This pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe is my absolute favorite! It makes the perfect fall comfort food. Pumpkins and autumn go together. Check out the fun pumpkin kids activities at the end of this post!
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Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are my favorite dessert – and a fantastic use for pumpkin puree! I just had to share this favorite pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe when I learned that pumpkins are this week’s Virtual Book Club for Kids theme. Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino is this week’s book.
Our weekly menu is much more diverse these days (thankfully!), but these cookies are still a treat! Here’s my recipe:
Our Gluten Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- 2 c. flour. We use Cup 4 Cup gluten free flour. They cookies taste great and have a wonderful chewy texture, too!
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. ginger
- 1/2 c. butter
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 c. pumpkin puree
- 1 c. chocolate chips
Beat butter, sugar and eggs till fluffy. Beat in pumpkin. Then beat in dry ingredients just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop by tablespoonfuls, two inches apart, onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.
Bake at 350 F, 12-15 minutes, or until golden. Makes about 3 dozen.
Have you tried Costco’s new Kirkland Signature chocolate chips? I’m a fan!
Pumpkin Learning Activities for Kids
Pumpkin and autumn go together! Check out more fun pumpkin themed learning activities below, and visit this page for all of the book-based activities from the 2017-18 Virtual Book Club for Kids.
- Kid-friendly pumpkin carving
- Pumpkin shape sorter
- Roasting pumpkin seeds
- Pumpkin felt food pattern
- Sharpie pumpkins
- Make a wall of pumpkins
- Felt pumpkin faces
- Pumpkin pancakes recipe
- Emotional intelligence Jack O’Lantern activity
- Cinnamon pumpkin brownies
- Pumpkin shape memory game
- Pumpkins name writing
- Chalk marker pumpkin decorating
- Dot marker pumpkin counting activity
- Pumpkin pre-writing worksheet
- Five Little Pumpkins cut & paste
- Pumpkin Solar System
- Stacking Pumpkins STEM Activity
Do you have a favorite pumpkin recipe? Do you like pumpkin and chocolate together? How about pumpkin learning activities for kids? Share ideas in the comments below, or on my Facebook page. You can also tag me on Instagram.
I’m sharing this post at the Timberdoodle Hello Fall blog hop.
MaryAnne lives in Silicon Valley with her Stanford professor husband Mike and their four children. She writes about parenting through education, creativity, and play. Mama Smiles - Joyful Parenting is a space to share crafts, hands on learning activities, and family outings that enrich lives and bring families together.
sherri says
Yummy! I have not made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for a very long time! Thanks for the recipe!
Ticia says
You can never go wrong with pumpkin in something. Yummy!
Michelle says
Oh my gosh these sound yummy! I make chocolate chip pumpkin muffins and I probably gain 5 pounds because I eat the whole batch by myself! I’ve never tried making the cookies before.
Jen says
Yum! I LOVE pumpkin chocolate chip cookies!
Jacquie@KCEdventures says
LOVE pumpkin and chocolate together – our favorite is pumpkin chocolate chip bread. But I am so excited to try these this week as we have some left over pumpkin in the fridge :)
maryanne says
Do you have a bread recipe that you love? I’d like to give that a try!
Mariya says
replace butter with 1c applesauce and no eggs…comes out delicious and nutritious.
maryanne says
Thank you for the tip, Mariya! Definitely trying that next time!
Cascia Talbert (The Healthy Moms Magazine) says
That recipe looks delicious!
jeannine: waddlee-ah-chaa says
We make two ingredient chocolate pumpkin muffins. Yes, two ingredients! They are so easy, moist and oh so yummy. Yes, a big fan of pumpkin and chocolate.
http://waddleeahchaa.com/2010/10/06/devilishly-delicious-and-easy-pumpkin-muffins-free-printable-recipe-guides-for-children/
Amber Liddle says
I have a completely decadent pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe that calls for cream cheese frosting. They are good on their own, but with the frosting it is AMAZING!! I love pumpkin and chocolate together, in muffins, bread, cookies. Anything I can stuff in my face where it may go straight to my expanding middle section…
maryanne says
Someone on pinterest said the same thing. I definitely need to try it!
Mud Hut Mama says
Yum – I’ve never tried pumpkin and chocolate together but I have a huge pumpkin sitting in my kitchen just waiting to be cooked and pureed for Thanksgiving pumpkin bread and a new pumpkin cupcake recipe I want to try. There will be plenty left over for our favorite treat (pumpkin fritters) and we might have to try your cookies too.
maryanne says
Pumpkin fritters sound great! Do you have a recipe?
momandkiddo says
Um…. YUMMY!
Christy says
I love everything pumpkin! We made pumpkin chocolate chip muffins last week.
maryanne says
Yum!
Elisa | blissfulE says
I have never tried pumpkin and chocolate together! Love your newly-married cooking staples. :) :)
Isra says
I love pumpkin anything this is a great way to use it!
PragmaticMom says
YUM! Thank you! I will try this! My kids have been asking for more cookies but I wanted to do something a tad healthier but still delicious.
Emily @Random Recycling says
Yum! I made a batch of my own using yogurt instead of butter and they were great. Just love the smell of pumpkin in the kitchen!
maryanne says
I’ll have to try that – thanks for the tip!
Pamela says
i found your blog through a twitter comment! I have almost the same recipe that I made last week and they were so good!
Betheny says
I made these a few minutes ago. Yummy. I did make a few changes. I melted the butter and let it cool and I added a half of cup of flour on top of the two cups. They turned out well. The smell woke my hubby up from his nap to be my taste tester. My neighbor also loves them! Thank you for sharing. This is a keeper!
maryanne says
I’m so glad they turned out well! I sometimes melt the butter to make it a little easier to mix; I’ll have to try adding a half cup of extra flour to see if I like it better.
Natalie says
I have never tried anything with pumpkin puree before, but the recipe looks very yummy. Maybe I’ll be adventurous and try them for Thanksgiving dinner.
maryanne says
I hope you like them! I’m told that some people like chocolate and pumpkin and some don’t. I definitely do!
Darla says
Don’t know if you will answer this or not but I was wondering if canned pumpkin is the same as making fresh pumpkin? I don’t bake much…my Mom does the baking and I do the cooking! It works out well but this recipe looks amazing and not too hard. I want to try it, as pumpkin is my Momma’s favorite and I want to surprise her with something that I baked!!! Thanks in advance!!!
MaryAnne says
You can use canned pumpkin or freshly cooked pumpkin puree for this recipe. Just make sure if you use canned that it is pumpkin, and not pumpkin pie filling. Good luck with your baking, and I hope you like these cookies!
Anonymous says
These cookies are delicious! They were a huge hit at work. Thank you for sharing :)
Mia Wenjen says
Yummy! A perfect blend of comfort and autumn!
Ticia says
Yum! Sounds good to me. I’ll happily eat a dozen or so.
handmade by amalia says
These look wonderful and I’d love to give them a try but we can’t get pumpkin puree in the shops around here. Can I just boil a piece of pumpkin and mash it for the same result?
Amalia
xo
MaryAnne says
Yes! You may have to adjust how much flour is in the recipe, because some pumpkins are juicier than others.
Natalie PlanetSmartyPants says
I followed your recipe when you published it first, and it was a great hit here :)
MaryAnne says
Yay! I am so happy to hear that :)