Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

This Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread is soft, tender, and loaded with melty chocolate chips inside and on top. Sweet enough to feel like a treat but still full of that cozy pumpkin flavor we all love, it’s the perfect quick bread for fall baking! Chocolate and pumpkin are a match made in heaven in my humble opinion.

• 1 ¾ cups (219 g) all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 ½ cups (300 g) granulated sugar
• ½ cup (109 g) vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 1 can (15 ounces) pure pumpkin
• ⅓ cup orange juice
• 1 cup (182 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided