Blood Orange Chocolate Muffins with Blood Orange Glaze
Blood Orange Chocolate Muffins
There are few morning treats better than a pastry fresh out of the oven. Nothing makes me happier than cooking or baking for the ones I love, especially when I am lucky enough to have someone as special as Diane who can cook like a badass too, so I know the favor will be returned. Even pre-cappuccino hour baking is looked upon with pleasure. Our occasional treat of a Strawberry Crossover is a delight to make, but it takes a bit of time. Muffins on the other hand are quick and easy.
Video: Making the Blood Orange Chocolate Muffins with a Blood Orange Glaze
Most of the year we’ll have lemons at the ready from the garden and they make a delightful muffin. But right now blood oranges are ripening by the pounds, so with a little twist a blood orange muffin recipe was born.
And who doesn’t love chocolate? Either with a nice dark chocolate chip or with a few chops of the knife to break up a dark chocolate bar into chunks, it is a perfect addition. Gently mix them into the batter and send to the oven for baking.
Soon the kitchen air will be warm and sweet, have a beautiful coffee or cappuccino, and share the chocolate oozing muffins with everyone the house. Not a bad way to start the morning.
-Todd
Blood Orange Chocolate Muffins with Blood Orange Glaze
Ingredients
Muffin Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups (275g) all-purpose Flour
- 1 cup (200g) Sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons (6g) Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon (2g) Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- grated Zest of 2-3 Blood Oranges
- 1/3 cup (80ml) Vegetable Oil or 1/2 cup (115g or 1 stick) melted Butter
- 1/2 cup (120ml) fresh Blood Orange Juice
- 2 teaspoons (10ml) Vanilla Extract
- 2 Eggs
- 6 ounces (170g) Dark Chocolate Chips or Chunks
Blood Orange Glaze
- 1-2 Tablespoons (15-30ml) fresh Blood Orange Juice
- 3/4 cup (90g) powdered sugar
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375°F. Grease & flour muffin pan or line with baking cups.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until well mixed.
- In a large bowl, combine oil or melted butter, blood orange zest, blood orange juice, vanilla extract and eggs. Mix until well combined. Fold in the dry mixture until just combined (important- do not overmix). Fold in the chocolate chips/chunks (for prettier muffins – reserve a handful of chocolate chips/chunks to place on top after filling the muffin cups). Divide between the muffin pan cups (a large cookie scoop works great for this step).(For bigger muffins, only fill 9-10 muffin pan cups, mounding the batter higher.)
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until lightly brown. Test with a toothpick to check center doneness (should come out clean unless it hits chocolate.) Allow to cool slightly.
- Make the glaze: Whisk together the blood orange juice and powdered sugar until smooth (for a thicker glaze use 1 Tablespoon blood orange juice – for a thinner but more blood orange flavor, use 2 Tablespoons of juice. You can also add fresh blood orange zest to the glaze to increase the blood orange flavor).
- Glaze the muffins. The cooler the muffins and longer the glaze sits, the firmer it becomes.
Video
Nutrition Information per Serving
Click Here for more More Blood Orange Recipes
More Blood Orange Ideas:
- Blood Orange Margarita – You must try this!
- Substitute blood orange for the Meyer Lemon in our Meyer Lemon Scones
- Smitten Kitchen’s Blood Orange Tart
This recipe was originally published in 2010 and re-published in 2021 with updated photos and new video.
Mmm, I really love the combination of chocolate and oranges. I’m thinking I might try this with regular oranges first and go from there. Thanks for sharing!
something tells me omitting the chocolate chunks would be a bad idea — i love that combination, and now i’m really curious to try it with blood orange. great photos, of course.
Made these today using Navel oranges (cause that’s what I had around) and they turned out wonderful!! Thanks for the great recipe.
I love the extra edge of blood oranges and of course their intense color. Diane’s a lucky woman 8).
wow, those are some very big chunks of chocolate in those muffins! totally yummy!
I love blood oranges, but have never thought about pairing them with chocolate. What a totally great idea. Fantastic looking muffins Todd!
Oh my goodness, these look beautiful and I bet they taste even better.
I just wish I could get more consistent access to blood oranges. I love them so.
So pretty!
Great way to start the day. The muffins look marvelous.
Can’t wait to try this recipe. I NEVER bake but this looks too good to pass up. ๐
How did I not find your blog until now? Your images are stunning and I’m running across the street to buy blood oranges right this minute.
Yes you are correct, blood oranges and muffin are great combination. Oh I thought that the blood oranges are in the mixture of the flour muffin. I love that it was glazed. Dark chocolate would be the delight on the tongue when you eat the muffins and the blood orange glaze would make you truly happy. This is one hell bloody muffin. Thank you very much for sharing your recipe.
Hi Kathy. Actually the blood orange is in both. There is juice and zest in the muffin, but the really kicker comes from the glaze.
what an awesome way to start the morning!
If I could ask for such things, I would. Hans toasts bread for me. But he does make a mean cup of coffee. Todd, you mind teaching my man your skillz in the kitchen?
oh yummy. :o)
We could really enjoy these at our Chocolate Breakfast Club gathering!
i once had a chocolate-orange truffle from a box of chocolates and it was vile. that said, i’m willing to try the combination again simply because of this post. your pictures are phenomenal and your recipe looks terrific!