Today we made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Yes, you read that right. PUMPKIN chocolate chip cookies. Who would have thought you could turn pumpkins into cookies, right?

Well, guess what? They turned out amazing! I love making this healthy treat for Halloween, or any time of the year!

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What you need to make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies:

1 Cup canned or fresh pumpkin
1 Cup white sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 Cup vegetable oil
1 T vanilla extract
1 egg
2 Cups chocolate chips
2 Cups flour
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
*you may add walnuts if you like.

How To Make pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Step 1

Combine pumpkin, sugar, oil, and egg.

Step 2

In another bowl, stir flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt.

Step 3

Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.

Step 4

Add vanilla and chips. (Add nuts here if you desire)

Step 5

Drop by spoonful on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350F for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.

Step 6

Let the cookies cool down first before gobbling them up! Enjoy!

How my pumpkin chocolate chip cookies turned out

This is a truly amazing recipe for the kids! My pumpkin chocolate chip cookies barely cooled down, they’re all gone in a matter of minutes! Thanks, Richelle, for this guest post! Check out her blog, Under the Golden Apple Tree!

Yield: 12 pieces

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Name: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Snack
Ingredients: 1 Cup canned or fresh pumpkin; 1 Cup white sugar; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1/2 Cup vegetable oil; 1 T vanilla extract; 1 egg; 2 Cups chocolate chips; 2 Cups flour; 2 tsp. ground cinnamon; *you may add walnuts if you like.

This tasty pumpkin chocolate chip cookies recipe is such a blockbuster! It's healthy, gluten-free, and super easy to make! Your kids will surely love this, with a glass of milk too!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

1 Cup canned or fresh pumpkin
1 Cup white sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 Cup vegetable oil
1 T vanilla extract
1 egg
2 Cups chocolate chips
2 Cups flour
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
*you may add walnuts if you like.

Instructions

In a bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, oil, and egg.
In another bowl, stir flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt.
Combine the flour mixture and the pumpkin mixture and mix well.
Add vanilla and chocolate chips. (Add nuts here if you like.)
Scoop the cookie dough and put it onto a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350F for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.
Serve when the cookies are cooled down, with a glass of warm milk!

Have you tried this yummy pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe? Let us know your experience in the comments!

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4 Comments

You are missing baking powder and milk on your ingredients list.

I dont concur.

When we got our pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe 14 years ago, NO ONE else had ever tried them. Now I am seeing them every where. They have become so popular (probably because they’re so yummy!