Lately I've been feeling like a muffin manda. Maybe it's the fact that it's warm and summer and berry season, or maybe it's my undying love of breakfast foods (aka breakfast breads), but I have been trying every muffin under the sun. Unlike my never-ending search for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe, I've finally filled the muffin recipe void in my life. And I will never go back-- Muffin manda is a title I now wear with pride.

Quickly backing up, the argument of what should be considered a "muffin" versus a "cupcake" seems to be hotly debated in extremely niche internet circles, so I obviously will address it here and you can feel free to skip this paragraph. In case you're curious where I stand on this pressing topic, please read on: Muffins are moist and have at least a 1:1 fruit-to-dough ratio, and cupcakes are denser and unobstructed by fruity mixins. Muffins crumble apart in a delicious way, and cupcakes kind of hold together when you bite into them (in an equally delicious but different way). Muffins are for any time of day, and so are cupcakes, because it's summer and these are both fun things you should include in your diet! Glad that's out of the way.