Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins with Cream Cheese & Streusel

August 7, 2023

pumpkin chocolate chip muffins with cream cheese filling and streusel topping on a cooking rack

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The final pumpkin chocolate chip muffins crammed with cream cheese swirls and topped with crunchy cinnamon streusel! The greatest pumpkin chocolate chip muffins to make this season!

pumpkin chocolate chip muffins with cream cheese filling and streusel topping on a white plate

The climate’s getting colder and you realize what meaning. Pumpkins! These are actually the perfect pumpkin chocolate chip muffins with cream cheese filling and cinnamon streusel I’ve tasted! And I’ve tasted plenty of pumpkin muffins currently. You know, for analysis. 🙂

The Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

What makes these pumpkin chocolate chip muffins stand out is certainly the taste distinction and texture from the fillings and the topping. The parts of this muffin are:

luscious cream cheese swirl filling – provides a creamy, cheesecake like taste
crunchy, cinnamon streusel topping – the beneficiant streusel topping provides a crunchy texture, nearly like a crunchy cinnamon cookie on prime
huge chunky chocolate baking chips – these huge baker’s chocolate chips add pockets of bittersweet chocolate that flatter the pumpkin and cream cheese

These muffins even have a wholesome twist from the greek yogurt and avocado oil. It’s additionally not overwhelmingly candy as I personally do not like cloyingly candy muffins. They’ll make the proper vacation snack for Thanksgiving or Christmas!

These pumpkin muffins are the proper fall or winter snack, dessert, and even breakfast! They style wonderful with a scorching cup of espresso, tea, or scorching chocolate.

Variations on the Recipe:

Instead of Bittersweet Chocolate Chips:

darkish chocolate chips
milk chocolate chips
cinnamon chips
butterscotch chips
white chocolate chips

Flavor Variations for the Streusel Topping:

chopped nuts – walnuts, almonds, peanuts, cashews, macadamia
quaint oats (don’t use fast immediate oats)
cocoa nibs
cocoa powder
pumpkin spice combine

You can see beneath the distinction it makes to make use of huge baking chocolate chips as an alternative of mini chocolate chips. If you are a fan of chocolate, the extra chocolate the higher proper? I used bittersweet chocolate chips so as to add a little bit of taste distinction from the candy muffin. But you should use any form of chocolate you want.

How to Make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins w/ Cream Cheese & Streusel

Make the pumpkin batter:

Mix collectively the moist components with the brown sugar in a big bowl. In a medium dimension bowl, add all of the dry components and pumpkin spices. Add the dry components to the moist components. The consistency ought to be a thick batter. Add a tablespoon extra flour as wanted in case your pumpkin puree was very moist.

Cream Cheese Filling:

Make certain you allow out your cream cheese at room temperature to melt up. Once it is mixed with the egg, sugar, and flour, use an electrical beater or whisk to get out any lumps.

Crunchy Cinnamon Streusel Topping:

The key to getting a crunchy, crispy cinnamon streusel topping is to make use of…..one egg white! This helps crisp up the topping, prevents the streusel topping from melting, and it helps it higher adhere to the muffin prime. Do not omit the egg white if you would like a crunchy streusel topping.

Assemble the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins!

Alternate the pumpkin batter, cream cheese filling, and chocolate chips till you’ve got crammed the muffin pan. Break aside items of the streusel topping with your arms and place them on prime of the muffins alongside with the chocolate chips.

Bake these pumpkin chocolate chip muffins at 425 levels F for the primary 6 – 7 minutes, then decrease the oven temperature to 350 levels F for the remaining 13 – 14 minutes. This will get you taller muffins!

See the rise within the muffins? This is as a result of excessive preliminary temperature of the oven. This excessive temperature creates what’s referred to as “oven spring” which is a time period utilized by bakers to explain the rise in quantity you get throughout the first couple of minutes of baking. I can go on and on about baking since I find it irresistible a lot and it is in my blood (I come from three generations {of professional} bakers) however I’ll save that for one more day. 🙂

Let the pumpkin chocolate chip muffins cool within the pan till they are often eliminated and place them on a cooling rack to utterly cool. Serve with your favourite cup of tea, espresso, or scorching chocolate and luxuriate in!

These pumpkin muffins might be saved within the fridge for five days or the freezer for one month. To reheat, place them within the oven at 325 levels F till warmed by.

I hope you take pleasure in these pumpkin chocolate chip muffins with cream cheese and cinnamon streusel! Please share, price, and remark beneath. I’d love to listen to from you!

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