Pumpkin Chocolate Muffins

In case you hadn’t noticed, I love pumpkin. I love it in soup, pies, scones, smoothies and muffins. I especially like it in muffins when it is combined with chocolate. And so, I am proud to present my favourite muffins ever – my mum’s famous pumpkin and chocolate chip muffins. These muffins are so good that they will even be eaten by Freckles, who is notorious in our family for not touching anything with anything ‘odd’ in it (and pumpkin in muffins is definitely odd, according to her anyway). These muffins are the best muffins ever, I’m not even exaggerating. Chocolately, moist, dense, filling, pumpkin-y – they are sooooo good. So good that I have to share them with you and you have to make them!

The recipe makes quite a few, but they will not last long. They don’t even last 2 days at my place. I just can’t do them justice, alright? Just make them and share in the love that is these muffins.

xxLissa

Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins

Makes ~18 muffins

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup wholemeal flour

3/4 cup plain flour

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp all spice

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 brown sugar

1/2 white sugar

100g butter

2 eggs

1 cup cooked, mashed pumpkin

1/2 cup dark choc chips

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180^oC
2. Sift the flours, all spice, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl
3. Stir in the sugars
4. In a separate bowl, melt the butter and beat in the eggs and pumpkin until smooth
5. Stir in the chocolate chips
6. And the pumpkin mixture to the dry mixture and mix until just combined – do NOT over mix or your delicious muffins will be tough
7. Pour into prepared muffin pans and bake for 20 minutes, or until done