Cherry Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins

These muffins are a quick bread, but they could almost be put in the dessert category. They are light and cake-like, and they are filled with chocolate chips and marachino cherries, a real treat! The recipe comes from a past issue of Taste of Home, Cooking for Two Spring 2007, and the recipe is by Joanne Minke. I adapted her muffin recipe to make some delicious little mini muffins.

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Cherry Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins

2 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup canola oil
2 teaspoons almond extract
1 cup halved maraschino cherries
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a mini muffin pan with paper liners.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, oil, and almond extract. Add to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened. Fold in the cherries and chocolate chips. Fill paper lined muffin cups with batter. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Makes about 40 mini muffins.

Fill the paper lined muffin cups almost full of batter.

Cool on a wire rack after removing from the pan.

I'm having these with coffee tomorrow morning!

This recipe was shared with:
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Muffin Monday
On the Menu Monday
Delectable Tuesday
Naptime Creations 
This Chick Cooks 
Extreme Personal Measures - What's Cooking Wednesday
Sugar Bananas
Fresh Food Friday
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These muffins are a quick bread, but they could almost be put in the dessert category. They are light and cake-like, and they are filled with chocolate chips and marachino cherries, a real treat! The recipe comes from a past issue of Taste of Home, Cooking for Two Spring 2007, and the recipe is by Joanne Minke. I adapted her muffin recipe to make some delicious little mini muffins.

Print Recipe

Cherry Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins

2 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup canola oil
2 teaspoons almond extract
1 cup halved maraschino cherries
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a mini muffin pan with paper liners.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, oil, and almond extract. Add to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened. Fold in the cherries and chocolate chips. Fill paper lined muffin cups with batter. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Makes about 40 mini muffins.

Fill the paper lined muffin cups almost full of batter.

Cool on a wire rack after removing from the pan.

I'm having these with coffee tomorrow morning!

This recipe was shared with:
Jam Hands - Recipe Sharing Monday
Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms - Melt in Your Mouth Monday
Muffin Monday
On the Menu Monday
Delectable Tuesday
Naptime Creations 
This Chick Cooks 
Extreme Personal Measures - What's Cooking Wednesday
Sugar Bananas
Fresh Food Friday
Sweet as Sugar Cookies Sweets for a Saturday