I bookmarked this recipe two years ago when I saw it on my friend, Pam’s, blog, For the Love of Cooking, and have been trying to find the cinnamon chips in local stores ever since. With no luck! I knew her recipe would be delicious and the thought of little gooey, creamy bits of cinnamon in a pumpkin muffin was enough to keep me searching. I checked everybody from Whole Foods to a small local grocery in the town where I live and nobody had them or even heard of them. Several stores said they would look into it but they never got back to me so for two years this recipe languished in my file of bookmarked recipes. You can imagine how surprised I was when one of my FB friends happened to mention that she bought several bags of these chips at one of our local stores (Winco if you are interested and live close by) so I made a beeline for the closest outlet. To make sure it wasn’t just a holiday item and I wouldn’t run out over the winter I stocked up and will probably go back to get a few more bags just in case. These little chips are delicious and worth all the fuss that went into finding them. Pam’s pumpkin muffins are heavenly and I’m looking forward to trying more recipe that include these tasty chips – I think a batch of cookies is next.
- 1 cup of flour
- ½ cup of whole wheat flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup pumpkin
- ½ cup canola oil
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp vanilla
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp pumpkin pie spice
- ¾ cup cinnamon chips
- ½ cup walnuts, chopped
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a muffin pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, oil, eggs, vanilla and buttermilk. Add the white and brown sugars as well as the cinnamon, nutmeg and pumpkin pie spice. Mix thoroughly.
- Combine the flours with the salt and baking soda, stir well. Slowly add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and stir until combined. Add the cinnamon chips and walnut pieces. Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin pan.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool muffins on a rack. Slather with butter and serve.
My family loves pumpkin anything – pies, breads, cookies, soups, vegetable dishes and many more. What is your favorite pumpkin recipe?
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These look wonderful and tasty fall weather good Cathy!
I have to try and find cinnamon chips; I am printing out your recipe and adding this and a can of pumpkin to my shopping list.
Rita
Those look gosh awful good.
I don’t use a lot of pumpkin cause the hubs won’t eat it. So I have to eat it all…..
Ramona recently posted..Canton Flea Market 2011 part 2
These muffins look so incredibly moist and delicious! Yet another great recipe from you
Pinned!
Jess Wakasugi {Life’s Simple Measures} recently posted..Pumpkin-Brown Butter Cupcakes
They look really good Cathy, especially with the addition of the walnuts. Since this is the third pumpkin recipe I’ve read this morning, I’m going out on a limb and guess it’s fall.
Larry recently posted..Breakfasts – One Restaurant And One From Leftovers
These look really good! I’ll have to go to the store soon to look for those cinnamon chips.
Biren @ Roti n Rice recently posted..Gluten-Free Baked Mac and Cheese with Cauliflower
I am so glad you found them! I think I found my chips at Winco too. Yours look moist and delicious… now I am having another pumpkin muffin craving. Thanks for the shout out and link back to my site.
Pam recently posted..Parmesan and Black Pepper Biscuits
They look fantastic, especially with the melting butter. Glad you stocked up! I’ll have to look for them.
Carol @ There’s Always Thyme to Cook recently posted..Lamb Chop with Dried Cherries and Port
Sounds great, Cathy. I was wondering about those chips, whether the flavor would taste natural.
I will look for them!
Kathleen recently posted..Pink…For the Cure
I am way behind on my pumpkin treats – and this would be a terrific one to start with.
ciaochowlinda recently posted..Apple Tart, Miracle Crust and Mother Nature too
Oh these look wonderful!
Gorgeous pics Cathy!
Linda recently posted..Pumpkin Bread….
Yum! Your muffins look so good; your photo is making me very, very hungry! I love pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie (of course), just plain pumpkin cooked, mashed with a bit of sugar and spice, pumpkin smoothies (at a certain fast food place), pumpkin milkshakes (at another fast food place)…basically I haven’t found a pumpkin recipe or food I don’t like:)
Be blessed,
Aimee
PS: Do any Oregon stores carry your trail mix (the one with kiwi)? Between all that was going on, I (sadly) missed the last Saturday market
oooofff, just great! that last photo makes my mouth water
Ahh, they used to have cinnamon chips and then they disappeared, now Hersheys has them! That is wonderful. What a perfect fall muffin. I can just smell them.
