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Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe

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These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins are a fast breakfast option or as a treat on a cold Fall day. And you can pick and choose your ingredients to make these even healthier muffins.

The healthier ingredient options are included in the recipe below.

 

Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins sit on a cake stand with a glass of milk on the table.
These Pumpkin muffins are a great snack. Perfect for a fast breakfast!

 

Don’t these look delicious? Perfect paired with a cold glass of milk or a hot cup of coffee. And great for a breakfast on the go!

 

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Sweetened with pure maple syrup and bursting with pumpkin pie spice, this recipe makes 24 muffins.

 

 

ingredients ready to make pumpkin chocolate chip muffins
All the ingredients you need to make these muffins.

 

Assemble your ingredients and let’s get started baking muffins.

 

Dry ingredients mixed to begin making chocolate chip pumpkin muffins
Easy and quick to make, these muffins are sure to be a hit!

 

Sift all the dry ingredients and mix together in a medium sized bowl. Set aside for now.

 

soft butter with sugar ready to be mixed
Mix the butter and sugar together until creamy.

 

Combine melted butter with sugar and using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat on medium for about 2 minutes.

Then beat on high for 1 more minute, until the mixture is fluffy and light.

 

eggs, sugar and butter being mixed in a mixing bowl
Add eggs and mix again.

 

Add in the eggs, one at a time. Beat until well incorporated.

 

pumpkin puree added to the mix for muffins
Pumpkin and maple syrup are the perfect flavor combination.

 

Add in the maple syrup and the pumpkin puree and mix well together.

 

flour added to pumpkin mixture
Add the dry ingredients now.

 

Now add the dry ingredients and fold them in to the pumpkin puree mixture.

 

chocolate chips added to pumpkin muffin mix
Chocolate, pumpkin and maple syrup – these muffins are going to be delicious.

 

Add 2 cups chocolate chips, making sure to reserve 1/4 cup chocolate chips for using as a garnish. Mix well together.

 

Pumpkin muffin mix being put into muffin tins.
Use paper muffin cup liners to make for easier baking clean up.

 

Using a large spoon or ice cream scoop, scoop mixture into a greased muffin tin. I like using paper muffin cups to make clean up a breeze.

Fill 2/3 full, and then add a few more chocolate chips on top of each.

 

baked muffins cooling on a rack
The extra chocolate chips are used to garnish the Pumpkin Chocolate Muffins.

 

After baking, allow the muffins to cool for about 15 minutes. Then move the Pumpkin muffins onto a cooling rack.

 

Make your own home made Pumpkin Pie Spice – I found a recipe for you!

baked muffins cooling on a rack

Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Perfect for a cold Fall or Winter day, these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins are perfect teamed with a cup of hot chocolate.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 18 mins
Course Snack
Servings 24
Calories 252 kcal

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • sifter
  • measuring cup
  • measuring spoons
  • muffin tin
  • mixing spoon
  • cooling rack

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted room temperature (or use melted butter)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 2 cups flour healthier option: use whole wheat flour
  • 2 1/4 cup pure chocolate chips reserve 1/4 cup for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a muffin pan with coconut oil or line with cupcake liners.
  • Add dry ingredients to a bowl and whisktogether. Set aside.
  • Add sugar and butter to a large mixing bowl and using a hand or stand mixer, beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Beat on high for 1 minute until light and fluffy.
  • Add in eggs, one at a time until well mixed.
  • Add in the maple syrup and pumpkin puree.
  • Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
  • Stir in 2 cups of the chocolate chips.
  • Fill muffin tin 2/3 full. Sprinkle with the remaining chips.
  • Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven. Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes before removing from pan.
Keyword chocolate, chocolate chips, muffins, pumpkin

Pumpkin Chocolate Muffins sit on a serving plate

 

 

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