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Ricotta Cheese Chocolate Muffins

Last updated on August 1, 2023 By Anna 4 Comments This post may contain affiliate links.

Ricotta Cheese Chocolate Muffins is a recipe shared by Liz, who wanted to help get us break a boring breakfast routine. Actually, it was a Pop Tart eating routine so it really needed to be broken! I'm still a Pop Tart fan and will be for life, but double chocolate muffins like these have a little more to offer.

Ricotta Cheese Chocolate Muffins

The recipe is from Mollie Katzen's page. You can see the full version on the link. I rarely need 12 muffins, so I always halve it as written below.

Ricotta Cheese Chocolate Muffins and Milk

What's great about Ricotta Cheese Chocolate Muffins (aside from the fact they are chocolate) is they have some extra protein from the ricotta and the milk. You can use any kind of ricotta, but whole milk ricotta makes taller, rounder muffins. This is also true for the milk. Reduced fat milk will work, but muffins made with whole milk will have a richer texture.

Sugar in Ricotta Muffins

The recipe calls for a half cup of sugar, but you can reduce it by half if you need to. The muffins will still get plenty of sweetness from the chopped chocolate or chocolate chips. One of these days I will test the muffins with a allulose. I'll update when I do.

Ricotta Cheese Chocolate Muffins
Old Picture of Ricotta Chocolate Muffins

Two Kinds of Chocolate

The types of cocoa and chocolate will make a difference as well. The muffins in the photo directly above were made with natural style cocoa, while the muffin in the top photo was made with Double Dutch Dark. I like both kinds of cocoa, but in these muffins the Dutch was the winner. For the chocolate, chips or chopped dark chocolate are both great choices. The chopped dark chocolate feels a little richer.

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Recipe

Molly Katzen's Ricotta Chocolate Muffins Half Batch

This version makes 6 muffins.
Print Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 6

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup plus 2 ½ tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour (160 gams)**
  • ⅜ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa, Dutch works well (20 grams)
  • ½ cup sugar (can be reduced) (100 grams)
  • ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips or chopped dark chocolate (84 grams)
  • ½ cup ricotta, whole milk
  • 1 large egg
  • ⅔ cup whole milk
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 6 standard-sized (2 ½-inch-diameter) muffin cups with nonstick spray or line with paper liners.
  • Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, cocoa, and sugar and stir until very thoroughly blended. Add the chocolate chips (or dark chocolate) to the dry mixture. STir well.
  • In a mixing bowl, whisk together the ricotta, egg, milk and vanilla.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the ricotta mixture and stir until moistened, then stir in the melted butter. Don't overmix; a few lumps are okay.
  • Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups. For smaller muffins, fill the cups about ⅘ of the way. For larger muffins, fill them even with the top of the pan. If you have extra batter, spray one or two additional muffin cups with nonstick spray and put in as much batter as you have.
  • Bake on center rack at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly browned on top, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove the pan from the oven, then remove the muffins from the pan and place them on a rack to cool. Wait at least 30 minutes before serving.

Notes

I measured the flour with a scale.  If you are measuring by volume, spoon it lightly into the cup.
Keyword Chocolate Muffins, Ricotta
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  1. Natalie

    February 20, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    Oh my, glad to see one of my favourite muffin recipes being lauded! These are SO good; for some reason, my husband does a better job of making them than I do. It's from Mollie Katzen's "Sunlight Cafe", which is a really good breakfast cookbook.

    Love your blog! Makes me want to run to the kitchen and put on my apron.

  2. Anna

    June 11, 2007 at 3:58 pm

    So far, all of the muffins have been pretty different. Overall, I think I like the King Arthur muffin the best. Now it's not the moistest, but moistest, but it rose the highest and seemed the sturdiest. It was also very chocolaty, yet not too cupcake-like. The Diana's Dessert muffin was probably the moistest.

  3. winkies6

    June 11, 2007 at 2:53 pm

    Soooo, which were your favorite? Which were the moistest? 🙂

  4. Liz

    May 27, 2007 at 9:12 pm

    Hey, glad to see that you tried them. This is by far one of my favorite muffin recipes. I usually freeze most of them, and then when I'm in a hurry in the morning, I nuke them for 60 seconds. Warm, chocolaty, and wonderful!

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