Paleo Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
This Paleo Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread is a good-for-you twist on your favorite fall treat. This easy, one-bowl recipe is the best gluten-free pumpkin bread I’ve ever made! It’s moist, full of chocolate chunks, and made with coconut flour and almond butter.
Where are my pumpkin lovers at?! I hope that if you’re here, your hand is raised! I’m a big fan of all sorts of pumpkin recipes, and I absolutely love the fall season when pumpkin spice everything takes over all the grocery stores and coffee shops. I also love my apple recipes during fall, but this is a post about pumpkin. Specifically, this fantastic pumpkin bread.
This bread is all the things you want in a healthy pumpkin bread:
- Easy to make
- Gluten-free & Paleo
- No refined sugars
- Full of chocolate chunks
- Ready to bake in 10 minutes
- Full of warm fall spices
- Perfect with coffee & tea
- Healthy enough for breakfast
Let’s make chocolate chip pumpkin bread!
This paleo chocolate chip pumpkin bread is the bomb. To make it, I started with my favorite and all-time site favorite Paleo Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread. I gave it a little pumpkin spin and a couple of twists, and voila: perfectly transformed into Paleo Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Bread.
Because pumpkin is not as sweet as bananas are, I used coconut sugar to sweeten it up a bit. Coconut sugar works perfectly here because it’s a dry sugar, unlike maple syrup or honey, which are absolutely delicious but would add too much liquid to this batter and mess up the texture.
I’m a huge proponent of using chocolate chunks lover chocolate chips, which you’d probably know if you’ve spent any amount of time on this site. They add so much both visually and in terms of taste. Chocolate chips generally have waxes added into them that prevent them from melting well, and I always want melty chocolate, so I go with the chocolate chunks instead. Nothing beats biting into a slice of still-warm pumpkin bread and having dark chocolate chunks melt onto your tongue.
If you want to keep this strict Paleo or refined sugar-free, you can also make your own Paleo chocolate. I promise – it’s super easy, fun, and satisfying!!
What’s the best way to store this paleo pumpkin bread?
It will stay good at room temperature for two days in an airtight container, or up to a week in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
If you want to freeze it, I’d recommend slicing it, placing it in an airtight container, and freezing it. You can place parchment paper between each slice to make sure it doesn’t stick. It will stay good frozen for up to six months.
This will be a fall favorite around here, and I hope it’ll be a favorite in your house as well. Grab your pumpkin and get baking!
Want more quick breads?
- Paleo Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread
- Chocolate Chip Vegan Pumpkin Bread
- Paleo Chocolate Chunk Zucchini Bread
- Paleo Honey Nut Banana Bread
Paleo Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 60 minutes
- Yield: 8 slices 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
This Paleo Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread is a good-for-you twist on your favorite fall treat. This easy, one-bowl recipe is the best gluten-free pumpkin bread I’ve ever made! It’s moist, full of chocolate chunks, and made with coconut flour and almond butter.
Ingredients
- 1¾ cup (1 15 oz. can) pureed pumpkin
- 3 eggs
- ⅓ cup (92 grams) almond butter or nut butter of choice
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- ⅓ cup coconut sugar
- ⅓ cup (50 grams) coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of sea salt
- 6 oz. dark chocolate, chopped (see Notes for recommendation to keep 100% Paleo)
Instructions
- Grease one 9″x5″ loaf pan and preheat the oven to 350ºF.
- In a large bowl or mixer, combine the pumpkin, eggs, coconut oil, coconut sugar, vanilla extract and nut butter until fully combined.
- Add the coconut flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and sea salt to the wet ingredients and mix well. Fold in the chocolate chunks.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread it evenly.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 50-60 if using a loaf pan. A toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for about ½ hour. Flip out onto a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Notes
To keep this bread completely Paleo and refined sugar free, make your own Paleo chocolate chunks!
First of all, happy birthday! I hope you have the loveliest of days! This pumpkin bread looks so good – I love the chocolate chunk addition! Enjoy your time at the conference too.
Thank you so much, Amanda!!
Wow thats looks so good!
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Good luck with your recipe videos! I’m sure you’ll do great! Can’t wait to see them. This pumpkin bread is unbelievable. Can’t believe it’s paleo!
This looks totally fabulous- pinning!
Happy Birthday!! I just made my first loaf of pumpkin bread of the season yesterday and can’t wait to try your paleo version. I am totally inspired by all of the paleo recipes you have posted recently!
Thank you so much, Rachel! I’ve been so into baking with more wholesome ingredients recently – it’s so satisfying when they turn out just as decadent and delicious as their bad-for-you counterparts :)
Yum! I have to try this. I’ve never had pumpkin with chocolate (at least not that I can remember) and it looks great :)
This is a beautiful chocolate cake Rachel! And most importantly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Today is my husband’s birthday!
