How to make the Olympic Village’s viral chocolate muffin taking over TikTok

The Olympic Village chocolate muffin is going viral on TikTok, here’s why and how you can replicate it at home.

The 2024 Paris Olympics Games are underway, with athletes from all walks of life and every corner of the globe coming together to compete across 329 events, each one striving to secure a Gold medal for their country.

Across social media, discussions about the Olympics, from results to controversy and more, have taken over. In particular, TikTok has become a hub for behind-the-scenes Olympics content, with many notable athletes from across the world posting outfit reveal videos and exclusive looks at the facilities, just to name a few.

However, instead of posting videos more related to the competition, Norwegian Olympian Henrik Christiansen has gone viral on TikTok for releasing multiple videos about his love for the Olympic Village’s chocolate muffin.

Dubbing himself the “Olympic muffin man,” Christiansen’s viral TikTok posts about the chocolate muffin have garnered millions of views and now have users all across the platform sharing their attempts at replicating the recipe for the Olympic Village chocolate muffins.

How to make the Olympic Village chocolate muffin

While the Olympic Villager has not released an official recipe for the viral chocolate muffins, TikTok users have taken matters into their own hands by sharing their versions of the recipes used to replicate these Olympic Village treats.

For those wanting to create their version of the Olympic muffin, there are a variety of chocolate chip recipes that have been posted on TikTok that can be used.

Among the most popular is TikToker Elaeatz’s recipe, which includes the following ingredients:

• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp instant espresso powder
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1/3 cup avocado oil
• 2 large eggs + 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup Greek yogurt
• 2 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips or chunks

To make the muffins, simply do as follows:

1. Preheat the oven to 375F. Prepare a jumbo muffin tin or 12-cup cupcake tin with liners.
2. In a small bowl, combine the flour, ¼ cup of cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and 2 cups of chocolate chips. Make sure the chocolate chips are coated in flour so they distribute evenly in the muffins.
3. In another bowl, whisk together the remaining ½ cup cocoa powder and espresso powder with the hot water until smooth.
4. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, avocado oil, sugar, greek yogurt, and vanilla. Whisk in the cocoa powder mixture until combined. Then, fold in the flour mixture until just combined.
5. Divide the batter into the muffin tins and top with the remaining chocolate chips.
6. Bake jumbo muffins for 25 minutes and bake regular muffins for 15 minutes.

This recipe will leave you with six “jumbo muffins” and two regular-sized muffins.

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