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Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips

Name: Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 125 min
Yield: 1 loaf
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 70 g granulated sugar; 180 g cooked pumpkin puree; 90 g sunflower oil; 90 g plain soy yogurt; 300 g all-purpose flour; 10 g baking powder; 5 g ground cinnamon; 80 g chocolate chips

A cinnamon pumpkin loaf with chocolate chips throughout and a tender orange crumb, made for slicing on a fall afternoon.

By PedroPublished September 30, 2026 · Updated September 30, 2026

Makes1 loaf

Time2 h 5 min

Estimated total time. This covers the full recipe from start to finish, including preparation and any resting, chilling, baking, or cooling. Some of that time is hands-off.

DifficultyEasy

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Sliced pumpkin bread with chocolate chips in the orange crumb and a loaf behind it

Every fall, as Halloween gets closer, I make this pumpkin bread again. The top splits as it bakes, but I wait until the loaf has cooled before cutting into it. That’s when you see the orange pumpkin crumb with chocolate chips running through the slices.

The cinnamon is in the batter too, and there is no icing or careful decorating to do afterward. Just give the loaf time to cool completely. If you want to bake it for a fall afternoon, I would allow for that wait rather than trying to cut it while it is still warm.

Ingredients for Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips

I use cooked pumpkin puree, plain soy yogurt, and sunflower oil in this loaf. The cinnamon and chocolate chips are both part of the recipe, so each slice has a little of each alongside the pumpkin.

Eggs, sugar, pumpkin puree, oil, soy yogurt, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and chocolate chips set out for pumpkin bread — The ingredients for the pumpkin and chocolate chip loaf.

2 eggs
70 g granulated sugar
180 g cooked pumpkin puree
90 g sunflower oil
90 g plain soy yogurt
300 g all-purpose flour
10 g baking powder
5 g ground cinnamon
80 g chocolate chips

How to Make Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips

Line the loaf pan before starting; the batter can go straight in once the chocolate chips are folded through.

Prepare the pan

Preheat the oven to 180°C (about 350°F). Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.

Whisk eggs and sugar

Crack the eggs into a large bowl. Add the granulated sugar and whisk by hand until well combined.

Eggs and granulated sugar together in a mixing bowl — Whisk the eggs and sugar together by hand.

Add the pumpkin

Add the cooked pumpkin puree, sunflower oil, and plain soy yogurt. Mix again until smooth.

Pumpkin puree, oil, and soy yogurt in a bowl before they are mixed — Add the pumpkin puree, oil, and soy yogurt to the egg mixture.

Fold in the dry ingredients

Add the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and ground cinnamon. Fold with a spatula or whisk just until the batter is smooth and no dry flour remains.

Flour added on top of the orange pumpkin mixture — Fold in the dry ingredients only until no flour is visible.

Add chocolate chips

Add the chocolate chips and fold them in with just a few strokes.

Chocolate chips dispersed in orange pumpkin bread batter — A few strokes are enough to spread the chocolate chips through the batter.

Fill and score

Pour the batter into the lined loaf pan and smooth the surface. Lightly coat the tip of a knife with oil and run it lengthwise down the center of the batter for a more even split on top as the loaf bakes.

Pumpkin bread batter in a lined loaf pan, with decorative chocolate chips and sugar visible on top — I added a few chips on top for the photograph. The white granules visible here are sugar.

Bake the loaf

Bake for about 50 minutes. Insert a toothpick into the center before removing the loaf from the oven; it should come out clean or with just a few moist crumbs.

Cool before slicing

Let the pumpkin bread cool slightly in the pan, then transfer it to a wire rack and allow it to cool completely before slicing.

Tips that make a difference

Stop folding once no dry flour remains so the batter is not mixed longer than it needs to be.
Fold in the chocolate chips with just a few strokes so they are dispersed without continuing to work the batter.
Run the oiled knife tip down the center of the batter if you want a more even split on top.
Check the center with a toothpick before taking the loaf out, then let it cool completely before cutting.

Once the Loaf Has Cooled

I wait until the loaf is completely cool before cutting into it. The slices show the orange pumpkin crumb and the chocolate chips throughout, and the split along the top gives the loaf its familiar homemade look.

Close view of a pumpkin bread slice with chocolate chips in the orange crumb — The sliced loaf shows chocolate chips throughout the pumpkin crumb.

Several slices of pumpkin bread arranged on a plate — Let the loaf cool completely before cutting it into slices.

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