Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

Posted on January 12, 2012 / 16 comments » / Bread, Sweet

What is it about pumpkin treats that we all love so much (and made me jump for joy when I saw a 3-pack of huge cans of pumpkin puree for sale at Costco recently)?

Anything pumpkin is super comforting.  It helps us welcome the chill in the air of the perfect Autumn day and get us through the dog days of Winter.  But is is the pumpkin that we all like or all the other things that come along with pumpkin treats, namely the spices?  I think it’s all about the spices – cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, all spice.  They warm up the insides of our mouths and when they reach our bellies, make up feel all warm and cozy.

That’s exactly what you will feel after your first bite of this bread (which is really a cake in disguise and an excuse to have cake for breakfast).  The cinnamon and nutmeg give it just the right amount of spice and the chocolate chips are the “icing on the cake”.

I’ll keep this post short and sweet so that you can gather up your ingredients and make this beauty.  Most of you will need it this weekend.  As mother nature is finally getting her act together and bringing us some winter temperatures.

Enjoy (and stay warm).

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

Adapted From: My Baking Addiction
Yield: 3 Loaves

Ingredients:

3 cups white sugar
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
4 eggs
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup dark chocolate chunks

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees spray the inside of three 9×5 inch loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray.

Combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.

In a large bowl, combine sugar, pumpkin, oil, water, vanilla and eggs. Add the flour mixture and mix until all the dry ingredients are incorporated. (Do not over mix.) Fold in chocolate chips.

Bake for 1 hour, or until an inserted knife comes out clean. Cool on wire racks before removing from pans.

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16 Responses to “Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread”

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    Rosa — January 12, 2012 @ 2:48 pm

    That cake looks wonderful! Smooth and enjoyable.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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    Jackie — January 12, 2012 @ 2:56 pm

    I love pumpkin!! This bread looks really good and something I can do when I get home from work. I have a the ingredients in my pantry.
    Yum!
    J

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    Barbara @ Barbara Bakes — January 12, 2012 @ 5:00 pm

    One of my favorite quick breads. Yours looks perfect!

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    Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar — January 12, 2012 @ 7:25 pm

    This sounds so yummy!

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    vanillasugarblog — January 12, 2012 @ 7:57 pm

    yes ma’am. pumpkin & chocolate are a lovely duo aren’t they?
    love your swirls ms thing!

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    Megan — January 12, 2012 @ 9:26 pm

    Pumpkin and chocolate are so good together. This sounds amazing! I always say people like the spices and who knows if they really like pumpkin because of all those spices. :)

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    Marta — January 13, 2012 @ 8:32 am

    I have never tried anything like this. Looks good :) xxx

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    CookiePie — January 13, 2012 @ 9:19 am

    Two of my favorite things put together, pumpkin + chocolate. Yum!!

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    Lisa S — January 13, 2012 @ 9:29 am

    I make almost the exact same recipe and everyone loves it. I have played around with the ingredients over the years and have made it a little healthier and no one has complained. I am down to 2 cups of sugar and use half oil and half applesauce. I like to give them out at Christmas and get 5 mini loaves out of the recipe. Thanks for sharing!

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    Yvette ~ Muy Bueno — January 13, 2012 @ 10:02 am

    Oh yum! I love anything pumpkin and throwing dark chocolate with it — Dangerously amazing! I will be making this recipe soon!!!

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    Katrina — January 13, 2012 @ 10:16 am

    Yum! I like pumpkin any time of year!

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    Yudith @ Blissfully Delicious — January 14, 2012 @ 8:47 pm

    I just stumbled upon your blog – and oh, I love pumpkin bread! You’re a gal after my own heart :)

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    5 Star Foodie — January 17, 2012 @ 9:47 am

    It looks so moist and wonderfully delicious, yum!

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    Magic of Spice — January 18, 2012 @ 11:59 pm

    I so agree, anything pumpkin is instantly warm and comforting! This is a fantastic bread and combination :)

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    Monique — January 20, 2012 @ 2:07 pm

    DROOL!
    I love it!

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    Kerstin — January 22, 2012 @ 10:39 pm

    Comforting indeed, I haven’t cooked with pumpkin in awhile and that definitely needs to change. Looks sooo good :)

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