Mornings get a little bit easier when you have a delicious muffin waiting for you in the kitchen. These Mocha Cookies and Cream Muffins are a great way to kick start the day.
Every time I ask my kids what kind of muffin they want, they say chocolate. I’m not even sure why I keep asking because I already know the answer. I decided to add a fun cookie twist to these Chocolate Mocha Muffins that I made last year. Does it still shock you that I add cookies and candy to my breakfast foods? I guess maybe if you are new around here, you might be gaping at this cookie topped muffin I’m calling breakfast. That’s just how we roll around here.
My husband thinks it is hilarious that we call pancakes and waffles acceptable breakfast food. He says anything drizzled with sugary syrup is not really a good breakfast. He always laughs when I talk the kids into having pancakes or muffins instead of cake or cookies for breakfast. To him they are the same thing.
For these muffins I added yogurt instead of sour cream to combat the cookies and chocolate chips. A little bit of healthy hidden inside a decadent breakfast muffin is definitely the way to go.
These muffins also have double the coffee. The original muffins called for half milk and half coffee. I wanted more coffee to really enhance the dark cocoa powder and chocolate cookies.
I’m thinking that all the caffeine from the coffee and the chocolate is a good way to get through the early morning hours. So if you are not really a morning person, these muffins might be able to lure you away from your pillow a few minutes earlier. Plus, your kids will think you are a rock star for letting them have cookies for breakfast.
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Chocolate muffins made with coffee and Oreo cookie chunks make waking up in the morning so much more fun.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup plain greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup dark cocoa powder (I use Hershey's Dark)
- 2 cups flour
- 2/3 cup brewed coffee, cooled
- 2 1/2 cups chocolate cookie chunks, divided (I used Oreos)
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugars until creamy. Add the egg, vanilla, and yogurt and beat again.
- Sift together the baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, and flour. Add the flour mixture alternately with the coffee until it is all incorporated. Do not over mix. Stir in 2 cups of cookie chunks and the mini chocolate chips by hand.
- Spoon the batter into 15 muffin liners. Crush the remaining cookie chunks into crumbs and sprinkle a little bit on each muffin top. Bake at 400* for 18 minutes. Remove from oven and cool slightly before serving. Store in a sealed container on the counter for a few days.
Need a few more fun and easy breakfast ideas?
Fluffernutter Pancakes – peanut butter chocolate chip pancakes served with a healthy dose of marshmallow cream
Orange Julius Donuts – homemade donuts made with orange juice and orange pieces and topped with a vanilla glaze
Mocha Chip Cinnamon Rolls – easy cinnamon rolls made with out yeast topped with an optional coffee glaze
Coconut Chocolate Chunk Muffins – muffin tops made from a baking mix, shredded coconut, and chocolate chunks
Angie | Big Bear's Wife says
July 16, 2013 at 2:19 PMthat’s my kind of muffin! Breakfast and Coffee rolled into one!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 5:26 PMThanks Angie!! 😉 Just too good, right?
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes says
July 16, 2013 at 2:42 PMOh this totally passes as breakfast food! I’m with ya on that! Love the Oreo chunks in these muffins…mmmmmm
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 5:27 PMI know!! My hubby just doesn’t know what he’s talking about on this one! 😉
Nancy [email protected] says
July 16, 2013 at 2:57 PMNow this is my kind of breakfast food!!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 5:29 PMYou’d love them Nancy!! So good!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says
July 16, 2013 at 4:42 PMWill you adopt me? Candy bars in my muffins for breakfast sounds amazing!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 5:30 PMHaha, thanks Julie!! 😉
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says
July 16, 2013 at 9:21 PMOh man, girl .. you’re killing me! These look insane! The perfect morning pick me up 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 5:31 PMThanks Hayley!! They really did give me a good early morning jolt! 😉
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
July 16, 2013 at 10:10 PMOh yum, we need to share some of these over a cup of coffee. SOOOOOOOONNNN.
