So I have this friend Tara. Sweet, quiet, soft-spoken Tara who home schools her kids and is the person in charge of the children’s programs at our church. You know the type. Turns out she has a dark side. She and her husband sometimes watch Arrested Development and 30 Rock into the wee hours of the morning (under my corrupting influence, of course!) and she makes these fabulous, easy muffins that are only 1 Weight Watchers point. And then adds chocolate chips to them. Which, of course, not only makes them infinitely more delicious but also not 1 Weight Watchers point. See? Evil. Wolf in sheep’s clothing. Ill-U-sionist.
Okay, super-tricky here. Preheat oven to 350. Combine cake mixes and pumpkin. Add in chocolate chips.
Spoon mixture into lined muffin tins. This can make as many as 48 muffins or as few as 36, just depending on how full the tins are filled. These really don’t rise very much, so you can fill the tins pretty full. If aesthetics are a concern, keep in mind that how they look going into the oven is very much what they will look like coming out of the oven. So a cookie scoop works great to keep things on the prettier side.
Even if you have a million, you can store them in the freezer and then pop them into lunch bags or heat one up in the microwave for a few seconds to take the chill off before you head out to work or school in the morning or for a snack in the afternoon. Or you can eat, like, three while watching The Biggest Loser on Tuesday nights. Never happens. Never.
Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 spice cake mixes
- 1 30- oz. can pumpkin
- 1 12- oz. bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Combine cake mixes and pumpkin. Add in chocolate chips.
- Spoon mixture into lined muffin tins. This can make as many as 48 muffins or as few as 36, just depending on how full the tins are filled. These really don't rise very much, so you can fill the tins pretty full. If aesthetics are a concern, keep in mind that how they look going into the oven is very much what they will look like coming out of the oven. So a cookie scoop works great to keep things on the prettier side.
- Bake for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of one of the muffins comes out clean.
Notes
- Great tip: Duncan Hines, although not pictured, is the best for this recipe.
Questions & Reviews
Yup- here's a link on a tutorial for making your own pumpkin puree!
https://ourbestbites.com/2009/09/homemade-pumpkin-toasted-pumpkin-seeds.html
Hi, I am interested in making these, but wondering which type of fresh pumpkin one would use? I don't have access to any type of pumpkin in a can but there are loads and loads of different squashes/pumpkins available right now. would like to take advantage of it!
how would one prepare the pumpkin to be used in this recipe? is it as simple as baking it?
thanks!!
I made these last night and they are sooooooo good! Super easy, taste greatttt, moist inside, and perfect for the Fall time! Thanks for the recipe and keep up the good work!! 🙂
Love these!! I'm in college and my girlfriends and I made these for a cookout we had last weekend! They were a huge hit! We baked them in a pumpkin shaped cupcake pan and they were darling! I'm still amazed at the small number of ingredients for how yummy they tasted!! I had been searching for pumpkin, annoying shortage, because my boyfriend loves it! He has already asked me to make more!!
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Love these!! I'm in college and my girlfriends and I made these for a cookout we had last weekend! They were a huge hit! We baked them in a pumpkin shaped cupcake pan and they were darling! I'm still amazed at the small number of ingredients for how yummy they tasted!! I had been searching for pumpkin, annoying shortage, because my boyfriend loves it! He has already asked me to make more!!
I love your guy's blog! I visit it almost daily! Thanks for everything! Y'all are great!!!
I made these last year when you posted this, and again this morning for the first time this fall season. They are even better than I remember! Thanks so much for a tasty, easy recipe. They will be the perfect snack to bring to my son's preschool class for "pumpkin week." 🙂
Holy Autumn Delight! so im pregnant and when making these i just felt like hmm why not use another bag of chocolate chips?! HAHA they turned out delicious but i think in normal like rather then when im preggie 1 bag of chocolate chips will suffice. We had the missionaries from our church over for dinner and they said it reminded of them of pumpkin cookies from home! how nice! :)Holy Autumn Delight! so im pregnant and when making these i just felt like hmm why not use another bag of chocolate chips?! HAHA they turned out delicious but i think in normal life rather then when im preggie 1 bag of chocolate chips will suffice. We had the missionaries from our church over for dinner and they said it reminded of them of pumpkin cookies from home! how nice! 🙂
April, I didn't calculate it, but I'm sure the brand of cake mix could make a difference in the outcome.
Maybe I am calculating wrong, but when I did the math, these came out to 2 WW points, and that was not including the chocolate chips. How did you get 1 point?
april
WOW! These are great, & made the house smell amazing in no time. They did rise a bit more than I expected, and looked so tasty. Pumpkin shortage is still on this year; clerk at Publix told me they always have their organic brand available, even during Libby's shortages! (Publix is the only store around here that had pumpkin this week) Thanks for the recipe!
