Pumpkin Gut Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Moist and dense delicious muffins are a great use for pumpkin guts.

Submitted by slyorkie
Updated on July 28, 2024
close up view of Pumpkin Gut Chocolate Chip Muffins on a cooling rack
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Prep Time:
20 mins
Cook Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
40 mins
Servings:
12
Yield:
12 big muffins
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Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 12 servings

  • 1 tablespoon clarified butter (ghee)

  • 1 ¾ cups pumpkin guts

  • 1 ½ cups brown sugar

  • ½ cup butter, cubed and at room temperature

  • 3 eggs

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour, divided

  • 2 tablespoons baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 2 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin with ghee.

  2. Separate the seeds from the stringy pumpkin guts. Place guts into a blender or food processor; pulse until pureed.

  3. Mix brown sugar and butter together in a bowl until combined. Add pumpkin puree and eggs; whisk until well blended.

  4. Sift 3 cups flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and stir until absorbed. Add as much of the remaining 1 cup flour as needed to create a batter that is moist but thick enough to stand a spoon in. Stir in chocolate chips.

  5. Divide batter evenly between the 12 muffin cups.

  6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick poked into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

Cook’s Note

By pumpkin guts, I literally mean the stringy, gooey stuff that normally gets thrown away. I process mine using my older Ninja blender. I find that about 4 cups of guts will process down to about 2 cups.

A great variation is to use 1 cup chopped walnuts plus 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries instead of the 2 cups chocolate chips.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

495 Calories
19g Fat
79g Carbs
7g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 12
Calories 495
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 19g 24%
Saturated Fat 11g 56%
Cholesterol 70mg 23%
Sodium 425mg 18%
Total Carbohydrate 79g 29%
Dietary Fiber 3g 11%
Total Sugars 43g
Protein 7g 15%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 187mg 14%
Iron 4mg 20%
Potassium 245mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.