Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins with Cream Cheese and Streusel
The ultimate pumpkin chocolate chip muffins filled cream cheese swirls and topped with crunchy cinnamon streusel! The best pumpkin chocolate chip muffins to make this season!
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time40 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24 people
Calories: 375kcal
Pumpkin Spice Mix (or substitute with 2½ Tablespoons of store bought pumpkin spice mix)
- 1½ Tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger powder
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground clove
Cream Cheese Filling
- 16 oz cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 Tablespoon all purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- 1 Tablespoon milk can substitute water
Crunchy Cinnamon Streusel
- 1¼ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 large egg white
- pinch of salt
Pumpkin Batter
In a large mixing bowl, add the wet ingredients and brown sugar. Mix together until the sugar is dissolved.
In a medium size bowl, add in the dry ingredients and the pumpkin spice mix, leaving out the chocolate chips. Mix the dry ingredients together with the spices, then add this dry mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix together until well combined. Set this aside.
Crunchy Cinnamon Streusel Topping
Fill the Muffin Pan
Save about ⅔ cup of chocolate chips for placing on top of the muffins. Grease your muffin pan with butter and fill your muffin pan with alternating layers of the pumpkin batter, chocolate chips, and cream cheese filling. Break apart varying size pieces of the streusel topping and pile them on top of the muffins. Press the remaining chocolate chips on top of the streusel.
Bake them at 425 degrees F for the first 6 - 7 minutes. Then lower the temperature to 350 degrees F and bake them for 13 - 14 more minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and the streusel topping is a golden brown color.
Makes 2 dozen muffins.
The high initial temperature creates what's called "oven spring" which is a term used by bakers to describe the increase in volume you get during the first few minutes of baking. You will get a taller muffin from baking at a higher temperature for the first few minutes.
Instead of Bittersweet Chocolate Chips:
- dark chocolate chips
- milk chocolate chips
- cinnamon chips
- butterscotch chips
- white chocolate chips
Flavor Variations for the Streusel Topping:
- chopped nuts - walnuts, almonds, peanuts, cashews, macadamia
- old fashioned oats (do not use quick instant oats)
- cocoa nibs
- cocoa powder
- pumpkin spice mix
Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 306mg | Potassium: 222mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 3192IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 105mg | Iron: 2mg