These are the best pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! Soft and chewy with pumpkin spice flavor and chocolate chips, they will be your new favorite cozy fall cookie recipe.
If you love the pumpkin, don’t miss my pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting, pumpkin chocolate chip muffins and chocolate chip pumpkin bread.
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
While I have so many fall favorites to bake every year, these are hands down on my list every year. They are THE BEST pumpkin chocolate chip cookies out there!
These chocolate chip pumpkin cookies are so soft and moist and have the perfect light, fluffy, and cake-like texture. They will definitely become your new favorite pumpkin recipe!
Why I Love This Cookie Recipe
- Quick and easy! This fall cookie recipe is simple and ready in an hour with no chilling! Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and place on a cookie sheet to bake.
- Soft and chewy. These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are the best way to enjoy moist, chewy cookies that are loaded with chocolate chips.
Recipe Ingredients
These homemade pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are easy to make with fall favorites like pumpkin and cozy spices!
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Baking staples: All-purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, baking powder, egg, milk, and vanilla.
- Pumpkin: 100% pure pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling) gives the best pumpkin flavor. Buy canned puree, or make homemade pumpkin puree from scratch.
- Oil: Used to help moisten the texture of the cookies. Both vegetable oil and canola oil will work in this pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe.
- Spices: A mix of cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and sea salt helps give these cookies a warm and delicious fall flavor.
- Chocolate: I like to use a mix of semi-sweet chocolate chips and milk chocolate chips, but feel free to use one or the other if preferred or even chocolate chunks.
How to Make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Wet ingredients. Combine pumpkin puree, sugar, oil, vanilla, and egg in a large bowl until smooth. In a separate bowl, dissolve baking soda with milk and then stir the mixture into the wet ingredients.
- Dry ingredients. In a separate large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and spices. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and stir together until you only see a few flour streaks in the dough.
- Fold and scoop. Gently fold the chocolate chips into the dough and then use a cookie scoop or a spoon to scoop the dough onto a prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake. Bake at 350°F for about 10 to 13 minutes until the cookie bottoms are light golden. Remove from oven and cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
Tips and Variations
- Don’t overmix. Mix the batter until you see a little flour left, then fold in the chocolate chips. This ensures soft and fluffy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.
- Cookie scoop. Scoop dough with a medium cookie scoop. This is a softer dough that is a bit sticky to the touch, so using a scoop helps give that round cookie shape.
- Make it look pretty! Press extra chocolate chips on the top of the dough right before going into the oven. It ensures you have more chocolaty goodness in each bite.
- Softer cookie. For a softer cookie, you can dissolve the baking soda with a teaspoon of milk and stir into the wet ingredients (instead of adding to the dry ingredients).
- Cake mix. If you’re short on time these cake mix pumpkin cookies have only 3 ingredients but the same fall flavor!
- Icing. These chocolate chip pumpkin cookies would also taste delicious topped with a rich cream cheese frosting or even a smoother cream cheese glaze.
- Add-ins: Add oats for a pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cookie variation, or try some nuts, raisins or additional warm fall spices.
Storing + Freezing
Once they have baked and cooled, store the cookies in a covered container for up to 4 days. The longer they sit, the more flavor they develop. I might even argue that they taste even better the next day.
You may also freeze the baked cookies for up to 3 months. When ready to enjoy, let thaw on the counter until no longer frozen.
Craving more cookie recipes? Try my pumpkin oatmeal cookies, best chocolate chip cookies, or double chocolate cookies recipe next!
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree , don't use the whole can
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil , can sub with canola oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon milk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice , add an extra teaspoon if you like extra spice
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1-2 cups chocolate chips , I like to mix semi-sweet and milk chocolate, plus more for topping
Instructions
- Prep. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat.
- Wet ingredients. In a large bowl, stir together 1 cup canned pumpkin, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 1 Tablespoon vanilla and 1 egg until smooth. In a small bowl, dissolve 1 teaspoon baking soda in 1 teaspoon milk and stir into the wet ingredients.
- Dry ingredients. In a separate large bowl, mix 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture just until you see a few flour streaks. Fold in 1-2 cups chocolate chips until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Bake. Using a medium cookie scoop or a spoon, drop cookies about 2 inches apart on the baking sheet. Add a few extra chocolate chips to the tops, if desired. Bake 10 to 13 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the bottoms are lightly brown. Check 1 and bake 1 to 2 more minutes if the center is not quite done.
