Chocolate Recipe # Barb's Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

They may sound a little weird, but if you decide to use some good semi-sweet chips, they turn out mighty tasty. You may substitute walnuts for the chocolate chips if you wish.

Ingredients

• 3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 cups canned pumpkin puree
• 4 eggs, beaten
• ⅓ cup water
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
2. In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, sugar, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, beat together pumpkin, eggs and water. Stir pumpkin mixture into flour mixture; beat until well blended. Fold in chocolate chips.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

Nutrition Facts

• calories213
• carbohydrateContent44.4 g
• cholesterolContent31 mg
• fatContent3.2 g
• fiberContent1.5 g
• proteinContent3.4 g
• saturatedFatContent1.6 g
• sodiumContent263.8 mg
• sugarContent29.6 g