I know. Pumpkin chocolate chip bread. Like you’ve never seen that before. But this is copycat Great Harvest Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread people!
Who knows, maybe you’ve seen that too. I, however, had never come across this recipe until just a few weeks ago when my sister told me about it.
She just kept raving, telling me how she’d thrown all of her other pumpkin bread recipes right out of her recipe box. So of course I had to try it.
Now I know what she was raving about. This pumpkin chocolate chip bread is just about perfect.
I’ll be honest with you, I’ve never had the actual Great Harvest version, but according to my sister, this is a pretty good imitation.
Regardless, it’s absolutely delicious and it bakes up beautifully. This makes two good sized loaves, so I like to put one away in the freezer for later.
Be sure to save this Great Harvest Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread recipe to your favorite Pinterest board for later.
Great Harvest Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups white flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 3 cups white sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups cooked or canned pumpkin
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 4 eggs beaten lightly
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 1 /2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F degrees.
- Grease two (9×5 inch) loaf pans or three (8×4 inch) loaf pans.
- In a large bowl, mix flours, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, stir together pumpkin, oil, applesauce, eggs, vanilla and water.
- Stir pumpkin mixture into dry ingredients until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake for 55-65 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool for 20 minutes in pans before turning out onto wire racks to cool completely.
Nutrition
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Last Updated on 2024-03-22 by Danelle
Gina
This will definitely be making an appearance on our breakfast table. Thanks so much for joining in Danelle- I always look forward to what you will create.
Ryan Moody
Is the recipe good without apple sauce?? I just thought it was strange to add that for bread.
Danelle
People use applesauce sometimes as a replacement for oil, just to cut back on fat, which is what I did. If I remember correctly, I replaced half of the oil with applesauce. You can’t taste the applesauce at all, it’s just a healthier alternative. Some people even replace all of the oil in a recipe with it. But of course, you can also use all oil and no applesauce. Just replace the applesauce you take out with an equal amount of oil.
Kallee T
I love that it has less oil than the traditional pumpkin breads and more pumpkin. A definite going to try. Pinning!
Jessica
Yum! Sounds delicious. I love chocolate chip anything.
Kimberly
LOVE pumpkin bread! Can’t wait to try it. Pinning!
Jenn @ We Do Fun Here
Can’t wait to make this pumpkin bread! Pinned to my Fall Party Board!
~ Jenn @ We Do FUN Here
Krista @ joyfulhealthyeats
I’ve never had great harvest bread either. I am a fan of any pumpkin bread then add chocolate chips and its a winner in my book! Pinning. 🙂
Emily @ Love, Pasta and a Tool Belt
Yum! This bread looks so good. Pinning it. Came over from The Daily Blog Boost!
Emily
Sarah Halstead (@InTheMomentWith)
That looks amazing and tasty!
Kim Cunningham
We make a different version of this bread, but I like the use of applesauce in this one and less sugar and oil. Going to have to give this one a go!
Tamar
Mm does that look good!!!
Emily
A friend of mine is a HUGE great harvest fan, this is a fun recipe for me to check out. So fun to have it part of the recipe exchange… I LOVE the theme of pumpkin this month ;o) Emily @nap-timecreations
Anne [A Squared]
One of my favorite fall flavor combinations!
B
How does the cooking time convert if you want to make into cupcakes?
Danelle
I would do about 25 minutes. Maybe a little longer, but I’d check on them at 25 minutes.
Lauren
This recipe looks fantastic! Anyway to reduce the amount of sugar? Three cups seems like a lot.
Erika Hays
Does it matter if you don’t have wheat flour and just use more white?
Danelle
It should be fine. It will just have a slightly different texture.
Tanya
I made this bread and it was fantastic! I used cinnamon applesauce because that’s all I had but it turned out delicious. The glaze was perfect. I did not add cinnamon though because I was worried it would be too much. Thanks for sharing!
Danelle
Thanks so much Tanya!
Ashley Walton
I’ve used this recipe for a while now and love it! The only problem is that I have a hard time slicing it up. The outside is crisp and the inside is soft. It’s a mess to cut so I usually make them into mini muffins. Any suggestions?
Emily
Best pumpkin bread ever! I made 17 loaves for Christmas and so far I’m getting rave reviews. I baked them for about 70-75 minutes and they came out perfectly. I also added more cinnamon and nutmeg but that was purely personal choice.
Shanti
Do you know if this is the dessert loaf recipe? I’m looking for the actual Great Harvest BREAD recipe. It looks like their regular large loaves of bread but is PB flavored with chocolate chips and is amazing!! It’s a special so can only get it once or twice a year. If you ever get the chance you have got to try it!!