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chunky white chocolate and golden syrup, chocolate muffins

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I think The Viking is a little fed up of me baking cakes for other people and not throwing him any treats… daily he will come into the kitchen with a child-like broad grin as he eye’s up the treats freshly warm from the oven… like the Bisto kids, the wafting of sugary goodness has lured him in from the garden only for him to have me tell him that the cake’s not for us… poor love.
… then, on an unlikely clear-out of my baking cupboard I found a bar of white chocolate I had forgotten was there… I also spied a large bottle of golden syrup, which I know is one of The Vikings favourite things… (yes, sometimes I will find him pouring the stuff directly from the bottle, down his throat!)
… and so I though a treat was in order and these muffins were born.
white chocolate and golden syrup, chocolate muffins

I was always told that a badly made muffin is the best kind of muffin… they need very little stirring and lumps are a bonus… so go crazy I say!… and I love the way these muffins have cracked and caved-in… they’re like little chocolate volcano’s and I adore them like this… you could add mashed banana to make them moister but i’ve had my fill of banana recently…
225g plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarb
80g light brown sugar
2 eggs
125ml vegetable oil
100g white chocolate (broken into large chunks)
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
– preheat the oven to 200c and line a muffin tin (should make 12)
– just bung the whole lot together into a large bowl (excluding the white chocolate) and mix it up until it looks like a lumpy mess
– add the chocolate chunks and then spoon into muffin cases… I like to over-fill my muffin cases so I tend to get 10 muffins rather than 12
– bake for 15 minutes until risen and cracked.
eat and of course, enjoy!

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Comments

  6. Ruth says

    Oh, oh, oh, Dom. That photo of the oozing centre has given me a serious craving for something sweet and chocolatey. You seem to have managed tha magic balance – light and well risen vs satisfyingly gooey. I salute you!

  7. Suelle says

    Typical – a day too late; just after I've written about my latest in a continuing line of muffin failures!

    When I'm brave enough to try again, i may try these.

  9. From Beyond My Kitchen Window says

    I just recently found out about a British Import store in the next town over that sells golden syrup. I have seen Nigella use it and now with your recipe I have a good excuse to pay the store a little visit. These look delicious.

  10. Angela says

    Oh, dear golden syrup. I do miss it. Here it is only available at specialty shops for roughly the price of a bar of gold.

  15. Jenn says

    Oh, wow, Dom, those look incredible. Though I could be bias, I am partial to white chocolate… oh and chocolate chocolate too 🙂

  18. Aveen says

    Now why did I never think of putting white chocolate and golden syrup together? Yum! I also have an other half who gets jealous of the things I bake for other people, so maybe I should make him some of these 🙂

  19. Chele says

    Good God Man! What are you doing to me, I'm supposed to be on a diet you know! Now I feel an incredible pull towards the kitchen to use some golden syrup and white chocolate … my hips blame you ;0)

  20. Fiona says

    Looks absolutely delicious. I am going to make them right now for my husband. He adores muffins in any form. Thanks Dom

  23. Jacqueline says

    they look brilliant! My first thought was “I have to make these now!”, followed by “I will have to restock golden syrup and white chocolate first” 🙁