Rule #1 about buying sour cream: Do NOT buy it, then forget about it in your fridge, only to take it out 2 months after it’s expiry date, realizing that it has grown a huge green afro of mold.
I can’t believe I didn’t keep that rule in mind, even after it already happened once before.
But no matter. Since I already planned to make sour cream muffins, I couldn’t go back on my word to myself. One quick trip to the grocery store to buy a tub of sour cream and I was rolling in fluffy, sour cream infused muffins.
If you have never tried making muffins with sour cream, I would highly recommend that you give it a try. They are so fluffy, melt in your mouth good that there is no way you will be able to stop at one. These Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Muffins may be the best chocolate chip muffins I have made in a long time. I can’t stop making them!
Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Muffins Ingredients
You just need a couple of key ingredients to make these bakery-style chocolate chip muffins. All you need is:
- all purpose flour – or half all purpose and half whole wheat flour for a healthier version
- white sugar
- brown sugar
- baking powder
- baking soda
- pinch of salt
- large egg
- sour cream – Greek yogurt or whole milk plain yogurt work as well
- melted butter – either salted or unsalted butter works here
- vanilla extract – can also use vanilla paste.
- semi-sweet chocolate chips – can substitute dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips or white chocolate chips.
Full measurements for each ingredient are below in the recipe card.
Storage and Freezing
Storing: place the cooled muffins in an airtight container and store it at room temperature for up to 3 days. You can also store them in the fridge for up to 7 days, but they may begin to dry out.
Freezing: these muffins freeze very well. Just place them in a large freezer bag, and freeze for up to 3 months. When ready to eat, either defrost them at room temperature or place in the microwave for around 10 seconds, or until warm.
Tips
Use muffin liners. This recipe makes a really moist muffin which may get stuck in the muffin tin if you make it without muffin cups.
Make them look like bakery style chocolate chip muffins. While these muffins taste like they come from a bakery, one way to make them look like they do is to add some extra chocolate chips to the top of the muffins, then sprinkle some coarse sugar on top.
Make jumbo muffins. Divide the muffin batter evenly into a jumbo muffin pan and bake muffins for 20-28 minutes.
Variation – Double chocolate muffins: For all the chocolate lovers out there! Just add in an extra 1/2 cup cocoa powder and bake as directed in the full recipe below!
More Muffin Recipes
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Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup sour cream
- 5 Tbsp salted butter, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F.
- In a large bowl, combine the all purpose and whole wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl, beat together the egg, sour cream, butter and vanilla. Slowly stir in the dry ingredients until fully incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop the batter into a paper-lined muffin pan and bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
I have some sour cream lurking in my fridge right now! These muffins look delicious.
I actually LOL-ed at 'green Afro of mold'. Too funny. These look great!
I've seen these before. They look great!
I very often forget sour cream, if I need only half usually the left over half is in the fridge for a month and then I just throw it out.. 😀
Instead of buying now new sour cream for muffins I will try to remember this recipe when I have half left 😀
Cathleen, tell me about it! I have wasted many tubs of sour cream, good intentions gone to waste! Still have 1/2 a tub left, should be barely enough to try your muffins 🙂
Good thing that I only buy it when I make some cheesecakes 😀 Sour cream muffins sounds really good !
"Green afro of mold"…great description! Muffins look really good and easy to make!
Hi Cathleen, i came over from PH's blog. Love sour cream muffins! The last time i had it was years ago in Australia, ah….time to bring back the nostalgic memories and make these 🙂 thanks for sharing.
every time i open up a container of sour cream, i am afraid it will be moldy. my solution? ask the husband to open it for me. problem solved! haha. and by the way- i LOVE muffins with sour cream in them. so soft & tangy. yum!!
Yum much!? These muffins look super brilliant 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
That mold comment had me rolling girl!! These sound amazing!!
That pretty much happens to me every time I buy sour cream unfortunately. I end up just throwing out the container without even opening it!
These muffins look fabulous. My sour cream shall never go bad again!
I love this post. I just threw out sour cream to only go and buy more for baked potatoes. These look delicious. So light and I love all the chocolate chips!
I'm a strong believer of sour cream too! I believe this ingredient always make good cakes, muffins and even pancakes! I can imagine these muffins must be really good!
those muffins look delicious, and yeah sour cream… I recently discover putting sour cream in chilli and it taste delicious lol
Cathleen,
I love anything with sour cream.
Love your sour cream muffins. Looks really inviting!
My boys sure will appreciate these.
mui