Title: Bran muffins with chocolate filling
 Categories: None
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
MMMMM--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
      2 c  Semisweet chocolate chips
      1 pk (8-ounce) cream cheese;
           -softened
    1/4 c  Sugar
      2 tb Plus 1 c. milk

MMMMM---------------------------BATTER--------------------------------
  2 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
    1/2 c  Firmly packed brown sugar
      1 ts Baking soda
      1 ts Baking powder
    3/4 c  Butter
    1/2 c  Crushed all-bran cereal
      2    Eggs; slightly beaten
      1 ts Vanilla extract
 
  From: waterman@vt.edu (Betsey)
  
  Preheat the oven to 350. Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave. Set
  aside to cool. Cream together the cream cheese, sugar, 2 T. of the
  milk, and the melted chocolate until smooth and well-blended.
  
  In a separate bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and
  baking powder. Cut in the butter, and mix well until crumbs form.
  
  In another bowl, combine the cereal and the remaining 1 c. of milk.
  Let stand for about 5 minutes or until the cereal softens. Stir in
  the eggs and the vanilla. Pour the bran mixture into the bowl with
  the dry ingredients and stir until moist. Lightly coat a muffin tin
  with cooking oil spray and scoop the batter into 12 muffin cuips,
  filling each halfway. Pour the chocolate mixture over the bran
  batter, dividing evenly among the muffin tins. Finish with another
  layer of batter. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until the tops spring back
  when touched.
  
  ~ -Maplewood Inn