Jacqueline recently posted..7 Layer Halloween Candy Salad
The muffins look great Cathy, so glad you finally found the chips! Not sure but I think you can get something similar on King Arthur Flour, but of course we have to deal with the shipping charges then-boo hiss! Happy early Halloween:@)
I can smell these right through the computer….I’m having a blog brunch on the 6th. and I have to make these…I bet the Walmart in town carries these chips….they always have odd things you can’t find anyplace else…..thanks for the recipe!
Hi Cathy!
I’ve been slowly catching up on my reading and loved all your beautiful posts from the farmer’s market. Thanks for your warm words on my blog.
As for these muffins . . . I can only imagine how good they taste! I have seen those cinnamon chips in King Arthur’s Flour catalog and wondered what you could make with them. Now I know! My favorite pumpkin recipe would have to be my mother’s pumpkin roll with cream cheese frosting. She always made 2 at Thanksgiving and one of them always got “kidnapped” and hidden. With seven kids and their families, it was quite a fiasco sometimes.
Vickie recently posted..Blogging Break
I have never heard of such a thing as Cinnamon Chips, but would love to find them. Great sounding recipe Cathy.
Lea Ann recently posted..Fingerling Potato and Sausage Soup
I have always thought that those chips would be great with pumpkin. I like that you used part WW flour and the buttermilk, too. These look and sound great!
Becki’s Whole Life recently posted..Chocolate Cake with Fluffy Seven Minute Frosting
Your muffins look so pretty, just like bakery muffins. They must be delicious with the cinnamon chips. Glad you found them. I have seen them in my local grocer a few times. They are not always there, but I have never baked with them, not sure why. I will have to grab a few bags so that I can make these yummy muffins.
Raina recently posted..Halloween Cake
Oh Cathy, I’m making these ASAP. I even have the chips! Well, half a package left over anyway which is enough for this recipe. Love the combo and that photo is divine!
Barbara recently posted..50 Women Game Changers in Food: #21, Ree Drummond
Oh, my kids cannot get enough of pumpkin muffins and yours look marvelous, Cathy! Hope you have something fun planned for the weekend
Liz recently posted..Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good~
I’ve never heard of cinnamon chips either! I’m going to watch for them because these muffins sound delicious.
Susan recently posted..Cheese and Walnut Crackers~
i can’t think of anything more delicious than this right now.
Oh, I’m SOOOOO jealous! I’ll bet almost anything you like I won’t be able to find these chips in OZ!! I’ll just have to stick to my old favourite Pumpkin Scone recipe (I think you call scones ‘biscuits’??) with clotted cream and homemade melon/lemon/ginger jam …
Red Nomad OZ recently posted..Red Alert #1 – Holes in my Soles goes to AFRICA!
Pumpkin muffins sound delicious. We often make pumpkin bread this time of year, but haven’t made muffins. That might have to change. Made a good pumpkin pie recently too.
Marilyn recently posted..The Dollhouse Project
Another delicious pumpkin recipe! I love the sound of those cinnamon chips!
Jeannie recently posted..HAPPY DIWALI TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATES:D
I’m going to have to see if our local market has the cinnamon chips. These muffins sound just delicious. I love cinnamon in recipes this time of the year…the smell coming from the oven makes the house smell so nice.
Karen (Back Road Journal) recently posted..If You Don’t Like The Weather In New England, Wait Five Minutes
I can’t get enough pumpkins! Those look marvelous.
Angie@Angiesrecipes recently posted..Savoury Pumpkin Spelt Tartlets with Sage and Lemon Thyme
YUM! Cinnamon chips are perfect for these muffins. I think around here cinnamon chips are seasonal, last year I picked up a few bags before they were gone. The same goes for the green mint chips, I have been trying to find them for a friend and …Publix said they get them in for the holidays so I am on the look out for those now.
Lyndsey ~The Tiny Skillet~ recently posted..Breakfast Egg and Toast Cups
Wish I could find the cinnamon chips here. I think they’d be just perfect in pumpkin muffins!
Karen recently posted..Roasted Shrimp with Queso Fresco
I have never seen cinnamon chips here. Probably only available in US. these muffins sounded wonderful. Really tempting indeed.
Hope you’re having a great week ahead, Cathy.
Cheers, Kristy
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They sound delicious Cathy! I have stocked up on pumpkin!
I have the wonderful cinnamon chips! Can’t wait to mKe these!
Hi Cathy,
those muffins look great. Just printed out the recipe and going to surprise my girlfriend at the weekend
I hope my backing skills are enough.
Great day to all
Drake
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