Olympic Village Double Chocolate Muffins

You may have seen these muffins’ meteoric rise to fame on TikTok when The Norwegian swimmer- Henrik Christiansen posted about his obsession. Since then, the videos garnered millions of views all with Olympic Village muffins as the star.

These are exactly what I imagine those muffins to be. Clearly, I am not an Olympian nor am I in Paris but I am darn good at making copycat versions of recipes. These muffins are dark chocolate muffins filled with more dark chocolate chips and topped with a chocolate ganache, just like at the Olympic Village (I think). I adapted this recipe from the incredible Sugar Spun Run and her double chocolate muffins which are just sublime!

Olympic Village Double Chocolate Muffins

These muffins have made a name for themselves on social media as the Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen has given them some TikTok stardom. These chocolate muffins at the Olympic Village are rich and decadent topped with a dollop of ganache

Cook TimeCook Time 45 minutes mins

Servings 12 muffins

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Equipment

• 1 large bowl
• 1 whisk

Ingredients

• 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour 208 g
• 1 cup granulated sugar 200 g
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ½ cup natural cocoa powder (I used Hershey's) 50 g
• ½ cup boiling water 118 ml
• ½ cup canola or vegetable oil 118 ml
• 1 cup sour cream 240 g
• 2 large eggs lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chocolate baking chunks for topping

Ganache Topping

• 4- ounce semi-sweet chocolate bars or chips will work
• 1/3 cup heavy cream

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 375F
• Line a jumbo muffin tin with muffin/cupcake liners (you can use a regular muffin tin, just be prepared for about 24 muffins)
• In a large bowl, add flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Mix with a fork to combine and set aside
• In a medium heat-proof bowl, add cocoa powder. Pour boiling water on top and whisk until smooth. When mixture is completley smooth, add in the oil, sour cream, eggs, and vanilla. Mix again until smooth. Note that when you add the oil, the mixture will break a but but it will come back together when you add the sour cream
• Once the mixture is smooth, add it to the dry ingredients in the large bowl ( flour, sugar, baking soda and salt). Mix with a nonstick spatula until smooth and add in all of the chocolate chips (reserving the chunks for topping)
• Scoop batter into the prepared muffin tins until the cavities are about 3/4 full- we want big muffins!
• Bake for 20-28 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean!
• While muffins are baking, prepare the ganache
• Place the chocolate in a heat proof bowl
• In a different heatproof microwave-safe bowl, add the heavy cream. Microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds or until the cream is steaming hot, just about to boil
• Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and let sit for at least 2 minutes
• Stir, letting the residual heat of the cream melt the chocolate until the ganache is smooth
• Place ganache in a piping bag and snip a small portion of the tip of the bag (no need to use a piping tip)
• Pipe a coin sized amount of the ganache on top of the cooled muffins
• Let set for 10 minutes and enjoy!