- Cool. Let cool 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
- chopped nuts
- frost with a cream cheese frosting
- use a homemade pumpkin pie spice (add an extra teaspoon if desired)
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Recipe FAQs
If you would like to use butter, make my pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting. Omit the frosting and add chocolate chips.
These cookies should be anything but dry! The beauty of these cookies is how moist, soft, and tender they are.
If yours turns dry, you likely overmixed the dough or measured your flour incorrectly. Mix the dough just until combined (a few streaks of flour are okay) and measure the flour using the spoon and level technique for the most accurate results.
Once they have baked and cooled, store the cookies in a covered container for up to 4 days. The longer they sit, the more flavor they develop. I might even argue that they taste even better the next day. You can also freeze baked cookies up to 3 months.
Yes! I love to freeze cookie dough. Just be sure to scoop them first before freezing. Bake from frozen adding a few minutes to the baking time.
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Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
I made these with a flax egg and substituted applesauce for the oil. They were fantastic! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
These cookies were delicious and easy to make! I sprinkled a little brown sugar on top of mine as they baked for extra crunch!
Has anyone ever froze these.? Would love to make them for a wedding.
This is the recipe that I have used for over 30 years-and it is the only one that I will use! I have success with doubling, tripling, and even quadrupling!
These were delicious! I added a cup of chopped pecans, and I tried to follow other commenter’s advice about letting them sit for a day, but I’m afraid I failed! Only two or three saw the light of day, they were just too good!
i have made these three times, and getting ready to make them a fourth. I get raves about them. Thanks for sharing this.
I didn’t have choc chips last time, so I substituted white choc.
I’m so glad these cookies have turned out so well for you! Thanks for your nice comment Claudia. :)
Thanks for the recipe! I made these today and they were really good! I even subbed the oil with unsweetened applesauce and only used 2/3 cup of sugar.
I’m so glad you liked them! They are one of my favorite pumpkin recipes!
These truly are the best!! I can’t count how many times I’ve made these now. My husband requests them whenever I say the word “cookies.” Thanks for the delicious recipe!
I’m so glad you love these! Thanks for commenting Ashleigh!! :)
I can’t wait to make these! Anything pumpkin and chocolate…I’m in!
Hope you enjoy them Sammi, they are amazing! :)
what does “1 TB vanilla” refer to? Is it 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract?
thank you
Yes, 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract! :)
I made these cookies a couple weeks ago, & they were great! Do you think they will taste & texture will be the same if I refrigerate the dough overnight (I won’t have time to make & bake the cookies on the same night, since I will be making so many!)?
I’ve made the cookies the next day and they still turned out good! It changed the texture a little bit, but not much! :)
Best cookies ever! I just add ground ginger, nutmeg and cloves.. :) thank you for the recipe :)
Thanks Karina! Mmmm sounds delicious! :)
My family, friends and co-workers all love this recipe. I have made it several times already and they don’t last until the next day.
Super easy to make and taste fantastic.
I’m so glad they all loved it! Thanks for your comment Lori! :)
These were incredible. Like others I doubled the recipe to use a whole can of pumpkin. I subbed applesauce for half the oil and used half the sugar and they were still outrageously good. Might try even less sugar next time. Thank you.
I’m so glad you loved them Eliana! This is one of my all time favorite pumpkin recipes! :)
I’ve been making these since last fall and they have to be the most requested dessert ever – family, friends and coworkers have all requested these! I actually substitute applesauce for the oil and they’re still amazing (and just a little bit healthier). Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks for your comment Amanda, it made my day! I am so glad everyone has loved this recipe…it is definitely a family favorite. Thanks for sharing your substitute, I will have to make them with applesauce next time!
i just made these. They were amazing! I made a few substitutions to make them more healthy but they are absolutely delicious! Thank you!
I’m so glad you enjoyed these! Thanks for your comment. :)
These turned out super cakey….not my kind of cookie. The flavors were great, but the texture was terrible!
Hi Melissa! That’s so odd, these cookies usually turn out really soft and moist. I over baked a batch once and they were a little cakey, so maybe try reducing the time and a little less flour. :)
I just took these out of the oven and I think I already ate a dozen of them! They are so good! I love the thickness of them. Soft but not gooey! I also topped them off with a little cinnamon before I threw them in the oven! Awesome! And my whole house smells like cinnamon and pumpkin!
I’m so glad you liked them Katie! They are my favorite. :)