The Easiest Chocolate Muffins

These are seriously the easiest chocolate muffins you can make. I cannot take credit for these, someone gave me the recipe and I am unsure of the origin. But thank you to whoever thought of it. The idea seemed strange but I quickly realized what a great way to get a vegetable into my child who seems to be allergic to almost every other vegetable except broccoli and cauliflower.  So here it is …. couldn’t be any easier and they will never even know there is pumpkin in them.

The recipe is simply a package of Devil’s Food Cake Mix and one 15 oz. can of pumpkin puree. I tend to use the Libby’s Pumpkin Puree but I think any brand would be fine as long as the only ingredient is pumpkin. The cake mix I prefer is Duncan Hines Cake Mix because they have not shrunk the package like all the other brands, so the ratios still work great. The trick here is cooking spray. Spray everything: the bowl, mixing spoon, scoop, and muffin tin. It is hard to mix and the batter sticks to everything. Don’t give up. It just takes a second and then it all comes together. It tends to be a bit lumpy, don’t worry about that. Do not use muffin liners, the muffins stick to them. I usually add chocolate chips to the mix and that is wonderful also.

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous

Amelia Barr

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The Easiest Chocolate Muffins

These muffins are so easy and are a hidden source of vegetables…Pumpkin. Great for breakfast or an afterschool snack.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings: 12 muffins
Course: after school snack, Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 15 oz can Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 box Devils Food Cake Mix Whatever brand you prefer

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
  2. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. liberally spray your bowl and utensils with cooking spray to avoid sticking. DO NOT USE CUPCAKE LINERS. The muffins will stick to them.
  3. Combine the cake mix and the pumpkin puree. This is harder than you would expect. It takes a bit, but be persistent and it will all come together.
  4. Spread evenly in muffin tin. An ice cream scoop and an extra soup spoon work well here. You should get 12 muffins out of it. This step is very sticky.
  5. Cook for 15 minutes and they are done. Great warm.

Notes

Notes:  I have tried to use a mixer and it doesn’t work. Do not bother. 
Allergy Information: Depending on the cake mix that you use, these are very easy to adapt to whatever your allergy may be. 
Chocolate pumpkin muffins

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