Easy Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread | Vegan, Gluten-Free Loaf

This chocolate chip pumpkin bread is moist, soft, spicy, and very delicious! The recipe is vegan, gluten-free, flourless, can be made refined sugar-free, and easy to make with simple ingredients. Enjoy this pumpkin loaf cake in fall or any time of the year.

Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

Are you also excited for fall baking?! Well, I am, especially when pumpkins are involved! After I posted a recipe for my Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, which btw was a huge success, it was time to slightly modify the recipe and create a pumpkin bread.

Why do I love this vegan pumpkin bread recipe?

1. It’s quite healthy, gluten-free, and can be even made oil-free
2. The pumpkin loaf cake is moist, soft, and gooey.
3. The recipe is easy to make with simple ingredients

Fresh Or Canned Pumpkin

For this recipe, you can use canned pumpkin puree or make your own pumpkin puree. All you need is one medium-sized pumpkin, an oven, and a blender or food processor.

1. Cut the pumpkin into slices (you can leave the skin on) and put it on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
2. You can brush the pumpkin with some oil, but it also works without oil.
3. Cook in the oven at 400 °F (204 °C) until the pumpkin is soft when you pierce it with a fork (it takes about 45 minutes).
4. Once it’s soft add the pumpkin flesh to a blender or food processor and blend on high speed.
5. Depending on the starch content of the pumpkin, you might need to add water until the puree is creamy.

How To Make A Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread?

I mixed the ingredients for this pumpkin bread in a food processor, however, you can make the recipe in a bowl. It’s very simple, so let’s start.

• Line an 8-inch (20 cm) loaf pan with parchment paper.
• Put all dry ingredients (except the chocolate chips) into a bowl and mix with a whisk. You can also process the ingredients in a food processor (like I did).
• Add all wet ingredients to the bowl and stir with a whisk (or use the pulse function of your food processor) until just combined (don’t over mix the batter.
• Finally, add the chocolate chips and stir with a spoon.
• Pour the batter into the lined loaf pan and add more chocolate chips on top.
• Bake in the oven for about 35-40 minutes. You don’t want to over bake the pumpkin bread, but make sure the center isn’t wet anymore after inserting a toothpick in the center. It’s fine if it’s slightly crumbly though.
• Let the vegan pumpkin bread cool completely before you slice it.

Perfect For Breakfast Or Dessert

You can enjoy this vegan chocolate chip pumpkin bread for breakfast but it’s also very delicious for dessert because of the dairy-free chocolate chips. If you want to make the recipe even healthier and furthermore oil-free, simply leave out the chocolate chips.

You can add raisins or any other dried fruit as a substitute or leave the pumpkin bread plain.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Ingredients

As mentioned before, this pumpkin chocolate chip bread contains only simple ingredients which are as follows:

• Ground oats (gluten-free if needed)
• Granulated sweetener of choice
• Ground almonds
• Baking powder and baking soda
• Pumpkin spice
• Dairy-free chocolate chips
• Pumpkin puree
• Plant-based milk
• Vanilla extract
• Lemon juice

Find the exact measurements below in the recipe card!

Gluten-Free Recipe

I used oats for this recipe which I processed in an electric coffee/spice grinder to make oat flour. You can use regular oats or gluten-free oats and process them in a blender (or grinder). Of course, you can also use store-bought oat flour.

To make the pumpkin bread oil-free, simply leave out the chocolate chips. 🙂

This Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Is:

• Vegan (dairy-free, egg-free)
• Gluten-free
• Can be made refined sugar-free
• Moist
• Soft
• A great breakfast or dessert
• Easy to make with simple ingredients

Should you give this vegan pumpkin bread a try, please leave a comment and rating below and don’t forget to tag me in your Instagram or Facebook post with @elavegan and #elavegan because I love to see your remakes! 🙂

If you like easy desserts and breakfast recipes, definitely also check out the following delicious healthy vegan recipes:

• Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
• Marble Bundt Cake
• Plum And Apple Crumble
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
• Apple Crumble Muffins
• Chocolate Chip Sweet Potato Muffins
• Apple Cinnamon Crepes

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5 from 4 votes

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

This chocolate chip pumpkin bread is moist, soft, spicy, and very delicious! The recipe is vegan, gluten-free, flourless, can be made refined sugar-free, and easy to make with simple ingredients. Enjoy this pumpkin loaf cake in fall or any time of the year.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time35 mins

Total Time50 mins

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana bread, fall, pumpkin, vegan

Servings: 8

Calories: 256kcal

Author: Michaela Vais

Ingredients

Dry ingredients:

• 200 g (2 cups) ground oats gluten-free if needed(*)
• 100 g (1/2 cup) granulated sweetener of choice(**)
• 75 g (3/4 cup) ground almonds (***)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• A pinch of salt
• 2 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (****)
• 90 g (1/2 cup) dairy-free chocolate chips + more for the top

Wet ingredients:

• 240 g (1 cup) pumpkin puree
• 180 ml (3/4 cup) plant-based milk (*****)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp lemon juice or lime juice

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 360 degrees F (180 degrees C) and line an 8-inch (20 cm) loaf pan with parchment paper. For the best results, I recommend measuring the ingredients on a scale in grams.
• Put all dry ingredients (except the chocolate chips) to a bowl and mix with a whisk. You can also process the ingredients in a food processor (like I did).
• Add all wet ingredients to the bowl and stir with a whisk (or use the pulse function of your food processor) until just combined (don't over mix the batter).
• Finally, add the chocolate chips and stir with a spoon.
• Pour the batter into the lined loaf pan and add more chocolate chips on top.
• Bake in the oven for about 35-40 minutes. You don't want to over bake the pumpkin bread, but make sure the center isn't wet anymore after inserting a toothpick in the center. It's fine if it's slightly crumbly though.
• Let the vegan pumpkin bread cool completely before you slice it. Enjoy! Store leftovers covered in an airtight container in the fridge.

Notes

*To make your own oat flour, simply process oats in a blender or electric coffee/spice grinder. Regular flour or spelt flour (for a non-gluten-free version) should work well in this recipe (I haven't tried it myself though).

**Granulated sweetener: You can use regular sugar, Erythritol, Xylitol (birch sugar), coconut sugar, etc.

***You can use almond flour (which consists of 100% ground almonds) or any other finely ground nuts instead. For a nut-free version, you can use 75 grams of ground shredded unsweetened coconut.

****To make your own spice blend, simply mix 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon with 1/2 tsp nutmeg and 1/4 to 1/2 tsp ground cloves.

*****I prefer using coconut milk or cashew milk.

Recipe serves 8. Nutrition facts are for one serving (calculated with Xylitol).

Nutrition Facts

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

Amount Per Serving

Calories 256 Calories from Fat 88

% Daily Value*

Fat 9.8g15%

Carbohydrates 32g11%

Fiber 5.5g22%

Sugar 7.7g9%

Protein 6.6g13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 256kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 6.6g | Fat: 9.8g | Fiber: 5.5g | Sugar: 7.7g

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