Easy Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

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This mouthwatering chocolate chip pumpkin bread recipe is bursting with your favorite fall flavors and studded with chocolate chips.  Plus, it’s such an easy pumpkin bread recipe and is sure to become a fall-vorite (a.k.a fall favorite).

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Video

Best Pumpkin Bread With Chocolate Chips

I love “pumpkin bak’n”. In other words, pumpkin recipes like pumpkin cakes, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pies and pumpkin bread. The pumpkin and all those spices, like cinnamon and nutmeg, that go with pumpkin, bring happiness to my heart and taste buds (and waist line).

Most pumpkin bak’n is done in the fall (especially October) and that’s when I love to do mine. I love mixing these pumpkin spice ingredients together, smelling the warm autumn scents filling your home while it bakes and devouring those yummy pumpkin treats.

This delectable chocolate chip pumpkin bread is full of those warm and cozy pumpkin spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger and cloves.  Plus, there’s the amazing addition of velvety chocolate chips, which makes it the absolute best pumpkin bread.

Folks, simply put, this pumpkin bread taste like a steamy hot pumpkin spice latte drizzled with chocolate.  Yes, it’s a match made in pumpkin patch heaven and it’s a combo you can’t and don’t want to resist.

Easy Moist Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Recipe

No need to be Martha Stewart or Julia Child to make this easy chocolate chip pumpkin bread recipe.  We’re simply making a pumpkin quick bread loaf, throwing some chocolate chips in the batter and baking and then indulging.  It’s an easy pumpkin bread recipe with the simpliest of ingredients.

First of all, you can mix this easy chocolate chip pumpkin bread all by hand.  YES, I mean no mixer required.  

Here’s how ridiculously easy this pumpkin chocolate chip bread recipe is. Mix your sugar, oil and eggs together and then add your pumpkin.  Combine your dry ingredients and add them alternately with buttermilk into your sugar/pumpkin mixture.  Fold in your chocolate chips, put your batter in 2 greased loaf pans and into the oven they go.

Folks, you can’t get an easier and more simple recipe that produces such a lip-smackingly delicious fall treat than this chocolate chip pumpkin bread recipe.  It is the yummy taste of success without baking up a sweat.

Tools Used In Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

• Hand Mixer (optional, can all be done by hand)
• 5×9 Loaf Pan
• Mixing Bowl
• Sifter
• Spatula
• Dry Ingredient Measuring Cups
• Liquid Measuring Cup
• Measuring Spoons
• Cooling Rack

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Ingredients

• 3 cups granulated sugar
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs – room temperature
• 2 cups pumpkin – I used canned pumpkin, but you can use hand made pumpkin puree.  Do not use pumpkin pie filling.
• 3½ cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1½ tsp salt
• 1½ tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• ½ tsp allspice
• ½ tsp ginger
• ½ tsp cloves
• ⅓ cup plus 1 TBS buttermilk (room temperature)
• 1 cup chocolate chips to 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips.  You can use regular size chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips.

How To Make Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Mix together sugar, oil and eggs.
• Add pumpkin and mix.
• Combine all dry ingredients.
• Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
• In small bowl sprinkle 1 tablespoon flour on chocolate chips and toss. Make sure all chips are covered with flour. This will keep chocolate chips from sinking to the bottom.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Bake in 2 greased and floured 5×9 loaf pans.
• Bake time is 1 hr to 1 hr and 15 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes and release from pan.

