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Looking down at a row of chocolate muffins topped with chocolate glaze, Oreo cookie halves, and colorful Smarties.

Owl Muffins with Oreo Eyes

Baked chocolate muffins topped with melted chocolate and decorated with Oreo cookies and Smarties to look like owls.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 16 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Muffins
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour 250 g
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar 150 g
  • 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder 10 g
  • 1 tbsp baking powder 14 g
  • 3/4 cup chocolate chunks or chips 150 g
  • 1 cup milk 250 ml
  • 6 tbsp vegetable oil 90 ml
  • 1 large egg
Decoration
  • 8 Oreo cookies
  • 16 Smarties
  • 1/2 cup chocolate glaze or melted chocolate 120 ml

Method
 

Muffins

  1. Preheat oven and liners:

    Heat oven to 325°F (165°C). Insert 16 paper liners into a muffin pan.

  2. Mix batter with chunks:

    In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking powder with a whisk. Pour in milk, oil, and egg; mix until just incorporated. Gently fold in chocolate chunks. Note that the batter is thin.

  3. Bake and cool muffins:

    Pour batter into the prepared liners, distributing evenly. Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center emerges clean. Allow to cool completely on a rack.
Decoration

  1. Prepare Oreo halves:

    Gently twist each Oreo to separate, ensuring the cream remains attached to one half. Halve the plain cookie halves (resulting in 16 cream halves and 16 plain halves, each plain half cut into two wedges).

  2. Add Smartie pupil:

    Place one Smartie on the cream of each Oreo half to create an eye (pupil).

  3. Dip in melted chocolate:

    Melt chocolate glaze or chocolate using a double boiler or microwave. Submerge the top of each cooled muffin into the melted chocolate, allowing excess to drip off.

  4. Assemble face and ears:

    Quickly set one Oreo cream half (with Smartie) on top of each muffin as the face, and position two plain Oreo wedges on opposite sides as ears. Repeat for all muffins. Allow to set.