Chocolate Irish Cream Muffins are tasty St. Patrick's Day treats with chocolate chips and cream cheese and topped with Irish cream icing.
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened to room temp.
- 2½ Tablespoons Irish Cream liqueur
- 1 large egg
- ¾ cup low-fat milk
- ⅓ cup water
- 3½ Tablespoons butter melted and cooled
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons Irish cream liqueur
- water drops (as needed)
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Preheat oven to 375℉ (190℃). Grease or spray the muffin cups of a standard-sized 12 cup muffin tin.
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Place soft cream cheese in a medium bowl. Add 2½Tbls. Irish Cream liqueur and beat well using electric mixer. Continue beating until filling is smooth and creamy.
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Whisk egg, milk, water, and melted (but cooled) butter in a large bowl. Sift flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, granulated sugar and salt together; add this to the egg mixture. Add chocolate chips; Stir well, to fully combine batter.
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Fill muffin cups with batter 1/3 of the way full. Add 1 tsp. of reserved cream cheese filling on top of each muffins batter. Additional filling left over? Add a bit more to each one. Top with remaining batter, equally dividing it between muffin cups, covering cream cheese filling. Muffin cups should be 3/4 full.
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Bake at 375°F. for 19-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let muffins cool 2-3 minutes, then transfer them out of pan and onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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While muffins cool, make icing. In a small bowl, stir together powdered sugar, Irish cream liqueur. Add drops of water, if needed, until icing is smooth (lump-free), and is thin enough to drizzle over muffins.
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Place parchment paper, plastic wrap or foil under wire rack with muffins (for easier cleanup!). Use a spoon to drizzle icing on top of completely cool muffins (if warm, icing will melt). Immediately sprinkle with green decorative sugar while icing is still "wet" so it adheres. Let icing get firm, then serve and enjoy!