Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Sift all dry ingredients together into a clean, dry bowl.

In another bowl, whisk eggs gently, just to incorporate the yolk and the white. Add vanilla essence to the egg mixture.

Add the rest of the dry ingredients into egg mixture, whisk to combine. Careful not to overbeat.

Finally, add the sifted dry ingredients into the liquid mixture in few batches - mix with spatula just to combine the ingredients together. Make sure not to overmix or the muffin might turn into cupcakes:)

Pour the mixture into desired muffin cups, filling up to 3/4 of the cups. Sprinkle the crushed nuts and chocolate chips as many as you want.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until toothpick come out with some crumbly bits attached to it.

Enjoy the chocolatey goodness!!!