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 5:32 PMAgreed!!!! 🙂
Tieghan says
July 16, 2013 at 10:51 PMChocolate muffins for breakfast are the best! These look so yummy. I feel no sham in adding chocolate and cookies to breakfast food. It is just so good! LOL!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 5:33 PMExactly!! It just makes my heart happy!! 😉
Wendy says
July 17, 2013 at 10:40 AMBreakfast or dessert, these muffins look soooo good! I think it is probably a lot safer to munch on one of these caffeine laden delights on the way to work than trying to juggle a cup of mocha cappuccino as you drive. These are a contribution to public safety. 🙂 I will use them to contribute to my family’s morning happiness. 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 5:35 PMOhhhh I love your thinking here!! 😉 I’m totally telling my hubby that they’re a contribution to public safety!! Haha!
Wendy says
July 22, 2013 at 3:25 PMWanted to let you know we loved these! They are exactly what I like in a muffin. Light and fluffy, moist and full of rich chocolaty flavor (those mini chips do wonders), and sweet enough to call a muffin but not overly sweet like a cupcake. I might try using espresso instead of coffee next time to up the coffee flavor. With regular coffee I felt like the coffee worked more as a chocolate enhancer rather than a flavor on its own (not necessarily a bad thing). Thanks!!
[email protected] says
July 17, 2013 at 11:21 AMI think it’s perfectly acceptable to have Oreos for breakfast…especially with coffee. Breakfast of champions! These look good, and I’m pinning them for later!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 5:36 PMYes, yes it is!! Thanks Marcie!! 😉
Annie @ Annie's Noms says
July 17, 2013 at 3:27 PMMocha, cookies & cream and muffin all in the same title!? You’ve won me over with these, I definitely need one of these for breakfast!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 9:36 PMHaha, thanks Annie!! 😉
tanya says
July 17, 2013 at 3:27 PMMuffins with chocolate and cookies are really the only way to go!! They DO have yogurt, so totally acceptable! These will really get me going with the extra coffee, love that!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 9:49 PMYeah, I love the extra coffee too!! 😉
Chels R. says
July 17, 2013 at 4:52 PMI can’t even remember the last time I ate a chocolate muffin. How sad is that? I should make these for my hubby. I think he’d like them because of the mocha.
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 9:50 PMThen you most definitely need to make these A.S.A.P!! You will love them, I promise!! 😉
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
July 17, 2013 at 7:55 PMChocolate and coffee, my two favorite breakfast foods!! 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker says
July 17, 2013 at 9:51 PMMine too!!!!!! 😉
Miriam @ OvertimeCook says
July 18, 2013 at 1:20 AMWow! You managed to combine so many of my loves here…muffins, coffee, cookies and cream… I am *so* going to make these!
Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says
July 18, 2013 at 10:11 AMThese muffins look so moist. and well, perfect! I sure wish I had one for breakfast right now, great job!
Lindsay @ Life, Love and Sugar says
July 18, 2013 at 11:59 AMLove them! My kind of breakfast food! My husband says the same thing though – he doesn’t get the syrupy sweet breakfast thing. I even dip my sausage and stuff into syrup. Can’t live without my sugar! 🙂
Gloria @ Simply Gloria says
July 18, 2013 at 12:19 PMMy kids would definitely chow these down with the cookie twist in them! (so would I!)
sally @ sallys baking addiction says
July 18, 2013 at 12:45 PMJocelyn, these muffins look amazing! I love mocha anything. I just made a mocha milkshake the other day. Now I want these!
Jess @ On Sugar Mountain says
July 18, 2013 at 7:40 PMAgreed! Muffins do make every bit of my morning brighter and better heehee. 😀 Plus Mocha in my muffin?? That’s like double the caffeine – which means I’ll be more productive! I think we have a winner!
[email protected] says
July 19, 2013 at 9:41 AMMornings would definitely be easier if I was waking up to one of these amazing muffins!
carrian says
July 25, 2013 at 12:55 AMYou kill me! I am just trying to scroll down and comment and then you post all of those other tasty treats! bah hum bug!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
July 25, 2013 at 4:26 PMThis looks like the perfect breakfast Jocelyn!
Nancy @ gottagetbaked says
August 1, 2013 at 10:16 PMLol, your silly Hubs. Does he not know how you (and women in general) think by now? This is the perfect breakfast food to me – coffee + yogurt = breakfast. These look beyond amazing, Jocelyn. I’d be running out of bed in the morning to grab me a muffin or two!