Add a fall twist to your usual chocolate chip cookies with this super-soft and chewy pumpkin version. Loaded to the max with chocolate chips and lots of pumpkin ‘n’ spice flavor!
It is now September 4th. Let the pumpkin palooza officially begin.
Hey, you’ve gotta give me credit for waiting a full FOUR days into September before sharing my first pumpkin recipe.
Though I’ll be honest here: I broke into my first can of pumpkin way back in the beginning of August.
Technically I was actually behind the pumpkin game in the food blogging world, so let’s just go with that. 😉
My family questioned the pumpkin donuts on only August 5th, but they’re just weird like that so I didn’t pay any attention. P.S—recipe coming soon!
So let’s talk cookies. Chewy-not-cakey PUMPKIN cookies loaded with aaaall the chocolate.
Did you know such a thing existed? Neither did I until last fall when I tried my FIRST-ever pumpkin chocolate chip cookie. Guys, it was the best chocolate chip cookie I’ve ever had—It was super soft and chewy, had full-on pumpkin ‘n’ spice flavors, and was positively LOADED with chocolate.
Fast forward to a year later….after I’d been craving more pumpkin cookies for that ENTIRE year, I knew it had to happen in my own kitchen.
Warning: Food nerd science:
So pumpkin is naturally very moist and liquid-filled so it makes sense that most baked goods that have pumpkin in it are gonna turn out soft and cakey. There’s definitely nothing wrong with that…. if you’re making something like a cake or muffins. But cookies? They’ve gotta be chewy.
So what’s the secret to making chewy-not-cakey pumpkin cookies? It’s pretty simple, actually….
Forget about the eggs.
Yes! It’s that simple! Leave the eggs outta these cookies and ‘voila, you’ve got chewy pumpkin cookies without even an ounce of extra effort.
Plus, the lack of eggs and loads of pumpkin make these cookies semi-healthy.
FYI: Pumpkin is naturally VERY good for you. It’s loaded with tons of antioxidants and vitamin A.
And well, orange cookies are just so much fun.
So in conclusion…the more you eat, the better.
Just keep telling yourself that after your 3rd cookie.
Good grief, just LOOK at that pumpkin-y chocolate goodness. Yep. I am completely and 100% in LURVE with these suh-weet ‘thangs.
They were definitely worth waiting for.
P.S. I hope you guys like your pumpkin. — This is only the beginning. 😀
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 7 tablespoons pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
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In a large bowl, whisk melted butter, sugar, pumpkin, and vanilla until smooth. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices. Stir flour mixture into liquid mixture until a dough forms. Stir in chocolate chips until incorporated.
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Wrap cookie dough in plastic wrap. Chill in refrigerator 1 hour. (or up to 2 days)
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Roll dough into 2-in balls and place on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Flatten cookies slightly. Bake cookies at 350F 9-10 minutes. (cookies will appear underdone--this is ok) Cool cookies on baking sheet 10 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Recipe Notes
Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.
Recipe adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction
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It’s never too early for pumpkin cookies! Now we just need the fall weather to come. I hadn’t had pumpkin chocolate chip cookies until last year either, so good!
Kelly @ Trial and Eater recently posted…Lemon blueberry cookies
Maybe if we eat enough pumpkin cookies, we can convince fall to come! LOL. 🙂
Those cookies look delicious! I could use a couple of those right now. Great tip for making a chewy pumpkin cookie 🙂
Ashley @ ashleymarieskitchen recently posted…Peanut Butter and Chocolate Rice Krispies Treats
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Yes! I’m so ready for some pumpkin recipes! Maybe they will make our 90 degree weather go away!
These cookies look so incredible! All those gooey , melted chocolate chips! Yum!
Haha! I actually tested this recipe when it was about 85 degrees. It felt kinda weird eating pumpkin in such warm weather, but no complaints here! 🙂 Thanks, Christin!
Just perfect!! I love pumpkin cookies and these look so wonderfully soft!
Annie @Maebells recently posted…Double Chocolate Protein Bars with Coconut and Pecans
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I’ve never had pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, but I bet it must tasty as good as it looks on the picture!!!
