Dark Chocolate Cherry Breakfast Muffins

These dark chocolate cherry breakfast muffins are a creation of my 14 year old. She loves recreating my basic recipes to give them her own twist. These breakfast muffins are one of her recent creations.

I love the fact that she now feels comfortable enough in the kitchen to experiment. I don’t think it will be long before she is creating all kinds of recipes of her own. Teaching your kids to cook is well worth the time and effort.

When she was making these muffins she decided to make a large batch so that we could freeze some for easy breakfasts. This recipe makes about 24 muffins, so if you want a smaller batch just half the recipe.

And if you don’t like dried cherries, or don’t have any, these would easily work with raisins, craisins, or just about any other dried fruit.

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Yield: 12 muffins

Dark Chocolate Cherry Breakfast Muffins

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Dark chocolate, dried cherries, and oatmeal are combined in a delicious breakfast muffin.

Prep Time 6 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 21 minutes

Ingredients

• 6 cups quick cooking oats ( I use gluten free quick oats)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3  cups milk
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 4 eggs
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups dried cherries
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Line muffin tin with muffin cups or grease well.
2. In a large bowl mix all ingredients together, but the cherries and chocolate chips.
3. Mix well and then stir in dried cherries and chocolate chips.
4. Scoop into muffin pan filling each cup 3/4 full.
5. Bake at 350 for 15-17 minutes.

Notes

For gluten-free version be sure to use gluten-free oats and read labels to make sure the ingredients are gluten free.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 438Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 77mgSodium: 436mgCarbohydrates: 71gFiber: 5gSugar: 37gProtein: 10g

Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.