Dark Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

by Jennifer // September 30, 2018 // 151 Comments

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This past week, the temperature dropped dramatically from the 80s to the mid-60s. The boots came out, and the other day, I lit a “warm apple pie” candle and wore a scarf. Fall is here people, and nobody mad about that.

Fall means pumpkin everything and pumpkin everything I shall make. I’m honestly surprised that it took me until September 30th to make something with pumpkin in it, but it just doesn’t seem right to start up the season while it’s still warm enough to be walking around in flip flops. I really adore the weather in Denver, where it typically stays warm through mid-Fall, but I was ready to turn off the AC, wear a sweatshirt around the house and turn on the heat in my car on the way to work in the morning. And of course, I was excitedly anticipating cracking open my first can of pumpkin for the season and baking it into a dark chocolaty pumpkin loaf. Mother nature, thanks for listening to every basic girl’s prayers by bringing Fall upon us, and allowing it to not feel so wrong to finally order a PSL at Starbucks.

This recipe uses pumpkin pie spice, which if you do not own, I highly suggest you change that immediately. It’s basically a mixture of everything you need to add into every autumn dish you make; a mixture of ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and allspice. Which, I guess you could easily mix yourself, but, for those of us who don’t feel like participating in such endeavors because we need pumpkin bread and we need it right now, pumpkin pie spice is the answer to your prayers. Another tip, dark chocolate chips really kick this bread up a notch. I’ve tried semi-sweet before and it just doesn’t do the pumpkin as much justice. But, alas, if you’re not a dark chocolate kind of person then go ahead with semi-sweet because you really can’t go wrong here. One more thing before I leave you to your devices to make your own loaf of this cinnamony, pumpkiny, autumny delight: Fall Sprinkles. You want them, you need them, and that’s all I’m saying. Enjoy.