Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread — 🧡🤎🙌🏻🍁 This recipe is truly the BEST homemade pumpkin bread you’ll ever make! It’s an EASY, one-bowl, no-mixer recipe that’s guaranteed to win over the hearts of friends and family – it’s just THAT good! It’s moist, soft, tender, packed with chocolatey goodness, and tastes like a heavenly slice of fall!
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This is an easy pumpkin bread with chocolate chips that requires no mixer and goes from bowl to oven in minutes. Between the molasses, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and McCormick’s Pumpkin Pie Spice Extract, the bread is true comfort food and beautifully showcase the flavors of fall.
To create this chocolate chip pumpkin loaf recipe, I adapted my beloved Cream Cheese-Filled Pumpkin Bread for a loaf that’s soft, moist, springy, dense yet still fluffy, and nicely spiced.
Like all my pumpkin, carrot, and sweet potato desserts, using enough spices to ensure the final result is full-flavored is imperative. It’s perfect for snacking on any time of the day!
Averie …. I am a huge fan of your recipes, many have become my staples … but I have never commented until now. This is THE BEST PUMPKIN recipe EVER … and I have made many, because I love pumpkin!! MAGIC! Thanks!!!
Sonya S.
Ingredients for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
To make this moist pumpkin bread with chocolate chips, you’ll need:
- Egg
- Pumpkin puree
- Brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Canola oil
- Sour cream
- Molasses
- McCormick Pumpkin Pie Spice Extract (or use vanilla extract)
- Cinnamon
- Ground nutmeg
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder and baking soda
- Salt
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
This chocolate chip pumpkin bread is super easy to prepare! Here are the basic recipe steps:
- Whisk together everything but the flour, baking powder and baking soda, and chocolate chips (you don’t want to over mix the flour by mistake).
- Once combined, gently stir in the remaining dry ingredients and fold in the chocolate chips.
- Turn the batter into a greased 9×5-inch loaf pan and bake until the top is domed and golden, and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Let the pan cool for 15 minutes before removing it from the pan to cool on a wire rack.
A Note About the Bake Time
Tent the pan with a sheet of foil loosely draped over the top at the 40-minute mark if you feel the tops and sides of the loaf will become too browned before center cooks through. Baking times will vary based on moisture content of pumpkin, climate, and oven variances. Bake until done; watch your bread, not the clock.
Recipe FAQs
No, you should use a 9×5-inch loaf pan for this recipe. If you use a smaller pan, it’s likely that your bread will spill over while it’s baking.
Homemade pumpkin puree typically contains more moisture than canned puree, so my gut says no, it will not work in this recipe. We want moist pumpkin chocolate chip bread, not soggy bread!
No! I recommend using mini chocolate chips since they distribute more evenly throughout the batter, but regular chocolate chips will work as well.
Of course! To make pumpkin bread with chocolate chips and nuts, replace up to 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips with chopped pecans or walnuts. Do NOT add chopped nuts to the existing recipe without taking out some of the chocolate chips, otherwise the batter will overflow in the loaf pan.
Storage Instructions
At room temp: Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
In the freezer: To freeze this loaf, first let it cool to room temperature and then wrap it in a few layers of plastic wrap (or seal inside a freezer bag). Freeze for up to 3 months. When you’re ready to enjoy the frozen loaf, set it on your counter to thaw.
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The Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup canola or vegetable oil, liquid-state coconut oil may be substituted
- ¼ cup cup sour cream, lite is okay; or Greek yogurt may be substituted
- 1 tablespoon mild or medium-flavored molasses, (not blackstrap, too intense)
- 2 teaspoons McCormick Pumpkin Pie Spice Extract, (McCormick Vanilla Extract or your favorite brand may be substituted)
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice, (a mixture of cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and nutmeg if you don’t have pumpkin pie spice)
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, (mini size recommended for better distribution, regular size may be substituted noting they may sink)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray one 9×5-inch loaf pan with floured cooking spray, or grease and flour the pan; set aside.
- To a large bowl, add the the first eleven ingredients, through ground nutmeg, and whisk to combine.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and stir until just combined; don’t overmix.
- Add the chocolate chips and stir to combine.
- Turn batter out into prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula and pushing it into corners and sides as necessary.
