Publised on 07/11/2023. Last Updated on 27/09/2024 by Richard
Light, fluffy vegan chocolate chip muffins. A super quick and easy take on a classic with no unusual ingredients!
Hey there, vegan chocolate chip muffin enthusiasts! This is the third muffin recipe I've delivered to you THIS MONTH, and in my opinion, it's the best one! It's something about that contrast between the pillowy soft, light vanilla muffin and the rich chocolate chips. This recipe will not only win over your vegan pals but will have everyone begging for more. I'm talking about vegan chocolate chip muffins! And I promise, they're so good, even the most hardcore carnivore won't know the difference.
If you've tried my vegan pumpkin muffins, my vegan strawberry muffins and my vegan blueberry muffins, you're now ready to try this choc chip variety!
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🍫 Vegan Choc Chip Muffins Ingredients
Before we get started, let's gather our ingredients. You'll need:
- Plain white flour (aka all-purpose flour)
- Baking powder
- Corn starch (aka corn flour in the UK)
- Vegan yoghurt (unsweetened and unflavored, I use Coconut Collaborative Brand)
- Granulated sugar
- Vegan butter (melted)
- Soy milk (at room temperature)
- Vanilla extract
- Vegan chocolate chips + more for topping
🥣 How to Make Vegan Chocolate Chip Muffins
The complete recipe for these gorge vegan chocolate chip muffins is waiting for you at the bottom of this page. But for now, let me give you a step-by-step guide about making these GORGEOUS vegan choc chip muffins.
1. Prepare your dry and wet ingredients in two separate bowls. I like to sift my dry ingredients together but it's not strictly necessary.
2. Now mix the two together and add the vegan chocolate chips. Don't worry if things are a little lumpy at this stage. That doesn't matter so much with muffins.
3. Portion out the batter between the 12 wells of a muffin tray. I use muffin liners but you can also just grease the wells with baking spray.
4. Now we just bake! As with most muffin recipes, it's good to give a little blast at a high temperature then bake for another 15 mins at a lower temp. This help them to rise!
🔀 Substitutions and Swaps!
- Feel free to experiment with different non-dairy milk options like soy, oat, or cashew milk. Just remember, the nuttier the milk, the nuttier the muffin!
- You can switch out the vegan butter for applesauce if you're looking for a low-fat option. Your muffins will still be super moist and delicious but it won't brown in quite the same way.
- Try other add-ins instead of chocolate chips, like fruit, nuts, or even shredded coconut. Get creative and make your muffins as unique as you are!
🔪 Equipment
Not much stuff required to get these chocolate chip muffins made! Just a few pieces of kit. Here's what you'll need:
- 1 x 12 well muffin tray
- 2 Medium bowls
- 1 oven (kinda goes without saying)
🤷♀️ Vegan Chocolate Chip Muffins FAQs
A: To make vegan chocolate chip muffins gluten-free, you can use a gluten-free flour blend instead of regular all-purpose flour. There are many gluten-free flour options available, such as rice flour, almond flour, or a pre-made gluten-free baking mix.
A: No, most chocolate contains milk. There are however many brands of chocolate chips that are over 54% cocoa solids and are therefore usually vegan. Be sure to check the ingredients though!
A: Oh you betcha! Why not try my Vegan Chocolate Mousse Cake, my Vegan Chocolate Truffles, my Vegan Chocolate Lava Cakes, or my absolute fave Vegan Chocolate Cake!
And that's it! Looking for some more classic bakes? Why not whip up a vegan pound cake, some delicious vegan blondies or some vegan snickerdoodles?!
Some More Vegan Snacks!
Wasn't that fun?? Vegan chocolate chip muffins are my total fave!! Fancy some more snacks? Why not bake my:
Vegan Chocolate Chip Muffins
Equipment
- 1 x 12 well muffin tray
- 2 Medium bowls
- 1 oven
Ingredients
- 240 g plain white flour aka all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon corn starch aka corn flour in the UK
- 160 g vegan yoghurt unsweetened and unflavoured, I use Coconut Collaborative Brand
- 180 g granulated sugar
- 150 g vegan butter melted
- 100 ml soy milk at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 170 g vegan chocolate chips + 2-3 tablespoon more for topping See note 1 below
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C and line a 12 well muffin tray with muffin cases or grease with baking spray.
