This chocolate chip pumpkin bread is filled with fall flavors! Moist and tender, this easy quick bread features pumpkin puree, warm spices, and orange juice (you can sub milk!).
Set the oven rack to the lower rung and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9x5 baking pan.
Whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon in a large bowl.
1 and 3/4 cup all purpose flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1.5 tsp pumpkin pie spice, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp salt
Whisk together eggs, white sugar, and brown sugar in a medium bowl until combined. Add the pumpkin puree, vanilla, vegetable oil, and orange juice and whisk.
2 large eggs, 1 and 1/2 cups pumpkin puree, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/2 cup white sugar, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup orange juice, 1/2 cup vegetable oil
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Do not overmix. Add the chocolate chips and stir in.
3/4 cup chocolate chips
Pour pumpkin mixture into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes, then loosely cover the top of the bread with a piece of aluminum foil. Bake for an additional 30-35 minutes. Bread is done when toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack for 60 minutes.
Notes
Use a square piece of aluminum foil and place it over the pumpkin bread halfway through baking. This will help prevent burning!
Milk can be substituted for the orange juice.
This bread gets better with time, like most quick breads, the flavor and texture are even better the next day!