Preheat the oven to 400°F. Prep 12 muffin tins with paper liners.
Place the eggs, sugar, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract and oil in a large bowl. Whisk until mixture is smooth.
Add the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Stir until just combined.
Divide the batter evenly among the muffins cup, a ice scoop is helpful to use for this.
Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the tops of the muffins
Sprinkle the ¼ sugar over the tops of the muffins, this is optional. But adds a nice touch when the muffins bakes.
Bake for 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. You can insert toothpick in the center of a muffins to see if it comes out clean
Cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then transfer the muffins to a wire rack to cool completely.