Chocolate Muffins

Follow our simple, step-by-step instructions to create bakery-quality chocolate muffins at home that will impress your child. Enjoy the perfect balance of sweetness and chocolatey goodness in every bite!

Ingredients:

Muffins

• 100g baking chocolate, roughly chopped
• 100mL fresh milk
• 70g butter
• 100g soft brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 140g self-raising flour
• 25g cocoa
• Pinch of Salt
• 2 scoops PediaSure Plus Chocolate

Icing

• 2 scoops PediaSure Plus Chocolate
• 30g icing sugar (sifted)
• 1 tbsp hot water

Directions:

For the muffins

• Place chopped chocolate, milk and butter in a heatproof bowl and sit this on top of a small pan of barely simmering water.
• Stir until chocolate and butter is melted.
• Take bowl off the heat and add soft brown sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves.
• When mixture is lukewarm, stir in eggs with a balloon whisk.
• Sift self-raising flour and cocoa together.
• Place in a mixing bowl and stir in PediaSure Plus Chocolate and salt.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in chocolate mixture.
• Stir, without beating, until mixture is smooth.
• Fill paper-lined patty tin with batter, almost to the top and bake in a preheated oven (180°C) for 12-15 minutes or until well risen and a skewer or toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
• Cool muffins on wire rack.

For the icing

• Combine PediaSure Plus Chocolate, icing sugar and hot water in a small bowl.
• Stir until well mixed, place bowl in microwave oven and heat on medium for 10 seconds.
• Stir till smooth and drizzle on cooled cupcakes.