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Baking + Sweet, Breakfast, Muffins, Muffins, Recipes · February 11, 2023

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Muffins

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day (or any sweet holiday for that matter), these chocolate covered strawberry muffins are here!

And while these muffins themselves might not be chocolate covered, they feel exactly like biting into a chocolate covered strawberry – except a little warmer, a little gooier, and definitely more moist. You’ll be shocked at how well the strawberry flavor comes through on these, and for that I have a massive amount of freeze-dried strawberries to thank.

These muffins add themselves to my muffin family, meaning that they are super easy, usually only need a bowl or two, and yes, this time we succumbed to a crumble. But after a dusting of adorable strawberry sugar on top of the crumble, it’s totally justified.

Table of contents

  • What are freeze-dried strawberries and why do people use them in strawberry muffins?
  • Dry ingredients you will need for these strawberry muffins
  • Wet ingredients you will need for these chocolate strawberry muffins
  • How to make the batter for these chocolate covered strawberry muffins
  • How to make strawberry sugar
  • Baking and serving this recipe
  • Tips & tricks on how to store these strawberry muffins and keep them moist
  • Why is this recipe in grams?
  • Looking for similar recipes?

What are freeze-dried strawberries and why do people use them in strawberry muffins?

Using freeze-dried strawberries over the real thing might seem counterintuitive, but freeze-dried strawberries are the BEST way to get the absolute most strawberry flavor in anything you are baking.

Freeze-dried strawberries are dehydrated strawberries, meaning that you get all the flavor and sweetness of a normal strawberry, but without any moisture diluting it. It’s like strawberries 2.0.

The reason we use freeze-dried strawberries in this recipe is two-fold:

  1. Fresh strawberries tend to lose a lot of their color and brightness in the baking process, plus their weight makes it very likely that they’ll sink to the bottom of a muffin. Both of these things are bad for your muffin’s visual appeal and taste, so they aren’t the ideal thing to bake with.
  2. The moisture from fresh strawberries really impacts the baking consistency of a baked good, along with its ability to bake. Fresh strawberries tend to inhibit a muffin from baking, so we use freeze-dried to mitigate that issue.

Dry ingredients you will need for these strawberry muffins

  • 280 grams all purpose flour, 2 cups
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt, use half if using Morton’s
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Wet ingredients you will need for these chocolate strawberry muffins

  • 2 large eggs
  • 113 grams melted salted butter, 1/2 cup
  • 220 grams sugar, 1 cup
  • 85 grams skyr or greek yogurt, 1/3 cup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 80 mL milk of choice, 1/3 cup
  • 35 grams freeze dried strawberries, 1 cup, chopped
  • 70 grams chocolate, 1/2 cup, chopped

How to make the batter for these chocolate covered strawberry muffins

The batter for this is super simple, in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, butter, sugar, skyr and vanilla until very smooth.


In batches, add the dry ingredients to the wet, alternating with splashes of the milk. Mix until a smooth batter forms. Add in the chopped freeze-dried strawberries and the chopped chocolate. Swirl to combine. And the batter is done!

How to make strawberry sugar

Making strawberry sugar is a breeze, you just pulse together freeze dried strawberries and sugar in a small blender (I love a Magic Bullet) or a food processor. Then you have it all ready!

Baking and serving this recipe

The assembly and baking of this recipe is my favorite part.

You just scoop the muffin batter about 1/3 of the way up in your jumbo muffin tin (if using a regular tin, see notes).

Add a generous sprinkling of the pink strawberry sugar to the middle, then top off the muffin with more batter. You should have a tablespoon or so of strawberry sugar left over, reserve that for later.


Sprinkle the crumble topping generously on top of each muffin. Bake at 375°F for 30-35 minutes.


When the muffins are out of the oven, let them cool for a few minutes and dust the tops with the remaining strawberry sugar. Serve whenever!

Tips & tricks on how to store these strawberry muffins and keep them moist

How you store a baked good greatly impacts how it will taste over time. And don’t we all want our leftovers to be 10/10? These chocolate strawberry muffins will last up to a week, and here are my best tips on how to store them:

  • Store in a cool, dry place like a pantry or a cool part of your kitchen – this is not the best recipe to store near the stove! Temperature variance won’t affect the moisture, but it will affect your muffin’s ability to keep for the full week.
  • Store in an air-tight container – this is imperative to keeping a cake’s moisture. Let the muffins cool completely before moving them to a tupperware container with a snap-lock lid.
  • For extra moisture, throw in a damp paper towel 12 hours before eating your next muffin – it’s wild, but it works!
  • Forgot to do that step? Microwave your muffin for 20 seconds with a wet paper towel draped over it. I learned this from Emily Mariko and I’m never going back.

Why is this recipe in grams?

Baking is a very finicky and exact science. The only way to ensure complete accuracy is through measuring by weight, and not volume. As much as I wish I could give you multiple ways to measure ingredients, in this recipe measuring by cups might cause some volatility and miss-matched results. I want to ensure you get the best results with this recipe (and I want to keep this recipe fool-proof!) so I highly recommend getting a small affordable kitchen scale if you want to move forward with this muffin recipe!

PS – I also develop recipes strictly in grams, so it’s easier for me to translate them to that here! I have cups measured to the side if that’s all you have, but I’m much more of a grams girl, just for accuracy.

strawberry muffins in tin

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strawberry muffins cut open

And that’s everything for these chocolate covered strawberry muffins!

