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These Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are healthy, nutritious, and easy to make. Soft and chewy with each bite, and it takes just about 30 minutes from start to finish. Vegan and gluten-free options are available for these perfect and delicious healthy oatmeal cookies.
Love pumpkin? You may also want to try my pumpkin cake or my easy pumpkin banana bread.
The best part about the fall and the month of October is all the amazing pumpkin recipes I can make. From desserts to smoothies, drinks, pancakes, soups, and everything in between, spiced pumpkin recipes are very satisfying and comforting.
These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are healthy and can be made gluten-free and vegan. Easy to make, full of flavor, and perfectly soft and chewy. They are the perfect fall cookie recipe made with pumpkin puree, oatmeal, and fall flavors.
Why I love these cookies
- Full of fall flavors: These cookies will give you all the fall feels. Full of pumpkin spice flavors and chocolate chips for a warming pumpkin cookie recipe.
- Healthy and nutritious: Who wouldn’t want to make and enjoy chocolate chip oatmeal cookies made of clean and wholesome ingredients including pumpkin puree? Not to mention they are full of fiber. Yummy.
- Easy and delicious: It will take about 30 minutes to get these pumpkin oatmeal cookies ready and served. They are so delicious it will be hard to stop at just one.
Ingredients needed
These are the ingredients you will need to make these pumpkin cookies. Full measurements are listed further down below.
- Instant oats: works better than rolled oats for this recipe.
- whole wheat flour: or any flour of your choice
- pumpkin spice mix
- Coconut oil: or any other neutral oil
- Pumpkin purée: canned works just fine
- vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- Maple syrup for vegan option- or honey
- Pumpkin seeds – optional
- Dark chocolate chips – sugar-free option or dairy-free
See a full list of ingredients and quantities in the recipe card below!
How to make Pumpkin oatmeal cookies
- Preheat oven: First, preheat the oven to 325°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine dry ingredients: To a large mixing bowl, add the oats, flour, pumpkin spice mix, and whisk to combine.
- Add the other ingredients: Next, add the maple syrup, pumpkin purée, vanilla extract, salt, coconut oil and mix well with a wooden spoon.
- Next, fold in the pumpkin seeds and chocolate chips.
- Mix everything: Use an ice-cream scoop to take spoonfuls of the mixture and shape them into cookies. They will keep their shape so make sure you give them the final look.
- Add cookies to baking sheet: Arrange onto the prepared baking sheet
- Bake: Next, bake for 13-15 minutes.
- Cool and serve: Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Recipe Tips
- Vegan option: use dairy-free chocolate chips
- Gluten-free option: use gluten-free flour and oats
- Sugar-free option: replace maple syrup with stevia or any other sweetener of choice. you can also use one large ripe banana instead.
- Oats: you may use quick oats or rolled oats.
- Coconut oil: use any other oil of choice
- Serving size: one cookie
- Use canned pumpkin puree or make your own.
- Once cooled, store in a sealed container on the counter for up to 2 days and in the fridge for up to 7 days.
Frequently asked questions
I would say it all depends on how you make your oatmeal cookies. If the oatmeal cookies are maybe without sugar, butter, and any other unhealthy ingredients then yes oatmeal cookies are healthy for you. Oatmeal or oats are high in fiber and nutrients. In moderation you should be able to eat healthy oatmeal cookies without any guilt.
Assuming I are talking about homemade cookies and not store bought cookies, yes oatmeal cookies are somewhat healthier than regular cookies. It really all comes down to the ingredients used. They can both be made healthy. I do not recommend store bought cookies since they are pretty much all made with lots of butter and sugar. Regardless of whether it was made with oatmeal or not.
I would have to say that any cookies made at home are automatically healthier than what you would buy at the store. So if you can, make your cookies at home. Swap some of the ingredients with healthier options. Replace butter with coconut oil, replace flour with oats, and replace refined sugars with honey, maple syrup, or other healthier alternatives.
More Pumpkin recipes
- White Bean Pumpkin Chili
- Pumpkin Pie Chia Pudding
- Healthy Pumpkin Waffles
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal
- Healthy Pumpkin Pancakes
- Roasted Pumpkin Soup
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Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup instant oats
- ¾ cup whole wheat flour
- 3 teaspoons pumpkin spice mix
- 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- ¾ cup pumpkin purée
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- A pinch of kosher salt
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons raw pumpkin seeds, optional
- 2 tablespoons dark chocolate chips, dairy-free for vegan option
- Optional add ons: 2 tbsp chia seeds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- To a large mixing bowl, add the oats, flour, pumpkin spice mix, and whisk to combine.
- Next, add the maple syrup, pumpkin purée, vanilla extract, salt, coconut oil and mix well with a wooden spoon.
- Next, fold in the pumpkin seeds and chocolate chips.
- Use an ice-cream scoop to take spoonfuls of the mixture and shape them into cookies. They will keep their shape so make sure you give them the final look.
- Arrange onto the prepared baking sheet; Bake for 13-15 minutes.
- Let them cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Vegan option: use dairy-free chocolate chips
- Gluten-free option: use gluten-free flour and oats
- Sugar-free option: replace maple syrup with stevia or any other sweetener of choice. you can also use one large ripe banana instead.
- Oats: you may use quick oats or rolled oats.
- Coconut oil: use any other oil of choice
- Serving size: one cookie
- Use canned pumpkin puree or make your own.
- Once cooled, store in a sealed container on the counter for up to 2 days and in the fridge for up to 7 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Awesome โฆ. Mixing my favourites into one and it works perfect.
Thank you this is my new way of cooking pumpkin and oatmeal
Thank you!