Spiced Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

Soft and moist pumpkin bread filled with warm spices and chocolate chips in every bite. This spiced chocolate chip pumpkin bread is simple, delicious, and perfect for a fall morning breakfast.

It’s Thanksgiving eve! And I’ve never been so unprepared for the holidays. lol

Part of me is super excited for Thanksgiving.

It’s one of my favorite holidays. Mostly because we get to eat lots of good food that we don’t get to eat often. Do I make cornbread often? Nope. Do I make mashed potatoes often? Nope. I could. But for some reason, I don’t. Do I make brussels sprouts often? Nope. For whatever reason, some Thanksgiving side dishes are just permanently on the Thanksgiving dinner meal and doesn’t really show up the rest of the year. Do you feel the same way?

The other part of me wasn’t sure we’d make it to Thanksgiving. Lol. Our baby boy is due to arrive on December 13, which means that any day now he could decide he wants to make his appearance. So I started putting off plans just in case.

But here we are! And I have one last recipe to share with you that might fit into your Thanksgiving plans.

I love pumpkin bread, especially the pumpkin bread from Starbucks. Have you had it before? It’s packed full of spices, it’s sweet but not overwhelmingly sweet, and the best part? It’s not dry! Don’t you hate it when you bite into a slice of banana bread or pumpkin bread, and it’s not moist at all?

So this spiced pumpkin bread is sorta based on the Starbuck’s pumpkin bread. It’s filled with warm fall spices like cinnamon, cardamon, ginger, and cloves. It’s slightly sweet, and it’s perfect for serving with coffee, hot chocolate, or tea on a chilly fall morning.

Every bite encompasses the flavors of fall. And it’s probably one of my favorite baked goods right now. I can cut up a slice and eat it on the go. It’ll also be perfect for Thanksgiving morning. You can snack on it while you’re doing the prepping and the cooking. Or you can serve it with breakfast the morning after.

I do hope that you enjoy it as much as I do!

Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside for now. Alternatively, you can just grease the loaf pan with melted butter or vegetable oil. However, I find that it’s easier to lift the loaf cake from the loaf pan if lined with parchment paper.

In a medium sized mixing bowl, mix together all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cardamom, ground clove, and a pinch of black pepper and salt. Set aside for now.

In a smaller mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, pumpkin puree, and Greek yogurt until combined.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.

Fold in chocolate chips until just combined. You can skip this step if you like, but I loved the added flavor of rich chocolate.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Add more chocolate chip on top of the batter.

Bake the spiced chocolate chip pumpkin bread for about 45-50 minutes. About 30 minutes in, cover the pumpkin bread with foil to prevent it from browning too much on top. Check the readiness of the pumpkin bread by inserting a toothpick through the highest point of the loaf. If the toothpick comes out relatively clean, the bread is done.

Remove the pumpkin bread from the oven and allow it to cool for several minutes before removing from the loaf pan and cutting into it.

Serve the spiced chocolate chip pumpkin bread warm.

Enjoy!

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