Olivia – Primavera Kitchen recently posted…Spinach and Zucchini Lasagna
Oh, gosh you SO need to try pumpkin cookies this fall, Olivia! You will fall in love. 🙂
I know what you mean, Sarah! I’ve been baking with pumpkin for a few weeks now, but I’m still waiting a little bit longer to post my recipes (I’ve got them all piled up already!). I also made a pumpkin donut too, so I can’t wait to see your recipe! 🙂 And these cookies look crazy good! Such a fun twist on a classic cookie. Pinned!
Pumpkin baking is just one of those things that once you start you just can’t stop! LOL. Looking forward to seeing your donut recipe too. 🙂 Thanks for the pin, girl!
Pumpkin donuts on August 5th? Um, I’d say you are definitely ahead of the game Sarah! These cookies, wow, they look so good! Not too gooey or soft, not to crispy or crunchy, that perfect in between. I’ve always had a hard time keeping my pumpkin cookies “normal” since pumpkin makes things so moist – pinning these to try!
Mary Frances @ The Sweet {Tooth} Life recently posted…{Gluten and Dairy Free} Melt In Your Mouth Molasses Iced Peanut Butter Cookies
Hahaha! If I had my way, pumpkin-baking would happen year-round! But yes, you for SURE need to give pumpkin cookies another go, Mary Frances! Thanks for pinning. 🙂
Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are one of my favorite cookies ever! Yours look sooo dreamy. I can’t wait to try these soon. 🙂
Annie @ Natural Sweet Recipes recently posted…Non-Alcoholic Freshly Juiced Sangria
Thanks, Annie! They’re totally my new fav cookie. 🙂
Girl, you totally read my mind! I was thinking last how good a pumpkin chocolate chip cookies sounds. Pinning these! Love how soft these are too. Perfection!
Danielle recently posted…Baked Sweet Potato Fries
You for SURE need to try these cookies this fall, Danielle! Love at first bite. 🙂 Thanks for pinning!
Orange cookies are just so much fun! These sound amazing – and chewy is a necessity for cookies! I just opened my first can of pumpkin the other day – but for a savory recipe. Now it’s time for some baking! 🙂
Ashley recently posted…Cheesy Taco Casserole
Total yes to chewy cookies, Ashley! And yay for pumpkin season, right?! I love baking with pumpkin, but savory pumpkin recipes are one of my favs too. 🙂
Girl…I am *so* glad you’ve got the Pumpkin recipes covered, because I’m all up to my elbows in Apple recipes. It’s good to know where I can direct all my early pumpkin loving readers! Pumpkin is probably one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITES, which means I’m glad you’re doing lots of these posts early, so that after my apple season is over, I have an arsenal of pumpkin recipes! These cookies look amazing, and I know The Husband would love them, because he’s also a chocolate chip fan!!!
Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen recently posted…Slow Cooker Cinnamon Applesauce
Kristi, your apples recipes have had me literally DROOLING all week! Keep ’em coming girl!
P.S. Can you send some of your gorgeous apples my way? 😀
Yay for pumpkin! Love these cookies, they look amazing! Perfectly soft and chewy, my favorite 🙂 Pinning!
Kelly – Life Made Sweeter recently posted…Apple Pie Pecan Cinnamon Rolls with Salted Caramel Glaze {GF}
Thanks for pinning, Kelly! You’ve gotta try these cookies, girl. 🙂
I had no idea eggs were the culprit between the cake-iness of most pumpkin cookies! Definitely going to be trying these because I love my cookies to be chewy.
Joanne recently posted…Blue Bottle Double Chocolate Cookies
It’s such a simple fix to get chewy pumpkin cookies, I couldn’t even believe it! 🙂
It’s not too early for me! I love pumpkin! These cookies look out of this world!
Kelly // The Pretty Bee: Cooking & Creating recently posted…Cider Mill Donuts.
Thanks, Kelly! And right? Pumpkin can just stick around all year—totally cool with me! 😉
I adore the colour of these! It’s pumpkin time and I couldn’t be more excited!!! Nice way to mix it up with the traditional chocolate chip cookie. I’m drooling over that photo with the melted chips. Oh my gosh. So good!