- In a medium bowl, sieve together the plain white flour, baking powder and corn starch. Set aside.240 g plain white flour, 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder, 1 tablespoon corn starch
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the vegan yoghurt, granulated sugar, melted vegan butter, soy milk and vanilla extract.160 g vegan yoghurt, 180 g granulated sugar, 150 g vegan butter, 100 ml soy milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until just combined.
- Do not over-mix - it's ok if the mixture is still a little lumpy. Add the 170g chocolate chips and stir through.170 g vegan chocolate chips + 2-3 tablespoon more for topping
- Divide the batter between the muffin cases and use the remaining chocolate chips to top each muffin.
- Place in the oven and bake for 5 minutes before reducing the temperature to 170c and baking for a further 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin for 3 minutes before carefully removing the muffins and leaving to cool on a wire cooling rack until room temperature.
Mary
I've been vegetarian since 1972; went vegan this year, didn't miss dairy but went back to vegetarian in 2024 because I again missed yogurt, cheese. I want to mention something about choc chips. Some choc chips are over 54% cocoa and don't contain dairy, true... but there's still the issue that the sugar in it also needs to be checked out, depending on how extremely vegan you choose to be. Folks might assume white/brown sugars (or any sugar that is pure sucrose) are vegan, but I learned if it's cane sugar ("natural" from a sugarcane plant, right?) it's often bleached with bone ash unless you buy organic sugar that specifies no bleaching. So actually, it turns out that beet sugar is more likely to be vegan... and cheaper, too. But I've found as a home baker that, interestingly, cane sugar seems to brown baked goods better, and I've read some other professional bakers saying the same. It also seems to bake up better macarons. I don't know why, since granulated sucrose should be the same, as far as chemistry is concerned.
Erika
I don’t think you mean 1 1/3 cups melted butter. Most sticks of vegan butter in the US are about 115g, which would be equivalent to about half a cup.
I’m looking forward to trying this out soon! My kiddo has an egg allergy, so I like trying out new to me recipes often.
Denise
These are really so scrummy. I baked 5 days ago and they are still delicious. I enjoyed as a mid sleep snack when my pup got me up for pee and I had the consequential munchies whilst waiting for him to come back in. Gave me a cosy feeling when I went back to bed 💕
Laura
I made these tonight and they were a huge hit with my family. I will definitely be making again!
Daria
This is an awesome recipe 🙂 They turned out delicious!
Elliot
Delicious! Ours needed a little longer in the oven to brown but came out delicious. Also not too sweet, so you can convince yourself its fine to have them for breakfast!
Andrea
Those muffins are absolutely delicious (they taste the same as you would think looking at the pictures) and incredibly easy to make. Will definitely be making again!
Richard Makin
Aaaah I'm so glad Andrea! How exciting! Super proud of this recipe!
Amy
I have struggled so much with a good ‘vanilla’ vegan cake recipe but once again you delivered! Your recipes are the bomb diggity! Next to tackle is that mousse cake. Hurrah!
Richard Makin
Aaah Amy this makes me so happy! You're gonna love that mousse cake!
Gillian Philip
Where does the silken tofu come in? 🤔
Richard Makin
Which silken tofu are you referring to Gillian? There's no silken tofu in this recipe.
Elliot
You have a pack of silken tofu in the picture of ingredients further up the page!
Susan
I was loooking for similarity to this and your blueberry muffin recipe which used silken tofu. I wondered if I could double recipe and then split half chocolate chip half blueberry but now I see this one has no silken tofu. I was looking to use up all the box of silken tofu i had in one swoop 🙂
Sherrie Pierce
These look amazing and easy to make. I can’t wait to try them!
Richard Makin
Really hope you enjoy them Sherrie!