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Lemon and White Chocolate Muffins

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Light & creamy lemon and white chocolate muffins. Fresh lemon juice, zest, greek yogurt and white chocolate chips to add a bit of sweetness.

Overhead view of lemon and white chocolate muffins scattered on a grey-blue table.

White chocolate chips pair perfectly with the sourness of the lemon. On their own, white chocolate chips are too sweet, but baked into a muffin, they are delicious.

Plus, a few walnuts added in give these breakfast muffins a little crunch.

For other types of breakfast muffins, try these banana almond flour muffins, banana and pear muffins, or these banana ricotta muffins.

A white chocolate lemon muffin sitting on a white kitchen cloth, with a lemon and black mug in the background.

Why These are the Best Lemon And White Chocolate Muffins

  • Lemon + White Chocolate + Walnuts make the perfect flavor combination for a breakfast muffin.
  • Perfect with coffee. Fresh out of the oven, these muffins go really well with coffee.
  • It’s a great way to use up greek yogurt. Use up greek yogurt sitting in your fridge before it goes bad.
Lemon and white chocolate muffins scattered on a blue table.

Ingredients & Substitutions

Lemon Juice— Use freshly squeezed lemon juice if you have that available. If not, you can use artificial lemon juice instead.

Lemon Zest— Use the zest of about ½ - 1 lemon, (1 tbsp). If you don’t have a lemon and are using artificial lemon juice, you can skip this one if you have to, but these muffins will taste better with zest.

Greek Yogurt— Yogurt adds a delicious creaminess in muffin recipes. You can also easily substitute this with sour cream.

White Chocolate Chips— Use white chocolate chips meant for baking. You can substitute these for regular semisweet chocolate chips but the lemon pairs best with white chocolate.

Walnuts— Chop the walnuts into small chunks to give the muffins some crunchiness.

A stack of two muffins leaning against a lemon.

Expert Tips

  • Use a kitchen scale. It is hard to accurately measure flour with measuring cups. Use a kitchen scale instead to always add the right amount of ingredients.
  • Heat up muffins in the microwave. When eating leftovers of these muffins, heat them up in the microwave for 10-15 seconds before eating them.

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Lemon and White Chocolate Muffins


  • Author: Ali
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 14 muffins 1x
  • Diet: Vegetarian
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Description

Light & creamy lemon and white chocolate muffins. Fresh lemon juice, zest, greek yogurt and white chocolate chips to add a bit of sweetness.


Ingredients

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  • 2 cups all purpose flour (240g)
  • ⅔ cup granulated sugar (134g)
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp lemon zest
  • ⅓ cup butter, melted (75g)
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed (60ml)
  • 1 cup plain greek yogurt (280g)
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips (170g)
  • 1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped (120g)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 365F. Grease or line a 12 muffin tin with muffin liners. 
  2. Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and lemon zest together in a large bowl. 
  3. In a medium sized bowl, add the melted butter, eggs, lemon juice and greek yogurt. Mix together until smooth. 
  4. Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring only until just combined. Don’t over mix the batter. 
  5. Gently fold in the white chocolate chips and walnuts. 
  6. Divide the batter evenly into the prepared muffin tins. 
  7. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs.

Notes

  • Use a kitchen scale. It is hard to accurately measure flour with measuring cups. Use a kitchen scale instead to always add the right amount of ingredients.
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: Muffins
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 muffin
  • Calories: 283
  • Sugar: 17.8g
  • Sodium: 183mg
  • Fat: 14.8g
  • Saturated Fat: 5.9
  • Unsaturated Fat: 7.9g
  • Trans Fat: 0.2g
  • Carbohydrates: 32.2g
  • Fiber: 1.1g
  • Protein: 6.9g
  • Cholesterol: 42mg

Keywords: Breakfast muffins, healthy muffins, lemon muffins, white chocolate muffins

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  1. Lindsay

    February 05, 2022 at 10:22 am

    Can you put ingredients in Grams Please 🙂

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    • The Littlest Crumb

      March 11, 2022 at 7:09 am

      Hi Lindsay, the recipe has been updated to include measurements in grams!

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