Choc-cherry muffins

Choc-cherry muffins

If you’ve got a spare half-an-hour, whip up these easy muffins and freeze them for when you need them

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30-40 minutes

Freezable

Defrosts in 2 hrs reheats in 5-8 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with some paper cases. Sift the flour, and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl, then stir in the cherries, chocolate and sugar. Add the beaten eggs, yogurt and then the butter and stir to combine. It doesn't matter if the mixture looks a bit lumpy, it's more important not to overmix or the muffins will turn out tough.
  2. Fill the paper cases and bake for 20-25 mins until risen and golden brown. Transfer to a rack to cool. They are especially delicious eaten slightly warm.
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How to freeze

Pack the cold muffins in a freezer bag, seal and freeze for up to 1 month. To serve, defrost in the bag for a couple of hours then warm through on a baking sheet in an oven at 190C/fan 170C/gas 5 for 5-8 mins.

Per muffin

386 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 1g, sugar 18g, salt 0.73 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2005.

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  • 12 December 2007

    soraya rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent. Extremely easy to make with a superb result.

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  • 03 January 2008

    chrissiB commented on this recipe

    Please could you add an option to make it easy to search for recipes that can be frozen. For example after Christmas we were fed up with leftovers and I wanted to find a range of recipes I could freeze but couldn't find a way of identifying which were freezable without checking each in turn.

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  • 05 March 2008

    Gayns commented on this recipe

    best muffin recipe ever- yummy and moist bursting with flavour The sour cherries cut through the richness of the white and dark chocolate. Used green & blacks chocolate- well worth using good ingredients

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  • 05 March 2008

    Gayns rated this recipe

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  • 29 October 2008

    GemmaT commented on this recipe

    Had no sour cherries so i used dried cranberrys.... delicious!! Cant wait to try raspberry & white chocolate ones with the same easy fab recipe.

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  • 20 November 2008

    Gbobs rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    My friend Gayns made these for me and they are definitely the best muffins i have ever eaten. Will have to try and make them myself now! thanks and delicious! xx

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  • 04 May 2009

    Danielle commented on this recipe

    These muffins are absolutely amazing YUM YUM!! I will definitely make them again and again!

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  • 16 September 2009

    Joanne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Wonderful and light :)

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  • 26 October 2009

    Kelly Whitehand commented on this recipe

    Nice simple and enjoyable to make recipe. Good combination of ingredients. Enjoyed making these sweet muffins that we loved by me and the rest of my family, definatly a recipe i would pass on and make again.

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  • 05 December 2009

    shelleybobbins commented on this recipe

    I just made this with rice bran oil instead of the butter as its better for cholesterol and its worked really well , made 6 regular size muffins and 12 smaller kid size ones so will be freezing some for lunch boxes!! Also had a go substituting fresh blueberries for the cherries and they were delicious!!

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  • 05 May 2010

    ZeTallGerman rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made these for Easter with rasberries instead of cherries. Also made a James Martin frosting (300g tub Philadelphia cheese full fat, 85g butter and 100g icing sugar) and decorated them with some mini eggs of different colours. Really yummy and moist!

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  • 30 July 2010

    lucylou rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was delish!!! I cooked it the first time with cranberrys as the supermarket didn't have the cherries. They didn't last very long! I've cooked them again this morning but cooked with 3 mashed bananas and 100g choc chips.....a taste sensation!!! Really easy muffin recipie and i've proved that it can be done with different ingredients!

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  • 26 September 2010

    LadyBugg rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    They are so easy to make and delicious to eat. The texture is fluffy. I will try it iwth different dried fruits.

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  • 16 November 2010

    Sarena27 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    They where pretty easy to make, although next time I would add abit more sugar as where not sweet enough!..

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  • 04 December 2010

    sw77 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Used all dark choc & cranberries and made into a loaf in a 2lb tin - delicious!!

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  • 12 December 2010

    Rachel rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy to make, very moist and delicious. Not too sweet.

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  • 21 December 2010

    gypsy commented on this recipe

    this is a fab recipe kids and i loved them. i didnt have the cherries so substituted them with raisins and added a tbsp of cocoa powder and served with some chocolate custard. delicious for the chocolate lover !!

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  • 13 January 2011

    joce2009 rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 30 January 2011

    Abi B-T commented on this recipe

    Really tasty and easy! Used freeze dried sour cherries rehydrated in apple juice, came out light with lovely juicy sweet/ sharp pockets.

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  • 04 March 2011

    Devine22* rated and commented on this recipe

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    These were really good definately be keeping this recipe

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30-40 minutes

Freezable

Defrosts in 2 hrs reheats in 5-8 mins

Easy enough for beginner cooks and kids

Ingredients

  • 250g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 140g dried sour cherries
  • 100g bar white chocolate , cut into chunks
  • 100g bar dark chocolate , cut into chunks
  • 100g golden caster sugar
  • 2 eggs , beaten
  • 150ml pot natural yogurt
  • 100g butter , melted
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Per muffin

386 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 1g, sugar 18g, salt 0.73 g

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