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Chocolate Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Our family's favorite snack. I used Red Velvet cake mix for the one in the photo. When people tell you how decadently delicious these taste, you have my permission to smile and nod without admitting there's no added fat or sugar. These are popular for school lunches, team sports snacks, backpacking trips, or pot lucks where you need an easy portable snack. One batch makes 24 muffins or 48 mini muffins.
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword easy, healthy, kid friendly
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 24 muffins
Author Kelly Brakenhoff

Ingredients

  • 1 box Chocolate cake mix Each kind changes the flavor a bit. Try Devil's Food, German Chocolate, Red Velvet, or even Spice cake mix!
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla
  • 1 can pumpkin (NOT the pie filling)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice or just cinnamon
  • 1 cup chocolate chips Dark chocolate is best, but use what you have.

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 2 muffin tins with cooking spray.
  • Combine the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed.
  • Continue beating for 2 minutes on medium speed until batter is light and fluffy. (This is important to get light, fluffy muffins.) Fold in the chocolate chips.
  • Fill muffin tins 2/3 of the way full. (I use an ice cream scoop.)
  • Bake for 20 minutes until the centers are firm to the touch.
  • Cool completely and store in an airtight container on the counter.

Notes

If your family doesn't gobble them up right away, you can freeze the muffins in a zipper bag for up to a month. To defrost, wrap one in a paper towel and microwave for 25 seconds.
 
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