How to Make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

I am what you call BASIC. I love autumn, leggings, coffee, sweaters and everything pumpkin spice. I have a tradition every October 1st. I decorate for Halloween, put chili in the crock pot and watch Hocus Pocus. I’m not going to lie, sometimes I decorate early because I can’t help myself! So naturally, I had to kick off my favorite season with a pumpkin recipe. I tried a few different variations of this recipe before landing on this particular recipe. The others I tried came out too dense or too cake like. These muffins are perfectly balanced and depending on your love for chocolate you can adjust the amount of chocolate chips. Here’s what you’ll need:

• Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract or paste
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I used semi sweet)
• Method
  • Preheat oven to 400 F
  • In a large bowl whisk eggs, sugar, pumpkin puree and oil until well combined
  • Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, pie spice, vanilla and salt to the bowl and mix until just incorporated.
  • Fold in 1 cup of chocolate chips
  • Spray muffin tin with cooking spray or line with paper liners
  • Evenly distribute batter among 12 muffin cups and sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips on top
  • Bake for 15-16 minutes or until lightly browned
  • Cool in tin for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely
  • Serve!

These muffins turned out delicious! They took no time at all to mix and bake, and no special equipment needed! Perfect to have on hand for company or with your morning coffee. I will definitely be repeating this bake every fall! Give it a try and let me know how it goes! Until next time!