Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are melt-in-your mouth soft, easy to make, and secretly healthy.  These cookies are full of pumpkin flavor and are gluten-free, vegan, and Paleo. This pumpkin cookies recipe will become a new favorite for the Fall and Thanksgiving season!

Want a few other healthy pumpkin recipes?  You might also enjoy these Healthy Pumpkin Muffins, these Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes, and this Coconut Flour Pumpkin Bread.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Get Tested!

There are a few friends in my life who are rather honest with me when it comes to critiquing recipes.

Because of this, I decided to bring over the few test batches of these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

I can handle an obscene amount of pumpkin pie spice – well beyond the average Jane.

And on the flip side, Cohl cannot STAND anything with too much cinnamon and spice.  (WHAT?!?)

Also, I had already burnt out my taste buds distinguishing between the healthy pumpkin cookies.  I needed some fresh taste buds to tell me their opinion.

So I loaded up the two test batches of these light and fluffy cookies:

Test Batch #1: gluten free and vegan pumpkin cookies made with coconut flour and almond flour.

Test Batch #2: vegan and gluten free pumpkin cookies made with cassava flour.

It was time to do a little taste testing!!

Healthy Pumpkin Cookies Recipe Results

While I will admit, the first round of cassava flour cookies were definitely not the best.  Although, I did make another batch later that turned out fabulous.

It was unanimously decided that the coconut and almond flour pumpkin cookies recipe was the winner.

The cassava flour pumpkin chocolate chip cookies rose beautifully and looked gorgeous.  However, they lacked a bit of flavor.

Whereas the almond and coconut flour pumpkin puree cookies were perfectly chewy AND tasted incredible.

How to Make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Now that we have a clear winner, how exactly do you make a healthy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies recipe?

If you do a bit of Paleo and gluten-free baking you probably have all of these ingredients.

However, if you can still easily find the ingredients if you are a newbie to this Paleo and vegan world.  Almost all of the ingredients needed in this recipe can be found on Amazon or at your local specialty grocery store.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe Steps: (See recipe card for more in-depth information and ingredient amounts.)

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Whisk together the wet ingredients.
   • Pumpkin puree, coconut oil (or vegetable oil), maple syrup, a flax egg, and vanilla extract.
3. Toss together your dry ingredients.
   • Tapioca starch, almond and coconut flour, baking soda, coconut sugar, and salt.
4. Combine your wet and dry ingredients together with the semi sweet chocolate chips.
5. Place the cookies on a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat.
6. Bake in preheated oven for about 12 minutes.
7. Place on wire racks to cool before serving.

You might also enjoy these Paleo pumpkin recipes:  Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes, Coconut Flour Pumpkin Bread, and these Paleo Pumpkin Muffins.

Ingredients in a Healthy Pumpkin Cookies Recipe

What ingredients will you need for these gluten free and vegan pumpkin cookies?

• Almond flour – Please, please be sure to get Bob’s Red Mill blanched and super fine almond flour.  Other almond flour brands may have a texture that is too gritty.
• Coconut flour – Most coconut flours are pretty similar so you can pick up whatever you happen to find in your store.
• Arrowroot starch – Tapioca flour will work as a good substitute here, too.  I would not recommend using corn starch, though!
• Flax egg – This is necessary if you want to make these vegan pumpkin cookies.  However, you can always use a regular egg in this recipe instead.
• Coconut oil – Vegetable oil will also work if you’re dairy-free.  Or, you can also use butter if you are not vegan.
• Pumpkin Pie Spice – I found this blend tasted WAY better than the normal spices.  However, feel free to substitute cinnamon, nutmeg, and a pinch of cloves for the pumpkin pie spice.
• Paleo Chocolate Chips – If you are not dairy, grain, gluten, or soy-free you can use regular semi sweet chocolate chips.

Kitchen Tools and Utensils Needed

There are not too many unique kitchen gadgets needed to make this pumpkin chocolate chip cookies recipe.

A few items you probably already have, but may want to double check, include:

• Large baking sheet
• Parchment paper – The pumpkin cookies will slide right off when they are done baking!
• Two large bowls
• A handheld mixer, stand mixer, or a good spoon/spatula.

How Can You Evolve This Healthy Pumpkin Cookies Recipe

These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are already free of glutens, grains, dairy, soy, and refined sugar.  There are a few tweaks and changes you can make:

• If you do not have coconut oil or are not dairy-free, feel free to use butter.
• Add in some nuts such as pecans or walnuts to give these soft pumpkin cookies a bit of a crunch.
• Swap out the Paleo chocolate chips for milk or white chocolate chips.
• Feel free to use honey or agave nectar in place of the maple syrup.  (The cookies will taste a bit different!)
• Make a Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bread or Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies instead!

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Coconut Flour Pumpkin Bread with Crumb Topping

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies | Vegan, Paleo

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are melt-in-your mouth soft, so easy to whip up, and made healthy by using gluten-free flours, dairy-free and vegan coconut oil, and Paleo chocolate chips!

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword healthy pumpkin cookies, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

Prep Time 16 minutes

Cook Time 14 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 15 cookies

Calories 174 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond flour blanched, super fine
• ¼ cup coconut flour
• ¼ cup arrowroot starch
• ½ cup coconut sugar
• ½ tsp. baking soda
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 1 ¼ tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• ¼ cup coconut oil melted
• ½ cup pumpkin puree
• ¼ cup maple syrup pure
• 1 flax egg*
• 1 ½ t. vanilla extract
• ¾ cup chocolate chips Paleo approved

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium-large mixing bowl whisk together almond flour, coconut flour, arrowroot starch, coconut sugar, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
3. In a separate large mixing bowl combine melted coconut oil, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, flax egg, and vanilla extract. Mix with a handheld or stand mixer on medium speed for 1 minute or until well combined.
4. Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix at medium speed for 1 minute.
5. Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
6. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place 1 ½ tablespoons-sized balls of cookie dough 2 inches apart. Press balls of dough down until the dough is about ¾ inch thick. (Cookies will not spread too much, so this step will help you make the shape of the finished cookies you want!)
7. Bake in preheated oven for 12-14 minutes or until cookies are done.

8. Let cookies sit at room temperature until completely cooled before serving. 

Recipe Notes

*1 Tbsp. ground flaxseed meal + 2 ½ Tbsp. warm water.  Whisk and let sit for at least 10 minutes before using.

Cookies keep well for 3-4 days at room temperature in an open container and up to 5 days in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies | Vegan, Paleo

Amount Per Serving

Calories 174 Calories from Fat 90

% Daily Value*

Fat 10g15%

Saturated Fat 5g31%

Cholesterol 1mg0%

Sodium 98mg4%

Potassium 37mg1%

Carbohydrates 20g7%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 13g14%

Protein 2g4%

Vitamin A 1290IU26%

Vitamin C 0.4mg0%

Calcium 39mg4%

Iron 0.7mg4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.