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My Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins have just three ingredients, are so easy to make, and taste amazing! They don’t taste like pumpkin – they’re just all chocolate for breakfast with chocolate chips and cake mix. Kids love them too!

Two chocolate chip muffins stacked on a wooden board, with more muffins in a baking tray in the background and scattered chocolate chips around.

I think my most favorite thing about these chocolate muffins is that they are the perfect excuse to have chocolate for breakfast. I mean, is there anything better? These are super moist muffins and they’re perfect for breakfast (or dessert).

A can of pumpkin, a box of milk chocolate cake mix, and a bowl of chocolate chips are arranged on a white surface with labels identifying each item.

3 Ingredient Chocolate Muffins

  • Chocolate Cake Mix – you can use any brand you like, any flavor really, I like chocolate, but this will work with yellow cake, spice cake, whatever.
  • Pumpkin Puree – not pumpkin pie mix
  • Chocolate Chips – which are optional. You could even add nuts or anything you like.
Two chocolate chip muffins are stacked on a wooden board with extra chocolate chips on top. More muffins and scattered chocolate chips are visible in the background.

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Dorothy’s Testing Notes

  • I like to just stir these with a wooden spoon or spatula, but you can use a mixer if you prefer.
  • You need to grease your muffin pans. Since there is no added fat in the mixture they’ll stick. I like to use nonstick cooking spray.
  • These are very moist and dense muffins. They’re not light and fluffy like a cake.
  • If you’re worried, let me reassure you – you cannot taste the pumpkin at all.  They’ve passed multiple kid tests with flying colors!
  • These are done when a toothpick comes out mostly clean from the center of the muffin.
  • Want them to taste more like fall? Add a teaspoon or two of pumpkin pie spice.
  • These taste best fresh, but you can store them for up to 2 days in an airtight container or freeze for up to a month.
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3 ingredient Chocolate Muffins Recipe

By: Dorothy Kern
These easy muffins have just 3 ingredients and taste like a rich fudgy chocolate muffin!
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 12 -14 muffins
Two chocolate chip muffins stacked on a wooden board, with more muffins in a baking tray in the background and scattered chocolate chips around.
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Ingredients

  • 1 (15-18 ounce) box chocolate cake mix
  • 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie mix)
  • 1 cup (170g) chocolate chips, plus more for topping

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin pan with liners and spray well with nonstick cooking spray, or skip the liners and grease the muffin pans well.
  • Stir cake mix and pumpkin in a large bowl until combined. Mixture will be thick. Stir in chocolate chips.
  • Fill muffin liners ⅔ full with batter. Sprinkle each muffin with more chocolate chips (optional). Bake for 12-16 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs. Cool at least 5 minutes before eating.
  • Store in an airtight container for up to 2 days or freeze for up to one month.

Nutrition

Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 76kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 11mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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How to make Easy Chocolate Muffins

  1. The batter will be thick and dark, more dense than normal muffins.
  2. Stir in chocolate chips after mixing everything else.
  3. Muffin cups should be 2/3 to 3/4 full.

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  1. These muffins are really good! So moist and tasty. I think they are better than a regular muffin because they are so moist. I will definitely make again.

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  2. These were so easy and delicious. The calorie count is off, though. A standard cake mix divided by 12 yields about 133 calories per muffin. Dividing a can of plain pumpkin by 12 yields about 14 extra calories. Without chocolate chips these muffins are about 147 calories each. Still a very healthy treat.

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  3. These were fantastic. The instructions were so easy that I was doubting how this would go the whole time. I used a devils food cake mix I had on hand and I used a teaspoon of pumpkin spice as suggested in the notes section to make them more seasonal. I am in awe at how perfect they are with so little work. It’s probably more of an effort to go to the store to get the ingredients than it is to actually make these delicious muffins. Thank you so much for this genius recipe!

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