Best Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Tips

• Like I said above, DON’T USE PUMPKIN PIE FILLING IN PLACE OF PUMPKIN PUREE.  Pumpkin pie filling already has sugar added, so you will get a way to sweet pumpkin chocolate chip loaf.
• For the vegetable oil you can substitute, canola, corn, light olive, grapeseed, safflower or sunflower oil.
• The Cafe’ Sucre Farine says, Do not use stronger flavored oils like peanut, coconut, sesame or olive oils.  These will add a flavor of their own to this bread.
• Do not overmix the batter, stir just until combined. Over mixing can cause quick breads to be tough instead of tender.
• Do not undermix your batter.  Master Class says this can result in uneven air bubbles and pockets of undercooked batter.
• To keep your chocolate chips from sinking, toss them in 1 tablespoon of flour before folding the chips in your batter.
• Instead of easy pumpkin chocolate chip bread, you can make easy pumpkin chocolate chip muffins with this recipe.  Simply scoop your batter into muffin tins and bake at 350F for 20 to 25 minutes.  

Is Your Chocolate Pumpkin Loaf Done?

No one wants to experience the “great pumpkin disaster” of a raw batter bite.  You’re biting into a warm piece of enticing pumpkin loaf that is just calling you name in seductive voices and there’s raw batter.  Oh how absolutely deflating, your taste bud’s spirits are just crushed.

So, how do we prevent this great pumpkin disaster with our easy chocolate chip pumpkin bread loaf? 

First, make sure your chocolate chip pumpkin bread loaf is puffed up and has a crack on top.  Then test for doneness by inserting a wooden skewer or sharp knife into the center of the loaf. 

However that’s not all, Southern Living says you should test the bread a second time—in the top of the loaf—to make sure it is completely baked through. Insert the skewer into the top half-inch of the pumpkin loaf. If the skewer doesn’t come out cleanly, cover the top of the loaf with aluminum foil to prevent over-browning and return the pan to the oven to continue baking.

Delicious Chocolate Chip Alternatives & Toppings

I know this is easy CHOCOLATE CHIP pumpkin bread.  The combo of pumpkin spices and chocolate chips is an absolute flavor-filled delight.  However, there are many other add ins to pumpkin bread that can also enhance the flavor and take it to the next level.

• Different flavored chips – milk chocolate, white chocolate, cinnamon, butterscotch or expresso chips. 
• Chopped walnuts or pecans or make it pumpkin bread with chocolate chips and walnuts or pecans.
• Raisins, dried cranberries or grated coconut.
• You could also top you pumpkin bread loaf with cream cheese frosting or cream cheese drizzle or a Streusel topping.
• Try spreading Williams Sonoma Pumpkin Butter, Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Butter or Nutella (I know topping it with Nutella is just so wrong, that it’s right) on a warm slice of this easy chocolate chip pumpkin bread.

How To Store Pumpkin Bread

This easy recipe for pumpkin chocolate chip bread makes 2 chocolate chip pumpkin loaves.  So, now you find yourself with not 1, but 2 pumpkin chocolate chip loaves.  Oh my, the great pumpkin delemma, what to do with all this pumpkin yum?  

You could give a loaf to Gladys next door or you can store it for that fabulous brunch you’re throwing next month.  After much thought, you decide this chocolate filled pumpkin loaf is brunch worthy and Gladys really doesn’t need the extra calories.  But, how do you store chocolate chip pumpkin bread?

Never fear, after baking pumpkin bread throughout the years and some wise advise from the Internet, I’ve got the answer.

According to Libby’s, you can store your pumpkin bread in an airtight container or resealable bag for up to 4 days.  You can also freeze your chocolate chip pumpkin bread by wrapping it in aluminum foil or plastic wrap and placing it in a tightly sealed container or resealable freezer bag for up to 2 months (other recipes and sites say up to 3 months). 

Why I Love This Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf

Folks, this easy chocolate chip pumpkin bread loaf is just the ultimate fall comfort food.  It has lovely sweet chocolate goodness, but is also filled with your favorite fall, pumpkin spices.  Plus, you want believe how ridiculously simple and easy it is to bake.  So, grab that apron and happy pumpk’n baking.

In case you have any queries regarding this easy chocolate chip pumpkin bread recipe feel free to reach out via the comment section or the contact page. Also, if you have tried this recipe, I would love to hear about your experiences.

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Easy Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread