Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect fall recipe to enjoy! Fall is easily my favorite season of the year. It is time for hoodies, football, pumpkin spice, falling leaves, and soup.
I’ve had many compliments on these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, including people who don’t typically eat pumpkin. I’ve been making them for several years now, and they’ve become a requested cookie from friends and family both.
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If you love pumpkin pie and chocolate, I’m very confident that you will adore these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! These cookies are the perfect vehicle to finally enjoy pumpkin and chocolate together, all rolled into one amazing cookie.
Have you tried making these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies? Come on in and let me tell you about them!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients
Pumpkin Puree, 1 cup
White Sugar, ¾ cup
Vegetable Oil, ½ cup
Egg, 1
Flour, 2 cups
Baking Powder, 2 teaspoons make your own with this recipe
Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon
Salt, ½ teaspoon
Baking Soda, 1 teaspoon dissolved in 1 teaspoon of milk
Vanilla Extract, 3 teaspoons
Pumpkin Pie Spice, 2 teaspoons make your own with this recipe
Milk Chocolate Chips, 1 bag
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Measure out all of the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and set aside.
In a stand mixer, combine the pumpkin puree, sugar, oil, and egg.
Add in all of the dry ingredients slowly, and continue mixing until well combined.
Add in the vanilla and baking soda that has been dissolved in the milk. Mix for a minute.
Next add in the chocolate chips and mix again.
Spray a cookie sheet with a non-stick baking spray before spooning equal size amounts of batter for each cookie onto the sheet.
Bake at 375 degrees for 11 minutes.
Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely and enjoy! Also note, if you are looking for a new set of oven mitts, here are my favorites.
Recipe Notes
Most cookie recipes call for 1 cup of chocolate chips. If that is what you prefer, use that amount. I happen to think measuring out chocolate chips is just silly. You can’t have too many! I always add a full bag of chocolate chips into my recipes. If I’m opening a bag, I’m using it up. One batch of cookies is one bag of chocolate chips. You have choices here, so feel free to use either one cup or a full bag.
This recipe can easily be doubled and once your friends and family taste them, there will never be a single batch made again. These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are just that amazing! They always put me in a great mood to celebrate fall. I often make these for Thanksgiving and take them with me when we go to dinner with the family. They also make an excellent snack while the turkey is in the oven.
The cookie batter is slightly thick and goopy, a very technical term, I know. But what makes them amazing is they don’t spread out on the cookie sheet at all. No deformed or flat cookies here. If you normally use a cookie scoop, you will likely struggle with the batter sticking to the scoop. I much prefer using a spoon for this recipe. They won’t be uniform in shape, but aim more for size so that they bake evenly.
They also have a thick fluffy cake-like texture to them once they are baked. Not dry at all, and can easily be eaten on the go. This is a great thing when I’m running out the door for an appointment or meeting and skipped breakfast.
Being able to eat these on the go with no fuss or mess is perfect because that makes them even more appealing to me. It is a win-win in my book! Same goes if you have kids. In this case, the cookies may still get a bit messy, but they are far less of a mess than traditional cookies because of the cake-like texture.
Why I Love This Recipe
These are my favorite because they aren’t the basic chocolate chip cookies. They have a really soft texture from the pumpkin, and are kind of thick and fluffy for a cookie. They are almost a cake texture to me. I am a big fan of finding new and inventive ways to make chocolate chip cookies, and this is a great one. Anybody can make a basic cookie. That is boring. I’d rather put a spin or twist on it and make it even better.
This is also a great beginning baker recipe. Anyone can make these, even if you consider yourself baking-challenged. You can totally make these cookies! This is also amazing if you’re teaching your little ones to help out in the kitchen and making memories with them. This is the perfect confidence-boosting recipe for beginners.
Speaking of being baking-challenged, I will say do not add any butter to this recipe. It isn’t needed, but I did the first time I ever made them. Just out of habit, you always cream the butter and sugar together in the beginning. The results were hilarious because the cookies had no body to them and were really runny. I had to laugh at myself because it is such a habit and standard ingredient in cookie recipes.
That is really the only way I can think of that will screw up this recipe. It really is that easy to make. I have let my husband, Nathan, make these by himself (I rarely leave him unsupervised in the kitchen) and they turned out perfect.
Between my first time disaster and being able to let Nathan make these alone, I can confidently say that anyone can make this recipe for pumpkin chocolate chip cookies!
Discussion
Have you tried making these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies yourself yet? Are you a fan? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
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29 Comments
Anita Alig
These cookies sound scrumptious, thanks for sharing this recipe. I can be a bit clumsy in the kitchen but this one I will definitely try!
