Perfect for snacking – Mini Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins are an all-time family favorite!
First off, I apologize for letting the summer suck the regular posting schedule right out of this little blog. It’s tricky to juggle working from home and keeping life exciting for 4 kids. Throw in an oven that’s gone out twice in the last month and working on a few freelance recipes, I’ve been short on time and creative inspiration. Thankfully, the oven situation is now under control and I was happy to welcome it to our house by making our family’s favorite muffins.
One thing I won’t apologize for is the fact that my love for pumpkin knows no season. Seriously, I posted a picture of an open can of pumpkin puree over the weekend and a friend commented ‘What?! It’s still summer!’ I’m aware of that, but I STILL FREAKIN’ LOVE PUMPKIN! Is anybody with me?
This recipe is one that I’ve been making since before the blog began. I originally posted it the end of August 2010, but I’m posting it again today with updated pictures and so you can save or print it from Ziplist. We really love these muffins, I mean really. My kids go crazy for them, friends and family make the recipe often (probably mostly in the fall 🙂 ), these muffins have the perfect balance of spice, sweet and, of course, chocolate. And they’re snack-sized and freeze beautifully. So, for pumpkin lovers everywhere…
Perfect for breakfast or snacking, these mini muffins are full of pumpkin flavor and studded with mini chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups FLOUR
- 1/2 cup WHITE SUGAR
- 1/2 cup BROWN SUGAR, packed
- 1 teaspoon GROUND CINNAMON
- 1/2 teaspoon GROUND GINGER
- 1/2 teaspoon GROUND NUTMEG
- Pinch of GROUND CLOVES (optional)
- 1 teaspoon BAKING SODA
- 1/4 teaspoon BAKING POWDER
- 1/2 teaspoon SALT
- 2 EGGS
- 2 teaspoons VANILLA
- 1/2 cup BUTTER, MELTED
- 1 cup CANNED PUMPKIN PUREE
- 1/2 cup MINI SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease mini muffin pans.
- In a medium bowl, sift first 10 ingredients - doing this helps make sure there aren't any big chunks of spices.
- In another bowl, whisk eggs, vanilla and melted butter until well blended; mix in pumpkin puree until combined.
- Mix in the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture until blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spoon batter into muffin tins, filling about 3/4 full. I use my small cookie scoop for this - it's about 1 Tablespoon of batter.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes or until muffins test done.
Notes
*These freeze well, if you ever have any left. *You can leave out the chocolate chips if you want.
Recipe Source: Kittencal’s Kitchen
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I bet these taste amazing. Your pictures sure do make them look that way.
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new follower and glad to have found your from Marvelous Mondays. These look delicious and I’ve pinned them to try them out! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks Tanya!
Yummy! Though i’m still not ready to welcome autumn or pumpkin flavors just yet 😀
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mmmmm, pumpkin! I love it any time of year too! These look delicious!
Lindsay @ Life, Love and Sugar recently posted..Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie
I love muffins! Need to try these ASAP! 🙂 Pinned!
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I love pumpkin… but pumpkin and chocolate? YUM!
Pinning this one. Thanks!
xoxo
I LOVE pumpkin ALL year, and pumpkin chocolate chip is AWESOME
Heather @ French Press recently posted..Dark Chocolate Toffee Brownie Brittle
These look so good! I can’t wait for fall so I can start baking all those pumpkin goodies! These sound delicious! 🙂
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I’m dreaming of apples and pumpkin already too. #bloggerproblems These looks so cute and perfect for a treat!
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These look great! Can’t wait to give them a try!
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Thank you so much for sharing this recipe; it was incredible! I did a “healthy makeover” of it on my blog and linked my readers back to your site. I am totally addicted to your blog!!
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You’re welcome, Casey! So glad you enjoyed them!
I just baked these but made them regular size and cooked them a bit longer to adjust. Hands down best chocolate chip pumpkin muffin recipe I’ve made. Delicious!
So glad you enjoyed them!
i have made these twice this week! they are perfect moist sweet and delicious!
thanks so much as this is now my “go to” pumpkin muffin recipe!
Great recipe! I have these twice. The first time I accidentally forgot the brown sugar, so I poured a little maple syrup over them while they were still warm, and they were delicious. Today I made them with Cake & Pastry flour and they are so light. These will be a regular in my house! Thanks so much.
So glad you like them!!
Hi – thanks for the recipe! Would love to make a batch for my daughter’s school treat. What’s the approx. yield?
This recipe makes about 48 mini muffins.