You’ll love these soft and moist pumpkin chocolate chip muffins!
Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins are a homemade treat–perfect for breakfast, snack, or dessert!
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It’s no secret that I love homemade old-fashioned pumpkin bread. And I love chocolate.
That’s one reason why I adore pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, because it’s two incredible flavors wrapped up in one treat.
But because I can only justify eating cookies for breakfast for so long, I decided to make some pumpkin chocolate chip muffins! That way, I can enjoy a sweet treat any time of day!
If you’re like me and you love all things pumpkin spice, you have to try these super soft and moist muffins!
More Pumpkin Recipes You’ll Love:
- Pumpkin Pecan Cobbler
- Pillowy Soft Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
- Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
- Pumpkin Donut Holes
- Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
- Pumpkin Bundt Cake
- Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake
- Pumpkin Gingerbread Muffins
Turning Pumpkin Bread into Muffins
I took my favorite pumpkin bread recipe and converted it into a muffin recipe! I simply decreased the quantities of the ingredients and baked it in a muffin pan instead of a loaf pan.
Easy peasy!
How to Make pumpkin chocolate chip muffins
It’s really easy to make these muffins! All you need is some simple pantry ingredients to make the batter, then they bake right up into tasty treats!
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- Sugar
- Shortening
- Eggs
- Water
- Pumpkin puree
- All-purpose flour
- Salt
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Baking soda
- Chocolate Chips
How to Make It:
(Full printable recipe is available below)
Combine sugar and wet ingredients. First, you’ll cream together the sugar and shortening, using an electric mixer.
Then, add in the eggs and water, mixing until well-combined. Last, add in the pumpkin puree until combined.
Add in dry ingredients. Next, with the mixer on low speed, you’ll add in the flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda. Last, the chocolate chips get added in!
Bake. You’ll divide the batter among the wells of a greased muffin pan, then bake them until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean!
I like to add extra chocolate chips on top of the muffins as well as inside, but that’s just personal preference. You can do this before baking or right after they come out of the oven and they’re still hot.
Notes and Adaptations:
- These muffins are freezer friendly! Simply cool completely before freezing in a freezer-safe container.
- Need another easy breakfast idea? Try these German muffins!
Recommended Equipment:
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
These moist and tender pumpkin chocolate chip muffins are such a treat! Pumpkin spice batter dotted with melty chocolate chips makes for the perfect breakfast, snack, or dessert!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup hot water
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F. Grease a muffin pan or line with cupcake liners (you'll need about 16-18 wells prepared).
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together the sugar and shortening.
- Add eggs and beat well, followed by hot water, mixing well until combined.
- With the mixer on low speed, add in the pumpkin puree until combined.
- Add in the flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda, mixing just until combined.
- Last, stir in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop batter by 1/4-cupfulls into the wells of prepared muffin pan.
- Bake for about 20-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
Notes
These muffins are freezer-friendly! Simply cool completely, then store in an airtight, freezer-safe container.
