Have you been keeping up with the Olympics like myself? Apart from the games, i love me some good social media content by the Olympic players themselves, and of course we could not forget the viral and iconic Muffin Man. The Norwegian swimmer, Henrik Christiansen has taken the internet by storm with his hilarious content with the Olympic Village’s chocolate muffins. And where would i be if not recreating them for you 🙂

There are 2 main components to this dish: the batter and chocolate ganache.

1. Batter: i highly recommend buying good quality chocolates for this recipe since it’s such a dominant and forward flavour in these muffins. I recommend you mix and match between milk and dark chocolates. I prefer milk chocolate in the batter itself and using dark chocolate for the ganache. It’s going to be an oil based batter for extra moist muffins!
2. Chocolate Ganache: it’s as simple as cream and chocolate so use good chocolate!!

Ingredients

Batter:
180g plain flour
60g white sugar
60g brown sugar
60 cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
290ml buttermilk
145ml vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g milk chocolate, melted
50-100g milk chocolate chips

Chocolate Ganache:
1/3 cup heavy cream
1 cup dark chocolate chips

Method

1. Chocolate Ganache: Heat your cream in the microwave in 20 second intervals until hot to the touch (i did 1 min for mine). Add in the dark chocolate chips, leave for 3 minutes and then stir until it is well incorporated. Set aside in the fridge to cool.
2. Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
3. Batter: In a bowl, combine the flour, sugars, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add in the buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla and mix well until combined (do not overmix!). Add in the melted chocolate and fold gently into the batter. Lastly, add in the chocolate chips and mix until just combined.
4. Divide the batter evenly into a lined muffin tray, for 6 muffins. Top with extra chocolate chips and bake for 18-22 minutes, or until the toothpick comes out dry with small crumbs. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes, otherwise it will melt your ganache too much.
5. Meanwhile, stir your ganache and transfer into a piping bag. Now that your muffins have slightly cooled, make a hole in the middle of each muffin using a chopstick. Then pipe some ganache into each center. Enjoy!