Repeat after me: Y-U-M.
Now repeat a few more times.
Yum yum yum.
Yum yum.
Yum.
These cookies are soft, rich, chocolatey… and filled with pumpkin pie!
Oh my.
If you own the cookbook, Vegan Cookies take over your Cookie Jar, you’ll probably remember one of the yummiest-looking cookies in the book: their peanut butter chocolate pillows. When I saw that particular recipe, I fell in love with the concept of a “stuffed” cookie. The possibilities swirled through my head like a soft-serve frozen yogurt machine.
Why stop at peanut butter?
I could stuff cookies with raspberry jam, with chocolate fudge, with pumpkin…
Today, we’re going with pumpkin.
“Inside-Out” Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies
Filling inspired by this butter.
- 3/4 cup white-ww flour (or white or spelt)
- 6 T plus 1 tsp cocoa powder
- scant 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup plus 2 T sugar
- 2 T maple syrup or agave
- 3 T nondairy milk
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 T plus 2 tsp oil
- 3 T pureed pumpkin
- 3 T nut butter of choice (I used pb. For a fat-free option, a few readers have subbed more pumpkin. I can’t personally vouch for it, though.)
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 packet stevia (or 1/2 tablespoon sugar)
- 1/8 tsp pure vanilla extract
Combine first 5 ingredients, and mix very well. Add ingredients 6-9 and mix again to form dough. In a separate bowl, combine all other ingredients to make the filling. Using about a heaping tablespoon of dough, roll into a ball and then flatten. Place a little scoop of the filling in the center and fold up the sides of the dough. Form into a ball. (The sides might crack a little, but that’s ok. They don’t need to be perfect.) Bake at 330 F (preheated) for around 10 minutes. They should be a little undercooked when you take them out. Let stand 10 minutes… if you can wait that long!
Click for the cookie Nutrition Information.
This recipe makes 18 to 20 big, fat cookies. That is, unless you eat half the raw dough and filling while preparing them. Not that I know anyone who did this…
Fill in the blank:
My dream cookie would be filled with ________.
Cookie dough? Peanut butter? Or maybe Cashew Butter Frosting…
In my head, I’m dreaming up ways to do a mint filling.
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These look delish! My dream cookie would be filled with peanut butter AND cookie dough! Is that possible??
Peanut butter cookie dough!
Looks extremely tasty! My dream cookies would be filled with..hmmm…it is a tough one! Maybe with marzipane+raspberry+chocolate combo
MINT.
My dream cookie would be filled with…melted chocolate? peanut butter? raspberry jam? cannot choose!
KATIE YOU ARE SUCH A GENIUS!! These look AMAZING and I will definitely be making them ASAP!! My dream ones would be filled with melted chocolate and PB mmm…
These look delicious!
My dream cookie would be filled with…well, why go through the dilemma of choosing between peanut butter and cookie dough? Why not peanut butter cookie dough!
I’m gonna try this! I just pureed an entire pumpkin today! My dream cookie would be filled with COOKIE DOUGH!!!
O.em.G
These look heavenly… I think I would love a HAZELNUT CREAM stuffed chocolate cookie… mmmmm
My dream cookie would be filled with cake batter. Or cake batter frosting. Or anything cake batter-like
Mine would be full of…more chocolate!
Oh my! These look delicious! YUM!
Like the first person said, peanut butter and cookie dough does sound amazing. What about peanut butter and white chocolate?
I’m having a housewarming party tonight and I am going to make these. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mmmm…. pumpkin stuffed cookies!! Yum yum yum!!
My favourite filling… hmm… I’m not sure if I can think of anything better than pumpkin. Fruit would be nice, but I think pumpkin is still better!
You are SOO amazingly creative! I never would have thought of this, but it sounds wonderful. Your photos are soo attractive too. Keep up the good work – love these healthier options!
I’m picturing a red velvet plump cookie filled with white cream cheese frosting. That would be visually so appealing but more importantly sooo delicious!
Katie these look amazing! I am so impressed that you got the filling into them so perfectly. Great recipe, great photography, and obviously very steady hands
They look sooo yummy!
Oh my! These sound devine! he perfect filled cookie? – Chocolate S’more!!
my ideal cookie would be filled with….Mint ice cream…but dang girl!! These look and sound fantastic
I wonder if this would work with a soft gingerbread cookie on the outside, same filling on the inside… !! that would be amazing for thanksgiving!
OMG, I NEDD TO TRY THESE!!!!
That. Looks. Awesome!
Wow! These look awesome! I’ve seen so many delicious baking recipes this week, I don’t know which to try first, but these are definitely a contender! My dream cookie would be filled with… Nutella!
