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!
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 and do not have time to make a Skinny Cherry Banana Smoothie or these Bacon Egg Breakfast Tacos.
They are also a delicious treat to enjoy as an after school snack.
Muffins are so easy to make and have on hand for those morning munchies or snack attacks that regularly happen.
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.
I know our kids were enjoying my recipe testing. Who am I kidding? I enjoyed it too because they taste like cookies in muffin form, and who wouldn't want to eat cookies for breakfast???
One thing that I noticed in the old recipe from years ago is that it only called for baking powder. Now normally baking powder causes baked goods to rise.
Over the years I have done much baking research and practicing in my kitchen, and I have found that using a mixture of baking powder and baking soda can give a better lift and rise to baked goods. Baking soda also helps baked goods bake golden brown.
See this picture above. In the first batch (on the right) I just used baking powder and made 18 muffins, and then in the second batch (on the left) I did a mix of baking powder and baking soda and only made 15 muffins.
I kept the baking time the same, but look at how much more the second batch rose. Fluffy, golden muffins always make me happy!
Now the muffins are delicious on their own, but I love adding a glaze to my baked goods. It's totally optional, but seriously add the coffee glaze. You can thank me later.
And for good measure, I also plopped a more mini chocolate chips on top. Again, totally optional, but more chocolate is always a good idea in my book.
How to make Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins:
- Mix together the oil and brown sugar. Add the eggs and mix again. (full recipe at bottom of post)
- Stir together the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Alternately add the dry and milk to the sugar mixture until everything is combined.
- Add the mini chocolate chips and toffee bits and gently stir.
- Spoon the batter into 15 greased muffin cavities and bake.
- Once the muffins are cooled, top them with a coffee glaze and more mini chocolate chips.
Recipe Tips and Tricks:
- Do not over mix the muffin batter. Too much mixing can cause air bubbles that will ruin the fluffy texture, and the muffins will bake with holes and be tough and dense.
- When you are spraying your muffin tin with baking spray, do not use too much. Excess baking spray on the sides of the pan will cause the muffins to slide down instead of rising tall and fluffy. If you spray too much, use a paper towel to wipe the extra out. You can also use baking liners.
- Spoon the batter into only 15 cavities. Yes, they will be full, but trust me, and they will bake up nice and tall.
- Store the glazed muffins in a loosely sealed container. If you put them in a tightly sealed container the glaze will get sticky and soak into the muffin tops.
More easy muffins recipes you may like:
- Butterscotch Banana Muffins
- Carrot Cheesecake Muffins
- Chocolate Mocha Muffins
- Blueberry Chai Muffins
- Banana Bread Muffins
- More Muffins and Scones recipes
Recipe
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
- ½ cup oil
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ¼ cups quick oats
- 1 ¼ cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cake spice
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 1 cup miniature chocolate chips + 2 Tablespoons for garnish
- ½ cup toffee baking bits
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons cooled coffee
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a muffin tin with non-stick baking spray. Make sure not to over spray the pan.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the oil and brown sugar. Add in the eggs and beat again.
- Stir together the oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl.
- Alternately add the milk and flour mixture to the sugar mixture. Stir lightly until combined. Do not over mix the batter.
- Add the chocolate chips and toffee bits and stir slightly.
- Spoon the mixture into the 15 prepared muffin tin cavities and bake for 18 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and let the muffins cool in the pan for 2 minutes, and then gently remove and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
- 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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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 15 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 296Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 268mgCarbohydrates: 39gFiber: 2gSugar: 24gProtein: 4g
(original photo from October 2012)
*The post for Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins was first published on October 29, 2012. The photos were updated in October 2016, and the post was republished on January 15, 2020.
April @ Angel's Homestead
Yum, I love muffins for breakfast, and yours look absolutely amazing. Pinned it to try soon.
Jocelyn
Muffins are one of my favorite breakfasts too! Thank you for the pin!!!
Joan@Chocolate and More
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!
Jocelyn
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!!!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
Oh my gosh, these are so yummy! Like a cupcake for breakfast...but a muffin so it's totally okay.
Jocelyn
Muffins that taste like cookies are really the best kind of breakfast...I'm good with muffins that taste like cupcakes too:-)
avril
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!
Jocelyn
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!!!
avril
You will be missed that is forsure! Thank goodness I know where to find you! 🙂
Meghan
What a way to start the week & I love the glaze! Your site looks great!!
Jocelyn
Thank you...and yes, best way to start the week:-)
Bakingaddict
I love everything in this muffin! Looks delicious!! Great SRC pick 🙂
Casey
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!
Jocelyn
You are so sweet and I love how much you have accomplished so far:-) Keep it up girl!!!
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos
Oh.my.gosh. What a great way to start the day - these look fabulous!! I love the simplicity of muffins 🙂
Jocelyn
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.
Brandy Miller
Wow. These look yummy! LOVE your new blog look!
Elaine @ Cooking to Perfection
Ohhh I love the glaze on these! The perfect finishing touch. 🙂
Jenni
These muffins are seriously delicious looking!!!
Jocelyn
Thank you:-) My kids seem to think so too...most of them have already been devoured:-)
Emily @ Life on Food
Great way to start the day. Wish I could be enjoying one now.
Carrie // cue the confetti
These look so yummy! And a coffee glaze... genius!
Jocelyn
Thanks:-) Glazes on anything really just make them that much better!!!
amy @ fearless homemaker
YUM! I'm a huge muffin fan + these sound wonderful! I'll have to give these a try ASAP. =)
Aimee @ ShugarySweets
Oh girl, these look so yummers! Love the coffee glaze!
Jocelyn
You know me...gotta get some coffee in there somehow:-)
Erin | The Law Students Wife
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!
Jocelyn
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:-)
Renee - Kudos Kitchen
Wow! Your muffins look so gooood. I would have doubled the recipe too 🙂
BTW, I love your blog design. It's adorable!
Lynsey
These look amazing, the perfect way to start off any morning. I will be making these soon! Happy SRC reveal day!
Jocelyn
Definitely the way to start the morning...eating cookies posing as muffins:-)
Shari, The Saucy Gourmet
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!
Jocelyn
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!!!
SallyBR
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!
Jocelyn
I'm not in school full time and I have a hard time keeping up! She amazes me for sure! Glad you liked the muffins:-)
Casey
aw gosh guys..I'm blushing! haha