pumpkin muffins

Sweet, seasonal treats studded with dark chocolate chips for the perfect fall pick-me-up.

Pumpkin & Chocolate Chip Doughnut Muffins Recipe

The first time I made the maple pumpkin doughnut loaf, it was love at first bite. So much love, in fact, that I made it again the next day, and the day after that. By day three, I was looking for variations on my new favorite dessert and threw in a handful of chocolate chips. The day after that, I wanted a portable slice, and baked them up in a muffin pan. The result was so good I can’t help but share—these muffins are fluffy, moist, and chocolatey. Basically, the perfect fall treat. 

Ingredients for Pumpkin & Chocolate Chip Doughnut Muffins

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

  • 1 teaspoon mace

  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 4 eggs

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 1 cup vegetable oil

  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

  • 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree

  • 1/3 cup maple syrup

  • ½ cup chocolate chips, plus more for garnish

For the crumble

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon mace
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup canola oil

How to Make Pumpkin & Chocolate Chip Doughnut Muffins

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners (if necessary). 

  2. Stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda, mace, cinnamon, and salt together. Set aside.

  3. Using a stand or hand mixer (or just a whisk), mix together the eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla, pumpkin, and maple syrup in a large bowl.

  4. Stir the dry mix to the wet ingredients until just combined.

  5. Fold in the chocolate chips.

  6. Whisk together all of the crumble ingredients except the canola oil in a medium bowl. Add the canola oil one teaspoon at a time until the crumble holds together in small balls.

  7. Pour the batter into the muffin pan. Top with extra chocolate chips and the crumble.

  8. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle of one of the muffins comes out clean. 

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