Butterscotch Pumpkin Muffins

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These Butterscotch Pumpkin Muffins are rich and moist, yet still have a fluffy and airy inside. They’re truly bakery style muffins full of fall flavors and sweet butterscotch chips scattered throughout.

butterscotch pumpkin muffins drizzled with melted butterscotch and dusted with powdered sugar piled together with mini white pumpkin decorations scattered between.

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About these Muffins

Fall baking is one of my favorite activities as the air gets cooler this time of year. There’s something so cozy about filling the house with warm, welcoming scents and these Butterscotch Pumpkin Muffins do just that.

When biting into these Butterscotch Pumpkin Muffins you’ll see the fluffy air pockets with rich butterscotch chips that melt in your mouth with each bite. They’re also made in one bowl, making them a quick and easy dessert you can whip up in no time just like these Greek Yogurt Banana Muffins, too.

What’s also great about these Pumpkin Butterscotch Muffins is that they use a whole can of pumpkin. In my opinion, recipes that call for just a half a cup of pumpkin are inconvenient because you feel obligated to make three more pumpkin recipes that week until you’re sick of it or the extra sits in your fridge for days or weeks until it goes bad and you have to toss it. Team no waste!

And if you're looking to do some more fall baking, also check out this Maple Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Filling, this Low Sugar Pumpkin Bread, these Healthier Carrot Cake Bars, or these Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies, which I know you'll love, too!

Recipe Ingredients

ingredients for pumpkin butterscotch muffins on baking tray.

All Purpose Flour - The base of our muffins. I’ve not tested any substitutes.
Canned Pumpkin - We will use the whole can in these Pumpkin Butterscotch Muffins, which is fabulous because I never know what to do with a half can of pumpkin in my fridge.
Light Brown Sugar - Brown sugar creates a richer, more caramel-y flavor in these muffins as compared to white sugar.
Maple Syrup - Adds more sweetness in liquid form for extra moisture. It also helps bring out the fall flavors.
Butterscotch Chips - Butterscotch is a combination of butter, caramelized sugars, and molasses. It’s richness pairs so well with pumpkin in these muffins.

See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

How to Make This Recipe

pumpkin butterscotch muffin wet ingredients mixed in orange mixing bowl. — Step 1

1. First, preheat your oven to 350°F and melt your butter in a microwave mixing bowl in 30 second intervals until completely liquid. Then, add the rest of the wet ingredients (eggs, canned pumpkin, maple syrup) to the mixing bowl and stir until well combined. Then, stir in brown sugar.

dry ingredients for pumpkin butterscotch muffins on top of wet ingredients before mixing. — Step 2

2. Once wet ingredients are mixed, add dry ingredients to the bowl (flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon). Leave out the butterscotch chips for now.

butterscotch pumpkin muffins batter mixed in orange mixing bowl surrounded by fall decor. — Step 3

3. Mix batter thoroughly. You want to be sure no flour clumps remain and ingredients are completely combined (a hand mixer can help here, although not necessary. A whisk or fork can help get any flour chunks out).

butterscotch pumpkin muffins batter mixed in orange mixing bowl topped with butterscotch chips before mixing. — Step 4

4. Once your Butterscotch Pumpkin Muffin batter is smooth throughout, add in butterscotch chips and stir.

5. Distribute batter evenly between 12 muffin liners in a muffin tin. The muffin liners will be close to full (these are bakery style muffins and we want them to have large tops). Add additional butterscotch chips on top. Bake muffins for 22-27 minutes until they have risen and a tooth pick inserted comes out completely clean.

butterscotch pumpkin muffins in baking tin drizzled with extra butterscotch and dusted with powdered sugar. — Step 4

6. Once your Butterscotch Pumpkin Muffins are finished baking, melt butterscotch chips and drizzle on top of muffins if desired and enjoy!

Recipe FAQs

How do you store them?

These Pumpkin Butterscotch Muffins are best stored covered at room temperature for 3 days. You can also store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days if you prefer a chilled muffin, but make sure they are completely cooled before covering to avoid any condensation build up and a soggy muffin.

To freeze, let cool completely and add to a freezer bag. The Butterscotch Pumpkin Muffins will keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. My favorite way to reheat is in the toaster oven.

What other add ins should I try?

The base of these muffins are just pumpkin, so you can take them in multiple different directions if you leave out the butterscotch. Instead of butterscotch chips, try white or dark chocolate chips, peanut butter chips or caramel chips.

You could even add walnuts or pecans. Or leave out the add ins all together and go with a cream cheese frosting!

How do you make your own pumpkin pie spice?

If you don’t have store bought pumpkin pie spice, a quick and easy mixture can come together with the following ingredients:

5 parts ground cinnamon
2 parts ground ginger
2 parts ground nutmeg
1 part all spice
1 part cloves

I usually use a teaspoon to measure each, but scale up or down as you choose. Also, if you’re missing any one of the ingredients, it will be fine without (just not the cinnamon).

Should I use muffin liners?

I often get asked wether or not to use liners for muffins and cupcakes. The answer we all hate: It depends. It depends on the type of muffin/cupcake as well as what you're doing with them (i.e. if you're serving at a party and people are grabbing from a tray I think liners are a good idea).

For these Butterscotch Pumpkin Muffins I actually made half in liners, half directly in a greased muffin tin because I ran out, so it’s totally up to you. But definitely grease the pan if you choose to bake without them.

butterscotch pumpkin muffins drizzled with melted butterscotch and dusted with powdered sugar.

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