Chocolate Cherry Muffins

4.45 from 18 votes

It is very easy to make chocolate cherry muffins with fresh, sweet cherries: Just mix a few ingredients and bake.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Muffins and Cupcakes

Cuisine: American, German

Servings: muffins

Calories: 228kcal

Author: Adina

Preheat the oven to 360°F/ 180°C. Line the molds of a muffin tin with paper cases.
Pit the cherries. Weigh the needed amount (250 g/ 9 oz/ 1 ¾ cup) after pitting. Chop them roughly and let them drain in a sieve while you prepare the batter.
1 ¾ cup pitted cherries
Mix the soft butter, sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, and milk in a bowl until combined.
½ cup unsalted butter + ¾ cup granulated sugar+ 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract + 2 eggs + ¼ cup milk
Mix dry ingredients - cornstarch, flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, and a pinch of salt - in a separate bowl.
a little under ⅔ cup cornstarch + 1 cup all-purpose flour + 1 teaspoon baking powder + ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder+ a pinch of salt
Batter: Gently start folding the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients using a spatula. Once you have mixed the dry ingredients about halfway, add about ⅔ of the cherries and the chocolate chips. Mix again, but take care not to over-mix; a few streaks of flour in the batter are OK.
½ cup chocolate chips
Spoon the batter into the muffin tin. Place the remaining cherries on the muffins and sprinkle with the extra sugar.
2-3 teaspoons brown sugar
Bake for about 25 minutes, checking after about 22 minutes already. A toothpick inserted in the middle of one muffin should come out clean.
Rest in the pan for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Cherries: Depending on their size, to get that amount of pitted cherries, you will probably need about 12 – 14 oz/ 350 - 400 g/ 2 ½ —3 cups unpitted cherries.
If using frozen cherries, defrost them well and pat dry with kitchen paper.
Measurements: Always use a digital kitchen scale to measure the ingredients; it guarantees for best results (the Amazon affiliate link opens in a new tab). See my rant about cup measuring in the blog post.