Name: The Best Jumbo Chocolate Chip Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1/3 cup vegetable oil ((can substitute melted butter)); 1/3 cup milk; 1 egg; 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour; 3/4 cup white sugar; 2 teaspoons baking power; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup chocolate chips

Sweet and tender jumbo muffins studded with chocolate chips and topped with crunchy sugar.

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Moist and delicious jumbo chocolate chip muffins. Made from scratch and topped with crunchy sugar!

Planning breakfast. It’s enough to make you cry at the grocery store. Lunches can always be conjured up if you have basics in the house. And with dinner, you know you have to plan ahead.

But breakfast seems to sneak up on us all the time, and we end up relying on overpriced things like cereal, breakfast bars, and the like.

But if you’re willing to do a little work ahead of time, stocking your freezer with homemade breakfasts. will save you money and your mood. Muffins are a great choice for this as they mix up fast and freeze wonderfully. And adding chocolate chips might not be the healthiest thing in the world, but it guarantees happy faces in the morning.

What you need for chocolate chip muffins

1/3 cup melted butter or vegetable oil
1/3 cup milk
1 egg
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate chips

Frugal Tip

Aldi and Costco are both great sources for baking supplies. Butter, eggs, milk, and sugar are very well priced there! I love Aldi brand chocolate chips and they are about half the price of major national brands.

However, I love King Arthur flour and it’s the only kind I use. It goes on sale frequently or is available at Walmart for a good price. Stock up and keep it in the freezer!

We’ll make them together

Making the batter

process shots of making muffin batter from scratch

Preheat the oven before you get started, to 400 degrees, with the rack in he center.

To keep your muffins tender, make sure that you don’t over mix. So we want to combine all the wet ingredients (milk, egg, butter) in one bowl, and then the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, baking powder) in another bowl. Then gently combine them.

Adding the chocolate chips and baking

You want to stir the batter until its just combined, then gently fold in the chocolate chips.

Now we bake! This recipe will make 6 jumbo muffins or 12 regular muffins. I make jumbo muffins in a regular muffin tin and just fill them up really high. But of a course, a jumbo muffin tin will give you fatter rounder muffins.

Sprinkle some sugar right on top and pop them in the oven.

Bake jumbo muffins for 25-30 minutes, or regular 20-25 minutes. Check with a toothpick before you remove them from the oven. It should come out with a few crumbs when inserted in the middle. (This is a good rule of thumb for most baked goods.)

Let cool a few minutes on a wire rack and enjoy!

Looking for more budget friendly breakfasts?

Coffee cake with frozen mixed berries is a delicious, springy treat.
Banana caramel muffins are are a great way to use up overripe fruit.
Make your own Greek yogurt and customize it with mix ins for a great weekday breakfast.
Remember that cereal is one of the most expensive breakfasts out there, and just about anything is more economical!

Print the recipe here!

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