Viral Olympic Chocolate Muffins | Paris 2024
These Viral Olympic Chocolate Muffins are ultra rich, fluffy, and bakery-style with tall muffin tops and gooey melted chocolate centers. Inspired by the famous Paris Olympic Village muffins, athletes could not stop talking about! Easy homemade double chocolate muffins that taste just like a bakery treat!
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The Viral Olympic Chocolate Muffin became an internet obsession during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after athletes started sharing videos of the oversized double chocolate muffins served inside the Olympic Village. Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen quickly became known as the unofficial “Olympic muffin man” after posting countless videos about the famous chocolate muffins he ate practically every single day. TikTok instantly fell in love with their rich chocolate flavor, gooey centers, and dramatic bakery-style tops, turning them into one of the most searched muffin recipes online.
This homemade version brings all that cozy bakery magic straight to your kitchen. Each muffin is deeply chocolatey, incredibly soft, and filled with pools of melted chocolate in every bite. They bake up tall and beautiful with those iconic domed tops that make coffee shop muffins impossible to resist. Warm from the oven with a cold glass of milk or an afternoon latte, they feel indulgent, nostalgic, and perfectly comforting.
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~Recipe made in August 2024 / Updated in May 2026~
Viral Olympic Chocolate Muffins | Paris 2024
These Viral Olympic Chocolate Muffins are ultra rich, fluffy, and bakery-style with tall muffin tops and gooey melted chocolate centers. Inspired by the famous Paris Olympic Village muffins, athletes could not stop talking about! Easy homemade double chocolate muffins that taste just like a bakery treat!
Ingredients
DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MUFFINS
- 6.70 oz (190 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 Tbsp (6 g) baking powder
- 4.23 oz (120 g) granulated sugar
- 2.29 oz (65 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/8 tsp (0.75 g) sea salt
- 3 Large eggs
- 9.35 oz (265 g) sour cream
- 5.82 oz (165 g) vegetable oil
- 1 tsp (4 g) vanilla bean paste
- 6 oz (170 g) dark chocolate chips (I used mini ones)
- 2 oz (55 g) dark chocolate chunks
CHOCOLATE GANACHE
- 2.82 oz (80 g) heavy cream
- 4 oz (115 g) dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Place your Muffin Tray on the top of your medium perforated baking sheet.
DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MUFFINS PREPARATION
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (All-purpose flour, baking powder, Cocoa powder, sugar, and sea salt). Make a well, add the eggs, sour cream, vegetable oil and vanilla bean paste. Mix until combined, then fold the chocolate chips.6.70 oz all-purpose flour, 1/2 Tbsp baking powder, 4.23 oz granulated sugar, 2.29 oz unsweetened cocoa powder, 1/8 tsp sea salt, 3 Large eggs, 9.35 oz sour cream, 5.82 oz vegetable oil, 1 tsp vanilla bean paste, 6 oz dark chocolate chips
- Scoop the batter into each well of your Muffin Tray (3/4 full), add the chocolate chunks on top. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. NOTE: This is the secret to have nice tops and for the chocolate not to fall down.Preheat oven to 350℉/180℃.2 oz dark chocolate chunks
BAKE!
- Take the muffins out of the refrigerator. Bake for 12 minutes at 350℉/180℃. (Every oven heats differently, monitor your Muffins from 10 minutes) It is ready when the toothpick inserted comes out almost clean or with little to no crumbs.
CHOCOLATE GANACHE PREPARATION
- Pour the heavy cream into a microwave safe bowl and bring it just to a boil in microwave, for about 45 seconds. Add the dark chocolate chips and swirl to coat all chips. Allow to sit for 2 minutes, then stir. Transfer to a pipping bag and snip off the tip. Set aside.2.82 oz heavy cream, 4 oz dark chocolate chips
- Once your Olympic Chocolate Muffins are out of the oven, let them cool down for about 10 minutes before demolding them onto your cooling rack. Then use the back of a rounded spatula to poke a hole 1/2 deep and fill it with the chocolate ganache. Enjoy! Big Congratulations to all our Olympians, their Coaches, Family, support system and the city of Paris for hosting it!
- NOTE: These muffins are best enjoyed the day of. However, you can store them at room temperature up to 3 days.
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Nutrition
Calories: 315kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.004g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 146mg | Potassium: 347mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 930IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 156mg | Iron: 2mg
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Note: For this recipe, I inspired myself from my Double Chocolate Muffins if you have not tried this recipe, you are in for a treat!
Le célèbre muffin double chocolat du Village Olympique de Paris 2024 est rapidement devenu la Trend du moment lorsque plusieurs athlètes ont commencé à partager sur les réseaux sociaux des vidéos de ces énormes muffins ultra gourmands. Le nageur Norvégien Henrik Christiansen est même devenu le fameux “Muffin Man” des Jeux Olympiques après avoir publié, presque quotidiennement, des vidéos de ces muffins dont il raffolait. Et vous, les avez-vous testés?
Ce matin, je fais ma gourmande chez toi, tout ce qui est au chocolat m’attire 🙂 Bon, a tes ongles, je te sens au taquet pour halloween. tu n’es pas en retard Nessa 🙂 Gros bisous
Ah ah oui tu as l’oeil! Halloween est prêt et t’attends avec impatience. J’espère que tout ce que j’ai préparé cette année te plaira ; je crois que tu es ma plus grande fan! Grosses Bises, ~Nessa
VOILÀ QUI RAVIRA LES AMATEURS DE CHOCOLAT !
Les chocovores se sont régalés! Grosses Bises, ~Nessa
Je n’ai pas entendu parler de ces muffins mais ils m’ont l’air divinement délicieux.
Bizzz.
C’est sûrement qu’ils n’existaient pas avant 🙂 Tu verras ils sont délicieux! Bises, ~Nessa
oh mais tu me fais saliver avec tes muffins tout chocolat!
un vrai bonheur pour les pupilles et les papilles
bonne journée
bisous
Ahhhh ces muffins sont vraiment super bons! Et c’était l’occasion de les faire avec la ganache. Bises, ~Nessa
de jolis muffins biens chocolatés j’adore
excellent après-midi bises
Merci, le vrai Paradis de tous les chocovores. Bises, ~Nessa
Quelle bonne idée de publier cette recette ! J’avais entendu parler de ce sportif fan de ces muffins, il a bien raison me semble-t-il !
Ah ah, oui, tu sais ça a envahi la toile et franchement je me suis dit pourquoi pas et c’est vraiment très bon, alors je le comprends 🙂 Grosses Bises Miss, ~Nessa