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 have a silly question. If I was going to microwave this, how much time should I put it in the microwave form? I have never used the microwave for anything besides heating things up. LOL. Thanks and sorry for the silly question.
I always hesitate to give microwave times, because microwaves are SO different! But maybe start with 1 minute and then add another if needed?
I love these pumpkin choco chip muffins. I would like to make them for my family for breakfast for black friday. Do you have a recipe for 12 ?
Thank you,
Angie Simkin
I don’t :(. I probably should work on some bigger-serving muffin recipes!
I have a question, what does “T” mean? I thought tablespoon, but that didn’t seem right. Honestly, I tried to make these muffins, and I have no doubt that yours are delicious, but mine turned out looking like tasteless lumps of dried play dough. Not appetizing.
Hi Sami,
What flour did you use? And can you give me more specifics about exactly what you did, so maybe I can help make yours taste better? 😕
Yes, a T is a tablespoon.
It’s okay, I’ve figured out what I did…it’s so bad that I can’t even explain it. As an easier 1st step before I attempt the muffins again, I made the Pumpkin Pie Mousse. Yum 🙂
Aww lol I’m so glad you were at least able to get in your pumpkin fix with the mousse! 🙂
I just made this (doubled it and I ended up with three, BONUS)! They were fantastic, seriously the best vegan cupcakes/muffins I have ever had!
Wow, thank you so much for such sweet words!
Not to be a total jerk…but isn’t it kind of a waste to heat up the oven for one muffin? Why not make a whole batch, or at least half a batch? I’m such an energy conservation hippy like that 😉
No, you’re not a total jerk. I’ve actually had to answer this to other commenters before as well… so maybe I ought to write it into a post next time.
When I cook in my oven, I am VERY aware of heating up the oven. I will do all my cooking at one time. On any given “oven” day, it’s not uncommon to see me roasting cauliflower and mushrooms and brussels sprouts and making brownies and making some tester recipe for the blog and making a single-lady cupcake. I never heat it up just for the lone cupcake; I try to take full advantage of the oven’s being hot. Or, if I absolutely have to have a muffin and don’t have anything else to cook (which is rare; I’ll usually just not eat the muffin in that case), I will use the microwave.
Could you substitute peanut butter?!?!
I’ve not tried it… but I think it’d work. If you try it, will you report back? I’m curious! 🙂
What would the recipe be if I were to make an entire batch or 24 or a cake? Do you have a regular recipe for this that is not just single servings…I want to make an entire bunch and then bring them to work 🙂
Sorry, I don’t know. I guess just times all the ingredients by that amount?
What is this…you..are..a…genius…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW WOW WOW. I’m trying to keep calm about this but WOW…and I realized you have a whole section dedicated to single lady cupcakes!!! WOW I MUST make one of them :D. Will credit you 100% but wow this makes so much sense. I don’t even need to taste it to know it tastes great! I will however make it though 😀
Where are the directions?
For what?
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