This morning William said, “I saw a band-AID in the trash.” And I went, “Mm.” And he said, “I said ‘AID’ like that because of my spelling words”—which are all words with AI in them. So I praised him for being smart, and then told him his shirt was on backwards.
You definitely want to come over: I baked pumpkin chocolate-chip muffins, and I’ve got a pot of coffee brewed.
Pumpkin Chocolate-Chip Muffins
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, melted
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 and 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 12 muffin cups with muffin papers.
Mix the melted butter, pumpkin, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla in one bowl. Mix the flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and chocolate chips in another bowl. Combine the two bowls and mix just until you don’t see powder anymore. Scoop into muffin cups and bake 25-30 minutes.
Mmm I do want to come over, especially since I finished my last mini-loaf of pumpkin chocolate chip bread over the weekend. Some people say pumpkin and chocolate don’t go together and to those people I say “I’ll eat your share.”
YUM!!!
I would give ANYTHING to be at your place eating warm muffins and freshly made coffee, instead of being in my office where nobody is speaking of the impending redundancies.
Thanks for posting the recipe!!
Those are my absolute FAVORITE muffins in the world! I made some oatmeal-applesauce muffins last weekend, and the kids were all, “WHY didn’t you make the pumpkin muffins, Mom?!” No more experimenting for me, I guess!
mmm…delicious! I wish I could say I was on my way. Muffins and coffee at Swistle’s would be awesome. Have a great day!
Oh nos now i have to drop everything and make some of those yummy muffins!
I forgot to say thank you for posting the recipe in cups and teaspoons which makes it not also more international due to imperial/metric differences in countries, but it also makes it super practical for someone who doesn’t have a scale like me!
Cheers!
(Can you tell I have lost the will to work?)
I am really in the mood for warm carbs. I’ll be right over!
Oh, I ADORE those muffins. Got the recipe off SundryBuzz last year, and I have made them twice this season already! MMMmmmmmmmmm. Will have to make more this weekend.
My son put his shirt on backwards this morning too. Hee.
MMMM, I love pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, or bread, I’m not choosey
Oh my GOSH do those sound awesome! And easy. And so Thanksgiving-y. Do you put anything on those when you eat them? I feel like cream cheese might be good, but I’d have to try it myself just to be sure. :-)
I’ll be right over. right after you make a second batch for me to have all to myself.
mmmm….thanks a lot Swistle! Now I’ve gotta go out and buy pumpkin and chocolate chips!
ColorCodedC- Sometimes I cut one in half, butter it, and grill it in the toaster oven. DROOL.
My sister made these and MMMMM.
Great, way to lady drool, as if at 35.5 weeks I don’t have enough problems.
Now, I’m off to make these muffins.
I am making these today as an election day treat. My comfort comes from baked goods rather than boxed wine like *some* other nervous folks in my household.
Cheers!
I’m on my way! YUMMO!
I’m so glad you posted this recipe! I have one that keeps turning out mushy, so I’m going to compare and try again. Thanks Swistle!
Definitely!
Also: that cracked me up!
ZOMG Swistle I LOVE YOU!! I was saying the other day to my mom that chocolate chips would be great in pumpkin bread and she thought I was crazy. No I’m gonna prove her wrong!!! Your recipe uses butter too while my pumkin bread recipe uses oil . . yours is sure to be tastier :)
MMMMM I definitely want to come over.
Do you send care packages?
I have a slightly different Pumpkin/Chocolate Chip muffin recipe. I wait all fall to make these….yum!
Can I just say that I was all “Oh, William, that is very smart.” Then, I laughed SO HARD at the shirt on backwards thing. Just typing that had me going again. FUNNY!!
Sometimes I imagine that we are neighbors and after you put the kids on the bus, I just walk on over to your house and we sit at the kitchen table and drink pots of coffee and eat lots of yummy baked goods. And the non-school children would play and we would just laugh over their heads and chat about everything.
Sigh.
I wish we were neighbors.
You know, I am suspicious of pumpkin and I think it is time to admit that I’ve never actually tried a pumpkin-flavored baked good. . . my husband ordered pumpkin pancakes this weekend it made me feel a little gaggy. But people are soooo excited about the pumpkin muffins that I may just break down and try to make some. May. I’m thinking about it.
I want to come over!!!!!!! (but now that it’s been, like, 11 hours maybe a fresh pot of coffee should be brewed??? LOL).
Something tells me it would be OMGZ!TOO!FUN! to hang out with you, with or without pumpkin chocolate chip muffins!
Bunny- I imagine that TOO! I seriously sometimes think, “Oh, I should invite everyone over for reals!” and then realize “Oh.” Like, we don’t all actually share a fence.
Kelsey- It also works with bananas (about 2 of them) instead of pumpkin. Or you can use 1 banana and 1/2 cup pumpkin if you want to sort of EASE into the pumpkin idea.
I made these muffins today and they were so good, I decided it was time for the boys’ first taste of chocolate. It was a hit.
Mmmm yum!
And didn’t you know that wearing shirts backwards is a fashion trend? Mister Man does it ALL the time.
You’re right, I do want to come over! I suppose I could settle for picking up a can of pumpkin and making these muffins this weekend myself. They could be a reward for making it through what feels like the longest work week ever. Although rewarding my hard work by giving myself more things to do is really just giving myself more work. If only Target sold your freshly baked pumpkin chocolate chip muffins I’d be all set!
I made these last night while we were watching the election coverage and they are fantastic! Thanks so much for posting the recipe. I’m helping my daughter learn to read by having her read out the recipe, pausing so I can do each step. (That’s my justification for the muffins and Halloween cookies we’ve baked lately – heh!)
I made these this afternoon!! With a couple of minor edits:
I doubled the recipe but only had 15 oz of pumpkin instead of 16 oz, so I was a little worried they would turn out weird, but the missing oz was fine and they still taste very pumpkin-y. I also like a little more spice so I added some ground nutmeg and a little bit of ground cloves.
The batter was MUCH thicker than I expected (probably because of the missing pumpkin?) almost like cookie dough, so I was nervous about baking it, but they turned out great! Very fluffy and they stayed risen. (Sometimes my cupcakes deflate after they rise…sad.)
My friend made a different recipe of chocolate chip pumpkin muffins last night — hers didn’t use brown sugar at all, let alone dark brown, and she didn’t have cloves so she added ginger. I like this recipe better. :-)
Now I want to try it with butterscotch chips, and with all-sweet chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet.
BAKING!
This is still my go-to pumpkin muffin recipe. I’m going to try and get my 22-mo to help me. It’ll be her first time helping mama in the kitchen. Wish me luck!
Ha ha! Good luck! I like to distract a helper with the chocolate chips so I can get the messy parts done unassisted!