Rachel, happy birthday and this looks amazing! Can I include it on a roundup post of inspiring fall recipes with a link back to your site?
Hi Chantelle – sure, feel free to include it on your roundup! Thanks.
Happy birthday!!! Have so much fun celebrating and at the conference and shooting the videos! I’m sure you’ll do great! :) And this bread! Sounds fantastic!
Happy Birthday, Rachel! How awesome that you’re shooting videos for Krusteaz, I’m sure you will do great! I’m totally loving this pumpkin bread by the way, I always use chocolate chips but never thought to use chunks! Such a great idea.
Happy Birthday, Rachel! This bread looks amazing – I can’t wait to try it!
Happy belated birthday Rachel! I tend not to like being the center of attention either – I’m SO awkward when people sing ‘happy birthday’ to me. Eeeek. This bread is so happening tomorrow – those chocolate chunks sold me. :) Hope you’re enjoying your weekend!
Thank you Alyssa! Chocolate chunks are the best :) hope you like it.
Wow!! This looks incredible. I’ve never baked with coconut flour before, but next time I stumble across some I’ll give this a try. Happy belated birthday, and I hope your video shoot went well!!
LOOK AT THOSE CHUNKS! Holy cow this bread is something I dream of! I love that its paleo and made with coconut flour (by far my favorite flour)! I NEED to make this ASAP for my own good!
Hi! Love your recipes so far. I’ve tried about 3…
Just wondering, can I use fresh uncooked pureed pumpkin? or do I have to cook the pumpkin first?
Thanks!
Hi Jane. So glad you’ve been liking my recipes! You would need to cook the pumpkin before using it to make sure it’s fully softened. Enjoy :)
Hi Rachel,
Is the almond butter salted or unsalted? Could I substitute Pumpkin Pie Spice for the other spices? If so how much?
Thank you,
Deb
Hi Deb. I use unsalted so I can control the amount of salt added to the recipe. You can definitely use pumpkin pie spice instead – it’s up to your tastes! I would use about 1-2 teaspoons depending on how much spice you like. Enjoy!
Thank you Rachel. I made your zucchini version of this and it was divine. Even my non-paleo boyfriend is loving it. I topped it with a maple cashew creme “cheese”….yummy.
For the pumpkin version should I drain the canned pumpkin first or is the additional liquid needed because of the coconut flour?
Hi Deb! So glad you enjoyed the zucchini bread. I don’t drain the canned pumpkin – the zucchini only needs to be drained because zucchini has a LOT of excess liquid. I use the canned pumpkin as-is. Enjoy!
HI Rachel,
One more question on this bread. If I leave out the chocolate chunks completely do I need to substitute additional sweetener or moisture?
Deb
Very tasty bread! I couldn’t get the center to set, though, so perhaps I should have added more coconut flour to the batter. It seemed decently thick when I poured it into the loaf pan, but even after an extra ten minutes the center was wet when I cut into it. For my purposes it was okay. I sliced it, dried it out in the oven, then turned it into bread pudding from Paleo Parents website. Great gluten-free thanksgiving dessert. Thanks!
Hi Jessica. Sorry it didn’t set up entirely, but the bread pudding sounds amazing! Glad it worked out well for how you used it. Hope you had a happy and delicious Thanksgiving :)
I made this for my daughters who both love pumpkin. One of them gags at the thought of coconut, so I replaced the coconut oil with ghee, and the coconut sugar with maple sugar. They also do not want chocolate (who ARE these kids?!), so I replaced that with pecans. I baked it in an 8×8 pan (like your delectable banana bread), and it turned out great! Next time, I may add some ginger and molasses for bit of kick! Oh, and chocolate chunks! So I can keep it for myself…thank you!
So glad you liked the recipe, Genevieve! Great to hear those changes worked out well. Thanks for commenting so other readers know those substitutes work :)
I didn’t have coconut flour, so I messaged Rachel on Instagram (she always replies!) She gave me the suggestion of using 3x the amount of flour and doing 1/3 almond flour and 2/3 oat flour.
Per my own tastes I also decreased the sugar to 1/4 cup and added a pinch of 365 powdered stevia. Then finally I swirled in 1Tbl of dark cocoa just because .
I cooked it in an 8×8 pan at 350 for about 30 minutes.
It’s delicious, moist crumb (without falling apart like many GF quick breads), and lightly sweet!
I love your recipes Rachel, even though this is probably my first time reviewing! I’m grateful you always reply to my IG questions! ❤️
SO glad you loved it, and thank you so much for the feedback, Miranda!! So helpful to have you share your experience with this recipe :)