GIANT CHOCOLATE SMARTIE MUFFINS

This free Giant Chocolate Smartie Muffin Recipe is deliciously chocolaty and colourful great for kids parties!

Ingredients

Muffins:

50ml cocoa powder

50ml milo

50ml boiling water

500ml cake flour

15ml baking powder

150ml brown sugar

50g Albany chocolate, chopped

50g milky bar, chopped

1 egg

300ml ideal low fat evaporated milk

125ml butter

White Chocolate Icing:

125g icing sugar

500ml icing sugar

100ml melted milky bar

Dash of vanilla essence

1 box of Smarties to decorate

Method

Muffins:

• Preheat the oven to 180°C.
• Line 12 large muffin tin hollows with large paper cups.
• Blend the cocoa powder and Milo with the boiling water to make a paste. Leave to cool.
• Sift the flour and baking powder together and add the sugar and chocolate and mix well.
• Whisk together the egg, evaporated milk, cocoa paste and melted butter and add this mixture to the dry ingredients. Mix gently taking care not to over mix.
• Spoon the batter into the paper cups, filling them three quarters of the way.
• Bake the muffins for about 20 minutes or until done and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• Leave to cool and decorate with the white chocolate icing and Smarties.

Icing:

• Beat the butter with the icing sugar.
• Add the melted milky bar and vanilla essence. Beat well.

Makes 12 large muffins