This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure policy.

Easy as 1,2,3, these delicious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are super quick and tasty! They are light, fluffy, and packed with pumpkin flavor and decadent chocolate. With only three ingredients, it canโ€™t get much easier than that!

Side shot of a stack of 3 ingredient pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe

  • Quick and Easy: These cookies will be the quickest and easiest thing you make this fall! Cake mix, a can of pumpkin puree, and chocolate chips are all you need!
  • Fun Fall Flavor: Nothing says fall more than warm, pumpkin-spiced cookies packed with chocolate chips! These are the perfect treat for greeting your kids after school with a big glass of milk.
  • Budget-Friendly: You can have a healthy-ish treat with only three simple ingredients. And thankfully, the ingredients are super budget-friendly!

Easy 3-Ingredient Recipe

We love serving these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies when I need a quick dessert that doesnโ€™t take all day to put together and is a crowd favorite. If you’re like me, you love to save time and still make something that tastes great. Try these other quick 3-ingredient sweets: easy 3-ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies and 3-ingredient Brownies.

Ingredients Needed

Overhead shot of labeled ingredients.
  • Mix-ins: Use any chocolate chipsโ€”milk, semi-sweet, white, mini, or chopped bars. Try caramel or cinnamon chips. Substitute the chocolate chips for raisins, toasted nuts. Or you could add oats (ยฝ cup instead of 1 cup) for a twist on this class cookie.
  • Cake Mix: No spice mix? Use white, vanilla, or yellow + 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice.

How to Make 3-Ingredient Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

These 3-ingredient pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are the easiest fall treat youโ€™ll make! They’re soft, chewy, and packed with sweet chocolate chips. Get your furry friends into the fall flavors with these homemade dog treats made with pumpkin!

  1. Prep: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  2. Combine: Mix the pumpkin puree and the cake mix in a large bowl until fully combined. Then, stir in the chocolate chips. It’s that easy!
  3. Scoop: Use a medium cookie scoop to scoop the dough, about 2 ยฝ tablespoons per cookie, onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between them.
  4. Bake & Enjoy! Bake for 13-15 minutes, until the edges of the cookies are set and begin to turn golden brown. Remove them from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before you transfer them to a cooling rack.

Alyssa’s Pro Tips

  • Lumpy Mix: Sift the cake mix before stirring with pumpkin to avoid lumps.
  • Add an Egg: For lighter, less dense cookies, add one egg.
  • Donโ€™t Underbake: Cookies should have set, lightly browned edges. Test with a toothpick; if it’s clean, theyโ€™re ready.
  • Cooling Matters: Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes to finish baking without overbaking.
Overhead shot of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies on a cooling rack.

Pin this now to find it later

Pin It

3 Ingredient Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

4.29 from 7 votes
Why complicate cookies when 3 ingredients will do the trick? These little guys are soft, sweet, pumpkin-spiced, and perfect for fall!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 12 cookies

Ingredients 

  • 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin puree
  • 1 (15.25-ounce) box spice cake mix
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Now, in a large bowl, let's keep it simple. Just mix the 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin puree and 1 (15.25-ounce) box spice cake mix until they're fully combined. Then, stir in 1 cup milk chocolate chips. It's that easy!
  • Use a medium cookie scoop to scoop the dough, about 2 ยฝ tablespoons per cookie, onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between them.
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes, until the edges of the cookies are set and begin to turn golden brown. Remove them from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

Notes

  • Counter or Fridge: Store in an airtight container, single layer. Keeps 4 days at room temp or up to 8 days in the fridge. Cookies get sticky if stacked.
  • Freeze: Cool completely, then freeze in layers with parchment between cookies. Thaw at room temperature or in the fridge. Keeps up to 3 months.

Nutrition

Calories: 264kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 293mgPotassium: 147mgFiber: 1gSugar: 29gVitamin A: 48IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 58mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Tried this recipe?Mention @alyssa_therecipecritic or tag #therecipecritic!
Close up shot of someone holding a pumpkin chocolate chip cookie with a bite taken out of it.

More Perfect Pumpkin Desserts

I am all in for everything, pumpkin! My pumpkin chocolate chip bread is calling my name this time of year! The temperature drops, the colors of the season come out, and pumpkin spice is in everything! Here are some of my favorite pumpkin recipes for you to try!

 

About Alyssa Rivers

Alyssa Rivers is the author of 'The Tried and True Cookbook', a professional food photographer and experienced recipe-developer. Having a passion for cooking, her tried and true recipes have been featured on Good Morning America, Today Food, Buzzfeed and more.

More Ideas

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




28 Comments

  1. 4 stars
    Love this easy recipe, I doubled it because of the 12 per batch label and let me tell you, Iโ€™ve made 34 so far and only used half the batter so maybe see how far you get with a single recipe unless you
    need a lot, but theyโ€™ll definitely get eaten regardless.

  2. 5 stars
    We love these! Especially perfect because they don’t contain eggs as our grandson has a severe egg allergy. Yum! ?