Prepare Ingredients: Gather all ingredients for a tidy and smooth cooking process.

Melt Butter: In a saucepan over low heat, melt ½ cup of butter until smooth and liquid.

Prepare the Oven & Muffin Pans: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (F) and prepare the muffin pans with cooking spray or line up the muffin liners.

Combine the Dry Ingredients: Combine sugar, cocoa powder, flour, soda, salt, spices or other dry ingredients in a bowl.

Combine the Wet Ingredients: In a separate bowl mix the egg, molasses, buttermilk, and butter in well complexion.

Mixing: Combine the dry and wet ingredients and stir until just blended or use a blender to mix all the ingredients to have a smoother texture.

Placing the Mixture: Place the mixture into the muffin pans about 3/4 full, so the muffins don’t rise too much or overflow.

Baking: Bake 20 minutes for normal sized muffins (if mini - bake 15 minutes).

Check with Toothpick: Use a toothpick to check if the muffins are finely baked. Muffins are done when a toothpick comes out clean.

Buttermilk: *In case there’s no buttermilk at home, just add 1 tbsp of white vinegar or lemon juice to a cup of regular milk and let sit out for about 10 minutes and you have a homemade buttermilk.

Serve/Decorate and Enjoy: Serve them in their usual soft texture on a serving plate or you can decorate the muffins with nuts/icing and sprinkles with your choice of flavors and colors!