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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
These pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes are soft, spiced, and packed with mini chocolate chip goodness. Topped with rich chocolate cream cheese frosting, they’re the perfect blend of fall flavor and decadent chocolate indulgence. Whether you're baking for a cozy gathering or a sweet autumn treat, this cupcake flavor combo is an instant favorite!
👥 15 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 45 min⏳ Prep: 25 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Courtney📖 cakemehometonight
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
2
Preheat the oven to 350℉ (177℃). Line cupcake pans with 15 cupcake liners.
3
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Add in the pumpkin puree, milk, vegetable oil, egg, and vanilla extract and whisk until the cupcake batter is well combined and smooth.
¼ cups all-purpose flour1all-purpose flour2 tspgranulated sugar1 cuplarge egg (room temperature)1vanilla extract2 tsp
4
In a small bowl, stir together the mini chocolate chips and 2 teaspoons of flour. Fold the chocolate chips into the pumpkin cupcake batter.
5
Portion the cupcake batter into the cupcake liners using a large cookie scoop (about 3/4 full). Bake the cupcakes for ⏱️ 20 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
cream cheese (room temperature)4 oz
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In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or in a large mixing bowl with an electric hand mixer, cream the unsalted butter and cream cheese for about ⏱️ 5 minutes until it is smooth and creamy.
unsalted butter (room temperature)1 cupcream cheese (room temperature)4 oz
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Add in the powdered sugar and mix on low speed until it is fully combined with the butter and cream cheese mixture. Then, add in the melted and cooled semisweet chocolate, dark cocoa powder, vanilla extract and salt and mix well. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure all of the ingredients are well combined.
powdered sugar3 cupscream cheese (room temperature)4 ozvanilla extract2 tsp
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Turn the mixer speed to medium and whip the frosting for 2 to ⏱️ 3 minutes until it is smooth and creamy. Then, mix the frosting on low speed for several minutes to remove any air bubbles.
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Assembling the Cupcakes
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Fill a piping bag fitted with a Wilton 1M piping tip with the chocolate cream cheese frosting. Pipe a generous swirl of frosting onto the cooled pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes and decorate with additional mini chocolate chips.
cream cheese (room temperature)4 oz
Nutrition Facts
calories
441 kcal
fat Content
23 g
serving Size
1 cupcake
fiber Content
2 g
sugar Content
45 g
sodium Content
199 mg
protein Content
3 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
53 mg
carbohydrate Content
56 g
saturated Fat Content
13 g
unsaturated Fat Content
9 g
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