Delicate pumpkin crumb muffins are studded with mini chocolate chips that simply melt in your mouth.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Crumb Muffins | URBAN BAKES

Do you feel it? Feel the brisk Autumn weather in your neck of the woods yet? I sure hope so.

I’ve already cranked the heater and pulled out my sweats but what was up with last night? Holy crap was it cold, like winter! I’m definitely not ready to pull out my heavy coat especially since the trees here in Battery Park are still plush with green and every other day the temperature plays some sort of mind game which leaves me either under or over dressed. It’s actually quite confusing. In spite of this, I can’t let this odd weather stop me from enjoying my Fall-time treats.

These pumpkin muffins are a remake of last year’s Chocolate Chip Streusel Pumpkin Muffins; hence the word streusel as the difference. My goal last year was to make these with a chocolate chip crumb topping which come out great the first time however, the muffins themselves were gummy. It was pretty gross. By the third time, I was able to perfect the muffin portion but the topping came out a little flat; I left it as is. Too lazy to change it again.

How to Make Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Crumb Muffins

Below are a few images with a short description of varying steps on the process of making pumpkin muffins. Note that the images below are of the muffin portion of the recipe, not the crumb topping. Use these images as a helpful guide when making your own. For detailed instructions, see the recipe card toward the bottom of this post.

Because the Fall season was quickly over, so was my desire to keep testing the streusel topping, so I pushed it off. This year, with pumpkin-everything everywhere, I wanted to get back at it again but make a crumb topping the way a crumb should be, PEBBLED. I adapted the crumb portion of my New York Style Raspberry Crumb Cake recipe and lo and behold, done!

This is the ultimate chocolate chip pumpkin muffin. I kid you not. They are so soft and tender and the chocolate simply melts in your mouth. Before you know it, you’ll have a wad of muffin stuffed between your cheeks. Just don’t inhale in with your mouth open or you just might get those crumbs flying to the back of your throat and cough. Trust me, it happens every time with crumbs and desserts with powdered sugar.