The following recipe makes just one muffin.
So lock your doors.
And you might want to invest in some blackout curtains for the windows.
This muffin is not meant to be shared.
Side note: How fun is that fork?!
Pumpkin Chocolate-Chip Muffin
(can be gluten-free!)
- 3 tbsp flour (See directions below, for flour notes)
- 1 tbsp canned pumpkin (or sweet potato, applesauce, or even butternut squash, if you can’t find pumpkin)
- pinch cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- heaping 1/16 tsp salt
- 1/2 tbsp or more chocolate chips
- sweetener, such as 1 tbsp sugar or 1 packet stevia (If using liquid sweetener, cut back other liquid)
- 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp milk of choice (or sub half of this for oil, if you don’t like the taste of fat-free baked goods)
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Directions: Preheat the oven to 330 degrees. (Alternatively, you can microwave these. Microwave times will vary, depending on your microwave’s wattage.) Mix the ingredients and pour into an oiled (or sprayed) muffin pan. Smooth top of batter. Cook for 12-15ish minutes.
See the following for: Calories and Nutrition Facts.
Notes on flour: I especially like the single-lady cupcakes with spelt flour. But you can use ww pastry, an equal mix of buckwheat and brown rice flours (for gf option), white flour, etc.
Want some cupcake with your frosting?
Go ahead and pile on some healthy Vanilla-Fudge Frosting.
I promise I won’t stop you. I will, however, ask that you save me a piece. Forget what I said before about not sharing this muffin. Everyone knows sharing is caring.
Recommendation on how to use up your extra pumpkin:
I’m still obsessed with this breakfast: Pumpkin Cereal.
Mmmmm carbs…
I love cooking for just myself- I’m scared for the day (maybe) when I have to feed a family every night eek! Talk about pressure to please!
I think I’d still make this single lady muffin when I’m a Mom though… somethings just shouldn’t be shared once in a while 😉
These look awesome — your recipes ALWAYS make me want to make them right now. I just made the no-bake chocolate pb cookies last night, yum! Question for you – if I wanted to make a dozen of these muffins, how would you recommend I increase my measurements?
Hmmm… I think you could probably just times it by twelve? Maybe scale the oil/milk back a little? Honestly, I really am terrible when it comes to knowing the science of baking!
LOL guess that would be the easiest way :o) Thanks!
That is a thing of beauty, Katie! The link for vanilla fudge frosting takes me to coconut banana butter–is that the same thing/diff name? I think that would be great on the muffin, but I wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing the vanilla fudge frosting recipe b/c if it’s different, I think I need that one too! 🙂
Yes :). (If you look under the title, it’ll say “a.k.a. vanilla-fudge frosting”)
Pumpkin + chocolate. Sooo. Good. I actually tried a pumpkin version of the deepdish cookie pie (to which I’m addicted), complete with chocolate chips, but somehow it was just a bit too mellow for me. (I might have also added too much pumpkin..that seems to be my issue when I add in fruits and veggies to foods- I don’t leave enough of the other ingredients there to glue it all together :P) But these seems delicious! 🙂
oh yum, I want one. like, RIGHT NOW!
and you keep improving your pics 🙂
I really like that fork, soooo cute!
So, I just got SUPER excited because you started following my food album on Pinterest! It’s like meeting a famous person…
Aww LOL!
That looks amazing! Do you have a toaster oven that you bake these single servings in? I don’t have a toaster oven and would hate to heat up the big oven to bake one single serving with the cost of our electric bill these days. Have you ever tried microwaving this?
Thanks for reminding me! I’d meant to write that in there. Yes, you can microwave it :).
I can’t wait to try this. How long would you recommend for cooking in the microwave?
I love this picture!!! The fork is so darn adorable! I remember you making this recipe last year, and I looooved making it! Need to make again.
Yeah, lol I decided last year’s recipe post for it was waaaaay confusing and made you click on links to find the recipe, which was annoying! So I re-posted :).
Great picture and of my fave combo … pumpkin and chocolate chips. And how great is it that it’s a single serving! Love this and canNOT wait to make this!
Yum! I subscribe to a lot of blogs,and lately my inbox has been flooded with pumpkin recipes-not complaining,I love pumpkin! You’re supposed to fill the empty cups in the muffin pan halfway with water,right?I think so,but I’m not sure.The muffin looks yum!