Vegan chocolate muffins | Air fryer cupcakes recipe

There is nothing better than a fluffy muffins to lift your mood. Tasty muffins are a thing of joy! Whatever be the season, you will need no reason to enjoy them. You may be tired and exhausted but they get you going. A strong cup of coffee and a good large gooey chocolatey cup cake. Double chocolate muffins are even better.

Cocoa powder combined with chunks of melty chocolate chips. The dough is so good that you end up eating the left-over even before oven starts to bake. It took us a while but we finally made a good yummy muffin. These bakery style easy chocolate muffins are even better.

There are many baked goods you can make at home easily. You may use a traditional oven or make it as air fryer recipes. Whether its air fryer brownies or its making easy banana chocolate chip muffins to use overripe bananas. Other great recipes are banana walnut cake, buckwheat banana muffins, vegan hot cross buns, air fryer Indian cookies (nankhatai) and Xmas cake

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• Top Tips
• Equipment
• Ingredients
• Instructions
• Storage
• ​Substitutions
• FAQ
• Related links
• Vegan chocolate muffins recipe
• Food safety

Top Tips

What's the secret of a good chocolatey muffin? Tips and tricks to make that perfect double chocolate cup cake.

1.  Always check the expiry date of your ingredients. Store them correctly.
2. Keep everything ready before you start making the batter. This ensures you do not end up mixing too much, which in turn alters the end results.
3. Ensure the batter comes together before you pour into cup cake liners.
4. You should be able to pour your batter once ready. If it is too thick and dense, you will end up with dry muffins. Adjust the liquid content according to the nature of the batter.
5. Try to pour the batter with a large spatula into each muffin liner evenly. If you end up filling one more than the other, it wont look even and bake evenly. Hence, pour equal amounts one by one. Later top up to adjust the quantity.
6. Always give them a little tap on your counter once you fill them evenly. This helps remove any air bubbles.
7. Also, ALWAYS preheat your oven or air fryer at least for 5-10 minutes.
8. Never open and close the oven very fast when you are checking your results. This can result in muffins rising and then falling flat. That is quite depressing though it may still taste good.
9. Always prick with a toothpick in the middle of the muffin to see if they are evenly baked. Let them rest at least 10- 15 mins before you cut. I KNOW that this is the hardest part. Especially if you have kids who cannot wait for it to be ready. Keep them distracted for a little while. This will stop them from crumbling when you are ready to cut.

Happy baking!

Equipment

• Air fryer or oven
• stand mixer / whisk
• paper muffin cups / silicone cups
• sieve

Ingredients

• chia seed meal or flax seed meal
• plant based milk
• olive oil / sunflower oil / vegetable oil
• raw sugar powdered after measuring
• Self raising flour
• Dutch processed cocoa for best results
• dark chocolate chips optional for garnish

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Instructions

1. Mix chia seed meal with water. Keep it aside for 10 minutes. Add this to a stand mixer. Beat with oil for 2 minutes. Add the plant based milk and sugar, beat for further 2 minutes on medium speed.

2. Sift the dry ingredients(flour and cocoa powder) in a large mixing bowl.

3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.

4. Mix all the ingredients at the slowest speed for 10-15 seconds, do not overmix or use a whisk to mix them manually.

5. Pour the muffin batter evenly in a cup cake liner. Give it a tap to adjust the batter evenly in the muffin tray. Add chocolate chips on top. Bake in a traditional oven @ 170 deg C (fan forced ) for 22-24 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

6. You may also bake these in an air fryer. Pre heat the airfryer for 5 minutes at 150C/300F. Bake these at 150C/300F for 15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Storage

Store delicious muffins in an airtight container for 2-3 days at room temperature. Store it in refrigerator for a week. You can also freeze them in a freezer bag. Reheat before you serve.

​Substitutions

You can use milk chocolate chips instead of dark chocolate chips, as per your taste. You can also use.  Self raising whole wheat flour instead of self raising all purpose flour. However, you might need to increase the liquid content  slightly in this case, as whole meal flour is bit dense. Cook time might also increase by few minutes.

FAQ

Related links

• eggless apple muffins
• quick chocolate mug cake
• Air fryer banana muffins
• Eggless double layered chocolate cake
• Orange vegan muffins
• Vegan Xmas cake
• Eggless Chocolate strawberry cake
• air fryer banana bread muffins

Food safety

• Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
• Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
• Wash hands after touching raw meat
• Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
• Never leave cooking food unattended

Conclusion: scratch-made muffins are a perfect choice when you want something delish. air fryer chocolate chip muffins are a great option when you want to do a fun activity with kids too!