Black Cherry and Dark Chocolate Chunk Muffins
INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 18-20 minutes
  • Servings: 12
  • Preparation Time: 10 minutes
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar, divided
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen dark, sweet cherries, halved
  • 1 (4 oz) bar good quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 (6 oz) container Black Cherry Greek Yogurt (sub plain or vanilla Greek Yogurt, if desired)
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.; line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, ½ cup sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Fold in the cherries and the chocolate; set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl or measuring cup, combine the beaten egg, butter, yogurt, buttermilk and almond extract. Fold into the flour mixture until just blended, being careful not to over mix.
  4. Use a cookie scoop to divide the batter into the muffin cups. Sprinkle the remaining sugar over the tops of the muffins. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the tops spring back when lightly touched.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
One of my husband's favorite candies has always been a chocolate covered cherry. Here, I've combined those flavors in a muffin!