Just made these yesterday and I'm in love! What a great, simple and very tasty recipe!
New variation for the kids in the cheap seats who still can't find pumpkin even though it is OBVIOUSLY fall already: one box spice cake mix, 15 oz. can of pear halves (with juice, not syrup) smooshed with a fork, one egg. Add chocolate chips or don't; these babies are light and delicious.
Pears sound yummy too!
I use this exact recipe, but I make them as cookies. You can mix 1 cake mix and 1 small can pumpkin with chocolate chips, nuts, etc… Spray a cookie sheet . Fill tray with 1 to 2 tsp size mounds of "dough". Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. I've made it with German Chocolate Cake mix, too. Spice is my favorite.
busy mom–yep, you could use anything–raisins, nuts, etc. Hope that helps!
so you can use anything other than choc. chips if you want to?
thanks
Hey, Samara! 🙂 You know, so many variations go into baking that it really could just still be that they need to bake a little longer for you. Things like individual ovens (I know you said your is new, but no two ovens bake exactly the same), type of muffin tin (light vs. dark vs. silicone vs. aluminum vs. well, you get the picture. 🙂 ), humidity, and elevation all impact baking time. So as long as they turned out well in the end, you should be okay. 🙂
These were tasty and a bit hit, BUT as I was baking them they were definitely not ready (aka: toothpick came out with pumpkin goo still on it, ha) at 25 minutes. I had to bake them at LEAST 30 minutes to get them fully done, both for the regular sized muffins and for the minis. My oven is new, so I don't see that as the issue. Any thoughts and/or anyone else have to cook them as long as I did? Thanks!
YUM! I also couldn't find pumpkin (but that's maybe because it's March?) so I used a can of that Glory brand "Sweet Potato Casserole" cause it seemed close enough. It is pretty solid so it was REALLY hard to stir, so I threw in a splash of skim milk. RAVE reviews, and I made it during a particularly frantic morning and was still on time to leave the house. I'm a huge fan. Keeping this on file fo sho!
These muffins are SOOO good! I happened to have the 3 ingredients in my cupboards so I mixed up a batch quick and they are so good! Thank you for the great recipe!! I had to hide a couple for a snack tomorrow so my husband doesn't eat them all in the morning!! 🙂
These are amazing, I just whipped then up before Shabbos, but I didn't use a muffin pan, just muffin tins on a cookie sheet so they became jumbo muffins.
So you don't mix the cake mixes as you normally would all you add is pumpkin? Sounds great, can't wait to try these out!
Irnonically, my husband just brought home recipe for pumpkin chocolate chip cookies last night. It was this recipe! I like the idea of muffins better. Muffins sound so much healthier than cookies or cupcakes! LOL! I have a banana chocolate chip muffin recipe that my kids just gobble up. I can't wait to try the pumpkin ones!
Although I think the "easy pumpkin chocolate chip" recipe sounds great…apparently I’m a computer nim-whit because every time I click on “rolls” it brings me back to this recipe. Am I doing something wrong? I just want a yummy roll recipe dang it.:)
I made these last weekend for a football tailgate. They were super easy to make. In my opinion, they were good, but not amazing. However, I did get quite a few positive comments about them and my friends were impressed that they were so easy to make. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I can't wait to try more of your delicious recipes!
I wanted to make these but used my last can of pumpkin last week (!) and couldn't find it at my local stores. I substituted 25 oz of applesauce and chopped some canned apples to mix in. Of course, they're not pumpkin…but the kids loved them and they're still healthier than most. 🙂
If you want to half the recipe you can use a 15 oz can of pumpkin and just one cake mix.
I love your blog…I just thought I would add that this recipe makes awesome cupcakes. Don't add the chocolate chips and get a can of store bought cream cheese frosting, mix in a bunch of cinnamon (just add to taste). Ice the cupcakes with this and they are soooo yummy.
I love your blog…I just thought I would add that this recipe makes awesome cupcakes. Don't add the chocolate chips and get a can of store bought cream cheese frosting, mix in a bunch of cinnamon (just add to taste). Ice the cupcakes with this and they are soooo yummy.
Thank you Laura, Dave, Maggie and Chloe. Tried it, loved it, will definitely be doing it again!
Okay, so I just found you blog a few days ago by way of Lolly Chops, and I have to say I am in love. Your recipes are divine! I am actually thinking about making these pumpkin muffins this morning! Yummy! Pumpkin muffin to go with a pumpkin shake! Where could ya go wrong here?
I just found your blog and I'm already in heaven – I feel my belt being loosened a notch already. It all sounds SO good! 🙂