It’s Tuesday. There’s a lot going on. Sade is going to need a pick-me-up before the day is over. That’s the plan anyway. No words yesterday, but there were ideas as I sat in the waiting room at VA. Why are these Sade4’s favorite you might ask? Because they are CHOCOLATE COFFEE MUFFINS!

Yield: 12 MUFFINS
Prep time: 10 Minutes
Cook time: 20 Minutes
Total time: 30 min

Ingredients
3 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs at room temperature
1/3 cup sour cream at room temperature
1 cup of milk at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 tablespoons of instant coffee
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips or chocolate chunks (plus extra for sprinkling on top of the muffins before baking)

Let’s Make ‘Em
1 – Preheat oven to 425.
2 – Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with non-stick spray or line with muffin cups.
3 – In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
4 – In a medium bowl, mix together the oil, sugar, eggs, sour cream, milk, vanilla and instant coffee.
5 – Pour the wet ingredients into the `flour mixture and stir until just combined (about 20-25 stirs will be all you need)
6 – Gently stir in the chocolate chips.
7 – Divide the batter between muffin cups, filling each cup to the very top. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top of each muffin.
8 – Bake at 425 for 5 minutes, then turn the heat down to 350 and continue baking for another 15-20 minutes. Check after 15 minutes by inserting a toothpick into the center of a muffin. If it comes out clean you’re done. If there is still batter clinging to the toothpick, put them back in the oven for another 5 minutes.
9 – Cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then finish cooling on a wire rack.

Tips
1 – You can make 6 giant muffins instead of 12 standard. Just adjust the cooking time from 5 minutes at 425 then 15-20 minutes at 350 to 5 minutes at 425 and 20-25 minutes at 350.

There you go. Made from scratch goodness. I’ll admit I’m tempted to get a chocolate cake mix and follow the muffin recipe on the back to see if there’s any difference in taste. There probably will be because…HOME MADE vs. box! Anyway, if new folks tumble across this, try the recipe, grab the first book, THAT OL’ BLACK MAGIC, to discover FBI Agent Sade Marquis’s obsessions with both flavors. And, of course, Hannah is jealous. *bwahaha* Just use the QR code or click to head over to Books2Read to find all the places you can get all the books in the series.