I officially caught the pumpkin spice fever. I don’t drink coffee anymore, but I discovered the Pumpkin Spice Steamer from Starbucks, it’s a combination of steamed milk and the pumpkin spice flavoring topped with whipped cream. I think it’s even better than the good ‘ol Pumpkin Spice Latte. Then there’s the plethora of pumpkin spice teas that I have to have every morning. I’m addicted, what can I say? Fall is a gorgeous season and I love to celebrate it.
Now if you know me, you know my love for a good muffin. So of course I had to make Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip muffins. Everyone in our family loves muffins, but these muffins, they were the biggest hit that I’ve ever had. They were gobbled down in record time, and oh so good.
Working with pumpkin puree always baffles me a little, the batter never looks like…well, batter. It just looks like pure pumpkin puree, but somehow when you bake these in the oven they turn into perfect little pumpkin spice chocolate chip muffins.
Your whole family will thank you for this recipe. You can even enjoy these pumpkin spice chocolate chip muffins with your favorite pumpkin spice latte or pumpkin spice flavored tea if you’d like.
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 400* line muffin pans with muffin cups or grease with butter.
- In a large bowl; beat eggs, sugar, pumpkin puree, and melted butter together until smooth.
- In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
- Fold flour mixture into pumpkin mixture until combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Use a level ice cream scoop to evenly disperse batter into each muffin cup.
- Bake for 16-17 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Let cool about 10 minutes before enjoying!
Seriously, pumpkin spice is every where these days, but it’s amazing so I’m going to enjoy it this October, and maybe into November…and December, but never ever past December.
Hiya! I came by here via baby led weaning, and was wondering two things about this recipe (being non-US and all that jazz): What are pumpkin spices, do you make them or buy a mix? And ditto the puree -are they insides of jack-o-lanterns mushed up, or an actual product you buy separately? In which case does it contain anything other than pumpkin? These muffins look very promising so I’ll be trying them as soon as you reply 😉 I love pumpkin in baking!
Thank you for your comment! Pumpkin puree is available in cans or cartons here in the U.S. I did find a recipe for you to make your own (and you can freeze it for up to 3 months, so that’s pretty awesome!)
Here’s a recipe to make your own Pumpkin Pie Spice. I’m thinking you could get away with adding a teaspoon or two of cinnamon and a teaspoon of nutmeg in this recipe if you don’t want to make a huge batch of Pumpkin Pie spice. http://www.bettycrocker.com/how-to/tipslibrary/baking-tips/how-to-make-pumpkin-pie-spice
I hope that helps! Happy baking!