The Famous Olympic Chocolate Muffins

Today you get a super chocolatey chocolate muffin. It has melted chocolate in the dough, loads of chocolate chunks and a gooey filling in the middle containing chocolate. These chocolate muffins are my version of the famous olympic chocolate muffins. Calling all chocoholics, if you have a craving for chocolate, this muffin is for you.

Chocolate muffins have seen a revival, which makes me very happy. It all started with the Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen who participated in the Olympics in Paris in 2024. He posted chocolate muffins he had purchased in the Olympic village on Instagram and Tiktok. You can see one example here. It didn’t take very long and his posts went viral, suddenly everybody had to try the chocolate muffins and everybody wanted to eat them. Needless to say that suddenly there was a flurry of activities and chocolate muffin recipes published left and right. The New York Times published a recipe and of course on social media the #olympicmuffin became a hit. Just to give you an example, this is recipe from Lorraine and Adikosh also created one. I already have a chocolate muffin recipe on the blog, but I decided to adapt the recipe slightly. I reduced the amount of chocolate chunks and created a gooey filling, just like the ones from the olympic village. So they are more similar to a lava cake. But be warned, this is probably not the healthieast breakfast and should be consumed in moderation.

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Very Chocolaty Chocolate Muffins

Serves: 7-8 muffins

Prep Time: 25min – Cooking Time: 25min – Total Time: 50min

These very chocolaty chocolate muffins contain chocolate three times and are perfect for any chocolate craving.

Ingredients

• Muffins
• 180 grams of semi-sweet chocolate
• 120 grams of butter
• 90 grams of brown sugar
• 80 grams of sour cream
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, see here how to make your own
• 2 eggs
• 60 grams of all-purpose flour
• 30 grams of unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 pinch of salt
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• Filling/Ganache
• 60 grams of semi-sweet chocolate
• 60 grams of heavy cream

Instructions

1

Cut seven to eight squares with 20x20cm from parchment paper. I got seven muffins. Place each on top of a muffin tin and press down with a glass to get paper tins from parchment paper. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

2

Melt 100 grams of chocolate with the butter in the micorwave or on low heat on the stovetop. Set aside and let cool. Meanwhile chop up the remaining 80 grams of chocolate.

3

Whisk together sugar, sour cream, vanilla extract, and eggs in a large bowl. Add the slightly cooled chocolate mix and stir. Add flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt and mix until combined. Fold in half of the chopped up chocolate.

4

Evenly divide the dough into the seven to eight muffin forms and sprinkle the remaining chocolate on top. Bake for 5min, then reduce temperature to 180 degrees Celsius and bake for 17-20 more minutes. An inserted toothpick should come out clean.

5

Meanwhile bring 60 grams of heavy cream almost to a boil and chop the chocolate. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and stir. Let sit for it to become a bit more dense. Carve out a hole in the middle of each muffin for the filling, then spoon about two teaspoons of the filling in each. Press down the carved-out top back again and seal with a little bit of extra filling.

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