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Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins


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One-bowl vegan pumpkin chocolate chip muffins that use a complete can of pumpkin puree! These muffins are smooth, moist, loaded with vegan chocolate chips and heat spices.

Overhead image of pumpkin muffins, with two muffins on their side showing the tall muffin tops.

Components you may want

Flat-lay of ingredients for vegan pumpkin muffins.

A whole listing of substances, portions and directions are within the grey recipe card on the backside of this publish.

Notes concerning the substances

Pumpkin puree. I’ve examined this recipe with canned pumpkin puree (Libby’s model) and do-it-yourself puree and so they each work effectively! If utilizing do-it-yourself puree, be certain that it’s thick, like pictured above.

Brown sugar for depth of taste and texture. Alternatively, you should use common granulated sugar or coconut sugar.

Baking powder and soda. We’re utilizing double baking brokers to ensure these muffins are fluffy! Pumpkin puree weighs down baked items however we do not need dense muffins. The leavening brokers additionally replaces a number of the features of eggs.

Close up of one pumpkin chocolate chip muffin.

Making the muffin batter

To make the pumpkin muffin batter, you simply want to combine the moist substances then combine within the dry substances. Listed below are a couple of ideas for smooth and fluffy muffins:

  • Do not overmix the batter. It is okay for some lumps to be in your closing batter, so long as they don’t seem to be lumps of flour. I like to recommend utilizing a huge and enormous bowl as you may want fewer strokes to combine the batter.
  • Sift your flour if it has lumps in it. If there are lumps in your flour, you are extra prone to overmix it. I often do not need to sift my flour, however each bag of flour is completely different!
  • Don’t be concerned in case your batter appears curdled. This recipe has A LOT of pumpkin puree which may give a curdled look to cake batter.
Four image collage showing how to make the batter for the pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.

Suggestions for baking the muffins

These vegan pumpkin chocolate chip muffins bake fantastically as is. Nonetheless, for the very best outcomes, listed below are some ideas:

  • Brush or spray your muffin liners with oil earlier than baking. Because of the excessive quantity of pumpkin puree, the muffins can follow the liners (particularly if you happen to use brown compostable liners).
  • For further excessive muffin tops, house the muffins aside in each different cavity (like pictured). This encourages extra oven warmth to flow into the muffin cups, which inspires them to rise extra!
  • Ensure your oven is on the proper temperature. A cooler oven will bake the muffins slower and make them denser. A warmer oven will dry out the muffins. I all the time suggest utilizing an oven thermometer!
Two image collage showing before and after the muffins are baked. The muffins are spaced apart in every other cavity in the pan.

Customizing these muffins

Can I bake these vegan pumpkin muffins in a loaf pan or cake pan?

This recipe bakes a bit of in another way in a bigger pan. I like to recommend utilizing my vegan pumpkin bread recipe and including chocolate chips.

Can I scale back the sugar in these muffins?

Except your pumpkin puree may be very candy, I do not suggest it. Lowering the sugar makes these muffins denser, drier and barely chewy. Additionally they do not hold as effectively. For much less candy muffins, I like to recommend utilizing coconut sugar in the identical quantity.

Can I take advantage of one other flour?

You need to use entire wheat flour or spelt flour in the identical quantity as all-purpose flour. Nonetheless, I like to recommend including a beneficiant splash of milk as these flours are extra absorbent.

Can I add some other substances?

These vegan pumpkin chocolate chip muffins are, in fact, scrumptious as they’re! However to the batter, it’s also possible to add:
– cranberries
– raisins
– chopped walnuts or pecans

You can too enhance the muffins with:
– flaked almonds
– a streusel topping (try the topping from my pumpkin muffins recipe)

Close up of pumpkin muffin with a bite taken out showing fluffy golden texture and gooey chocolate chips.

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Overhead image of pumpkin muffins, with two muffins on their side showing the tall muffin tops.

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Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

One-bowl vegan pumpkin chocolate chip muffins that use a complete can of pumpkin puree! These muffins are smooth, moist and loaded with chocolate chips.

Prep Time15 minutes

Prepare dinner Time25 minutes

Complete Time40 minutes

Servings: 12 giant muffins

Directions

Making ready the pumpkin muffins:

  • Add the moist substances to a big mixing bowl and whisk till mixed. Add the dry substances (besides the chocolate chips) to the moist batter and blend till simply mixed and there aren’t any extra streaks of pumpkin puree. Add the chocolate chips and fold till mixed. Be sure you do not overmix the batter.

  • Use an ice cream scoop or a spoon to divide the batter in your muffin pan (observe 3). The batter ought to be thick sufficient so that you can create a ‘heaped mound’ in every muffin cup (examine the reference photographs above).

  • Sprinkle further chocolate chips on prime of the muffins.

Baking and storing the pumpkin muffins:

  • Bake the muffins for 24-27 minutes or till you possibly can insert a toothpick in a muffin and it comes out principally clear with no moist batter (a couple of moist crumbs in your toothpick are tremendous).

  • Enable the muffins to chill within the muffin pan for 10 minutes (or till they don’t seem to be too scorching to deal with). Take away the muffins and permit them to chill on a wire rack.

  • Benefit from the muffins heat or at room temperature. They’re excellent by themselves or with some vegan butter.

  • Retailer leftover muffins in an hermetic container at room temperature for 3-4 days or within the fridge for as much as 5 days. You can too freeze the muffins for as much as 1 month however I like to recommend initially freezing them spaced aside so they do not stick collectively.

Notes

  1. For those who’re utilizing measuring cups, I strongly suggest utilizing the spoon and stage methodology. First, use a fork to fluff up the flour within the bag, use a spoon so as to add flour to a measuring cup, then stage it off with a knife. I do not suggest utilizing the measuring cup to scoop flour out of your container as an excessive amount of flour will lead to dry and dense muffins. Alternatively, use the grams measurements.
  2. For do-it-yourself pumpkin spice, use 2 teaspoons floor cinnamon, ½ teaspoon floor nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon floor ginger and ½ teaspoon floor cloves. If you have no of these spices, use extra of the others.
  3. For the best muffin tops, I like to recommend baking 6 muffins at a time in a 12-cup muffin tin. Spacing aside the muffins permits the recent oven air to bake them sooner, leading to larger tops. This implies you may must bake the muffins in 2 tons.

Vitamin

Serving: 1g | Energy: 374kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 6g | Fats: 17g | Sodium: 209mg | Potassium: 165mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 5514IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 102mg | Iron: 3mg

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