I have the biggest smile on my face right now! I looked at the time…almost 10:00…time to check CCK. As soon as I saw the title of the post, CHOCOLATE HEAVEN. These cookies look so amazing I want one right now! Thank you Katie!!!! My dream cookie? Well, you’ve made one already and Isa has too, so maybe a dark chocolate filled cherry cookie? Or a dark chocolate with a creamy hazelnut mocha filling?
Aww you are so welcome!
I love this, so hard! I’ve been dreaming of pumpkin pie…
the only thing slightly better would be a mint filling. chocolate mint is amazing beyond reason!
EEEEK! These look amazing. Pumpkin pumpkin and more pumpkin please! Oh and chocolate too
Oh I love this idea ! I already make a similar recipe without any oven : you just have to mix almond powder and date paste (or any marmelade) for the cookie dough… hey, this sounds like your babies… you could make stuffed babies !!
Thanks for this awesome combination, pumpkin and chocolate, I would never have thought of it ! (in France we are not used to pumpkin into desserts).
This is such a great idea!!! Thanks for the recipe!
My dream cookie would be filled with some sort of almond or praline filling. Oh yea …. dreaming!!! Haha.
These look so good!! I love stuffed things too. You nailed it when you said yum yum yum yum X10
Umm, a chocolate chip cookie dough stuffed brownie cookie??????? Holy @*&!!
Great idea – they look delicious!
The creative genius elves are fast at work in Katie’s head!!!! I simply adore this recipe!!! You go girl!!!!
Oh P.S: I want to let you know I will be making this recipe for Thanksgiving!!!
I always comment on your posts but I’m sure it’s even more fun to know if people are actually making the recipes. I am so excited!!! 
Ooh I hope you like it!!
If I don’t like it I know it’s my fault because your recipes are always amazing and whenever I deviate from them, I usually end up adding way too much _insert ingredient here_ and they end up not being nearly as good. HAHAHA oh boy today I invented something with mayo, pineapple, bbq sauce, squash, hot sauce, chlorella….lets just say my body was like “Yeah uh huh mmHMM girlfrannn!!!! I am PUTTING UP WITH THIS NO LONGA” and I got sick and then crashed severely for hours. Hahahaha. Never again. Hot sauce and chlorella Lyza??? Dear god I was not thinking!
I’ll just leave the recipes to you dear. 
LOL! Oh do not worry… I do really weird experiments too. Sometimes they work out, like when I threw a bunch of stuff in the blender and got Pumpkin Bread in a Bowl. But other times…
Lol!! Yes – :-S – that face exactly. Creativity can be such a fun and beautiful thing with such wonderful outcomes, but today I learned it can also make quite a mess.
All a great learning experience though!
Does the nut butter alter the taste of the pumpkin at all?
Sorry, I’m not really sure what you mean
Katie, these look amazing, I am certainly going to make them!
What kind of oil did you use? Do you think coconut oil would be good in these?
Thanks!
Ana
I used canola oil this time, but I really don’t see why coconut oil wouldn’t be awesome in these. I only tested it out with the canola because I know a lot of people don’t have coconut oil and I wanted to make the recipe more generic… but I really love coconut oil for baking!
If you make them, I’d love to know how they taste with the coconut
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Good work Katie! These look awesome. I love this spin on a pumpkin flavor, so creative!
I agree, both peanut butter and cookie dough would be good!
Those look so good. I’m loving all the pumpkin recipes I’m seeing so far this season. I just gotta get out to the store and buy some pumpkin.
I am so making these tonight!
Dream cookie = Chocolate filled with coconut + peanut butter + banana and maybe more chocolate
I don’t think anything is better than peanut butter stuffed cookies, but here are a few filling ideas:
coconut-cream, banana bread filling, strawberries, mint filling, vanilla bean filling, chocolate filled with….chocolate!
Dream cookie filling: Peanut Butter. Mint. Chocolate Ganache. Almond Butter. Chocolate. Brownies. A Cookie. Peanut Butter. And a Cookie
I don’t know if this would be vegan, but could you do a mint filling with some kind of olive oil based spread mixed with powdered sugar and mint extract? I’d add green food coloring because I think green things taste extra minty, even if it’s just in my head!
Oh yum! I’ve read the “vegan cookies take over your cookie jar” from the library. Awesome recipes!
I would fill my cookies with anything like mousse or custard or PB…..as long as it’s vegan, healthy, or low-cal, of course!
Caramel. Oozing, gooey caramel…
mapel syrup and almond butter YUM
Oh my god I can’t even.
jfasfjd;jl;sdjfl;jk I wannnnnnt.
I want these in my belleh, that’s all I can say. And peanut butter on the inside? That would be heavenly.
I like my cookies so soft and gooey that I actually would want a cookie dough-filled cookie. Because I basically want the inside raw that’s how soft I like it…okay, it sounds kinda gross now that I wrote it out…
wow! yes please now and repeat…yum is right!
