Delicious, chewy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies that are moist, chewy, and packed with pumpkin flavor.
If you love pumpkin, you'll love our pumpkin cinnamon rolls or pumpkin streusel muffins!
I love the flavor of pumpkin, but I haven't always been a fan of pumpkin cookies. They often don't flatten out and have a dense, cake-like texture. Lucky for you, my pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are soft and chewy.
Why I Like This Recipe
- Perfect texture. These pumpkin cookies are flat, chewy, and reminiscent of classic soft chocolate chip cookies.
- Easy to customize. Switch up the chocolate chips to white chocolate chips or add nuts! These cookies are easy to customize to your liking.
- Stays soft for days. These cookies are just as delicious on day two as they are freshly baked.
What Others Are Saying
Love how flavorful these are and the bits of chocolate are perfect.---Monique on FB
This is a good recipe!---Tamara on FB
Everyone in my house loves this recipe of yours!---Desiree on FB
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Tips and Tricks
- Use a cookie scoop: Drop cookies can be made by dropping spoonfuls of dough onto the baking sheet, but for the more uniform cookies, I recommend using a cookie scoop. A 2 Tbsp. cookie scoop works perfectly for this recipe.
- Bake on light-colored baking sheets: I bake exclusively on light-colored metal baking sheets for even baking. My favorite baking sheets are the Member's Mark aluminum baking sheets from Sam's Club. If you use dark metal baking sheets, please be sure to watch closely to prevent the cookies from browning too quickly on the bottoms.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin puree: Use 100% pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling.
- Sugar: Typically, I use a combination of brown and white sugar in chocolate chip cookies, but these cookies are soft and moist already without needing to add brown sugar.
- Butter: I always use butter in cookies, unless otherwise directed. I prefer salted butter, but you can use unsalted butter if you'd like.
- Egg: For richness and texture.
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda, baking powder, and salt: For flavor and leavening.
- Cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and ground cloves: For the classic pumpkin spice flavoring we all know and love. You can also use a pre-made pumpkin spice mix.
- Vanilla pudding: a box of vanilla instant pudding creates a moist texture and delicious flavor.
- Chocolate chips: Whatever kind you like.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How To Make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Step 1: Cream butter, sugar and pumpkin puree. Add egg and mix thoroughly.
Step 2: Add dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips.
Step 3: Use a cookie scoop to drop dough onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
Step 4: Bake at 350 degrees for 13-15 minutes or until edges are set. Let cool 10 minutes before moving to a wire cooling rack.
Pumpkin Cookie FAQs
Pumpkin pie spice has a distinct taste, and as soon as you eat anything baked with it, you know it's made with pumpkin---but there isn't any pumpkin flavor in pumpkin pie spice. Pumpkin has a very subtle taste and gives baked goods a soft and moist texture. The pumpkin spice is a mix of warm spices that shine through and complement the pumpkin puree.
There is no need to chill the dough for this recipe. The cookies spread a normal amount while baking.
Keep cookies fresh by storing in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¾ cup butter softened
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 3.4 oz box vanilla pudding mix
- 12 oz bag chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cream butter, sugar, and pumpkin puree. Add in egg and mix thoroughly.
- In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, pudding mix, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Use a cookie scoop to drop dough onto parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 13-15 minutes, until edges look set.
- Let cool on pan for 10 minutes.
- Transfer to wire rack and cool completely before eating (to allow time to set up)
- Yield 3 dozen cookies.
Kalyn Abrams says
Brandy, these look delicious! I'll definitely be making these soon!
JESS44903 says
I love pumpkin and chocolate...so delicious! 🙂
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Amanda Kolb says
Yummy! I think I will be making these this weekend! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
CJ Huang says
Loving this seasonal twist on the usual chocolate chip cookies! They look so moist and chewy. 🙂
Lori Leeper says
Oh yes, please!! I think I'll be making these for my son's birthday box! 🙂
Thank you for sharing and linking up at Dishing It & Digging It! We enjoy having you each week! 🙂
Tuned In Parents says
Aww! Now I'm hungry, and apparently you can't peel this deliciousness off the screen and eat them. :/ Will tweet this. Maybe someone will make and same-day deliver some to me. =D -Elle
twopurplecouches says
These sound delicious! I love pumpkin in my chocolate chip cookies, and I love chewy cookies, so I have to try these. Thanks for linking up with Creative Spark last week - I chose your cookies as one of my Feature Picks for this week. Hope you'll stop by tomorrow and link up again! The party starts at 6am EST 🙂
Tanya @ Mom's Small Victories says
These lol wonderful, a great fall twist to the classic chocolate chip cookie. Thanks for sharing with Small Victories Sunday linkup, pinned to our Linkup board.
Miz Helen says
Your Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies look delicious and thanks so much for sharing them. Have a great week and hope to see you at Full Plate Thursday again real soon!
Miz Helen
vrmm26 says
I love anything pumpkin + chocolate! Will add these to my cookie rotation. Visiting from Made By You Mondays.
alifeinpracticeblog.com says
these look lovely! I've been looking for more pumpkin ideas... x #smallvictoriessundaylinkup
Andrea Nine says
These look scrumptious!! I love making cookies with pudding in the mix....so moist!
Lisa/SyncopatedMama says
Yum! Making these tonight & pinned to share!
janetvinyard says
Hi Brandy, Pumpkin and chocolate chips sounds super yummy to me! Thanks for sharing the recipe! Blessings, Janet
Kiersten says
Wait, where's the recipe? The link doesn't work. I NEED this recipe!
Brandy says
That's strange because I can see it just fine! I turned off the recipe plug-in and it reverted back to just text. Let me know if you still can't see it.
sandiegoforfamilies says
I see it now!