Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is loaded with warm spices, pumpkin and – of course – chocolate chips! This delicious recipe will become a family favorite in no time.
One of my favorite things about the school year starting is that I can unload all of my desserts onto the staff at Elle’s school!
Luckily, my aunt works at the school, so most of the staff is aware of what I do for a living, so despite what my husband thinks, I’m not known as the butt-kissing, crazy baking mom. Or maybe I am?!
Either way, I have a whole staff lounge full of teachers and assistants who are happy to accept any of my recipes. So far this year, they tried cookies, cheesecake and this pumpkin chocolate chip bread.
THE BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP PUMPKIN BREAD RECIPE
Every year my Pumpkin Bread is one of the most popular recipes on My Baking Addiction along with my homemade pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin roll and pumpkin crunch cake. Notice a theme here?
(Side note: If you love fall baking as much as I do, get in the kitchen and whip up a triple batch of the pumpkin pie spice recipe, store it in an airtight jar, and you’ll have your own spice blend for every pumpkin recipe you whip up from now until December.)
I’ve been making pumpkin bread for years – long before my blog and it shows up countless times in my kitchen throughout the season. Although I’ve made this pumpkin chocolate chip bread recipe many times throughout the years, I haven’t shared it with you until now!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is sweet, spicy, chocolatey and incredibly moist. I know, I know, moist is not my favorite word either, but there is really no way to adequately describe this recipe without mentioning that word.
I also know that there are many people who don’t think chocolate belongs in or on any pumpkin recipe, but trust me on this one – the combination is quite delicious!
Just like the original recipe, this pumpkin chocolate chip bread gets better with time, so make it a day or two in advance of when you plan on eating it or gifting it.
HOW TO MAKE PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD
This Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is seriously easy to make. It takes a bit of time to bake, but I bet you can pull together the batter in about the same amount of time it takes for the oven to preheat.
Like all quick-bread recipes, mix together the wet ingredients – which in this case includes a whole can of pumpkin puree – in one bowl.
Make sure to use pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling!
In another bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. From there, mix the two together and fold in 2 whole cups of chocolate chips before dividing into prepared loaf pans.
This Pumpkin Bread recipe makes 2 loaves, so you could always keep one loaf for yourself and gift the other to a friend, neighbor, or teacher.
Or try baking it into mini loaves, or even into pumpkin muffins for easy gifting!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is going to be your family’s new favorite fall recipe – I know it’s ours.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is loaded with warm spices, pumpkin and – of course – chocolate chips! This delicious recipe will become a family favorite in no time.
Ingredients
- 1 15 ounce-can pure pumpkin puree
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup water
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 8.5 x 4 x 2.5 inch loaf pans.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl with an electric mixer, combine pumpkin, eggs, oil, water, vanilla and sugar until well blended.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice until combined.
- Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
- Bake in preheated oven for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 24 Serving Size 1 sliceAmount Per Serving Calories 318Total Fat 15gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 31mgSodium 252mgCarbohydrates 46gFiber 2gSugar 29gProtein 4g
Tina B
Friday 12th of November 2021
I tried this with white chocolate chips and it was delicious! The only thing is the chips all sunk to the bottom of the loaves. Is that because I used white chocolate chips - are they heavier? -or did I mess up the recipe?
Jamie
Wednesday 17th of November 2021
Hi Tina- That sounds so good! Not sure why they all would have sunk, but next time you can try tossing them with a bit of the flour mixture before folding them in. -Jamie
haley
Saturday 5th of October 2019
i made it. And everyone like it and want more and more. i made many cakes and bread before. But it was too much tasty. thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe of pumpkin chocolate chip bread.
Jamie
Sunday 6th of October 2019
So happy to hear you enjoyed the bread, Haley! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving your feedback! -Jamie
mary anderson
Wednesday 2nd of October 2019
really good recipe! thank you! I’ve reduced the sugar dose and still are sweet enough for my taste. I’ve also mixed normal flour with coconut one and it gave it nice nutty touch. Also in UK we clearly have bigger cups as I needed to add an extra egg otherwise I had more pastry consistence – maybe a good tip for bread? :D
Jamie
Sunday 6th of October 2019
So happy to hear you enjoyed the bread, Mary! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving your feedback! -Jamie
Anne Stilgoe
Sunday 22nd of September 2019
Going to try this
Jamie
Sunday 6th of October 2019
Thanks so much for stopping by, Anne! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Happy Baking! -Jamie
Karen Smiley
Wednesday 11th of September 2019
All looks great
Jamie
Thursday 12th of September 2019
Thanks so much for stopping by, Karen! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Happy Baking! -Jamie