Why Are Some 2024 Summer Olympic Athletes Going Wild for Chocolate Muffins?

It's the muffin winning gold at the Olympics! Olympians from all over are eating them up. The chocolate muffin craze started after Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen posted videos of the chocolatey treat. The official name of the tasty treat is “Maxi Muffin Chocolate Intense." It's a chocolate cake with dark chocolate chunks and a gooey chocolate ganache filling. HelloFresh's Michelle Doll whipped some up for Inside Edition producer Emma Keady. 

Here's Michelle’s Gold Medal Chocolate Muffins Recipe

½ Cup Butter

1 Cup Turbinado Sugar (or ½ cup brown sugar + ½ cup granulated sugar

2 Eggs

½ Cup Whole Milk

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

⅔ Cup Sour Cream

2 Cup All Purpose Flour

½ Cup Cocoa Powder

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Baking Soda

½ tsp salt (omit if using salted butter)

1 Cup Dark Chocolate Chips + more for topping

Ganache

½ cup heavy cream

½ cup chopped dark chocolate

Preheat oven to 425 degrees and prep muffin tin with nonstick spray or liners. 

Melt the butter in a large bowl in the microwave. Stir in the sugars, milk, sour cream, eggs and vanilla to combine. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder. Sift the dry ingredients into the wet 1/3rd at a time and fold to combine. Add 1 cup of dark chocolate chips and fold to combine.

Fill each muffin cavity with 3-4 tablespoons of batter - they batter should come nearly to the top of the muffin tin. Top each muffin with a few chips and place in the oven. Lower the heat to 350 and bake for 20-25 minutes. The cakes should spring back to the touch when fully baked. 

While the muffins bake, warm heavy cream in a saucepan over medium heat until bubbling around the edges. Pour over the ½ cup chopped dark chocolate and leave for 3-5 minutes. Slowly whisk from the center until homogenous. If melted pieced remain, microwave for 15 second intervals until reheated.

Cool muffins for 10 minutes before scooping out a teaspoon from the top and filling with ganache. 

Store in an airtight container.