3 Ingredient Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Why You'll Love These Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies

• They are quick to make! The best part of these cookies is that you mix them and then bake them! No need to let the cookie dough rest or chill. They are perfect mixed and then right into the oven.
• They are easy to make! I love making cookies with cake mixes! It saves so much time and there are so many different ways you can use a good boxed cake mix. If you need a crowd pleaser recipe, this easy pumpkin cookies recipe is it!
• Everyone will love them! These cookies taste like they are one of those from-scratch recipes, but they are made with cake mix! It's the easiest dessert you will ever make and the entire family will love them!
• They have pumpkin puree in them! Even though these are cookies, it's a great way to get your kids to eat pumpkin! These delicious pumpkin cookies have no oil and no butter in them, but they are still full of flavor!

Ingredients to Gather for these Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

You only need a few simple ingredients to make one these pumpkin cookies.

• Box of Spice Cake Mix. There are lots of companies that make this box of cake mix. You can use your favorite brand of cake mixes.
• Can of Pumpkin Puree. I like to use organic pumpkin puree, but any can of pumpkin puree will work. Make sure it is not canned pumpkin pie filling though. You want pumpkin puree.
• Chocolate Chips. Semi sweet chocolate chips are always readily available in my house, and I love to add them to any recipe! They make cookies just a little bit better!

Canned Pumpkin Puree vs Pumpkin Pie Filling for Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies

This recipe has canned pumpkin puree, which is just pureed real pumpkins. Canned pumpkin pie is essentially the inside of a pumpkin pie. It has all the spices already in it. When making this recipe, make sure it's pure canned pumpkin.

Canned pumpkin pie will double the spices, which would overpower these pumpkin cake mix cookies with cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice.

Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Step by Step Instructions

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set that aside. In a large bowl, add the cake mix and pumpkin puree. Mix well.

Step 2: Add the chocolate chips to the large mixing bowl and mix well.

Step 3: With an ice cream scoop, scoop small balls of cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies are just golden brown. Let them cool on a wire rack and then serve.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies

• Use a different cake mix! If all you have at home is yellow cake mix, you can use that. Add 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice to the recipe since the cake mix does not have that ingredient in it. You can also use your favorite gluten-free cake mix too!
• Change up the chocolate chips! Use white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, or a combination of chocolate chips.
• Add a drizzle of icing! There's nothing a little cream cheese frosting can't make just a little bit better! Just like on these sourdough pumpkin cookies, drizzle some icing on the top of the cookies once they have cooled to room temperature.

3 Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies Storage Tips

When the cookies have comes to room temperature, store them in an airtight container for up to 4 days.

This is a great recipe for freezing! Once the 3 ingredient pumpkin chocolate chip cookies have come to room temperature, add them to a gallon sized Ziploc bag and freeze them for up to 3 months. Take them out of the freezer about 24 hours before you would like to serve them and let them defrost on the counter.