- Bake for about 50 to 55 minutes or until the top is domed, golden, the center is set, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. The toothpick test is tricky because the you will likely hit melted chocolate so the toothpick will look wet.*
- Allow bread to cool in pan for about 15 minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool completely before slicing and serving. Bread will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 4 months.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Originally posted September 11, 2015; October 13, 2021; and August 2, 2024 with updated text and tips.
Post was sponsored by McCormick. All info, thoughts, ideas, the recipe, images, and text presented are my own.
I baked this recipe exactly as shown with the numerous spices and extract listed. It was good, but my family thought it was still a bit bland. They prefer my regular pumpkin bread recipe, ( which I would be happy to share). It was still nice trying a new version. Thanks, Averie.
I baked this recipe exactly as shown with the numerous spices and extract listed. It was good, but my family thought it was still a bit bland. They prefer my regular pumpkin bread recipe, ( which I would be happy to share). It was still nice trying a new version. Thanks, Averie.
Thanks for trying the recipe. No one has ever said this is bland! Hard to say what the difference between the two recipes is. Sometimes “bland” can mean it tastes less sweet (less sugar used) when people are describing something. Perhaps mine uses less sugar than yours since I know it uses lots of warming spices. Hard to say but thanks for trying it.
great
great
Just made this recipe as muffins, and they came out perfectly!
Just made this recipe as muffins, and they came out perfectly!
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad they came out great as muffins!
Hi Averie, Looking at the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread OMG! can’t wait to make this for the holiday’s. I do have a question though. For the Pumpkin Pie Spice in parenthesis you have (cinnamon, allspice, cloves, nutmeg) I take it that’s what is in Pumpkin Pie Spice? How much of each would you use to make your own? Hope this makes sense :). Thanks for any help you can give me. Please keep the delicious recipes coming. Have a wonderful and blessed day and weekend.
P.S. I have not made this yet, but I did rate it 5 stars (just for looking delicious) :)
I take it that’s what is in Pumpkin Pie Spice? -yes
How much of each would you use to make your own? -I would google it to find the ratios
This is perfect for a cold fall day & it turned out perfect. Had to use some of the substitute suggestions & worked just fine! Made them in 3 mini bread pans & cooked for about 25-30 minutes. Thanks for another great recipe!
Thanks for the five star review and I’m glad these turned out great for you!
Averie …. I am a huge fan of your recipes, many have become my staples … but I have never commented until now. This is THE BEST PUMPKIN recipe EVER … and I have made many, because I love pumpkin!! MAGIC! Thanks!!!
Thanks for coming out of the woodwork to comment and so glad you love this bread – best ever – yay!
Should the dry ingredients be mixed together first before adding to the wet?
Not necessary.
What do you think cook time would be for mini loaves? These would be great to take to my kiddos teachers!
Maybe 20-30 minutes but just a total guess!
This looks delicious :) Do you know if it could be frozen? I’m about to do some frezer cooking in anticipation of baby #3 and would love to have some of these loaves!
Most bread freezes very well and while I haven’t personally tried with this recipe, I would say you’re safe to freeze it. Congrats on baby #3!
I don’t have any Greek yogurt and I don’t especially want to go to he store.. Any substitutes?
Sour cream or Greek yogurt is your best bet and recommended. In an absolute pinch you could use mayonnaise (it’s egg + oil). You need something thick for the texture, moisture, for batter consistency, etc.
I made the recipe The Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread yesterday. This was so devine!! So delicious!! Easy peasy to make and the bread baked up beautifully and its nearly gone today. I should have made two!!
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for trying the recipe and I’m glad it came out great for you!
I was wondering if whole wheat flour could be used for the pumpkin bread?
Whole wheat flour doesn’t behave like all-purpose in baking and since I haven’t tested it, I cannot say for sure if it will work or not.
Hi, I used Montana Wheat ‘s Prairie Gold (100% white wheat flour) and it came out great.
Great to hear that!
Can’t wait to bake this! I’m defrosting the last of my pumpkin from last year after buying 2 neck pumpkins today for a fresh batch. Do you use the pumpkin pie spice as well as the individual amounts cinnamon and nutmeg? I wasn’t sure if that was the substitute amounts.
Thanks for the recipe!
Yes I use all the spices listed, pumpkin pie spice plus cinnamon and nutmeg. To me there’s nothing worse than bland pumpkin recipes but season to taste!