Getting that perfect drizzle

Today, I'm going to share with you one of the very few things I learned at my second legitimate job, working at a mall cookie shop: making a delicious chocolate drizzle.  I worked at this job for approximately a year when I was 16, and, like all crap high school jobs, it was an experience.  I won't get into the ins and outs of mall work just now, because I imagine you had to be there for most of it to make any sense at all.  I'll just show you this amazing drizzle of chocolate and the super simple way to get it without even thinking about a double boiler.

* You could drizzle chocolate on most anything,
and it would be better. *

You only need a few simple things here: a plastic bag, a cup, some chocolate chips, scissors, and, of course, something to drizzle onto.  Note that this method is proven 100% effective for drizzling straight into your mouth, so feel free to go that way if you wanted to.

First: put some chocolate in a plastic baggie.  Here I have about 40 chocolate chips, which was enough to drizzle onto eight muffins.  You can do the exact same thing with a bar of chocolate, chunks, bakers chocolate -- pretty much anything.

Get a cup with some hot water in it.  I usually just put some water in a glass and microwave it for about 90 seconds.  Dunk the closed baggie of chocolate in the water and let it sit there for a few minutes.

* It's starting to get melty *

It's done when you can pull the bag out and squish all the chocolate without feeling any hard pieces.

* This chocolate is  drizzle-ready *

Snip a very small bit off the corner ...

And get ready to drizzle!

Drizzle till your little heart bursts with happiness!

Super easy, super fast, and I have eight lovely drizzled muffins in no time.

In case you're interested in full disclosure, these muffins are a veganized version of the egg-free chocolate-banana loaf from Vegetarian Times.  It's an easy veganization: I just replaced the buttermilk with a mixture of soymilk and apple cider vinegar.  I used three smallish mashed bananas but didn't measure them.  I got 14 muffins total (in really fantastic Halloween wrappers).  These are some delicious muffins; they aren't too sweet, and the chocolate drizzle on top really gives them a nice kick of flavor. 

Does anyone else have an easy shortcut for things like drizzling chocolate? 

If anyone is interested in other things I learned at the cookie store: Use cookie scoops -- they are super awesome! All kinds of things can go on in an walk-in freezer that you do not want to walk in on or be privy to.  Also, I am not meant to be in charge of a group of high school students, at least not while I was also a high schooler.