These Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins are made with whole wheat flour and pumpkin puree. But don’t be fooled, these are not “diet” muffins, they are just amazingly delicious muffins!

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Today is a fantastic start to a Monday since it is the official start of #Choctoberfest!

Also, stay tuned this week on Chocolate Slopes for two more chocolate-focused recipes from my blog. One will be a healthier snack option and the other an indulgent dessert.

Over 70 bloggers are participating in #Choctoberfest 2017 and will be posting 200+ chocolate recipes over the next week.

Keep your eyes peeled, visit any of the blogs listed below, or use the #Choctoberfest hashtag on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to follow along.

You can also check out our #Choctoberfest Pinterest board, where we post chocolate recipes all year long.

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You can also enter to win our #Choctoberfest prize pack. Thanks to our amazing sponsors who are contributing the following items for the prize:

$100 gift card to Williams Sonoma or Sur La Table from our gold sponsor Imperial Sugar
1 case of granulated white sugar (40 pounds), 1 case of light brown sugar (24 pounds)
1 case of dark brown sugar (24 pounds), and 1 case of powdered sugar (24 pounds) from our gold sponsor Imperial Sugar
16 oz Barlean’s Butter-Flavored Coconut Oil, 9.52 oz canister of Chocolate Silk Greens, and 8 oz bottle of Essential Women Omega-Swirl Chocolate Mint from our silver sponsor Barlean’s
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Dietitian’s Dish

As I mentioned above, these are not exactly the healthiest muffins I could have made.

However, that’s okay though because I focus on moderation, not avoidance or restriction. Now speaking of moderation, these muffins are quite dense and rich.

And my kids devoured not one, but two very quickly.

So next time I will be making them into mini muffins to help a bit with portion control.

My kids and I love to make fall treats and snacks. These Mini Pumpkin Cheese Ball Bites are the perfect appetizer for fall time and kids can help make them!

Now check out these delicious chocolate pumpkin muffins!

Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings muffins

Ingredients

2 eggs
1/4 cup honey
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 1/2 cup zucchini, shredded
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chocolate chips, optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray a muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
In a mixer add eggs, honey, vanilla, brown sugar and pumpkin puree. Mix well.
Fold in the zucchini and stir.
Add pumpkin spice, nutmeg, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir well.
Fold in chocolate chips, if desired.
Bake 20-25 minutes.

Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

For more inspiration check out Imperial Sugar’s Halloween page.

Choctoberfest 2017

Here is a complete list of all the bloggers participating in #Choctoberfest 2017, so you can see the recipes they are posting throughout the week:

The PinterTest Kitchen ♥ Fix Me a Little Lunch ♥ Savory Moments ♥ Crumbs in my Mustachio ♥ House of Nash Eats ♥ Bake It With Love ♥ That Recipe ♥ Hardly A Goddess ♥ Cooking With Carlee ♥ A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures ♥ Body Rebooted ♥ Cindy’s Recipes and Writings ♥ The Redhead Baker ♥ Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice ♥ Sweet Coralice ♥ Seduction in The Kitchen ♥ Cooks&Books&Recipes ♥ Everyday Eileen ♥ Under My Apple Tree ♥ Family Around The Table ♥ Bottom Left of the Mitten ♥ The Spiffy Cookie ♥ Fairyburger ♥ Join Us, Pull up a Chair ♥ Jonesin’ For Taste ♥

Jane’s Adventures in Dinner ♥ Take Two Tapas ♥ Jennifer Bakes ♥ The Unlikely Baker ♥ Hostess At Heart ♥ Karen’s Kitchen Stories ♥ Kate’s Recipe Box ♥ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats ♥ Wildflour’s Cottage Kitchen ♥ Chocolate Slopes ♥ Little House Big Alaska ♥ Makes, Bakes and Decor ♥ 2 Cookin Mamas ♥

That Skinny Chick Can Bake ♥ Books n’ Cooks ♥ Mildly Meandering ♥ Living Ideas ♥ Restless Chipotle ♥ Get the Good Stuff! ♥ The Weekday Gourmet ♥ An Affair from the Heart ♥ West Via Midwest ♥ Cookie Dough

and Oven Mitt ♥ The Bitter Side of Sweet ♥ Cookaholic Wife ♥ Daily Dish Recipes ♥ For the Love of Food ♥ The Saucy Southerner ♥ Cook’s Hideout ♥ By the Pounds ♥ Tramplingrose: Cooking, Baking & Ranting in Small-Town South Dakota ♥ Sarah Cooks the Books ♥ Chef Sarah Elizabeth ♥ Fantastical Sharing of Recipes ♥ Sarah’s Bake Studio ♥ The Pajama Chef ♥ Frankly Entertaining ♥ Long Distance Baking ♥

Palatable Pastime ♥ The Freshman Cook ♥ The Food Hunter’s Guide to Cuisine ♥ A Day in the Life on the Farm ♥ Wendy Polisi ♥ Tampa Cake Girl ♥ My Southern Sweet Tooth ♥ Canning and Cooking at Home ♥ Full Belly Sisters ♥ SuperSizeGuy.com ♥ Our Good Life ♥ The Life Jolie

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