Thanks, Allison! Pumpkin time is for sure the best time of the year! 🙂
Yay pumpkin! My ultimate favorite food, ever, EVER! These look great!
Also, weird, I made pumpkin donuts at the beginning of August, too!
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Hello beautiful I say to these gorgeous looking cookies! I just want to steal a few and run away… and then come back for more!
Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl recently posted…Baked Sugar Snap Peas
Hahaha! I totally understand wanting to steal these cookies, Pamela! My family tried it and actually got away with a few! LOL.
What beauties!! Girl these cookies are amazing… I can totally stuff my face with few of these beauties right now. . 😀
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I love pumpkin year round, so it is never too early to open up a can. These look great!
Cindy @ Pick Fresh Foods recently posted…Loaded Nachos
Thanks, Cindy! Pumpkin is totally appropriate year-round I say!
AHHH THESE LOOK HEAVENLY! I am SOO ready for pumpkin season. So I’m a little confused. What’s white whole wheat flour? How can it be be both white and whole wheat at the same time?
Hi, Malak! There are two kinds of kernels flours are made from, white kernels and red kernels. I use the kind of flour that’s made from white kernels which results in white whole wheat flour. It’s a finer texture than regular whole wheat flour, but it’s still much healthier than white flour.
You can find white whole wheat flour in most grocery stores in the health food section. Hope this helps!
Absolutely, amazing! You’ve combined the best of cookies and Fall! Stopping from Show Stopper Saturday
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These look seriously amazing. I was walking past Starbucks the other day, and saw they were selling pumpkin spice latte already. I am so excited to dive face first into pumpkin treats 🙂
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Gahh! Really?! I gotta make my way over to Starbucks one of these mornings and get my hands on one of those lattes! 🙂
Love these scrumptious gooey and chewy cookies, Sarah! Love pumpkin and can’t wait to try your brilliant recipe 🙂
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Visiting from Show Stopper Saturday. These look so good. Great tip about getting that chew with pumpkin cookies, I hate soft cakey cookies. Going to try these out. I co-host Sweet and Savoury Sunday and would love for you to stop by and share this and other recipes with us when the party goes live this Sunday. Have a great day!
Thanks for the invite, Laura! I will hop over and link up!
These look delicious! I am super impressed you waited until it was officially Fall to post this. I can’t wait to get in the kitchen with pumpkin and maple
Lindsey @ American Heritage Cooking recently posted…Caramel Stuffed Brown Butter Snickers Chocolate Chip Cookies
Thanks, Lindsey! And ooh it was SO hard to wait until it was “officially” fall in the food blogging world to start sharing pumpkin recipes. 🙂
haha… love the food science. 🙂 I actually just made some eggless pumpkin cookies the other day. Good stuff! Loving the oozing chocolate chips in that last pic. 🙂
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Aren’t they the best cookies EVER, Krista?! It’s amazing what the lack of eggs does for the texture. 😉
They do sell the canned pumpkin in the store all year, so really there is no reason not to use it in August!! I have a pumpkin orange recipe that I love so much and make all year round, don’t tell anyone though! I love the pumpkin and chocolate combo, these cookies look amazing! My favorite thing about baking with pumpkin is that it makes everything so moist and delicious 🙂
That’s exactly what I figure, Izzy! They must sell that pumpkin for a reason, so I rest my case: We can have pumpkin year-round. 😉
And you should totally share your pumpkin orange recipe on your blog this fall, girl! 🙂
You’ve started already!!! Nice tip about the eggs. These looks absolutely gorgeous and the orange color makes them do festive. Waiting for the donuts :).
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Thanks, Amira! Donuts coming soon. 🙂
I too am so glad it’s finally fall, at least according to the calendar, since I live in Phoenix where it’s still over 100 degrees! Like you for me fall is all about pumpkins and apples. Your pumpkin chocolate chip cookies look amazing!
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Maybe if you make these cookies you can get the weather to cool down a lil bit! LOL. It’s never to hot for pumpkin I always say! Thanks Martha! 🙂