Tasty Marbled Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins
These marbled chocolate pumpkin muffins are soft, swirled with rich chocolate, and loaded with melty chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ cup chocolate chips plus more for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven: Set it to 350°F and line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease well.
- Mix the wet ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients: Stir in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice until just combined. Don’t overmix.
- Create the chocolate swirl: Scoop out about 1/3 of the batter into a separate bowl. Stir in the cocoa powder until well blended.
- Layer the batters: Spoon a bit of the plain pumpkin batter into each muffin cup, then add a spoonful of the chocolate batter. Top with more pumpkin batter until cups are ¾ full.
- Swirl it: Use a toothpick or knife to gently swirl the batters together in each muffin cup.
- Add chocolate chips: Sprinkle extra chocolate chips on top of each muffin.
- Bake: Bake for 18–20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool: Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.