PB + Chocolate, anyone?

Semi-sweet chocolate chips are usually the default add-ons in most baked goods. I mean, you can't really go wrong with chocolate, right? They make any baked good extra: extra sumptuous, extra filling, extra chocolatey- it's perfect. Recently, I've started to branch out a little bit by experimenting with other add-ons aside from chocolate chips. One add-on I love? PEANUT. BUTTER. CHIPS.

Holy heck, peanut butter chips are such a game changer. See, I'm not the biggest PB fan but in chips form, I'm obsessed. I don't know why but I prefer the taste of PB chips than regular PB. Maybe because the chips just don't taste like mushed peanuts and oil in a jar? The chips form of PB is sweet and salty so when you add them in sweet goods, the saltiness cuts the sweet taste a bit and I find that that makes me enjoy a muffin or a cupcake more.

Now I know PB is always with jelly but honestly, I'm more of a chocolate + pb gal. The sweet and bitter chocolate combined with the nutty salty flavor of PB is just a winner in my book. So in today's B&M recipe, I combined my fave flavor combo. Chocolate muffins with a good handful (or two) of peanut butter chips. Ahhh so good!!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Muffins

(adapted from PassTheSushi.com)

Yield: 12

1 3/4 c all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 c cocoa powder

3/4 c peanut butter chips (for batter) + additional 1/4 cup for sprinkling (Reese's PB Chips are amazing!)

1/8 - 1/4 tsp salt

3/4 c sugar

3/4 c milk

1/3 c + 2 tsp vegetable oil

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat your oven to 350F.

2. In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder & soda, cocoa powder, sugar, salt, and 3/4 c of peanut butter chips.

3. In a another bowl, combine your wet ingredients: milk, oil, vanilla, & egg.

4. Slowly add your wet mix to your dry mix and stir fully combined.

5. Scoop batter into a lined 12-cup muffin tin. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of PB chips on top of each muffin batter.

6. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the muffins are set and springy.