINS
prep time: 10 MINUTES
cook time: 15 MINUTES
total time: 25 MINUTES
makes: 12 regular or 6 jumbo muffins

Chocolate Orange Muffins. So quick and easy! A moist, delicious muffin with chocolate chips and orange zest baked inside.

Ingredients
2 ½ cups flour
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp salt
4 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup cooking oil
Zest of one orange, finely grated
1 tsp vanilla extract
¾ cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

Finely zest an orange and chop it.

Add the orange zest to a large bowl along with the eggs milk, cooking oil and vanilla . Whisk all together

Fold in the dry ingredients, just until the dry ingredients are incorporated into the batter; do not over mix.

When the flour is almost incorporated, fold in the chocolate chips.

Spoon batter into 12 well greased muffin tins or 6 jumbo muffin tins.

I normally reserve a couple of tablespoons of chocolate chips to sprinkle on top. I also sprinkle on a little turbinado sugar to help get a crispy top.

Bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees F, then reduce the heat to 350 degrees F and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Jumbo muffins normally take double the time, but your oven may vary. Use the toothpick test to ensure they are fully baked.

Remove from pan after 5 minutes and cool on a wire rack until ready to serve.