These irresistible cherry muffins are full of flavor from Bonne Maman Cherry Preserves, rich dark chocolate and nutty browned butter. A combo made in dessert heaven, and perfect for your Easter brunch table!

You guys, we have to talk about these muffins.

Cherry muffin sitting on a stack of white plates with an open can of jelly in the background.

These muffins – with sweet cherry preserves, dark chocolate, and browned butter, are my newest adventure into finding out what flavor combinations I have been missing out on in my life.

Remember my chocolate and orange revelation?

We have all had classics like strawberry and chocolate, lemon and blueberry, vanilla and almond- but let me introduce you to this winning combo of cherry, chocolate, and browned butter.

Cherry muffins with whipped cream on a cutting board.

Hello cherry muffin, so nice to meet you. I see your tangy fruity chunks. Those dark chocolate pieces. I smell that nutty browned butter, and I want to get to know you better.

Let’s start at the beginning.

How to make cherry muffins:

To make these muffins you first have to make the browned butter. It may seem intimidating but I’m telling you it is so easy and it brings a whole other layer of flavor to most anything you make with it.

All you do is melt butter on medium heat and swirl it around till it turns a brown color. It will bubble up but just watch it until it turns an amber color. Take it off the heat and hooray you did it!

Next combine all the dry ingredients into one bowl, and all the wet ingredients into another bowl. Mix the wet into the dry and mix only until it is just coming together. You don’t want to overmix a muffin batter because it will lead to a tough crumb and nobody wants that.

Then, mix in the chocolate chips, scoop your batter into your muffin liners and then (my favorite part) take heaping teaspoons of Bonne Maman cherry preserves and swirl it through each muffin cup.

A cherry muffin studded with dark chocolate split open on a piece of parchment paper.

What I love about making these muffins- aside from the insanely delicious flavor combo of sweet cherries and decadent dark chocolate- is that they use Bonne Maman preserves. We have been long time Bonne Maman fans- The homemade taste of their products made from quality ingredients of things you can *actually* understand makes you instantly fall in love with them.

Once you have your batter divided up and you have licked your fingers clean of the cherry mess you made (its ok I did it too, no regrets) you bake the muffins first on 425° F for 8 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 350° and bake for another 12-15 minutes.

This kind of technique ensures that your muffins puff up when baking and create that dome on top, which you can then top with whipped cream, and you guessed it, more cherry preserves because why not?

They are so so tangy, sweet, and good. Plus they are pretty too!

This recipe also makes a bunch of muffins! About 16-18 depending on how you scoop the batter, they are the perfect thing to bring to a friends house or to make for your Easter brunch.

I know I definitely could not turn one of these guys down.

This post was sponsored by Bonne Maman, yet all opinions are my honest own!