CHOCOLATE CHIP CARROT CAKE MUFFINS

Chocolate Chip Carrot Cake Muffins image

A regular carrot cake muffin with melted chocolate added to the mix.

Provided by skylarb

Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Muffin Recipes Chocolate Muffin Recipes

Time 50m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1 cup shredded coconut
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups shredded carrots
1 ½ cups oil
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (6 ounce) package chocolate chips, or to taste

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
Whisk flour, sugar, coconut, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl; add carrots, oil, pineapple, eggs, and vanilla extract and mix until batter is evenly combined. Fold chocolate chips into batter; spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 30 minutes. Cool muffins for 20 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 290.6 calories, Carbohydrate 33.3 g, Cholesterol 23.3 mg, Fat 17.4 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 4.4 g, Sodium 125.9 mg, Sugar 23.5 g