Mix the cake mix batter with pumpkin puree, drop the cookies on a baking sheet with a spoon or cookie scoop, and bake.
What can be more simple than this cake mix recipe that's very moist, delicious, and a pumpkin cookie for fall?
This Pumpkin spice cake mix cookie is so easy and versatile, it will be your fall cookie go-to recipe.
They are so light and full of fall flavors with a soft pillow cake texture. Whether you like them plain, frosted, or with sprinkles these pumpkin spice cookies with chocolate chips are over-the-top delicious.
The kids went crazy while they were baking they smell so good. Just a few ingredients and they are on the table in no time.
Perfect for Halloween, fall events, parties, and much more. This cookie is also perfect for the Christmas cookie tray we bake during the holiday season.
With just a few more ingredients you will have a full plate of cookies baked in no time plus they taste like they're made from scratch!
Cake Mix Cookies
Do you believe it? A cake mix, some spices and pumpkin fresh or canned and viola, a few extra ingredients and you're baking one the tastiest fall cookies out there.
The kids love them frosted with sprinkles.
My husband likes them plain with powdered sugar.
You can bake them with just sprinkles too not frosted, what an easy versatile cookie.
Other Additions
- funfetti
- peanut butter chips
- white chocolate chips
- craisins
- leftover chopped Halloween candy
- chopped cookies like Oreos etc
Tips
- Halloween colors for fall, orange, and black sprinkles
- orange-colored sugars
- little pumpkins and bats to decorate
- leave them plain or add after baking with icing
- bake cookies raw and decorated with sprinkles
- use an ice cream scoop to make them all the same size
- tint the frosting in any color you like for the holiday
- make an easy frosting using powdered sugar and water mixed to a thick frosting for the top
- bake until just set on top, not to overcook them
Easy To Make In A Hurry!
Perfect for the busy mom and hurried cooks out there.
These pumpkin spice cake mix cookies are fast to mix up and cook quickly too.
With all the suggestions of decorating you can make them plain and simple or all decked out with decorations.
Keep Them Simple
The kids loved them all decorated and ready for a Halloween treat.
These cookies are so perfect with cocoa, cinnamon tea, and a cup of coffee without the added sweet frosting or sprinkles.
Seriously, either way, you can make one pan of each all with one bowl of this dough and satisfy everyone in the house!
We all love the addition of chocolate chips, so that is a must in these.
Ingredients You Will Need
- spice cake mix
- egg
- solid-pack pumpkin or fresh pumpkin puree
- dark, milk or white chocolate chips
- cinnamon allspice or pumpkin pie spice
Tools
- parchment paper
- muffin pan
- ice cream scoop
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- bowl
- spatula
- mixing spoons
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If you love doctored cake mixes this will be your new favorite recipe to add to your cookie collection.
These are the perfect fall cookie flavor and with pumpkin spice, everyone raves about it's always a welcome flavor.
The holiday is never quite the same without making this super easy cake mix cookie recipe.
Easy Pumpkin Spice Cake Mix Cookies
Yield: 24
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 15 Min
These are delicious easy pumpkin spice cookies using a spice cake mix. The cookies are perfect in a hurry for bake sales and parties. Decorate them or leave them plain they are a delicious fall flavored soft cookie.
Ingredients
- 1 package spice cake mix
- 1 egg
- 1 (15 ounces) can solid pack pumpkin or 1- 3/4 cups fresh pumpkin puree
- 1 cup dark, milk or white chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice or pumpkin pie spice
- Optional: 1/2 cup chopped walnuts,
- Garnish powdered sugar or use powdered sugar and water frosting
- Frosting Suggestions:
- canned cream cheese frosting
- Tinted yellow and red food coloring for frosting
- Halloween sprinkles and different colored sugars
- Candy pumpkins, bats, bones, etc for Halloween for in party stores
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Parchment lined cookie sheets or use silpat mat.
- In a large bowl, stir together the cake mix, egg. spices and pumpkin until well blended. Fold in the chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls or ice cream ball scoop onto the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake until middles are set around 11 minutes.
- Options for decorating:
- Cool, frost, use sprinkles on top.
- Use the sprinkles before baking on top and bake.
- Leave cookie batter plain when baking, bake, cool, then dust with powdered sugar.
- Frosting Homemade:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon softened butter or whipped cream cheese
- add water to make a thick frosting
Calories
188.62Fat (grams)
4.58Sat. Fat (grams)
1.40Carbs (grams)
35.81Fiber (grams)
0.89Net carbs
34.92Sugar (grams)
25.21Protein (grams)
2.13Sodium (milligrams)
182.03Cholesterol (grams)
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Disclosure: This recipe was originally shared in 2017. It was edited and re-published in 2020.