chocolate chip egg nog muffins

who loves egg nog?

you? you? you? let me tell you a little story about egg nog

i hate it. ugh. glewgh. glug.

i have a good & valid reason though.

i used to chug egg nog like it. was. my. job.

truth. somewhere in our family photo albums there is 99% likely a picture of my ‘glugging’ egg nog.

because when the holidays came a-knockin’ you best believe we had a carton of axelrod egg nog in our refrigerator.

chugging eggnog during the holiday season was just another normal day in the life. i didn’t like egg nog – i freaking loved it.

source.

that was me.

after many many many years of glugging eggnog i just couldn’t hack it anymore. it was like a bad bad bad night of tequila – you know the kind where you find yourself dancing on bars at mcfaddens and then you end up at a 2AM strip club (not saying i’ve ever done that…) well that was what egg nog eventually felt like to me

christmas egg nog hangovers ::shivers::

so you could imagine my gag reflux when i opened the fridge and found this container staring back at me

it wasn’t axelrod – even worse – i felt cheated on – it was trader joe’s.

my uncle is a huge egg nog fan – it’s probably genetic to be honest – so deej stocked it in the house for him for christmas. he was the only one who had a glass – so there was plenty leftover post christmas

every day i opened the fridge it would stare at me – drink me julie – drink me – come on just drink me.

no. NO. NO

ironically enough christmas eve the little chobani elf dropped off a large & in charge box on my front stoop

 

my brain got churning – and just like that the baking itch came a scratching.

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hmmmm…

chocolate chip egg nog muffins makes 6 GIANT muffins

• 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup 2% plain chobani greek yogurt
• 1/2 cup egg nog
• 1T baking powder
• 1/2t baking soda
• 3/4 cup pure cane sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1T vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

preheat your oven to 350. spray a 6 cup muffin tin with non stick spray

in a large bowl mix together your dry ingredients. in another smaller bowl mix together your wet ingredients making sure the yogurt, egg nog & eggs are fully mixed (no clumpies!). pour the wet mixture into the dry mix – don’t over mix but toss to combine – throw in your chocolate chips – and don’t be afraid to be overly generous with them!

spoon the mixture into the muffin tin – equally distributing between muffin holes

bake for approximately 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean

allow to cool on a cooling rack before consuming

don’t be like me and burn your mouth on one

look at the size of these beauties! standing next to a can of tuna for comparison sake

the best part? no egg nog hangovers!

love to love you <3

-julie

cawfee tawk? do you like egg nog? tequila? any good tequila or egg nog stories you feel like sharing?