Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bacon Muffins

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bacon Muffins here!

What? No fun-size candy bars? No scary ghost story? No witch’s cauldron? No spooky tale of a shy 7th grade girl showing up to a Halloween party dressed as a little old lady, padded with pillows, sporting a gray wig and saggy stockings; only to be greeted at the door by her friend, and said friend’s high school age brother, and his high school age friends, very much NOT in costume?

I mean…is that what you expected to get today? Oh no – that’s too scary! Trust me, I know! On this day, every year, I do what I can to forget. I seek comfort. Comfort, with the hopes of banishing once and for all that ghost of Halloween-past. That rascal of a ghost that gave me (yes, I am that 7th grader…) one of the most embarrassing moments of my life.

How did I not know that it wasn’t a costume party? I guess that detail slipped through the cracks. The invite came from a friend who lived in another town, who I hadn’t seen in ages, and rarely spoke to. I accepted her invite and started planning my costume as soon as we hung up.

Why wouldn’t I think it was a costume party? (Right?) Of course, when I arrived, my friend, who clearly felt embarrassed for me, did however ask, “Why would you think it was a costume party?”

Ugg.

Anyway…that was the year – the year of the little old lady – when my feelings for Halloween quickly shifted from l-o-v-e to y-i-k-e-s. Who can blame me?

I certainly could’ve used a Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bacon Muffin or two on that fateful night.

I mean…is there anything that a yummy pumpkin-inspired baked good can’t do to help cheer up a person?

Well, sometimes pumpkin alone is not enough. Sometimes we need to pull out the big guns…

Bacon.

Does the trick, every time!

Yep, take that little old lady…

Buon Appetito!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bacon Muffins

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• Author: Ciao Chow Bambina
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 18 mins
• Total Time: 38 mins
• Yield: 24 muffins 1x
• Category: Breakfast

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Ingredients

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• 12 oz. Jones Dairy Farm Dry-Aged Bacon, cut into small bite-sized pieces
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 15 oz. pumpkin puree
• 1 1/2 cups canola oil
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. allspice
• 2 heaping cups semisweet chocolate chips

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 F.
2. In a large skillet, over medium heat, cook bacon pieces until crispy. When done, remove from pan and place on a paper-towel lined plate. Set aside.
3. Line a regular sized muffin pan with paper liners.
4. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, pumpkin and oil until smooth.
5. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
6. Slowly add flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and mix well.
7. Fold in chocolate chips and bacon.
8. Fill muffin cups to just full.
9. Bake for 16 – 18 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
10. Cool in pan for 5 – 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

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{This post is sponsored by Jones Dairy Farm but the content and opinions expressed here are my own.}

Have a safe & happy Halloween, my friends!

CIAO!