Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. In the meantime, combine all dry ingredients (kodiak cake mix, baking powder and pumpkin pie spice) in a large mixing bowl.

Step 2

In a separate mixing bowl, combine all wet ingredients (milk, maple syrup, olive oil, pumpkin puree, egg and vanilla). Stir the wet ingredients to mix everything together.

Step 3

Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and hand stir until just combined. Add the mini chocolate chips and fold them into the muffin mixture.

Step 4

Line a 12 cup muffin pan with muffin liners, or spray with cooking spray. Using a large cookie scoop or ice cream scoop, spoon the batter into the muffin pan, filling until the mix reaches just below the top of the cup.

Step 5

Bake muffins for 26-30 minutes, until the top of the muffin springs back when touched and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.