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Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies

Your new favorite fall cookie awaits! These Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies have a soft, chewy center and flavored with warm spices to make all your cookie dreams come true. With just a few ingredients, these cookies will be one of your favorite pumpkin desserts.
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Cookies with chocolate chips on a sheet pan.

Finally, our favorite time of year is upon us (that’s pumpkin season, in case you’re wondering) and these soft pumpkin cookies check all the cookie boxes! With crisp edges, soft center and chewy texture, these chocolate chip pumpkin cookies will be one of your new favorite pumpkin treats. Made with a homemade blend of pumpkin pie spice, light brown sugar, pumpkin puree and coconut oil, these are a perfect blend of warm spices and a classic chocolate chip cookie taste.

Cookies on a sheet pan.

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Why you’ll love this recipe

  • Soft and fluffy cookies with a perfect pumpkin flavor.
  • Only 86 calories per cookie.
  • These Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies can be made with dark, white, or semi-sweet chocolate chunks.

Ingredients:

These are the main ingredients and substitutions for these pumpkin spice protein cookies. See the recipe card below for the full ingredients list and instructions.

Coconut oil, egg, pumpkin puree, flour, protein powder, chocolate chips and brown sugar laid out on a counter.
  • Pumpkin Puree: not pumpkin pie filling (common mistake). We want pure pumpkin puree for these babies. You’ll have extra so I like to save it for chocolate pumpkin swirl brownies.
  • Light Brown Sugar: dark brown works just fine.
  • Coconut Oil: or melted butter.
  • All-Purpose Flour: I haven’t tested this with any other flour but gluten-free flour should work just fine.
  • Vanilla Protein Powder: I suggest using PEScience vanilla protein powder for a fluffy muffin top-type cookie. For a more dense cookie use Four Sigmatic Protein powder.
  • Dark Chocolate Chips: or white, semi-sweet, or milk chocolate chips.

Variations

  • You know I love giving you freedom in what you make. I used Lily’s dark chocolate chips but these are your cookies so use any type of chocolate chips you want. White chocolate, semi-sweet, milk chocolate or even chocolate chunks would be great in these pumpkin spice cookies.

Dietary Modifications

  • Dairy-free if you use a dairy-free protein powder and chocolate chips. Sweet and simple.
  • For gluten-free, use a gluten-free flour, such as Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free 1:1 flour. I have yet to try this so I can’t say 100% how they’d turn out. Also, make sure chocolate chips and protein powder are free of gluten.

How to make these pumpkin spice chocolate chip cookies (a visual step-by-step guide):

Step 1: preheat and prep

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 2: mix wet ingredients

In a large mixing bowl, mix together the pumpkin puree, brown sugar, melted coconut oil, and egg until well combined.

Wet cookie ingredients in a bowl.

Step 3: mix dry ingredients

In another large bowl, mix together the all-purpose flour, protein powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ground cloves.

Dry ingredients in a bowl.

Step 4: mix wet and dry ingredients

Gradually, add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not over-mix.

Step by step collage dry ingredients added to wet and mixed together with chocolate chips folded in.

Step 5: fold in chocolate chips

Fold in the chocolate chips.

Step 6: scoop cookie dough onto cookie sheet

Using a large cookie scoop or 1.5 Tbsp. add cookie dough balls onto the prepared cookie sheet. Slightly press the balls down a bit to flatten since they donโ€™t spread much in the oven.

Cookies scooped into balls on a cookie sheet.

Step 7: bake

Bake for 10-11 minutes in the preheated oven or until the edges of the cookies are lightly golden brown.

Step 8: cool and enjoy

Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool to room temperature.

Cookie being dipping into a cup of milk.

Expert Tip!

Slightly flatten your cookies before baking. These don’t flatten on their own like regular cookies so flattening them beforehand will give them a beautiful round cookie shape.

Recipe FAQ

How to store these cookies?

Store in an air-tight container on the counter for up to 4-5 days or in the fridge for up to 7 days. Freeze these cookies and enjoy them within three months of freezing.

Do I have to use protein powder?

I added the protein powder to add protein (I know I’m stating the obvious, forgive me) and haven’t tried them without. You can add extra all-purpose flour in its place, but it may change the texture and taste of the cookies.

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Cookies with chocolate chips on a sheet pan.

Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies

Danielle Lima
Your new favorite fall cookie awaits! These Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies have a soft, chewy center and flavored with warm spices to make all your cookie dreams come true. With just a few ingredients, these cookies will be one of your favorite pumpkin desserts.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 86 kcal

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup pumpkin puree 244g
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar 95g
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil melted, 48g
  • 1 egg
  • 1.5 cups all-purpose flour 180g
  • 1/2 cup vanilla protein powder 44g
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1/2 cup Lily's Dark Chocolate Chips 80g

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheight and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix together the pumpkin puree, brown sugar, melted coconut oil and egg until well combined.
  • In another largeย bowl, mix together the all purpose flour, protein powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ground cloves.
  • Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not overmix.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips.
  • Using a large cookie scoop or 1.5 Tbsp. add cookie dough balls onto the prepared cookie sheet. Slightly press the balls down a bit to flatten since they donโ€™t spread much in the oven.
  • Bake for 10-11 minutes in the preheated ovenย or until the edges of the cookies are lightly golden brown.
  • Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool to room temperature.

Notes

  • This recipe makes about 24 cookies.
  • You can substitute the dark chocolate chips with milk chocolate, white chocolate, or semi-sweet chocolate chips if you prefer.
  • These cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to a week or frozen for up to three months.
  • Smaller cookies will need less bake time.
  • Slightly flatten the cookies prior to baking since these cookies do not spread much.ย 
  • For a fluffy cookie, I suggest using PEScience vanilla protein powder. For a more firm dense cookie, like in the pictures use Four Sigmatic Protein powder. This recipe has been tested with both and I personally prefer the fluffier PeScience version! Vega protein powder also results in fluffy cookies.ย 
  • Protein powders bake differently and WILL results in different taste and textures.ย 

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 86kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 3gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 118mgPotassium: 33mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4g
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Photos by Marie-Catherine Dube

4 Comments

  1. Great macros! Mine turned our more like muffins though- very light, fluffy, and tasty (maybe even a bit too sweet) but didn’t have a crispy cookie texture at all, maybe it was my protein powder (I used a whey isolate)? Regardless, I may make it again but in muffin tins and add a protein powder “frosting” too, or try to augment to flour/oil/baking soda ratios to try and get something more dense and crispy (or maybe try with oats or almond flour?)

    1. Muffins will be fun to try! They’re definitely a muffin-y texture with the protein powder. Thanks for trying them!

  2. Hi- Love all your recipes!!! Canโ€™t wait to try these too! I canโ€™t use whey protein powder- I use vegan pea protein powder- would that work as a substitute? Or is there something else you would recommend? Thanks !

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