Dream filling…gosh that is hard…chocolate lava
I repeated after you. I sounded like a lunatic. I looked like a lunatic with my drool. And its all your fault. You had to be evil, didn’t you? You knew that i love chocolate ( like duh, why else would i read this blog) and that pumpkin pie is my weakness. And you knew that both combined would be the death of me. So you did it. And i entirely commend you for it. If i do die, you can send these in lieu of flowers, or just send them to me now. Its the least you can do for putting me through this! My address is… did you really think i was going to put it here for all to see just for these divine chocolate cookies stuffed with delicious pumpkin pie? On second thought……..
I love this!
My dream one would be a cheesecake filling! And of course with added sprinkles since they make everything better
OMG these look to die for. Gonna make a gluten-free version for sure!
Oh, wow. Genius, just…genius.
My dream cookie is filled with that Rainbow Chip frosting, though I’m afraid it’s probably not vegan…
wow wow wow wow wow. These look incredible! I need to make them asap. Definately using some of pumpkin this weekend for this. My dream cookie would be filled with melty peanut butter
Okay…so I bookmark or star or share or all 3 almost every recipe of yours because I want to try them all, and the ones I have tried are fantastic. But this one just might win. AMAZING.
Pb or chocolate and mint for me I think- I have not made that recipe yet but I do have that book and they sound yummy.
yum. Double yum! These look so good, Katie! I filled cookies with medjool dates last year and they were ridiculously tasty. I’ve never thought to fill any type of cookie with pumpkin, brilliant!
Oh Yumm! I need to get around to making these.
Delish! My dream cookie would be filled with some sort of nutty caramel goo
these cookies look amazing. If I could stuff my cookie it would be a sugar cookie filled with pistachio pudding. I love pistachios and green is a pretty color to frost/stuff cookies with
def cookie dough. with peanut butter & jelly as a close second
my dream cookie would be filled with a soft, chocolatey, praline centre
mmmmmm!
Pumpkin cookie dough!
Look great! Any idea if these might work using an extra 3T pumpkin instead of nut butter? Not sure if that would change the filling consistency too much…
If you try it, I’d love to hear how it goes/ if it tastes good!
I made these yesterday with an extra 3T of pumpkin instead of nut butter and it turned out pretty delicious! The cookies just shouldn’t sit around too long after baking because then the bottom will get somewhat “soaked” by the puree, but I guess that would happen with the normal filling too? These cookies are too good to not eat them immediately anyway, so this shouldn’t really be a problem
Thanks so much for the recipe!
The bottom won’t actually get soaked with the pb version. It’s probably because pb is drier than pumpkin. (Or maybe the fat soaks up the pumpkin’s moisture.) In any case, I’m really glad you reported back and that the extra-pumpkin version works
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Hmm, my dream cookie would be filled with…with…I don’t know. These look pretty good though!
These are beautiful! I love the cocoa brown/pumpkin orange contrast! And I love chocolate & pumpkin AND vegan treats, so I will try these out when I have some time
I really appreciate that you publish the nutritional info too. Thanks!
I’ve been searching all week for the perfect recipe for a fall party tonight! Perfect timing! Thanks!
If it is a chocolate cookie, my dream filling would probably be coffee-flavored. If I can choose the cookie too, then it must be a dark chocolate-filled coconut cookie. Yum! But now I am hit by a pumpkin craving
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My dream cookie would be filled with peanut butter of cookie dough. Mmmmm. Now you’re making me hungry. I might have to make those.
My dream cookie would be filled with cheesecake… almond butter cheesecake… Cookies n cream cheesecake… Or maybe even cinnamon cheesecake? Who knows all I know is now I’m craving cookies and cheesecake.
How about a mix of peanut butter and cookie dough.
You are too much. I wish my baking looked as good as yours! These are awesome!
Oh my! These look delicious
Oh. my. goodness. I just made these with my mom for a potluck dinner tomorrow. Mind you when I said “boy do I have a recipe for you” and continued with “and its healthy too” my mom gave me the stink eye..until I let her try the filling…I think this recipe may have won her over to the healthy baking side..Thank you soooooo much for posting this recipe…soooo YUMMY
Aww wow, I am so excited you made them already!
I totally made these today! I used Bob’s Red Mill GF Flour and I used 2TB cashew butter and 1TB peanut butter in the filling. And honestly, I’m not too crazy about them. Believe me, we’ll eat them, but just not what I had expected. My pumpkin filling looks nothing like yours, it looks like pumpkin mixed with peanut butter (which is NOT a bad thing, just not quite what I expected!) The cookie part is GREAT! I think I may use the “cookie” part of the recipe and try my hand at GF Cookies n’ Creme Ice Cream sometime!
