You’ve heard of the Olympic chocolate muffins, right? Surely has heard of the Olympic chocolate muffins. between Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen and the Coup de Pates Maxi Muffins with Intense Chocolate, and seemingly has posted their own taste test. Our lucky co-anchors actually got to try these “11/10” sweet treats , but unless you’re in Paris with them, you’re out of luck.
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or are you? True to form, the internet has provided dozens of claimants to the copycat recipe throne in just a few days. They’re all chocolate muffins, yes, but they vary widely in texture, ingredients and filling. Which one is the real deal? I’m a registered dietitian with almost as much experience in food science as I have in eating chocolate, and I’ve spent more time than I’d care to admit poring over every Olympic muffin video I could find.
It’s impossible to say for sure what the original is like without trying it, but I’ve gleaned some important clues. The texture looks to be somewhere in the middle between cake and muffin. They’re extra tall in fancy bakery style, with a craggy top, and the square chunks at the crown include some milk chocolate.
The muffin itself is super dark cocoa, and the filling usually looks pretty dark, too, but it seems to vary in texture a bit from video to video. I think it’s piped in at the end rather than baked in, but is it ganache? Pastry cream? All the testers have their mouths too blissfully full of muffin to say. I’ve picked ou.