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
I 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
Yes, this recipe does scream FALL! Looks very yummy.
Charles-Linda Bradshaw says
Great recipe to try.
David Fultner says
MMM I wish it cool down a little so I can bake some.
Joni Mason says
I 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
I love pumpkin muffins. I love they way they smell too when they are baking it reminds me of fall.
M.Clark says
I do like pumpkin muffins. What a wonderful fall treat. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Keri Justice says
These look amazing. But I’ve never heard of pumpkin oil?! I’m intrigued.
Crystal Rogers Walker says
Oh what a good muffin mix it sounds very good and I am going to try it this weekend
Julie Wood says
You 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
This 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
We’re still having summer temps here in Colorado but I’m ready for fall flavors.
Marnie G says
What a great recipe for fall. I love that is has a very different type of frosting.
Tammy Woodall says
Oh 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
With 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
These muffins look so delicious! Thanks for sharing this recipe 🙂
Jamie says
YUM – those sound amazing!! Pinned them to try one day. Thank you for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty
Julie Waldron says
These 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
This 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
I can’t wait to make this. Pumpkin and cranberry, what’s not to like.
Jennifer says
Let me know how you like them!
Amanda Schaeffer says
These 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
Oh this recipe has all my favorite in it and it looks divine and not hard to make I am going to try it