Chocolate muffins

Make chocolate muffins as a weekend baking project with the kids. They're perfect with a cuppa, and you can double up on the chocolate by adding choc chips, if you want

Prep:10 mins
Cook:25 mins

Serves 6
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 257
fat 6g
saturates 2g
carbs 44g
sugars 27g
fibre 2g
protein 5g
salt 0.26g

Ingredients

125g plain flour
25g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 large egg
60g caster sugar
2 tbsp vegetable oil
100ml whole milk
50g chocolate chips (optional)
100g icing sugar

Tip

How to serve

These are delicious warm. Simply leave them out of the oven to cool for a few mins before drizzling with the icing and digging in.

Method

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a muffin tin with six muffin cases. Sieve the flour, cocoa and baking powder into a medium bowl. Mix together the egg, sugar, oil and milk together in a jug, then gradually pour into the dry ingredients (add chocolate chips now to make double chocolate muffins, if you like) and mix until combined.
Spoon the mixture evenly into the cake cases and bake for 20-25 mins until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
Meanwhile, gradually mix ½-1 tbsp water into the icing sugar until you have a loose consistency that's not too runny. Drizzle the icing over the muffins once cool.