Hip, Hip Horray for the pumpkin!!

I love fall and pumpkins. If it has pumpkin in it I will devour it. I am kind of funny though in that I don't like the pumpkin smell that are in candles and other things. It is fake pumpkin and I don't do fake. Back to topic.
I have been craving pumpkin so I decided to do pumpkin pancakes for dinner. My last year attempt at this failed miserably. I went online looking for a yummy syrup recipe when I came across a pumpkin pancake recipe that went with it. It was the best food I have had in a long time. I think I ate 6 pancakes on my own. Here is the recipe for those who love anything pumpkin:
Hot Cider Syrup
3/4 cup apple juice or cider 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup 2 tbs butter 1/2 tsp lemon juice(I make it without this)
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg (I actually did 1/4 tsp of pumpkin pie spice)
Combine the ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat: simmer uncovered for 20-25 minutes or until slightly thickened. Let stand 30 minutes before serving.
Pancakes
1 cup all purpose flour 1 tbs sugar 2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cinnamon 2 eggs separated 1 cup milk
1/2 cup pumpkin 2 tbs vegetable oil

Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add the wet ingredients just until moistened. In a mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form, fold into batter. Pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto a hot greased griddle. Serve with syrup.

After doing that project I had almost a full can of pumpkin. That can't go to waste, it is liquid gold. I decided to make pumpkin bread with the rest of the pumpkin. If you need the recipe I will email it to you. Thanks to my sweet mission mom for the recipe. I did however want to try an experiment. I did not want chocolate chips in the bread I wanted them on the bread. I then came up with an invention of chocolate cream cheese. It was so good and the 4 loaves we had our gone in one day.
To make the chocolate cream cheese:
8 oz of cream cheese One bag chocolate chips (approx 2 cups)
Use a mixer to soften the cream cheese. Then melt chocolate chips on low in a saucepan. Do not melt chips all the way, you want it a bit chunky. Then immediately pour chocolate into the cream cheese and mix well. Mix with just a few drops of milk so the mixture does not get hard and unspreadable. Spread on the pumpkin bread and enjoy a taste of heaven on earth. Use caution this recipe is addictive.