Pumpkin Churros with Chocolate Dipping Sauce are sweet, cinnamon-sugar coated fried pastries served with a homemade warm chocolate sauce.
I love churros! Love them. It recently occurred to me that I had never made them. My children had yet to experience this sweet, cinnamon and sugar-coated pastry. A churro, referred to as a Spanish doughnut, is a fried-dough pastry traditionally sprinkled with sugar and served with hot chocolate or cafรฉ con leche, a Spanish coffee.
I wanted our churro to have some depth and additional flavor, so I thought a pumpkin churro would bring in a wonderful medley of spices including cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg. A warm chocolate sauce to dip our pumpkin churro in would round this dish out to be the perfect Sunday afternoon football dessert.
A sweet ending to yet another Bronco victory. Enjoy! XOXO San
How do you makeย Pumpkin Churros with Chocolate Dipping Sauce?
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Stir together flour, 1 tsp cinnamon, cloves, 1/4 tsp ground ginger, nutmeg, and salt.
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Bring 1 1/2 cups water, pumpkin puree, butter, and vanilla to a boil in a medium saucepan, whisking constantly.
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Pour boiling pumpkin mixture into the flour mix and stir until just combined, it will be thick and doughy. Add the eggs one at a time while stirring until combined. It should be thick and smooth with no lumps.
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Spoon dough in a pastry bag with a large star tip. Heat 2 inches of oil in a deep saute pan to 350ยฐ F.
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Pipe dough directly into heated oil in 3-inch pieces, cutting off with scissors. Fry until golden and crispy, turning halfway, for 4-5 minutes.
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Stir together sugar and remaining cinnamon in a shallow bowl. Transfer churros to a paper towel-lined sheet pan or plate and immediately toss in the sugar mixture.
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Bring the cream to a simmer in a small saucepan. Put the chocolate chips in a medium bowl. Add the hot cream to the bowl with the chocolate and let sit for 1 minute. Then gently whisk until smooth. Stir in the vanilla extract. Keep warm until ready to use.
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Serve churros immediately for best flavor with fresh chocolate dipping sauce. Enjoy!
Looking for more tasty Pumpkin desserts? Try theseย Iced Pumpkin Cookies,ย Pumpkin Crisp Pie, orย Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Cake.
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Pumpkin Churros with Chocolate Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
Churros
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger plus more for finishing
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 3/4 cup pure pumpkin puree
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs room temperature
- vegetable or canola oil for frying
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar for rolling
Chocolate Dipping Sauce
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
Churros
- Stir together flour, 1 tsp cinnamon, cloves, 1/4 tsp ground ginger, nutmeg, and salt.
- Bring 1 1/2 cups water, pumpkin puree, butter, and vanilla to a boil in a medium saucepan, whisking constantly.
- Pour boiling pumpkin mixture into the flour mix and stir until just combined, it will be thick and doughy. Add the eggs one at a time while stirring until combined. It should be thick and smooth with no lumps.
- Spoon dough into a pastry bag with a large star tip. Heat 2 inches of oil in a deep pan to 350ยฐ F on the stovetop.
- Pipe dough directly into heated oil in 3-inch pieces, cutting off with scissors. Fry until golden and crispy, turning halfway, for 4-5 minutes.
- Stir together sugar and remaining cinnamon in a shallow bowl. Transfer churros to a paper towel-lined sheet pan or plate and immediately toss in the sugar mixture.
Chocolate Dipping Sauce
- Bring the cream to a simmer in a small saucepan. Put the chocolate chips in a medium bowl. Add the hot cream to the bowl with the chocolate and let sit for 1 minute. Then gently whisk until smooth. Stir in the vanilla extract. Keep warm until ready to use.
- Serve churros immediately for best flavor with fresh chocolate dipping sauce. Enjoy!
Kids review: Sad to say but this was the first time they had ever had churros! They loved them. Of course, the boys had several comments about what they look like, you know exactly where their minds went. This has already been requested to be a regular for Sunday night football.
Adapted from Bobby Flay
This looks AMAZING!! My mouth is watering. LOL!!
I love churros too and like you I’ve never made them! I guess I’ll just have to take your recipe and make some ๐
I’m crazy about churros but have never tried to make them. You’ve made them seem easy enough, so why not?
I love churros too and I have never even thought of making them either! I love this recipe with pumpkin and all the spices that go so well with pumpkin. Thank you for sharing on the Four Seasons party and we always look forward to your great creations!
I love churros! Pumpkin churros with chocolate sound AMAZING! Pinning to my Yummy Pumpkin board! ๐
– Brooke –