Orange Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Muffins
Not only will your family love these chocolate chip and orange muffins, but they’ll flip at the cheesecake filling.
Servings: 6 (12)
Calories: 721kcal
Ingredients
MUFFINS
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted & cooled slightly
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp grated orange zest
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
FILLING
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp flour
SANDING coarse sugar for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Spray or line (with paper or parchment cups) a 6-cup Texas/Supersize muffin tin or a 12-cup regular muffin tin.
- In a small bowl, beat together the filling ingredients; set aside.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and chocolate chips to a large bowl and stir to combine.
- In another bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, eggs. milk, vanilla and orange zest.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Place about 1-2 tbs (use the lesser amount if making regular-size muffins) of the batter in each cup. Divide the filling equally between all the cups.
- Divide remaining batter between all the cups. Sprinkle with about 1 tsp sanding sugar if desired.
- Bake for 5 minutes at 425 then reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F and continue baking for 12-15 minutes for REGULAR muffins and 15-20 minutes for TEXAS muffins.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 721kcal | Carbohydrates: 90g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Cholesterol: 143mg | Sodium: 579mg | Potassium: 384mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 1159IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 208mg | Iron: 3mg