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Posted on Tue, May 15, 2012 : 2:15 p.m.

Chocolate Chip Day - celebrate this delicious holiday with a muffin recipe

By Mary Bilyeu

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Mary Bilyeu | Contributor

On National Chocolate Chip Day, the obvious choice would have been to make chocolate chip cookies. Not that there's anything wrong with them!  But ....

I debated whether to celebrate with something exotic, say some spicy chocolate-chili concoction... nah. I wanted the rich simplicity of the chocolate chips to shine through.

And so I baked a variation on the cookies, and also added an extra sweet touch with crumbled coconut macaroons (a fabulous marketing gift from the Bender Hammerling Group, which handles public relations and marketing for several food producers, including Manischewitz). As they say, it's the little things. The topping takes these muffins beyond everyday breakfast food, and they become a special treat.

If you'd like to celebrate today's festivities with other options, here are some more suggestions that showcase the glory of chocolate chips:

Krispy Kreme Chocolate Chip Cookies

Butterscotch Pretzel Brownies

Raspberry Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding

Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Scones

Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hillary Clinton's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ricotta Cheese Pudding

Ginger Shortbread Cookies

Chocolate Chip Macaroon Muffins

1/3 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup half-and-half
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1-1/2 cups flour
1-1/2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
6 Manischewitz coconut macaroons, crumbled

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in egg and yogurt. Stir in half-and-half and salt, then mix in flour and the baking powder. Stir in chips, then divide batter among the lined muffin cups. Sprinkle the crumbled macaroons over the tops of the muffins.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

 


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Mary Bilyeu writes about her adventures in the kitchen - making dinner, celebrating holidays, entering cooking contests ... whatever strikes her fancy. She is also on a mission to find great deals for her Frugal Floozie Friday posts, seeking fabulous food at restaurants on the limited budget of only $5 per person. Feel free to email her with questions or comments or suggestions: yentamary@gmail.com.

You should visit Mary's blog — Food Floozie — on which she enthuses and effuses over all things food-related.  And be sure to look for her monthly articles about holiday foods and traditions in the Washtenaw Jewish News.

The phrase "You Should Only Be Happy" (written in Hebrew on the stone pictured in this post) comes from Deuteronomy 16:15 and is a wish for all her readers - when you come to visit here, may you always be happy.

Comments

LauraM

Tue, May 15, 2012 : 8:41 p.m.

No time to bake anything today so I guess I will just have to eat the chocolate chips straight from the bag!!!! Happy Chocolate Chip Day!!!

Mary Bilyeu

Tue, May 15, 2012 : 10:45 p.m.

A woman after my own heart - I do that all the time! A great way to celebrate ... :)