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4.7 from 56 reviews

5 Ingredient Healthy Pumpkin Cookies

20 minutes
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By: Pamela Reed
Posted:8/29/18
Updated:10/9/24
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Easy to make 5 Ingredient Healthy Pumpkin Cookies recipe! These soft Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies use maple syrup instead of white sugar! Make sure to add chocolate chips on top to make them extra delicious! 

closeup of healthy pumpkin cookies with chocolate chips on blue plate.

Healthy Pumpkin Cookies

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4.67 from 56 reviews
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Quick! Easy! Tasty! Whole ingredients!
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These pumpkin cookies are made with 5 simple ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen! I like to refer to them as “healthyish” because they’re made without any white sugar, butter and oil. Chocolate chips are optional to add on top, but if you have a sweet tooth like me you always add them!

We always make a couple batches of these pumpkin oatmeal cookies in the Fall along with our favorite fluffy pumpkin pancakes and baked pumpkin donuts (better than the farmers market!). I hope you try them soon!

pumpkin cookies on baking sheet.

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookie Ingredients

  • pumpkin puree, canned or you can carve up one of your sugar pumpkins and make homemade pumpkin puree!
  • quick oats
  • maple syrup, some readers have used “sugar free maple syrup” too
  • peanut butter, creamy works best.
  • pumpkin pie spice
  • chocolate chips are optional
pumpkin puree in can.

How to Make Easy Pumpkin Cookies

Spray two baking sheets with nonstick spray.

In a large bowl, mix the pumpkin, oats, syrup, peanut butter, and pumpkin pie spice with a hand mixer for about 30 seconds.

Form the dough into tablespoon-sized balls. The dough will be sticky, so wet your fingers a little to make rolling easier.

Place the balls on the baking sheets. Press each ball gently with your fingers or a spoon to flatten into a cookie shape. Don’t press too hard. Add 5-8 chocolate chips on top of each cookie if you like.

Bake for 15-17 minutes.

baked pumpkin cookies on baking sheet.

Serve and enjoy! I hope you love these 5 ingredient healthy pumpkin cookies as much as my family does!

pumpkin cookies on blue plate.

Storing Pumpkin Cookies

Store these pumpkin cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Keeping them in the fridge keeps them firm and holds their shape.

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Easy to make 5 Ingredient Healthy Pumpkin Cookies recipe! These soft Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies use maple syrup instead of white sugar!  Make sure to add chocolate chips on top to make them extra delicious! 
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5 Ingredient Healthy Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

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Easy to make 5 Ingredient Healthy Pumpkin Cookies recipe! These soft Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies use maple syrup instead of white sugar! Make sure to add chocolate chips on top to make them extra delicious! 
By: Pamela Reed
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time 20 minutes minutes
serves 18 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 2 cups quick oats
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • chocolate chips or sugar free chocolate chips – OPTIONAL

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare 2 baking sheets with nonstick spray.
  • Add pumpkin, oats, syrup, peanut butter and pumpkin pie spice in a large bowl and with hand mixer mix for about 30 seconds.
  • Form the dough into tablespoon sized balls. The dough should be sticky. To make balls easier to roll with sticky dough, lightly wetten your fingers. Place on cookie sheets.
  • Gently press down each cookie with your fingers or spoon. You don’t want to squash them you just want to flatten them into a cookie shape.
  • Add chocolate chips (about 5-8) on top of each cookie. (OPTIONAL BUT I LOVE IT!)
  • Bake for 15-17 minutes. Cookies will seem a little soft but they they firm up as they sit. Enjoy!

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian
Keyword: healthy pumpkin cookies, pumpkin oatmeal cookies
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  1. Annie says

    November 5, 2022 at 9:30 pm

    Can you substitute a fruit like banana for any kind of sugar or artificial sugar additive?

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  2. Marey Lankford says

    December 16, 2021 at 11:57 am

    While the maple syrup is a better alternative to white sugar, this recipe is not sugar free. Maple syrup does count as sugar, so for a diabetic the title is misleading. I clicked on this recipe thinking I could find a nice alternative and was disappointed.

    Reply
    • Kasie says

      January 12, 2022 at 1:03 pm

      You can use sugar free syrup and iโ€™m sure itโ€™d be very similar to the original recipe.

      Reply
  3. Colleen says

    October 22, 2021 at 10:17 pm

    Thanks for the recipe! My granddaughter is not getting anything sweet yet so Iโ€™m wondering if youโ€™ve tried it without the maple syrup and chocolate chips?

    Reply
  4. Jacqueline says

    October 11, 2021 at 10:20 pm

    See calories andnutritionalvalues asked for 3 times but no answer

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      October 12, 2021 at 10:23 am

      Hi Jacqueline, I don’t provide nutritional values for recipes. If you’d like this information, you can Google nutritional value calculators and do it yourself. Hope this helps. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  5. PHEI says

    May 28, 2021 at 2:14 pm

    Quick! Easy! Tasty! Whole ingredients!
    Love it!
    Made it without the chocolate chips. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  6. Amber says

    January 17, 2021 at 7:21 am

    How many
    Calories are in these

    Reply
    • Lois Mendoza says

      September 6, 2021 at 5:57 pm

      I wanted to know the calories and carbs?

      Reply
  7. Cookie Maker says

    December 4, 2020 at 6:39 pm

    Wetten is not a word

    Reply
    • Kendra says

      February 4, 2022 at 3:15 pm

      Wetten is a word, it mean to make wet.

      Reply
  8. Rhonda Graham says

    October 27, 2020 at 3:39 am

    I havenโ€™t made this yet but I was curious as a diabetic what are the nutritional values especially carbs … that you Happy Halloween ๐ŸŽƒ

    Reply
  9. Joanie Potter says

    October 20, 2020 at 7:19 pm

    peanut butter is not a favorite flavor. Could I substitute butter for the pb?

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      October 21, 2020 at 9:42 am

      Hey Joanie, can you use almond butter instead? Definitely don’t substitute with butter or the cookies won’t bake correctly.

      Reply
  10. Brenda says

    October 18, 2020 at 9:38 pm

    This is exactly the type of recipe I was looking for! Just found your page tonight. I’m going to use rolled oats because I love the texture, I was wondering if I would be able to make bars out of the recipe, using an 8 or 9 inch baking dish? Thank you, can’t wait to try this!

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      October 20, 2020 at 12:05 pm

      Hey Brenda, I definitely think you can, you might just need to tweak the recipe some. Enjoy the cookies and bars!

      Reply
  11. Christine says

    October 13, 2020 at 11:54 pm

    Can I use regular oats instead of the quick type?

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      October 14, 2020 at 12:52 pm

      You can, the cookies will have a slight chewier texture, and they might need a few extra minutes to bake. If possible, Iโ€™d suggest giving regular oats a few pulses in the food processor to break them down.

      Reply
  12. J. A. says

    September 30, 2020 at 3:36 pm

    I am making these cookies for the second time this month; love them! My only critique is that the recipe is labeling as “sugar free” but the cookies call for maple syrup and chocolate chips. Thus, the cookies are not sugar free. However they are still so yummy and easy to make!

    Reply
  13. Kim says

    September 24, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    Can you sub half stevia for half the maple syrup? Wayyy too much sugar in these!!!

    Reply
    • Kendra says

      February 4, 2022 at 3:16 pm

      If you need to substitute make sure it’s a liquid substitute

      Reply
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