Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins

April 05, 2025

Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos. Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying. My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again. For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...

An autumn favorite for breakfast or an afternoon snack- pumpkin muffins with cream cheese!

Somehow the month of October went by and I didn't bake anything with pumpkin! Since November is still "pumpkin season and fall time" I took the opportunity to bake some Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins.

I found the recipe here from the Novice Chef's blog. These were pretty simple and fast to make! I used cinnamon instead of Pumpkin Spice like her recipe used. I also made my muffins big, more like bakery muffins. I didn't follow the part in the recipe where it said to make eighteen muffins, and I made a dozen instead. Because they were bigger, they took a while longer to bake, about six minutes longer.

No matter, mine turned out delicious and reminded us of a cross between carrot cake and pumpkin cheesecake. These muffins need to stay chilled because of the cream cheese. They stay fresh for up to five days in the refrigerator. My sons loved these muffins and ate two for breakfast. These would be so good for Thanksgiving breakfast, too.

Click on the link here for the recipe I used.