We were look­ing for a fun and tasty Sat­ur­day bak­ing adven­ture for our 3 year old. It had to be some­thing quick since snack time was upon us. Muffins are easy and force you to be quick since once the dry ingre­di­ents are wet you need to get every­thing in the oven within 30 min­utes. I am a fan of any­thing with coconut (as is the name­sake of my site). I had recently done a coconut cake with choco­late ganache for my moth­ers birth­day, so these fla­vors were on my mine already. Here is a recipe from The Ulti­mate Muf­fin book by Bruce Wein­stein and Mark Scar­brough that I think you will enjoy.

Equip­ment:
Non­stick spray or paper muf­fin tins
2 mix­ing bowls — medium and large
wooden spoon

Ingre­di­ents
1½ cups unsweet­ened coconut flakes.
1 table­spoon plus 1 tea­spoon packed brown sugar
10 table­spoons unsalted but­ter, melted and cooled
2 cups all-purpose flour
^_2/3 cup gran­u­lated sugar
2 tea­spoons bak­ing pow­der
^_1/2 tea­spoon bak­ing soda
^_1/2 cup semi­sweet choco­late chips
^_1/2 tea­spoon salt
2 large eggs
5 ^_1/2 ounces coconut milk. Full cream will make for a more ten­der muf­fin.
^_1/4 cup whole milk
1 tea­spoon lemon zest

Steps
1. Pre­heat oven to 400°F. Line the muf­fin tins with paper lin­ers. In a food proces­sor grind 1 table­spoon brown sugar with 1/4 cup of the coconut flakes until coarsely ground. Add to a mix­ing bowl along with 4 table­spoons of the melted but­ter. Set Aside
2. Whisk together the flour, gran­u­lated sugar, bak­ing pow­der, bak­ing soda, choco­late chips and salt until well com­bined. Stir in the remain­ing coconut flakes. Set Aside.
3. In the large bowl, whisk the eggs until lightly beaten. Then add the coconut milk, whole milk, lemon zest, and the remain­ing melted but­ter. Stir in the pre­pared flour mix­ture with a wooden spoon.
4. Add a choco­late chip or 2 to the bot­tom and top of the mix­ture. Fill the muf­fin tins three-quarters full. Bake for 25 min­utes. The let cool 10 min­utes.
5. Store muffins at room tem­per­a­ture for 2 days or freeze for up to 3 months.