Mini pumpkin chocolate chip cookie cups are filled with a delicious pumpkin cream cheese frosting! They are the perfect little treat to make this fall!
I thought about sharing a delicious baked apple recipe, or a hearty comfort soup or casserole, but then it occurred to me that September marks the one year anniversary that I started guest blogging here on Ashley’s beautiful blog. It turns out that the first recipe I shared over here was a pumpkin one, No Bake Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes to be exact. It only seemed appropriate that on this one year anniversary I share another pumpkin recipe!
Instead of cheesecake this year I made mini cookie cups. Why a cookie cup you might wonder? Three reasons. First being that unlike cookies you don’t have to worry about cookie cups spreading all over your cookie sheet. Nope, they stay perfectly confined in the mini muffin pan. The second reason is, when you push down the center of them after they come out of the oven, you create the perfect little nest to fill with frosting. Pumpkin cream cheese frosting to be exact!
Finally the third and most obvious reason why I made cookie cups, they are just so darn cute! Don’t even try to deny that mini food isn’t cuter than regular sized food. Okay, maybe men would deny it. I know my husband doesn’t understand my infatuation with miniature food, in his mind it’s the bigger the better. What does he know though, am I right? As soon as the weather in your area is cool enough for you to turn on the oven, make yourself, family, and friends a batch of the cute as can be and delicious Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting! Happy fall!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and spray a 24 cup mini muffin tin with cooking spray.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or with a handheld mixer, beat together the softened butter, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, and granulated sugar for about 3 minutes on medium high speed.
- Scrape down the side of the bowl and add in the egg and vanilla extract.
- Beat the mixture for another minute.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, spices, baking soda, and salt.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and beat on medium low speed just until combined.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips with a rubber spatula.
- Using a small cookie scoop (2 teaspoon size), scoop the dough into the mini muffin tin.
- Bake in the oven for approximately 7-9 minutes or until done.
- Remove from the oven and use the back of a spoon or measuring spoon to press down the middle of the cookie cup forming a small crater.
- Remove the cookie cups from the muffin tin and place them on to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before frosting them.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment or with a handheld mixer, whisk together all of the ingredients for the pumpkin cream cheese frosting until they are fluffy and smooth.
- Cover and chill the frosting for about 30 minutes to help it set up so it is easier to pipe or spoon into the cookie cups.
- Pipe or spoon some of the frosting into each of the cooled cookie cups and top with more mini chocolate chips if desired.
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Let us know how it was!More Pumpkin Treats:
Healthy No Bake Pumpkin Cookies
Chocolate Stuffed Cupcakes with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting
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Genius idea! These look SO good, I cannot WAIT to make them!
You can’t have too many pumpkin recipes! I like that you can have several because they are mini 🙂
These look so yummy, and are definitely two of my favorite flavors together! Thanks for linking up to The Handmade Hangout! I’ll be featuring this on my blog when the new linky goes live today (Thurs) at 6pm ET. Hope you’ll stop by to see your feature and link up again!
This looks fantastic! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
I’m licking my lips right now! Looks so good! Pinned and tweeted. We truly appreciate you taking the time to be a part of our party. Please stop by and party with us again. The party starts Monday at 7 pm and ends on Friday at 7 pm. Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
Congrats!!! We LOVE LOVE LOVE this treat at Munching Mondays and will be featuring at Munching Mondays #111! WOOHOO!!! Nic
I do declare! Those bite sized treats look delightful! What an awesome dessert. So glad you shared with us at Weekend Potluck. These are a real winner…any time of year!
Wow, I love the combination of chocolate chips and pumpkin. Pinning these and definitely making them.
Thanks for sharing at Turn It Up Tuesday,
Bev
I love the idea of pumpkin chip cookie cups!! Bring on more pumpkin and more apple, I´m up for it 🙂
Oh my gosh…these are to die for! I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t be able to stop at just one!!! Thanks so much for sharing at Share The Wealth Sunday!
xoxo
Lisa