The Prepping Wife
That is what makes these cookies even better, Anita! Even a clumsy person in the kitchen can easily make these. There isn’t very many options for error, and I love that.
Alyssa from Click Happy Mom
Oooh these look so yummy! I love pumpkin EVERYTHING! I am definitely pinning this for later (like when I don’t have a baby in my tummy) to make this fall. I am so excited for fall!
They look pretty easy to make and super delicious!
GIna (Love, Auntie)
Love finding new recipes! Especially ones for fall! Thank you!!! And I like that they don’t spread. Makes them easier to remove from the baking pan too.
Kelly Martin
These cookies look great! I’ve never tried combining pumpkin and chocolate chips but you’ve inspired me to give it a go!
Alexandra
I think I like the cookie recipe and actually, I’m glad it doesn’t take butter. Who needs the extra calories! I don’t normally eat cookies but if they are in the house then I’m a goner. I’m wondering if they do well in the freezer. That way I could make them for my kids but only give them out sparingly and not make them so accessible to me when I’m having a mood and don’t really want to add on calories to my mood.
Jam Nesreen
These cookies is really screaming: FALL. I love anything pumpkin so imagine my delight reading this!! I’m saving this recipe so I can make some cookies and taste fall. We don’t experience fall in my country so this cookies will definitely set the mood!
Chloé Arnold
These look DIVINE!!! It’s pumpkin season so I might have to try these this week! Thank you!
Kristin Jesha Mari A. Sandig
I’m going to try this for Halloween!
Norma
Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies seem like the perfect combination. Fall is one of my favorite season of the year because the weather cools down and it’s nice to spend some time in the kitchen cooking and baking.
Joyce Osiango
This is the first time I hear about pumpkin chocolate ship. I never even thought of them together. Looks yummy and the recipe looks simple. I will try this for sure.
Subhashish Roy
I never knew cookies could be made out of pumpkin too. I love pumpkin and like to have it boiled with a bit of mustard oil with rice and in fact carried back one small one back from Singapore recently because pumpkins found there are very tasty. I would love to have these cookies made by you with chocolate chips. Yummy it must be 😊
Snehal
Chocolate chips cookies are my all time fave 😍😋 this variant is new to me! I will try out soon! 😍
Live Learn Better
This looks so moist and yummy. Your husband is qualified to be named the Happiest Man on Earth.
Thank you for sharing.
Smita
ooh, I’ve never tried pumpkin & chocolate together – sounds like a heavenly combination! I like the idea of a goopy batter – makes me feel the cookie would be extremely fluffy!
Lyosha
it looks so delicious! I can’t wait for next week when I finally will be allowed to eat pumpkins! My husband is cooking me these!
sunshine
I am not a lover of chocolate chips but I sure would love to sample the pumpkin flavour by itself.
Sara Green
I love how fluffy these cookies turn out. My kids love pumpkin and chocolate, so this is something that we will have to try.
Angie
These look amazing! I love how fluffy they look, I am definitely going to have to make these!
WanderlustBeautyDreams
These sound so perfect for the Fall season! I will try to make this over the weekend, looks so yummy!
Kat
These cookies look so delicious and perfect for the upcoming fall season. Looks like a recipe that’s simple enough to follow, and I love that they bake for 11 minutes only! That means you don’t have to wait as long as you would with a traditional cake.
College Apps Abroad
Yummm! I’m not a fan of pumpkin but I AM a fan of chocolate chip cookies with a twist! They look amazing!
Stephanie S
These look so good! I’ve actually been putting together a list of recipes I want to make this fall season. I’ll add this to my list. My girls will love this so much. We bake together, and just have a nice time! I recently made some apple cider. I added in a few spices, sliced oranges, and it turned out wonderful. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe!
Nkem
I actually love the tastes of pumpkin and chocolate chip together, so this would be a perfect treat for me!
Melanie williams
Oh my gosh these look amazing. We love cookies in our house, we love to bake them, eat them and also it is nice to gift them too x
Stella
You had me at being easy to eat this without mess or fuss! And there is a pumpkin! I am making these for sure!
Jasmine Gagarin
Bookmarked this right away! Trying this probably tomorrow or Sunday afternoon because we have so many pumpkins in our yard. Thanks for sharing!
Sonia Seivwright
It’s midnight right now, am i wrong to want to go the kitchen to bake some cookies now? These looks yummy.
Britt K
These look great! I’m not usually a huge pumpkin fan but my husband is head over heels in love with it. I may just have to make these as a special Thanksgiving dessert treat for him this weekend. I’ll be honest, I’ve never considered baking cookies with pumpkin before… I’m not sure why, it just never crossed my mind lol Likely due to the fact I don’t usually eat pumpkin goods.