Triple Choc Mini Muffins

It was midweek and I had promised to bring in something special to work and I had planned to make macarons. I decided to try a new macaron recipe and would you believe it, they failed massively! So in a last minute panic I did a quick survey of the pantry and found chocolate melts, SCORE! Muffins aren't usually the first thing that comes to mind when I have chocolate to work with but I was feeling inspired and so triple choc mini muffins it was.

I've never had much success with muffins turning out nice and looking professional, but these babies were pretty perfect. I found a great recipe at food.com and then tweaked it to suit what ingredients I had in my pantry. Originally I was going to leave them plain on top but had some left over white chocolate so put a bit on each, I'm glad I did, they look much better.

For the Triple Choc Mini Muffins

What you will need

• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups self raising flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate melts, chopped
• 1/2 cup white chocolate melts, chopped
• Extra white chocolate, melted

What you will need to do

• Preheat oven to 200*C and line up muffin cases on a baking tray.
• In a bowl mix together eggs, oil, butter, milk and vanilla.
• Add flour, sugar, cocoa, salt and chocolate melts to the bowl.
• Mix together using a wooden spoon until all ingredients are just combined.
• Spoon mixture into muffin cases, filling to just over 2/3 of the muffin case.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes (time may vary depending on your oven).
• Remove from oven and place muffins on a wire rack to cool.
• Once cool, place a teaspoon of melted white chocolate onto each muffin.