Chocolate Pumpkin Bread Recipe

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I love the fall season. Cooler weather, wearing scarves, beautiful color-changing leaves, and all the delicious food. Although I do not personally drink pumpkin spice lattes, I can never get enough pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread. This Chocolate Pumpkin Bread Recipe is sure to be a mouth-watering favorite! Bake a batch for upcoming fall gatherings, serve at brunch, enjoy for a light dessert, or to give as hostess gifts.

Chocolate Pumpkin Bread Recipe

chocolate pumpkin bread recipe

You can print the full recipe below.

Gather your ingredients while your oven preheats. Then whisk your flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda. Combine your canned pumpkin, softened butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and sour cream.

The favorite part of the Chocolate Pumpkin Bread is stirring in mini chocolate chips. They will not fully bake into your bread instead, they will melt to perfection.

bake chocolate pumpkin bread

The extra chocolate chips sprinkled on top of the bread before baking provides an additional layer of gooey chocolate goodness.

chocolate pumpkin bread

Chocolate Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Chocolate Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 C. canned pumpkin
  • 1/2 C. butter, softened to room temperature
  • 1/4 C. granulated sugar
  • 1/2 C. brown sugar, packed
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 3/4 cup chocolate chips + extra handful to sprinkle on top of the bread prior to baking

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x5x3 bread loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder and baking soda, set aside.
  3. Combine the canned pumpkin, softened butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and sour cream.
  4. Slowly fold in the dry ingredients.
  5. Add in the chocolate chips.
  6. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and sprinkle the extra chocolate chips on top.
  7. Bake for 50-60 minutes and allow it to cool completely prior to cutting.

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What is your favorite fall recipe?

If you love pumpkin bread, try our slow-cooker recipe baked directly into mason jars for individual serving sizes.

24 Comments

  1. Hi there! Visiting from Miz Helen’s lovely party. Your Chocolate Pumpkin Bread looks so moist and tasty. I’ve pinned it to try soon! I’d love it if you’d share this recipe at The Hearth and Soul Link Party live on my site now, if you have time. Hope to ‘see’ you there. Have a lovely weekend!

  2. That pumpkin bread looks absolutely yummy! I love anything pumpkin and pumpkin spice at this time of year, but I don’t think I’ve ever tried pumpkin bread before. Thanks for sharing this recipe idea!

  3. Your Pumpkin Bread will be delicious, it looks so moist and with chocolate,yum! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a great week and come back to see us real soon!
    Miz Helen

  4. I made this bread today, I thought I had chocolate chips but I didn’t. I had few white chocolate chips and sprinkled those on the top. This bread is moist and SO delicious! Thank you for the recipe.

  5. I just made these I didn’t have enough pumpkin so I added some applesauce to complete cup measurement. My son can’t have wheat soy nor dairy so I adjusted to him I added a bit of oat milk for the sour cream. I made a loaf and 7 cupcakes they smell amazing.

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