The boys enjoyed these as “breakfast dessert” after they ate their cereal!
I found this pumpkin muffin pan tucked away in a cupboard and thought it would be fun to use with these muffins. Aren’t they cute? (I can’t find an exact match for this pan but found another pumpkin muffin pan that would be perfect here!)
Can you have dessert after breakfast?!?
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Pumpkin and chocolate is a great combo indeed!
Servings - 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup water
- 3/4 cup canned pumpkin (1/2 of 15 oz can)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Grease 12 medium muffin tins, or 6 jumbo muffin tins.
- Mix all ingredients with hand mixer or in stand mixer.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes (a little longer for the jumbo muffins!)
Notice the little hand trying to steal one from the plate!!!
Erica M says
oooo, mom used to make something like this and we loved them! I’ll have to dig up her recipe… It was pumpkin cornbread, but us kids thought they were as good as cake! 🙂
I LOVE your new blog design!!!! Wow! What an improvement!
karen says
@Erica M,
I wonder what these would taste like as cookies?
Katelyn says
I just made a similar recipe for my Sister-in-law who just had her first baby, but mine look more sticky moist (in a bad way). The tops of your muffins look wonderful, I’ll be trying your recipe the next time I made pumpkin muffins!
Miriam says
I too noticed the new blog design 🙂 Wow – are you out of power from Ike? I hope you get it back on sooner than next week! Oh yeah… 🙂 And the pumpkin muffin recipe looks WONDERFUL! I’ve been making muffins for DH’s lunchbox “snack”, and we love pumpkin, so this I will have to try!! (and chocolate… who can resist a good chocolate recipe? 😛 )
Mrs. X says
This recipe sounds great, perfect for fall!
Loving the new blog design, very eye catching!
Suz says
These look wonderful!! I’ll have to give them a try. I don’t like pumpkin pie spice.. mom never put nutmeg in her pies and I’ve never grown to enjoy it. I’ll just sub cinnamon for the spice and eat’em up! I bet my 3 yr old will too! 🙂
thediaperdiaries says
my hubby would LOVE me if I made these. I am going to tuck this one away for a MOPS brunch I think 🙂 Thanks so much for participating.
Betsy says
I just noticed that my last comment on these muffins isn’t here… wonder if I’m doing something wrong? Hmmm… Anyway, we made these last week and they are wonderful! Not too sweet–more muffin-y than cake-y.
Mommy's Kitchen says
My little guy would love these. Thanks for submitting the recipe in the simple family favorites blog carnival.
Mommy's Kitchen says
My little guy would love these. Thanks for submitting the recipe in the simple family favorites blog carnival.
Sarah Bragg says
Hey! I really enjoy reading your blog. This is a dumb question, but does the “t” mean teaspoon or tablespoon?
Erin says
tsp = t
TBSP = T
lacy says
This looked really good but, it didn’t turn out for me. It was very mushie in the middle. Thanks for sharing!
Brandy says
I make a very similar muffin. I double the recipe so that I can use the whole can of pumpkin and substitute in part wheat flour. I also use applesauce in place of the oil. Then I add a few tablespoons of ground flaxseed and bake them as mini muffins. They never last long at my house. I usually have to make them a couple times a month all year long. 🙂
Susan says
I JUST made these, and I do mean just..they are still warm. I LOVE these!!! (and so do my kids!) I doubled the batch, used mini chips and made a dozen(very large regular) muffins and a whole pan of mini-muffins 🙂
Rebecca says
Oh YUM….I am going to have to try these. I wanted to share a recipe, if that is ok….Pumpkin cream cheese bars http://tinyurl.com/yjxv5m6 ..they are so moist and yummy!
Stacey says
Does anyone know where you can purchase canned pumpkin year round? I have been really wanting to make these muffins, but can’t find pumpkin in any of the stores I have looked in.
Keri says
I actually found a large can of it at Target a couple of weeks ago in the clearance section, I wish now I would have bought a couple of them!
Katie B says
@Stacey,
Canned pumpkin is actually out of stock in a lot of stores. There was a pumpkin shortage last year, and the are still trying to catch up with this years I guess. If you google pumpkin shortage, there are a ton of links (including on Libbys.com, one of the biggest canned pumpkin companies) Naturally there have been a bunh cof recipes calling for canned pumpkin that I have wanted to try, and I can’t find it around me!
Tara Hargrave says
Is there an easy way to print out recipes on here? Just curious, was just looking for a “printer friendly” button but don’t see one. Thanks.
Amy @Deals For Dayton says
I had a pumpkin from my Happy Box, and I didn’t know what to do with it. I’m gonna make these now!
Crystal & Co says
Oh, these look amazing! My family would love them.
Mrs. says
sounds great!
Amy A. says
I made pumpkin pancakes this weekend and have pumpkin left over. Was going to look for a recipe to use it up. I was thinking pumpkin muffins or pumpkin choc. chip cookies. I hadn’t even started looking yet and found this one in my email. Yummm! Thanks for posting!
Donna says
Making these today…..
Sharon Brengartner says
I’ve been baking these from your cookbook for awhile now. They are a family and friends favorite. I usually tripple the recipe with the intent to freeze some. They disapear really fast.
Jane Hall says
How do you freeze them without getting a freezer taste?
Jeanne says
When you do freezer muffinsis this recipe special to keep them good after defrosting? To defrost do you just leave out on counter the night before?