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I turned pumpkin bread into a chocolate lovers dream.
And really, would you expect anything less from me?
I. Hope. Not.
I have been wanting to make a molten chocolate bread since I saw this beyond gorgeous (and genius) loaf over at Lady and Pups. Originally, I thought I would just make the bread, eat the bread, and call it a day. But then you know, typical life stuff happened and sadly I forgot all about it.
Until the other day when I was toying with the idea of making pumpkin bread. See, I was down in Denver last week and if you know anything about me than you know it is rare for me to make the a down to Denver. Normally, I stay in the kitchen and do what I do. It’s the hour and half drive that gets me. I really just hate wasting an hour and half there, and hour and half back (or more if you get stuck in the horrible Denver traffic). Being in the car is just not my thing, but I had to go down last week on official “barn” business” . This barn business ended with a trip to William Sonoma for some fall baking essentials (read, Thanksgiving cookie cutters… obviously), but the best part was surely the pumpkin bread. They had it baking in the oven, and you guys, it smelled so good in there. Just like fall. Like everything you would want it to smell like, but maybe better. SO GOOD.
Even though that pumpkin bread smelled beyond incredible, I still wasn’t sure I wanted to make it. I mean, I needed a way to make it my own. Make it Tieghan like. And then somehow, out of nowhere on the car ride home I said to myself (in my head) “molten chocolate pumpkin streusel bread” and then just like that this recipe was born. I literally got up, and first thing the next morning made molten chocolate pumpkin streusel bread. Twice actually, because the first loaf just wasn’t molten chocolate enough for me. If you’re gonna make molten chocolate anything, it has to be heaven on the molten part. Meaning lots of oozing chocolate.
No other way.
Like everything I seem to be making these days, you could say this is a tad over the top. I mean, there is a lot gooey chocolate and yes, I totally doubled the streusel. I couldn’t help myself, I mean one, streusel rules and two, fall is all about streusel – cinnamon spice… and everything nice. Sorry, sorry I just had to. I mean it’s Tuesday, sometimes a little cheesiness helps get you over the hump.
Thankfully we have chocolate to fix all.
You guys are going to kill me, but can I please try to make the argument that this is at least semi-healthy? I know, I do this all the time, but with this loaf it’s so true. Minus the sugar and butter of course. Oops.
But look, there is plenty of whole wheat flour, pumpkin (of course), spices, pecans and even oatmeal. See, see?? Those are healthy breakfast foods. Again, balance is key. Ok so fine, I personally wouldn’t eat this for breakfast at seven in the morning, but brunch is totally fair game. Snack? For sure, and dessert – of course. I highly recommend pouring yourself a cold glass of milk and cozying up next to the fire with a warm slice of this. If you haven’t started up your fireplace yet (you probably should), grab a heater, a blanket or whatever. If you don’t like the heat, you’d hate me. My dad thinks my mom and I are INSANE.
So this bread is pretty simple to make. It’s a basic pumpkin bread with molten chocolate filling and a whole lot of cinnamon pecan streusel on top. The trickiest part is adding the molten chocolate into the pumpkin bread dough, but really whatever you do, just make sure you have one row of chocolate. If you can manage to just swirl it into the bread, the chocolate will be all gooey. And trust me, you want the gooey chocolate.
Almost done, but first I just have to tell you that when you do make this – which I am hoping you will, and that it will hopefully be soon – you should probably invite some people over. There are two reasons behind this. One, the house smells AMAZING. Like so freaking good. It’s kind of like Thanksgiving, but minus the Turkey smell. Two? If you don’t have people over, you will most likely eat the whole loaf yourself, because warm pumpkin spiced bread that is oozing with molten chocolate and topped with buttery pecan, cinnamon AND oat crumble is simply too hard to resist.
If you can, umm wow, your will power is good.
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Best pumpkin bread ever. Seriously.
I made this for my manager’s birthday last week, and it was absolutely divine. In South Africa we don’t get canned pumpkin like you guys in the USA, so I steamed and mashed butternut. When I had finished the batter, I found it to be quite runny, so I added an extra half cup of flour, and the bread part came out beautifully, with the chocolate not sinking.
Lovely recipe, thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Oh yeah!! I am so exited you loved this. Thank you for letting me know and great idea to swap mashed butternut!! 🙂 Hope you have a great week!
Hi! I made this and it didn’t go so well — it seemed like the chocolate layer was too thick and heavy? The bread didn’t hold and the chocolate just kind of oozed out. Perhaps I didn’t put the chocolate down far enough? Looking forward to trying it again. 🙂
Hey Kristen,
I am so sorry this did not turn out for you. Hope you were still able to eat it. It is hard to say what might have been the problem. Did the bread just fall apart? Or did the chocolate just ooze out of the top of the bread? If so, you probably did not cover the chocolate well enough. With my loafs, I did not have any issues with the bread falling apart or oozing out. The top is VERY crumbly because of all the streusel. Also, are you sure the bread was fully baked before removing it from the oven?
Hope I can help you get this right. Thanks so much, Tieghan!!
YOU are an evil genius!!!
mah hah!! 🙂
Thanks!
🙂 🙂 🙂
I saw this and wanted to make it immediately. Then I read your post, and when I got to the part about it being somewhat healthy I thought, oh, excellent, even better. Then I read the recipe. Seriously?! A cup and a half of sugar!!!? Hardly necessary. I’ve been cutting sugar nearly in half, when I even bake sweets, for decades. And, if I still make this, I definitely will. (I will probably put no more than 1/4-1/3 cup sugar in the streusel for instance.) Baked goods don’t need to make your mouth pucker to be good.
Hey Nan, You can adapted this to your needs and yes, I do think 1/3 cup or even a 1/4 cup of sugar would be great.
Hope you love this bread!
The molten chocolate center is totally drool worthy!
Right?!? Thanks Laura!!
This looks unbelievably tempting. Fantastic combination of flavours and texture. Although it’s real hot here in the Southern hemisphere, I making it this weekend. Thanks
Thank you so much!! Hope you love this bread!!
Wow! This pumpkin bread looks delicious!!! Molten chocolate add a new twist to the typical fall bread. Love it. Pinned!
Thank you so much!!
Chocolate lovers dream indeed! HOLY MOLEY!
Thanks Katrina!
looks very tasty
Such a cute idea! These were so tasty too and love your post as always!
Thank you so much, Rebecca!! 🙂
OMYGOODNESS this loaf! And since I just read the comment from Aepinda ^^ I have to admit that my first thought when I saw this in my e-mail was just “damnnnn” haha. I’m dying at that molten center.
HAHA! Thank you so much!
Is this real life? I mean seriously, is this recipe real? I need this in my life. I feel like I’ve been lied to because I have never heard or seen a molten-center bread until now. My world will never be the same again.
haha! Thanks so much!
I am embarrassed to admit that the words that came out of my mouth when saw this was “holy balls.” Ladylike, no. But it really describes how I felt when I saw this. Looks amazing!
haha! Thanks!
Oh my word. That center is one thing. That streusel?????? Love.
Thanks Dorothy!
This is jaw-dropping! It looks delicious– that chocolate!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! Have a great weekend!