Pumpkin muffins with cranberry buttercream frosting. If they don’t scream fall, I don’t know what does. Here’s a recipe to make all throughout the pumpkin season and into the holidays. This post contains affiliate links.
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins with Cranberry Buttercream Recipe
Ingredients:
Dry
- 1 3/4 Cup of All-Purpose Flour, sifted
- 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar, packed
- 3/4 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- 1/4 Teaspoon Ground Cloves
Wet
- 2 Eggs, room temperature
- 1 1/2 Cup Pumpkin Puree
- 1/2 Cup Coconut Oil, melted, but at room temperature, not hot
- 1 Tablespoon Orange Zest
- 1/2 Teaspoon Pumpkin Oil
- 1/4 Orange Juice, fresh squeezed
Chocolate:
- 2/3 Cup Dark Chocolate, shards
Equipment:
- Muffin Pan
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
- With a baker’s brush butter muffin pan.
- In a large bowl mix all of the dry ingredients and whisk together.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the whisk attachment, add the pumpkin puree
- Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each one to be fully mixed before adding the last egg.
- Add the melted coconut oil, orange zest, pumpkin oil and orange juice.
- With the stand mixer set on low add the flour mixture, a little at a time until it is all incorporated.
- Remove bowl from stand mixer and using a rubber spatula, scrape down sides. Do not overmix.
- Pour batter in prepared muffin pan.
- Bake for 15- 20 minutes.
- Check to see if muffins are done by inserting a toothpick in the center of a muffin. If it comes out clean muffins are ready.
- Remove from oven and allow muffins to cool.
Cranberry Buttercream Recipe
- 1 Cup Cranberry Jelly
- 4 – 5 Cups of Powered Sugar
- 1 Cup (2 Sticks) Sweet Cream Butter Unsalted
- 1/4 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1/2 Tablespoon Pure Vanilla Flavoring
- 1 – 2 Tablespoons Whole Milk
Directions:
- In a medium sauce pan heat cranberry jelly until completely melted, remove from heat and place sauce in the freezer to cool.
- In a the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment add butter, salt, and vanilla. Mix until peaks form.
- After cranberry jelly is cool add a little at a time into the butter mixture until it is all added.
- Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. After each addition of sugar make sure it is fully incorporated into butter mixture.
- Begin adding whole milk a little at a time until you have the consistency you want.
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cassie says
September 21, 2015 at 4:38 pmI would’ve never thought to use this flavor combination but it looks so indulgent and good! I may have to try this one out at our fall potluck for work 🙂
Sarah L says
September 21, 2015 at 5:14 pmYes, this recipe does scream FALL! Looks very yummy.
Charles-Linda Bradshaw says
September 21, 2015 at 6:14 pmGreat recipe to try.
David Fultner says
September 21, 2015 at 6:41 pmMMM I wish it cool down a little so I can bake some.
Joni Mason says
September 21, 2015 at 8:40 pmI love pumpkin muffins and these look fantastic! I can’t wait to see how the cranberry Jelly tastes in this recipe! Thanks for sharing!
ellen beck says
September 21, 2015 at 10:10 pmI love pumpkin muffins. I love they way they smell too when they are baking it reminds me of fall.
M.Clark says
September 21, 2015 at 11:56 pmI do like pumpkin muffins. What a wonderful fall treat. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Keri Justice says
September 22, 2015 at 7:56 amThese look amazing. But I’ve never heard of pumpkin oil?! I’m intrigued.
Crystal Rogers Walker says
September 22, 2015 at 12:49 pmOh what a good muffin mix it sounds very good and I am going to try it this weekend
Julie Wood says
September 23, 2015 at 7:54 amYou have incredible recipes on your blog and I love Muffins in the morning with a nice hot cup of coffee and these muffins look so delicious and I would love to try them!
Laurie Nykaza says
September 23, 2015 at 6:26 pmThis recipe is just in time for the holidays and we love pumpkin and chocolate so together everyone will like baking these for the family.
Sarah L says
September 23, 2015 at 11:53 pmWe’re still having summer temps here in Colorado but I’m ready for fall flavors.
Marnie G says
September 25, 2015 at 12:51 amWhat a great recipe for fall. I love that is has a very different type of frosting.
Tammy Woodall says
September 26, 2015 at 4:31 pmOh my goodness, these Chocolate chip Pumpkin Muffins look so delicious and have everything you could hope for – Butter Cream, Chocolate and Pumpkin together – Yum.
Jesselyn A/Jesstinger says
September 27, 2015 at 10:14 pmWith the holidays coming up (beginning with the AUTUMN holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving and these muffins have it ALL : Pumpkin, Chocolate, Cranberries… perfect for celebrating the melange of holiday tastes and traditions ~ definitely perfect for bringing to the office or I like to bake for soup kitchens and the nurses/ other staff & volunteers at the Cancer ward where they have taken such good care of me! Thanks!
The Little Tourist says
September 30, 2015 at 8:24 amThese muffins look so delicious! Thanks for sharing this recipe 🙂
Jamie says
October 2, 2015 at 2:04 pmYUM – those sound amazing!! Pinned them to try one day. Thank you for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty
Julie Waldron says
October 4, 2015 at 9:45 amThese sound so good! I’ve never heard of cranberry buttercream, it sound delicious. I will have to give it a try, it would be great for fall. 🙂
Tammy Horn says
October 4, 2015 at 6:17 pmThis recipe sounds and looks delicious. Pinning this so I can try it next weekend. Hoping mine come out as good as yours look!
Patricia Hoffmeister says
October 13, 2015 at 5:46 pmI can’t wait to make this. Pumpkin and cranberry, what’s not to like.
Jennifer says
October 13, 2015 at 6:59 pmLet me know how you like them!
Amanda Schaeffer says
October 15, 2015 at 5:24 pmThese look amazing such a cool combination of flavors.This is a perfect fall recipe will definitely give a try sometime.Thank you for sharing this 🙂
Crystal Rogers Walker says
October 22, 2015 at 2:01 pmOh this recipe has all my favorite in it and it looks divine and not hard to make I am going to try it