Pumpkin Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies changed my life. Not really, but they were my first step toward liking pumpkin. I used to hate pumpkin until I tasted these Pumpkin Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies. We used to go to an annual wine tasting/swapping party at a friends house every year. Someone always brought these cookies – I really didn’t know they were pumpkin and just started eating them and thought they were delicious – fluffy, spicy and minty. Then when they told me it was pumpkin I was really surprised. After that I tried other pumpkin things and started to really like it and today I am addicted.
Here is the recipe to the famous pumpkin mint cookies, they are minty and you are probably thinking pumpkin and mint, hmm that is a strange combination – but these are delicious.
It can be hard to find mint chocolate chips but I order them on Amazon.com. Also in this picture I added a few white chocolate just for fun.
Other exciting news today is that I have 3 months to go with my pregnancy – time is flying by!

Pumpkin Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yields: 40 cookies | Prep Time: 20 minutes | Bake Time: 15 minutes
½ cup sugar
1 (1/2 cup) stick butter room temperature
1 egg
2 ½ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
1 tsp peppermint extract
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup mint chocolate chipsTurn oven onto 350F
Mix sugar, butter and egg in a mixer until fluffy. In a separate bowl mix the flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt and set aside. Then in a third bowl mix the peppermint, vanilla, pumpkin and mint chocolate chips. Then mix the three bowls together into one just until combined.
Using a tsp add these cookies with an inch apart on a cookies sheet with parchment paper or silicon liner. Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.
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Splendid Willow — November 14, 2011 @ 7:23 am
You bake – I eat! (:
That baby of yours is going to grow up on some really good food!
Warm hugs,
Mon
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen — November 15, 2011 @ 1:56 am
Now that’s a combination I would never have thought about! I’m dying to know what they taste like together now.
Lucy — November 15, 2011 @ 9:54 am
Wow, I’ve never heard of such an interesting cookie concoction before. Sounds like something I would love.
Katherine Martinelli — November 15, 2011 @ 10:04 am
I have definitely never considered pumpkin and mint, but I must say I’m intrigued!
Magic of Spice — November 15, 2011 @ 10:22 am
What a brilliant combination! These are amazing
Juliana — November 15, 2011 @ 5:34 pm
Oh! These cookies are so different…pumpkin and peppermint, really sounds Holiday
Hope you are having a wonderful week and thanks for this recipe!
carolinaheartstrings — November 15, 2011 @ 6:10 pm
Heaven help me the perfect flavors. Cannot wait to try this cookie. Come visit us. We have a terrific mulled cider recipe and a legacy cookbook.
Nikki — November 16, 2011 @ 3:07 am
I love cookies but i have never tried eating a cookie out of pumpkin. It kind of make me think that any vegetables can be used to make a cookie. That can be a good idea though and a healthy one.
kitchenriffs — November 16, 2011 @ 10:05 am
Wow, what a great idea! That’s a combination I haven’t tried, but it sounds awesome. Thanks for a wonderful idea!
marla — November 16, 2011 @ 8:41 pm
I have never paired pumpkin and mint but I love the idea of this
Nami | Just One Cookbook — November 16, 2011 @ 10:54 pm
Someone who made this first batch of cookies are brave to try this unique combination of cookie ingredients! I can’t imagine the whole taste of pumpkin + mint chocolate chip. But I believe you – it must be good. Wait, it sounds like Thanksgiving and Christmas together… haha. Really, just 3 months left? That will be fast….hang in there! You have all good excuse to eat a lot this holiday season!
Beth — November 17, 2011 @ 10:39 am
It does sound like an unusual combination, but sometimes the least likely pairings sound great! Thanks for sharing. (PS hope you’re feeing well!)
Ryan Boudreaux — November 17, 2011 @ 4:11 pm
Amazing how what seems like strange combinations of ingredients turns out to be amazing flavors!
Bon appetit!
CCR
=:~)
Rosa — November 18, 2011 @ 1:51 am
Those must be delicious and so smooth!
Chers,
Rosa
Angie@Angiesrecipes — November 18, 2011 @ 9:30 pm
Those pumpkin cookies with mint chocolate chips sound and look fantastic!
Kankana — November 19, 2011 @ 1:33 am
I like pumpkin a lot but the husband will always make a face! May be these will do that same magic on him as it did to you!
I didn;t know you were pregnant .. congrats
Delishhh replied: — November 21st, 2011 @ 2:41 pm
Thanks! Due in less than 12 weeks pretty excited!
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