The pumpkin gingerbread muffins we baked for the Holiday Series last year remains one of my favorites but that didn’t quite stop me from trying another gingerbread muffin.
I baked a Chocolate Gingerbread Bundt Cake last week and that turned out to be an irresistible combination! As for this Monday’s muffin, the original recipe from Donal Shekan was altered significantly, but it came together – I daresay – better than the original would’ve ever tasted. No hard feelings, Donal!
I restricted myself to dark brown sugar, a combination of all purpose flour and baking soda instead of self raising flour, a dash of nutmeg along with ginger and cinnamon, and a part of cocoa along with the flour. I added a couple ounces of chocolate that I melted along with the butter and I also reduced the egg and added molasses, cut out the zest of lemon and added a cup and a half of dried cranberries. I totally let go of the cream cheese glaze (even though I can’t resist the idea of cream cheese in general, sometimes you just know it’s not going to work) and simply sifted some sugar on top.
There you have it: Chocolate, gingerbread and cranberries – All the holiday flavors in one tiny muffin.
- ½ cup butter
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 21/4 cups all purpose flour
- ¼ cup cocoa
- 11/2 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. ground ginger
- ¼ tsp. nutmeg
- 1 egg
- ½ cup molasses
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 11/2 cups dried cranberries
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a 12 hole muffin pan with paper liners.
- Melt the butter and chocolate together in a small bowl in the microwave and cool slightly.
- In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, cocoa, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.
- In a measuring jug combine the egg, molasses, and milk.
- Stir in the melted chocolate.
- Add the chocolate mixture to the flour mixture and gently mix until just combined.
- Fold in the cranberries and spoon the batter into the muffin cups. Fill only ⅔ cups full.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5-8 minutes and transfer on a wire rack. Dust with sugar and serve warm.
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Happy Baking!
Ohh absolutely yum.. I like that you reduced the molasses.. and added the cranberries.. and whats not to like about the chocolate, cinnamon and ginger!! Although when i think of it.. I’d like to add some orange zest… that should go with the rest of the flavours?!?!
My Mondays would not be complete without your muffins to drool over. These muffins are full of yummy treats. :)
Look at the rise on that baby! I think a simple sprinkling of sugar is just the right touch on this magnificent muffin.
I’m sorry that beautiful bundt didn’t taste as good as it looked. These muffins, with just the sifted sugar look so cute in their little brown cups.
I love that you got all the flavors of Christmas into one muffin!! It loks fabolous!!
I think chocolate greatly improves the common gingerbread, those flavors just go together! Awesome muffins!
Mmmm, yummy!
What a brillant combo of flavors!
Love those flavors and the way the top rises over – I want to pull it off and eat it!
I’m kinda getting lost on which ingredient to focus on to get excited about. Usually cranberry wins out, but then it’s rarely competing with chocolate. But then there’s the gingerbread. It’s too much to think about. I’m getting a headache. I think the only cure will be to make some. And eat some.
I love the flavours together in this my friend absolutely yummy :)
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
A double chocolate muffin is my kind of muffin!
You make the most wonderful muffins!
Wow love the flavour of ginger and chocolate…
chocolate gingerbread- its the way to go! I love it!
I love your muffin creations! I would have never thought to do a gingerbread muffin… YUMMO!
Fun looking muffins, but I’ll take your word on it that they’re good. I’m not a fan of gingerbread.
Since I love gingerbread AND chocolate, I can only imagine how marvelous these muffins taste. Picture perfect, too!
Great combination of flavours! Love the muffin cup you used!
A perfect Christmas gift for my neighbors. They will love it!