Last week when we were menu plan­ning, I got the urge to make some muffins.  This fall, I have been LOVING any­thing with pump­kin in it.  When I was try­ing to decide what muffins to make, I thought about mak­ing banana muffins which are our reg­u­lar around here.  Then, I remem­bered my friend Erin telling me about these pump­kin choco­late chip muffins she had found on Money Sav­ing Mom’s blog.  I decided to make those, but I also remem­bered Erin say­ing that she had found them to be a lit­tle oily, so I decided to make some changes.  Some turned into many, and here is the result.

The orig­i­nal recipe (my changes in bold)

Pump­kin Choco­late Chip Muffins

4 eggs
2 cups sugar  (I changed this to honey, and I reduced it to 1 1/2 cups plus 2 Tbsp of honey**)
1 (16 oz.) can pureed pump­kin  (Because of my change from sugar to honey, I took out 6 Tbsp of pump­kin)
1 1/2 cups oil  (I used 3/4c. apple sauce, 1/4 c. oil, and a banana)
3 cups flour  (I used half all pur­pose and half whole wheat flour)
2 tea­spoons bak­ing soda
2 tea­spoons bak­ing pow­der
1 tea­spoon ground cin­na­mon
1 tea­spoon salt
1 pack­age choco­late chips  (I used 1/2 pack­age of choco­late chips and a hand­ful of raisins)

In a large mix­ing bowl, beat eggs, sugar, pump­kin, and oil until smooth. Add in dry ingre­di­ents and mix well. Fold in choco­late chips (and raisins).  Fill greased or paper-lined muf­fin cups 3/4 full. Bake 16–20 min­utes (I found about 17 1/2 min­utes to work the best for our oven)at 400 degrees. Makes 24–30 muffins.

**One web­site I found said to add a pinch of bak­ing pow­der to neu­tral­ize the acid­ity of the honey.  Since I was already adding it, I didn’t add any­more.  I’m sure I could have though.

Results:

They turned out really well espe­cially con­sid­er­ing what I did to them.  I think next time the only changes I would make are tak­ing out all the oil and using the pump­kin instead.  I also found them to be plenty sweet, so I might exper­i­ment with less sugar and more flour.  My kids really enjoyed them, and even though they are gone, I am still get­ting “mump­kin puf­fin” (accord­ing to A) requests.