Strawberry Jam Muffins with Chocolate Chips

If you are a huge fan of chocolate-covered strawberries then my Strawberry Jam Muffins with Chocolate Chips are a must try!

Since they are made with strawberry jam and not fresh strawberries, you can enjoy them all year round! Bake a big batch and share with the family on Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter or any given day you are craving chocolate and strawberries. Use homemade strawberry jam or store bought. 

These delicious muffins are inspired by a jam-filled muffin recipe I learned from Cooking Light years ago. 

Original Post: March 2023 | Updated Post: November 2024

Why this recipe works

• Just like my Blueberry Buckwheat Muffins and my Strawberry Lemon Muffins, these Strawberry Jam Muffins make the perfect snack or quick breakfast. 
• The whole family will enjoy them! They are a nice balance of chocolate and strawberry for when you are craving a sweet treat.
• This flavorful strawberry chocolate muffin uses simple ingredients and is gluten free and eggless. 

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Ingredients for chocolate strawberry muffins

Some of the staples of this delicious muffin batter are:

• All Purpose Gluten Free Flour. Use regular all purpose flour or whole wheat flour if you don’t have gluten intolerances or allergies.
• Sweet Rice flour. I always like to play around with gluten free flour blends as it gives gluten free baking a nice texture. I use sweet rice flour in my Ube Mochi Waffles and also in my Fruit Loop Mochi Waffles.
• White Sugar. Substitute with brown sugar or maple syrup and for the top you can use Demerara sugar.
• Melted butter.
• Slivered Almonds. This is is optional but really adds to the texture of the top of the muffins.
• Milk. I use 2% but whole milk can be used.
• Strawberry Preserves. You can totally be creative here and switch up the flavors like apricot jam and chocolate or raspberry jam and chocolate. You can also use chopped strawberries.
• Ricotta cheese. If you don’t want to use ricotta cheese, sour cream, plain yogurt or greek yogurt can be used instead.

How to make Strawberry Jam Muffins

Step One: Preheat Oven and Prepare Muffin Tin: Start with preheating the oven to 400 degrees F. Line the muffin pan with cupcake liners.

Step Two: Gather The Dry Ingredients: Into a large bowl, spoon the flour into measuring cups and level with a knife. Then add the sugar, baking powder and the salt. Whisk together to combine. 

Step Three: Combine The Wet Ingredients:  In another medium size bowl, add the milk, butter and ricotta and stir to combine. Add to the dry ingredients and mix well. Gently fold in the chocolate chips.

This is a fairly easy recipe to assemble. Once you have the flour mixture prepared, you will fill the muffin cups half way with the batter and add the strawberry jam on top. Then you add another layer of the batter. Sprinkle the top of the batter with the sugar. This creates a nice coating. So you will have your first layer of batter, then the middle of the muffin will have the strawberry jam, then the another layer of batter and then the crystalized topping.

Step Four: Assemble Muffins: Add a dollop(about a tablespoon) or so of the batter into muffin cup and then add about a teaspoon of the strawberry jam on top. Then top with the remaining batter. Sprinkle the sugar over the top of each muffin and add the slivered almonds.

Step Five: Bake Muffins: Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Let them cool before serving.

Storage

Store leftover strawberry chocolate muffins in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2-3 days. You can reheat in the microwave for 30 seconds or eat at room temperature. These muffins can also be frozen up to 2 months using a freezer safe container.

Helpful tips for strawberry chocolate muffins

• For best results, use muffin cups or cupcake liners in the muffin tin. You don’t want to over bake muffins. And you always want to test with a toothpick in the middle of the muffin to check for doneness.
• These jam-filled muffins are going to be smaller in size and on the more dense side versus traditional fluffy muffins.
• Once you add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients, be sure not to overmix the batter.
• The recipe calls for unsweetened dark chocolate chips like what is used in my Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies and in my 3 Ingredient Dates. This pairs well with the sweet strawberry flavor of the jam. You can substitute with milk chocolate or semi sweet.
• These sweet strawberry jam muffins can be made with regular flour or whole wheat flour.
• Switch up flavors if you like and try cherry jam, apricot or pineapple. 

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