If you make it, please tag me on Pinterest or Instagram so I can see! It’s my favorite thing to scroll through stories and see what you all are making.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Muffins

5 from 3 votes
While these muffins themselves might not be chocolate covered, they feel exactly like biting into a chocolate covered strawberry – except a little warmer, a little gooier, and definitely more moist. You'll be shocked at how well the strawberry flavor comes through on these, and for that I have a massive amount of freeze-dried strawberries to thank.
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Prep Time:15 minutes mins
Cook Time:35 minutes mins
Total Time:50 minutes mins
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate, muffins, strawberries
Servings: 6 jumbo muffins, 12 normal muffins

Ingredients

  • 280 grams all purpose flour 2 cups
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt use half if using Morton's
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 large eggs
  • 113 grams melted salted butter 1/2 cup
  • 220 grams sugar 1 cup
  • 85 grams skyr or greek yogurt 1/3 cup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 80 mL milk of choice 1/3 cup
  • 35 grams freeze dried strawberries 1 cup, chopped
  • 70 grams chocolate 1/2 cup, chopped

For the strawberry filling

  • 42 grams sugar 3 tbsp
  • 15 grams more freeze dried strawberries 1/4 cup

For the crumble topping

  • 30 grams brown sugar 3 tbsp
  • 52 grams all purpose flour 6 tbsp
  • 42 grams chilled salted butter 3 tbsp

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
  • In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, butter, sugar, skyr and vanilla until very smooth.
  • In batches, add the dry ingredients to the wet, alternating with splashes of the milk. Mix until a smooth batter forms. Add in the chopped freeze-dried strawberries and the chopped chocolate. Swirl to combine.
  • Add the remaining freeze-dried strawberries and sugar to a small blender or food processor. Pulse until you get a fine pink "sand." (See blog post for photos).
  • To make the crumble topping, add the brown sugar, flour and chilled butter to a bowl and toss with your hands. Get the butter fully coated in the flour and start to break it into pieces, gradually mixing it into the flour and sugar. Continuously toss to keep the butter coated, and you'll see a crumble-like mix start to form. Store that in the fridge until you need it.
  • Scoop the muffin batter about 1/3 of the way up in your jumbo muffin tin (if using a regular tin, see notes). Add a generous sprinkling of the pink strawberry sugar to the middle, then top off the muffin with more batter. You should have a tablespoon or so of strawberry sugar left over, reserve that for later.
  • Sprinkle the crumble topping generously on top of each muffin. Bake at 375°F for 30-35 minutes.
  • When the muffins are out of the oven, let them cool for a few minutes and dust the tops with the remaining strawberry sugar. Serve whenever!

Notes

If baking in normal muffins cups, follow the recipe instructions, but bake for only 18-22 minutes. The results should be the same!

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Comments

  1. Karrie says

    February 11, 2023 at 9:29 pm

    Sorry if I missed this somewhere (watched IG video too), but what kind of chocolate do you recommend using? Semi-sweet? Dark? Thank you! Can’t wait to try this recipe!

    • Justine says

      February 13, 2023 at 12:04 am

      That’s a great question – it truly is up to you and your sweetness preference, but I prefer dark for this particular recipe!

  2. Kami says

    February 13, 2023 at 12:02 am

    5 stars
    Yum!
    I followed recipe exactly except drizzled some melted chocolate on top of the final strawberry powder dusting.

  3. KM says

    February 13, 2023 at 2:29 pm

    How many bags of (Trader Joe’s…the best place for freeze dried fruit, no?) freeze-dried strawberries do you need?

    • Justine says

      February 13, 2023 at 5:27 pm

      I’d get 3 to be safe! Their bags run smaller than Target’s.

  4. Cori says

    February 13, 2023 at 3:52 pm

    Is there a good flour to substitute if I wanted to try to make a gluten free batch?

    • Justine says

      February 13, 2023 at 5:28 pm

      I always recommend the King Arthur 1:1 GF blend as a great sub!

  5. Karlee says

    February 14, 2023 at 2:59 am

    These are the best muffins I’ve ever had, hands down. I needed to make them gluten free, so I used 1-to-1 replacement flour and they turned out better than I imagined possible! I think this batter could be versatile as well to mix and match other flavors; but the strawberry & chocolate (I used white chocolate chips) is most definitely a winner!

  6. Caitlin says

    February 14, 2023 at 4:29 am

    These look so delicious! And the pink color from the freeze dried strawberries is SO gorgeous!

  7. Katie says

    February 14, 2023 at 9:04 pm

    5 stars
    Um. This is so. Freaking. Good. Like criminally good. All of the various steps were time-consuming but worth it. I’ll be making this again. I might add a little bit more chocolate in next time, but that’s just my preference.

  8. Vivian says

    February 14, 2023 at 9:14 pm

    Was so so good and super easy to make. I used more chocolate and strawberries than the recipe called for, which was a great choice. It made twelve normal size muffins plus fifteen mini muffins.

  9. alyssa says

    February 17, 2023 at 4:59 pm

    if i wanted to make this into a loaf how much time would i increase it?

  10. Jen says

    February 19, 2023 at 6:45 pm

    Do you have preferred dairy free substitute for the Greek yogurt?

    • Justine says

      February 20, 2023 at 11:14 pm

      I love coconut yogurt as a sub!

  11. Julie Vanier says

    February 26, 2023 at 9:06 pm

    5 stars
    These were so sweet and so so so good (a crumble topping is always a win) <3

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