Mini Mocha Muffins with Cream Cheese Spread
Servings 45 Mini Muffins
Ingredients
Muffins
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tablespoon instant coffee
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup melted butter (one stick)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Mocha Cream Cheese Spread
- 4 ounces cream cheese (cut into cubes)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon instant coffee
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
For the Muffins
- Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees.
- In a large bowl, whisk together your milk and the instant coffee granules and set it aside to dissolve.
- In a small bowl, whisk together your dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and set aside
- Now in the bowl with the milk and coffee, add the melted butter, egg, and vanilla and whisk everything together.
- Add the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients and stir together just until combined then fold in the chocolate chips.
- Spray a mini muffin pan with non-stick spray fill each spot with 1 heaping tablespoon of batter.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
For the Cream Cheese Spread
- If you have a small food processor, combine all of the ingredients and blend until combined. (It's ok if there's still chunks of chocolate)
- If you do not have a food processor, soften the cream cheese (you can microwave it for about 20 seconds) and add all the ingredients to a small bowl and use a spoon or hand mixer to blend together.
Notes
If you'd like to make standard sized muffins, bake for 17-20 minutes. (Makes about 14 muffins)