These Giant Salted Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are perfect for Fall! They’re chewy, chocolatey, and filled with the most perfect pumpkin flavor!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
I have been trying to perfect what I think is the best pumpkin cookie for a while now and I think I’ve done it 🙂 Now, don’t get me wrong I love the puffy pumpkin cookie, but I wanted something a little more chocolate chip cookie-ish. A little more buttery crisp than fluffy pillow-y? Make sense?
This recipe turned out just how I wanted it to…and I made them giant size which is always more fun. I also added some fleur de sel salt to the tops which is fabulous to me, however if salted cookies are not your thing then by all means leave it off. They are great either way. Let’s take a look at how these babies are made 🙂
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Here’s your line-up. Nothing too crazy.
How To Make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a baking sheet with a silpat liner or parchment paper.
- Place butter and sugars into stand mixer, beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add molasses, pumpkin, egg and vanilla, beating until well combined. Add flour, salt and baking soda, mixing to combine then add in chocolate chunks. Using a large scoop (I used my ice cream scoop, holds about 1/4 cup) scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet. Flatten cookies with hands then sprinkle lightly with salt if desired.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes or until baked through. Please keep in mind if you bake smaller cookies cooking time will be much less. Bake accordingly to size. Let cool for 10 minutes on baking sheet then transfer to cooling rack.
Had my sweet boys helping in the kitchen for these cookies 🙂 Cream your butter and sugars. I’m keeping these old photos here of my boys from 2012, they’re so big now!
Add your pumpkin and molasses.
Take a break and crack up with your brother. Brady is now 15 years old, can’t get over these!
Add an egg.
A little vanilla.
Add your dry ingredients. Dying, Mason is now 18 years old. Ha! Love these boys.
Either cracking up at each other or fighting like crazy animals, lol! I prefer this 🙂
Add chocolate chunks and gently stir. This dough is a dream. No joke!
I used a giant cookie scoop. It holds a good 1/4 cup. You can make these cookies as big or small as you’d like.
Press your dough down like so.
I prefer this fabulous fleur de sel sea salt, but use any regular course salt or leave it out altogether.
I LOVE the touch of salt on these cookies. Give it a try!
Love these giant cookies 🙂
Giant Salted Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
- Oven
- cookie scoop
- baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 stick/8 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose Gold Medal Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- one 10 ounce bag chocolate chunks or 2 cups
- A few pinches Fleur de sel salt or sea salt for sprinkling on top of cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with a silpat liner or parchment paper.
- Place butter and sugars into stand mixer, beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add molasses, pumpkin, egg and vanilla, beating until well combined. Add flour, salt and baking soda, mixing to combine then add in chocolate chunks. Using a large scoop (I used my ice cream scoop, holds about 1/4 cuscoop dough onto prepared baking sheet. Flatten cookies with hands then sprinkle lightly with salt if desired.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes or until baked through. Please keep in mind if you bake smaller cookies cooking time will be much less. Bake accordingly to size. Let cool for 10 minutes on baking sheet then transfer to cooling rack.
Happy Be-Lated Birthday!
Thanks for this!
I couldn’t resist last night. I have my usual crew coming over for our weekly TV-watching night tonight and decided that these would be a perfect treat to have on hand! (Plus, my house was cold and I wanted an excuse to turn the oven on, lol!). I had so much fun baking these last night and they turned out great!! I made a double-batch and made them smaller (so I could bring them in to work today), which gave me 36 cookies! I also added pumpkin pie spice to give them that pumpkin-pie-taste. Everyone at work has been devouring them! A yummy success!
I also think I prefer this type of pumpkin cookie over the cakey ones. I gotta get me some Silpats…You pic just reminded me…
In the giant salted pumpkin chocolate chunk cookie recipe, the first ingredient is the unsalted butter, followed by salted; should this read softened?
Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Anne
Happy Birthday to you!! I have to say, I’m leery of the pumpkin and chocolate combo but these cookies look insanely delicious, so I’m going to trust you and try them this week! Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh my gosh these look good! I love pumpkin cookies and can’t wait to try yours.
Mmm! This looks amazing as always! I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing so many yummy recipes with us!
Wow. These look incredible!
So pretty! I love pumpkin for the holidays 🙂 Perfect cookies Jenny. And Happy Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday! These cookies look delicious!
They look so yummy 🙂
I love cookies as big as my hand! 🙂 I always wonder how to get pumpkin cookies a little chewier, too–this molasses is a wonderful idea. Happy Birthday, too!
Molasses is a brilliant ingredient in these. I bet they are so perfectly rich. Love all that salt too! Happy birthday, Jenny!
These look delicious! I just spent my lunch hour reading over your cookbook. It has lots of great ideas, and I can’t wait to try many of the recipes. Thanks so much for sharing this one too! Megan
Can we have salted everything, please! These look like something out of a dream in my book.
Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies remind me of my grandfather – he would love these (and so would my mom)!
oh and Happy Birthday!
I just made these and the flavor is great. Mine were still cake like and fluffy though– what did I do wrong?? Looking for something more chewy. I did make them smaller than the giant size.
Happy Birthday!!!
Well,I know this is amazing…cuz ALL your cookie recipes are amazing! I loved those no bake chocolate cookie dough ones you have on your site….
Yum! I love pumpkin and chocolate together. I wonder how sorghum syrup might work in lieu of molasses (for a touch of Southern). Will definitely have to try! Thanks for sharing!
What kind of a cookie sheet is that or liner? Does it really work good, better than parchment paper?
Cookies look wonderful
I’m such a lousy commenter but wanted to wish you a Happy, Happy Birthday!!!
I have nit tried molasses in pumpkin cookies. I will have to. I’ve got a recipe from a friend that reminds me of a pumpkin-y toll houseish cookie, but buttery sounds good to me.
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These looks gorgeous!! Love those photos are your boys, they are too cute! Happy Birthday!!! 🙂 xoxox
So glad to see more of a traditional cookie using this combo. I’m not a fan of cake-y cookies so, finally, I can enjoy baking, but more importantly, eating, a pumpkin chocolate chip cookie.
i think i’d make these the size of my face – mmmmmmmm 🙂
I love when you make giant cookies! Happy Birthday!!!
what a great way to bake this amazing cookies with two little boys. I loved the idea of adding sea salt- i love the combo of chocolate with sea salt 🙂
Happy Birthday! I have also been looking for a pumpkin cookies that is not quite so fluffy and soft, I cant wait to try these!
Buttery crispy sounds PERFECT this morning. Love your two silly kiddos in the kitchen…can’t wait for the baby sidekick to join in!!
I cooked and baked 2 recipes from your book yesterday and we were SO happy in the house! So, I decided I trust you no matter what. 🙂
Enjoy your day!
Visiting from Pioneer Womans website to say cangrats for the cookbook and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I adore your blog and have been a loyal fan for about 2 years. Congratulations on the success of your cookbook and your beautiful family. XO
Umm heck yes!
This is probably the most yummy recipe I have seen this season. I can’t wait to give it a try. I am all for anything with pumpkin.
Love just how giant these are!
“I have been trying to perfect what I think is the best pumpkin cookie for a while now and by golly I think I’ve done it” <— YES, you DID do it!
They look amazing! About 2 months ago, I must have made about 10 batches of pumpkin-chocolate chip cookies in an effort to nail it. Where was this post when I was trying 🙂 Seriously, they look soooo good and I think the giant cookie size helps with the sticky/tacky pumpkin batter situation. I should have done that 🙂