Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is a popular quick bread for a reason. It’s easy-to-make, loaded with flavor, and has a pretty orange color—the perfect fall recipe.
This Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is my family’s favorite quick bread. It’s moist and tender and sweet and delicious. It makes a great after-school snack, and it’s sweet enough to serve for dessert. We even like to eat a slice or two for breakfast.
I’ve tweaked the recipe until I got it just right. The batter is thick so the chocolate chips don’t settle to the bottom of the bread.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
You can make the bread in standard loaf pans, but I like to use mini pans. Then you can give one or two loaves away or put a couple loaves in the freezer for another day.
I also like to portion out the batter using a scoop. The scoop shown above is a Vollrath Size 16 scoop. It’s the perfect size for muffins and cupcakes. Four scoops is just the right amount for the mini loaves.
Ingredients
- Flour
- Pumpkin pie spice
- Cinnamon
- Butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Pure pumpkin
- Chocolate chips
Recipe Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and spray two medium loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, spices, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer cream the butter and the sugar until fluffy, about two minutes. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add the pumpkin and combine well. Add the dry ingredients stirring until just combined.
- Spoon batter into prepared pans. Bake side-by-side for about one hour or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s best if you wait until the bread is completely cooled before slicing it, but if you can’t wait, be careful because the chocolate chips will be hot.
Like most quick breads, this Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is even more moist and tender the next day.
A good rule of thumb is to fill the pan about ⅔ full. If you happen to have extra batter, consider making a smaller load or muffins with the remaining batter.
More Recipes
- Pumpkin Cinnamon Bread
- Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Bread
- Halloween Pumpkin Brownies
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake
- Pumpkin Fantail Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Icing
If you’ve tried this Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread or any other recipe on Barbara Bakes, then don’t forget to rate the recipe and leave me a comment below! I would love to hear about your experience making it. And if you snapped some pictures of it, share it with me on Instagram so I can repost on my stories.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups 426 grams all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup butter soften
- 2 cups 396 grams granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 16 oz can of pure pumpkin
- 1 ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and spray two medium loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray, or four/five mini loaf pans (5 ¾ x 3 ¼ x 2 ¼. Don’t fill more than ⅔ full.)
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, spices, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer cream the butter and the sugar until fluffy, about two minutes. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add the pumpkin and combine well. Add the dry ingredients stirring until just combined.
- Spoon batter into prepared pans. Bake side-by-side for about one hour or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. (Bake 35-40 minutes for the mini loaves.)
Notes
I hope you’ll give this Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread a try—it’s perfect for fall! Let me know what you think.
Katy ~
Yumm…this is a terrific bread that would be so appreciated by friends and family!
sweetlife
what a great bread..what a great event-I'm glad it was a sucess
sweetlife
msmeanie
How funny, I have a bag of frozen pumpkin puree (from October!) defrosting in my fridge right now. This looks like a great recipe for it. Love the addition of chocolate chips. 🙂
Jamie
Another great looking quickbread Barbara. I have all the ingredients in my pantry so I think I'll be baking this up next. I would have bought several loaves at the Bake Sale.
Carrian
This is my husbands favorite! I can't wait to surprise him!
Nadjibella
Je n'ai jamais fait de pain au potiron.
Avec les épices en plus, il doit être délicieux.
Je note ta recette.
A bientôt.
Barbara Bakes
aneka resep – thanks for your question. You can substitute 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon plus 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves for 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice. I updated the recipe with a note at the end that gives the substitution.
Barbara
I make a pumpkin date bread (from Maida Heatter's cookbook) but I have to tell you this chocolate chip version sounds like a winner! Will definitely be making it in the fall!
So glad the bake sale was such fun and such a success!
aneka resep
looks delicious
but I am puzzled at my country there is no pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin pie spice like what?
RecipeGirl
Sounds like Utah had a wonderful bake sale! We never got anything together in San Diego, but they did a big one up in LA. This looks like a lovely loaf 🙂 Our fave flavors!
Cookin' Canuck
Ooo, that sounds so good. No wonder it sold out quickly! I'm sorry I wasn't there to buy some.
tspegar
Your breads were packaged so cute! Pumpkin choc bread makes me feel so fall-ish!
Baking Addict
Wish I could have been there for your bake sale, sounds like it was a great success. Have never really eaten pumpkin – this sounds delicious.
Mimi
Looks like you bake sale was a big success. I'm sure people were delighted to get delicious breads like this one.
Mimi
Olive
nice loaf..pumpkin and chocolate sounds yummy, I love chocolates 🙂
teresa
mmm, great harvest bread has a bread like this that is so good it's practically life changing. i love it!
Deeba PAB
You guys have done so well, I am so HAPPY for you! Look at all those yummy loaves! Pumpkin and chocolate must be so good together… NICE!!
Lyndsey
It is a nice looking loaf! I'll have to check out maria's recap! Nice job Barbara!! i wish I could of been there!
Bridgett
You have some of the best baked goods out here in the blog world! This combines two of my favorites with the pumpkin and chocolate. I would have bought several of these 😉
Cinnamon-Girl
Your bread sounds wonderful! I love the combo of pumpkin and chocolate chips. I would of snatched a whole bunch of this up!