Easy Chocolate chip madeleines recipe

Ready to bake some chocolate chip madeleines? I love these little French cakes and love to make them in different kind of flavors. And since it is the month of Valentine’s I figured I share one of my all time favorites.

you guessed it, that is a recipe for perfect madeleines. This time it is a twist on chocolate chip cookies; chocolate chip madeleines! Perfect with a cup of tea and a great gift for Valentine’s!

Chocolate chip madeleines

I’ve already shared a recipe for chocolate dipped madeleines but this one is very different as it has chocolate in the batter before baking. Although you could make chocolate-dipped chocolate chip madeleines too if you wanted to go all out!

I’ll soon be sharing a recipe for a classic madeleine as well but for now this delicious chocolate chip version.

What you need for making the madeleines

First thing you need to have is a madeleine pan for baking them. If you’ve never made madeleines before it’s good to know that they require a special pan. Something like this although there are various models available.

Other than that you need the following ingredients at room temperature:

• eggs
• unsalted butter
• icing sugar
• vanilla extract
• sifted flour – ideally you would use french wheat flour for making them but any good quality plain flour will also do the trick
• milk chocolate chips – you can choose white chocolate or dark chocolate if you prefer

How to make the chocolate chip madeleines

Now the first step is to whisk the eggs and the sugar together. The easiest way to do this is with a stand mixer but you can also use a large bowl and a hand mixer. You want the mixture to triplicate in volume. And then keep whisking for another 5 minutes.

Now carefully fold in the melted butter and the flour. Do this in batches and try and keep the air in as much as possible. Once everything is mixed you add the chocolate chips as the last step. Fill one large piping bag or two if it doesn’t fit.

If you don’t have a piping bag you can do this with two teaspoons. Now before you finish the chocolate madeleines you need to chill the dough in the fridge for at least two hours before moving on to the next step. That will enhance the flavor of the madeleines.

Baking the madeleines

Now the last step is baking the madeleines and giving them that classic bump on top. You start by greasing the madeleine pan and dusting it with flour to ensure that they will release from the pan easily.

You bake the madeleines at 400˚F for just 8-10 minutes. You want them to be lightly golden brown but still quite pale in the middle.

Once baked the chocolate chip madeleines will keep in an airtight container for 3-4 days.