Low Carb Chocolate Pumpkin Bread

Ultra moist and chocolate-infused, this low carb pumpkin bread is a delicious treat for fall! When you are armed with easy keto recipes, a ketogenic diet is simple, sustainable, and enjoyable.

This is a great example of delicious keto breakfast recipes can be.

Looking for new keto breakfast ideas?

Try this recipe!

A mixture of coconut flour, almond flour, and flax meal makes the base of this sweet loaf. I use this combination of “flours” in many of my keto baking recipes because it’s a real trifecta. The mix is well balanced and results in a light and fluffy texture. Pus it’s low carb, which is exactly what we want on a keto diet.

Sometimes a pure coconut flour recipe is a little dense, adding in a bit of almond flour lightens the batter. The flax also adds an element of airiness to the bread and, as a mild natural laxative, facilitates digestion, so nothing sits weirdly in your stomach.

You might remember this three flour combo from my Macadamia Nut Keto Coffee Cake.

After discovering the wide world of keto and low carb baking, I don’t see myself going back to wheat flour or gluten-free flours. It’s so easy to replicate family favorites without traditional flours, starches, and sugar.

I highly recommend The Ultimate Guide to Low-Carb Baking for all you need to know about sugar-free, family-friendly sweet and savory baked goods.

Chocolate Infused Low-Carb Pumpkin Bread

Chocolate and pumpkin are long-time friends. Adding chocolate chips into pumpkin cookies and muffins is quite common, so why not add some chocolate to a pumpkin loaf?

I doubled up with cacao powder and cacao paste in this pumpkin bread and loved the result!

Not all cacao is created equal. The difference between low and high-quality cacao is palpable. Living in Ecuador (known in the chocolate world for it’s heirloom cacao seed) has afforded me the opportunity to source real quality cacao products.

I’ve shared what makes our cacao stand apart from others before, in short, it is a fair-trade certified artisanal cacao bean, 100% organic and biodynamically grown in old-growth shade forests. I highly recommend you pick your cacao here and use it in this recipe!

To balance out the dark bitter flavor of cacao, I use Lakanto’s maple-flavored syrup. I love the combination of maple and pumpkin! It’s seriously amazing!

Using a liquid sweetener also increases the moisture content and keeps the bread from drying out too much while baking.

Lakanto is my first choice as a keto-friendly sweetener for all keto desserts. It’s a great way to sweeten foods naturally without a bitter aftertaste or adverse blood sugar effects.

Take a look at these other keto desserts sweetened with Lakanto to see how to use it.

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Alternatives:

I use Lakanto exclusively. If you don’t have it available, substitute with liquid stevia drops to taste or equal amounts of a different brand of sugar-free syrup or pure erythritol instead.

Cooking Tips for Ultra Moist Pumpkin Bread

The process behind this loaf is practically fool-proof!

Begin by preheating the oven. Next, gather two bowls and prepare the ingredients. Separate the wet ingredients into one bowl and the dry ingredients into the second bowl. Whisk the wet ingredients. Stir the dry ingredients with a spoon.

Then slowly combine the dry into the wet to make the batter. Do not over mix! A few stirs with the spoon is all you need to incorporate the mixture together.

Fold in the cacao paste. I saved a portion to sprinkle over the top. The chocolate melts down into the loaf as it bakes and gives a concentrated section of gooey chocolate in that center section of the bread. You can add all the paste into the batter or save some for decorating the top.

Pour the batter into a greased or lined 8×4 bread pan and bake for 50 minutes until set. Poke a knife into the center, and when it comes out clean, the bread is done.

Remove from the oven and let cool before removing from the pan and slicing. Serve warm or cold. Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 5 days. Freeze for longer.

This recipe is 100% gluten-free, grain-free, low-carb, ketogenic, sugar-free, and dairy-free!

To indulge in a truly “chocolatey” experience, pair this bread with a cup of Keto Chocolate Milk Chia Drink from My Life Cookbook.

More Keto Pumpkin Recipes to Try This Fall

Browse through Healthy Cinnamon Recipes for more seasonal treats!

• Dairy-Free Keto Pumpkin Muffins
• Keto Pumpkin Bread with Coconut Flour (Dairy-Free)
• Low-Carb Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pancakes
• Chicken Keto Curry with Pumpkin
• Dairy-Free Coconut Cream of Pumpkin Soup