Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Bring on Fall with this easy recipe for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins!  They are light and moist, made with buttermilk, pumpkin and chocolate chips.

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Fall is my favorite baking season.  I love all the fun apple recipes and pumpkin recipes, making old favorites and trying new recipes.  These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins are a wonderful, easy recipe to kick off pumpkin season!  When I came up with this recipe, I wanted something simple, similar to my Banana Buttermilk Muffins.  These recipes use common pantry ingredients, so they’re easy to make any time.

Because I love baking with buttermilk, and also use it frequently  in pancakes or waffles, I always have a large carton of buttermilk in my refrigerator.  If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, you can make your own!  To make a buttermilk substitute, simply add lemon juice or plain old white vinegar to regular milk, let it sit for 5 minutes and voila – a buttermilk substitute!  Generally I use 1 tablespoon of lemon juice (or vinegar) to ~ 1 cup milk (you will use just shy of 1 cup so the tablespoon of acid brings you to a cup).

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
 
Ingredients
  • 1¾ cups whole wheat pastry flour (or all-purpose flour)
  • ½ cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin (not pie filling)
  • ¼ cup canola oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350* F. Line 12 standard muffin tin with paper liners (or spray with cooking spray).
  2. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  3. In a separate bowl whisk buttermilk, pumpkin, oil, eggs, and vanilla until combined.
  4. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture, gently folding until combined. Stir in ¼ cup chocolate chips.
  5. Divide batter among prepare muffin cups. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over tops of muffins.
  6. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and the remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

Other Favorite Pumpkin Recipes:

Lighter Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pumpkin Banana Muffins
Crustless Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Comments

  1. I think this is the perfect recipe to convince my 7 year old that pumpkin is delicious!

    Great buttermilk tip, too!

  2. Love the buttermilk tip too! I wonder if it work with rice milk?

  3. Those look delicious. Thanks for the buttermilk tip. I hate throwing away buttermilk.

  4. Alida, these muffins look fabulous! I’ve been collecting pumpkin recipes like a fiend these past few weeks and I just stocked up on pumpkin puree. This is happening in my life soon!

  5. I just made these today and they were delicious! I added some coconut to that batter as well as a bit of nutmeg and cloves for spice. I love Alida’s recipes and all they add to my home life and that of my health coaching clients. Thanks Alida!

    • Alida Fischbach says:

      Hi Angelica, I am so glad you liked these! The addition of coconut and spices sounds wonderful – I am going to try that next time. And thank you so much for you kind words. You made my day! 🙂

  6. I was wondering if there was any way I could forego the brown sugar and maybe add banana?