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Soft fluffy muffins are great to eat with your morning coffee.  These Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins have a coffee glaze making them perfect for starting out the day caffeinated!

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins - these delicious breakfast muffins will make you think you are eating cookies for breakfast! Great recipe for snacking on throughout the day!(photos updated October 2016)

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Our kids absolutely love having a box of muffins on the counter that they can grab when they are rushing out the door for school or coming home after school.  Muffins are so easy to make and have on hand for those morning munchies or snack attacks.

This fun muffin was one that I had the opportunity to try out when I was participating in a blog program where we made and adapted recipes from other bloggers.  This particular blogger that I found this muffin from no longer blogs, so I can’t share where it came from.

A coffee glaze adds a fun touch to these Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins. This recipe will make you think you are eating cookies for breakfast!

Recently I had a reader who made the recipe and had a few questions on the size of the muffins, so I went ahead and remade the recipes with a few changes.  Plus, they taste like cookies in muffin form, and who wouldn’t want to eat cookies for breakfast??? I know our kids were enjoying my recipe testing.

One thing that I noticed in the recipe from the previous years is that it only called for baking powder.  Now normally this causes baked goods to rise.

Over the years I have done much baking research and practicing in my kitchen and, I have found that if you actually use a mixture of baking powder and baking soda it can have better results in certain baked goods.  Baking soda also aids in browning.  Case in point…this muffin!

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins test

See this picture above.  My first batch (on the right) I only used baking powder for 18 muffins, but in the second batch (on the left) I did the mix of powder and soda for 15 muffins.

The baking time stayed the same, but I am loving how much more the second batch rose.  Fluffy golden muffins always make me happy!

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins - soft fluffy muffins that taste like cookies! Best recipe for breakfast!

Now the muffins are delicious on their own, but I love adding a glaze to my baked goods.  That might just be my sweet tooth talking, but I listened and kept the glaze action on the muffins.

Chocolate and a coffee glaze make these Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins disappear in a hurry! Great breakfast recipe!

And for good measure, I also plopped a few more chocolate chips on top.  More chocolate is never a bad idea, right?  Ok, so maybe my jeans would argue with that one!

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins(original photo from October 2012)

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes

Yield: 15 muffins

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins

These easy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins taste like you are eating cookies for breakfast. A coffee glaze adds a fun caffeinated touch!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups quick oats
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 1 cup miniature chocolate chips + 2 Tablespoons for garnish
  • 1/2 cup toffee baking bits
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cooled coffee

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a muffin tin with non-stick baking spray.
  2. In a mixing bowl, combine the oil and brown sugar. Add in the eggs and beat well.
  3. Sift together the oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Alternately add the milk and flour mixture to the bowl. Stir lightly until combined. Do not over mix. Add the chocolate chips and toffee bits and stir slightly.
  4. Spoon the mixture into the 15 prepared muffin tin cavities and bake at 400 degrees for 18 minutes. Remove and let cool in the pan for 2 minutes, and then gently remove and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
  5. In a small bowl combine the powdered sugar and coffee. Spread on the tops of the cooled muffins. Sprinkle with extra mini chocolate chips, if desired. Let set. Store in a loosely covered container.
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Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins - soft fluffy muffins with a coffee glaze. This awesome breakfast recipe will have you thinking you are eating cookies for breakfast!

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  1. I had Casey’s blog and she had mine also in the past. Agree with you, a great blog, and how does she keep up with everything?

    You chose a great recipe, I love everything about it…

    Have a great Reveal Day!

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  2. Jocelyn I was so excited to get your blog this month! I loved looking through all you pictures! The Chipotle Chicken Pasta was so incredible, it will definitely be a “do over” in our home!
    Your Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins look so yummy, I can’t wait to try them!

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    • Thank you so much!!! That pasta is one of my all time favorites:-) I’m glad to hear you guys would make it again too!!!

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  5. These look light a fantastic pumpkin spice latte in muffin form! The glaze is great addition.
    Also, it was very fun to hear about Casey’s blog. I didn’t get into running or cooking until years after high school. She has quite the head start and what a doll!

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    • Her blog is so fun…and she has quite a head start on me too! I sure wish I would have had her determination and drive back then:-)

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    • We go through a lot of muffins around here, so I am always looking for fun new varieties for the kids! They love muffins way more than cold cereal.

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  14. Aw thank you so, so much for the kind post!! I’m so happy you gave this recipe a try! That post was way back when I first started blogging and my photos were a bit…”rough” to say the least. I love the idea of adding a glaze, brilliant!

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  17. LOVE your muffins…LOVE your new blog design! Did you say this will be your last SRC post? As in you won’t be part of this club anymore? Maybe I have misunderstood…I sure hope so!

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    • Thank you:-) You are so sweet! Yes, this is my last SRC post. I am trying to keep up with all my posts and this is one of the things that I have chosen to give up. But I will definitely be around checking out everyone’s posts. I love all the girls that I have met through this fun club!!!

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    • Muffins that taste like cookies are really the best kind of breakfast…I’m good with muffins that taste like cupcakes too:-)

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  19. I have to say, every time I pop over here, I’m loving your new look. It makes me smile. These muffins are going to make my kids smile. Look everyone’s smiling! And you made a cookie into a muffin, that makes my smile really big!

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    • YAY!!! This design makes me smile every single time I work on my blog:-) You just made my night by saying it makes you smile too!!! Cookies as muffins make me smile even more too!!!

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    • It all depends on the muffin. If it’s pumpkin, I like crumb, if it’s banana, I like coconut, and if it has lot of extra sugar, I like glaze. All in all it just depends on my mood that day:-) And I like the way you think…oatmeal always equals health food:-)

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    • They will either be thrilled or be in a sugar coma 🙂 LOL if you love chocolate and treats you have found the place to be. I am so happy to have you here!!!

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  33. I don’t know how you got 24 muffins from this…they must have been pretty small. I made 12 normal size muffins and they didn’t even rise over the top of their muffin …cavity? Haha! Not sure what to call that… I subbed half the oil with applesauce and cut out 1/8 cup of brown sugar and the toffee bits. I also used unsweetened almond milk instead of cow milk and they came out to 226 calories each, with 9g of fat, 17g of sugar and 5g of protein. They are absolutely delicious!!

    The recipe exactly as written (with 24 muffins) comes out to 300 calories each with 16g of fat, 25g of sugar and 6g protein.

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    • Gah! There was an error in my recipe calculator! I thought those numbers seemed really high! My bad! The recipe exactly as written (24 muffins) is: 184 calories each, 9g of fat, 15g of sugar and 3g of protein.

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    • Hi, Michelle. Thanks for your comment and question. In the original recipe I did make 24 muffins, and yes, they were smaller doing that many. Over the years I have learned a lot about baking and ingredients, so I remade the recipe the other day. I did make a few adjustments to the recipe and only made 15 muffins so they were larger. Of course, that is going to affect the calorie content, but I do not keep track of that stuff anyway.

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      • I appreciate you not only taking the time to reply to my comment, but for also taking the time to re-visit this stellar recipe! My husband and I love these muffins! They are a special treat that we indulge in once and a while. I cannot wait to try your updated version 🙂

        As far as calories go, I know that it is a common question I see on recipe comments. Since I have to count mine, (my baby is about to have her first birthday tomorrow and I still have not lost any baby weight! OOPS) I wanted to include that for others who might want to know.

        Take care and thank you for the awesome recipes!

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