Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Pie Bread

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour three 9×5 loaf pans.

In a large bowl or mixer, combine sugar, oil, pumpkin, water and eggs. Beat until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine all dry ingredients (except chocolate and nuts). Blend dry ingredients together with the pumpkin mixture until well combined. Fold in chocolate and nuts. Fill the loaf pans about 3/4 full.

Bake for 1 hour, or until an inserted knife comes out clean (no gooey pumpkin should come out on the knife. Melted chocolate is okay.). I needed to bake mine an extra 15 minutes before there was no pumpkin on my knife. Cool on wire racks completely before removing from pans. Makes 3 loaves.