M and M Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Sharing my favorite chocolate pumpkin spice cookies today! My Chocolate Pumpkin Spice M and M Cookies are a great way to kick off the upcoming pumpkin season!

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

You are going to LOVE these Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Cookies!! There is nothing quite like Fall Baking. The house smells like a dream, the treats and food are pure comfort. Enjoy friends!

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Here’s your line up of ingredients along with the Pumpkin Spice M and M’s. You can use regular M and M’s too.

How To Make Pumpkin Spice Cookies

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a large baking sheet with a silpat liner or parchment paper.
  2. In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream your butter and sugars until well combined. Add the egg, vanilla and pumpkin, mixing to combine. Add the flour, cocoa powder, pudding mix, baking soda and salt. Mix until dough starts coming together. Stir in chocolate chunks.
  3. With a medium cookie scoop, place dough onto prepared baking sheet 1 inch apart. Press cookies down to about 1/2 inch. Top with 4 Pumpkin Spice M and M’s. Bake for 11-13 minutes until baked through. Let cool for 10 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. Serve and enjoy!

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Grab your favorite mixing bowl or stand mixer and start creaming your butter and sugars.

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Time for the egg!

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A lovely splash of vanilla.

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A nice spoonful of Pumpkin. It was so great seeing this again. Can’t wait to make a zillion more pumpkin recipes!

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Time for the dry ingredients.

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A few tablespoons of pudding mix!

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Cocoa powder time 🙂

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Smells so lovely.

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Oh baby, bring on the chocolate chunks. Trader Joe’s has a great chocolate bar perfect for chunking into cookies.

Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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Now this is perfection in my book, lol!

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LOVE the green, orange and brown colors of the Pumpkin Spice M and M’s. Fun and festive.

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Almost ready to bake.

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Press each cookie down about 1/2 inch thick then top with M and M’s.

Best M&M’s Cookies

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M and M Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Cookies

These M and M Chocolate Pumpkin
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Servings: 24
Calories: 192kcal
Author: Jenny
Cost: 8
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Ingredients

  • 1 stick unsalted butter softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate chunks
  • 10 ounce bag Pumpkin Spice M and M’s

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a large baking sheet with a silpat liner or parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream your butter and sugars until well combined. Add the egg, vanilla and pumpkin, mixing to combine. Add the flour, cocoa powder, pudding mix, baking soda and salt. Mix until dough starts coming together. Stir in chocolate chunks.
  • With a medium cookie scoop, place dough onto prepared baking sheet 1 inch apart. Press cookies down to about 1/2 inch. Top with 4 Pumpkin Spice M and M’s. Bake for 11-13 minutes until baked through. Let cool for 10 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 192kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 100mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 836IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg
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46 Responses
  1. Amanda

    Question on the amount of butter used…it just says one stick, but it looks like you have the smaller sticks of butter pictured, exactly how much butter is used?

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