This Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Bread is super moist, perfectly spiced and loaded with chocolate! You would never know there is pumpkin in it!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5 pan with nonstick cooking spray. Add butter to a saucepan and cook over medium heat until light brown in color. 5-8 minutes. Allow the butter to cool.
In a medium bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
Add the cooled butter to a large bowl along with the pumpkin puree, brown sugar, eggs, buttermilk and vanilla.
Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients making sure not to over mix. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out mostly clean.
In a small saucepan heat the chocolate chips and heavy cream until melted. whisking constantly.
Let the bread cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Once cooled pour the ganache over the pumpkin bread, smoothing top if desired, and serve.