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A super quick muffin recipe with just 6 ingredients. They taste just like chocolate chip pecan pie in a muffin and you can’t eat just one.

I needed a quick recipe and saw this Pecan Pie Muffin recipe in one of my beloved church cookbooks. It had just 5 simple ingredients and looked really enticing, so I decided to give them a bake.

Being that I have a life long love affair with chocolate, I added mini chocolate chips as my 6th ingredient. Friends, the chocolate chips only enhanced the amazing flavor of an already addictive treat.

Southern Pecan Pie Muffins With Chocolate Chips

Tools Used In Southern Pecan Pie Muffins

Ingredients In Pecan Pie Muffins Recipe

brown sugar
flour – all purpose
pecans – chopped
butter – melted – please use real butter
eggs – beaten until foamy
mini chocolate chips – semi sweet, milk chocolate or dark chocolate

Mini Pecan Pie Muffins With Chocolate Chips Easy Peasy

Deliciously Unique Muffin Recipe

Pecan Pie Muffins With Chocolate Chips aren’t pecan muffins or chocolate chip pecan muffins. They are the fusion of an indulgent pecan pie and a delicious chocolate chip muffin. These are the baking version of a Labradoodle.

Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie Muffins have crispy, chewy edges with a soft center, that is just like pecan pie. Plus there are mini chocolate chips speckled throughout.

These unique little muffins make a lovely breakfast treat, a delicious quick snack or yummy dessert. Plus you can serve them practically anywhere; your quarterly girls brunch, the church potluck or the breakroom at work.

These little gems are perfect anytime of year, but especially the Holidays. If you’re in a Holiday sort of mood, but Thanksgiving and Christmas are 7 or 8 months away, just whip some of these up. These pecan pie muffins will provide a delicious band aid when your heart aches for the holidays.

Pecan Pie Muffins With Chocolate Chips So Easy

Easy Pecan Pie Muffins (only 6 ingredients)

These mini chocolate chip pecan pie muffins have just 6 simple ingredients. There are no complicated or special instructions for this easy mini muffin recipe. You can even mix by hand and not dirty up your mixer. How great is that?

You simply combine your six ingredients, fill the cavities with batter, bake, remove from the oven and inhale your treats, However, beware when you start inhaling them. It’s impossible to stop at 1 or 2 or 3.

Pecan Pie Muffins With Chocolate Chips Easy Recipe

Best Pecan Pie Muffin Baking Tips

Grease your pan or spray it with Baker’s Joy really well. This can be a sticky batter, that sticks to the pan easily.
Don’t overmix your batter. This can result in tough, dense muffins.
You can also bake this mini pecan pie muffin with chocolate chips recipe in regular size muffin pans. If doing this, you will need to increase the baking time to 20 – 25 minutes.

The Best Pecan Pie Muffins With Chocolate Chips

How To Store Pecan Pie Muffins

If you have leftover chocolate chip pecan pie muffins (I can’t imagine that, but let’s pretend) or you want to bake a batch ahead of time. These are simple to store and can be frozen.

To store simply put them in an airtight container or Ziploc Bag. They can be stored at room temperature for 3 to 4 days, in the fridge for 6 days or in the freezer up to 30 days.

Easiest And Best Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie Muffins

Perfect Pecan Pie Muffins

These absolutely delicious muffins are the perfect muffin recipe. They are easy and quick to make, they require few and simple ingredients, they are exploding with incredible pecan pie, chocolate chip flavor and they can be served anytime of year. Give these a bake today. I guarantee you, they will become a part of your regular baking rotation.

In case you have any queries regarding the recipe feel free to reach out via the comment section or the contact page. Also, if you have tried this recipe, I would love to hear about your experiences.

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