I also had this problem! I kept checking the recipe to make sure it said Tablespoons, and not teaspoons for the nut butter. I ended up adding about 2 1/2 extra tablespoons of pumpkin to the filling mixture, and it was much better. I probably could have added even more! It worked out great making that one change…plus a little pumpkin pie spice for the depth of the cloves and the bite of the nutmeg
i don’t think you could get a filling more perfect than this. They remind me so much of Tim Horton’s Tim Bits… they have these pumpkin filled donuts..but these look like pumpkin filled timbits- mmmmmm <3
I made this earlier today, and only four ended up in the oven. The batter and filling mixed together is mind-blowing.
I KNEW I couldn’t be the only one who liked the raw dough so much
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Quite possibly the best idea you’ve ever come up with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A snickerdoodle cookie filled with cinnamon bun frosting would be AMAZING. Or maybe a boston creme cookie? Oh my, so many options!!
Coconut!!
Mmm cherry filling. That would be yummy with chocolate!!!
How is it possible for a stuffed cookie to be so cute? Salted caramel version next, please?
I know I’m going to dream about these cookies tonight.
My dream cookie would be gluten/dairy free, peanut butter flavored, filled with peanut butter and have a peanut butter frosting. But my days are filled with dreams of peanut butter, so why wouldn’t my nights be?!
Actually, as soon as I opened up my reader and saw these cookies, I set off to the kitchen. I just cooked up a kabucha squash and had some puree that would sub perfectly for the pumpkin (pumpkin puree does not exist in Japan) and had just stirred up my second 16 oz. jar of chunky organic peanut butter (thank you iHerb for shipping overseas!)…waiting for them to come out of the “moven”–microwave that doubles as a small oven–as I type!
I am in the same boat with you! I live in Japan and there is NOWHERE where I can get pumpkin puree! Or apple sauce, come to think of it. And apples are too blasted expensive to “waste” making applesauce. I dunno if you’ve tried it, but can you use foil in the moven when it’s on an “oven” setting?
And Katie, I tried your banana bread! I put chopped up kabocha and amaguri (sweet Japanese chestnuts) in it =D See: https://picasaweb.google.com/108473094537301294365/Mindi9111211?authkey=Gv1sRgCIiQn7b9uefK0gE#5663923581386605922
And I put a post up on my blagh I thought you might enjoy, since I seem to recall you liking purple things! http://nmmumaw.blogspot.com/2011/10/whee-purple-potatoes.html
Oh yum, I adore your purple bread pictures! I love purple sweet potatoes… I wonder if our Asian market has them.
I think you can use metals in it when it’s on the oven setting. I use small baking pans and they are definitely some sort of metal and have yet to cause sparks to fly! As for applesauce, I’ve been buying big bags of the cheapest variety (maybe ¥350 here in Hokkaido for 6-8 apples), then just making my own. It’s kind of expensive but homemade applesauce is so worth it! I just chop them up, add some water, cinnamon and nutmeg to a big pot and boil it all until the apples start to fall apart. Stick it in my blender, distribute it among recycled glass jars and freeze whatever I won’t eat right away. Best after school snack ever (besides those cookies, of course!).
these look delish!! and i also love the photos… the cookies look like they’re smiling
Mint! I used to love York peppermint patties
This definitely wins for one of the stranger posts I’ve come across today!
My dream cookie would probably be filled with….brownies. Chocolate chip cookie surrounding a brownie, yep yep
I made these yesterday and they were sooo good! My mom, who hates healthy cookies, said that they tasted like “real” cookies! Thanks for another great recipe
This look amazing! I’ve been so obsessed with pumpkin lately. It’s the best!
Pumpkin inside a cookie? Who could say no to that? Certainly not I. And to answer your question, my dream cookies would be filled with carmelized bananas.
I recently discoverd your blog while researching peanut butter vegan frosting. I’ve enjoyed reading it thus far and quite identify with your approach to desserts. Keep it up!
Aw, thanks! I am so glad you found me!
My dream cookie would be filled with mint! Please create recipe soon!
This is my dream cookie! Couldn’t think of a better combo =)
Vanilla cream! I’m in love with almost anything vanilla. Maybe some kind of squash puree, Sweet potato puree?
OMG Katie! I just finished making these and they are absolutely delicious. I even used Pamela’s Gluten Free baking mix for the flour and couldn’t even tell a difference. It only made half (9 cookies)what the recipe says but that was a good thing because they were too good to not finish them all in one sitting
I am SO grateful you tested them out with Pamela’s! When I get a chance, I’ll write it into the recipe, so that gf people know it’s a do-able option.
cheesecake!
these look amazing though, I can’t wait to try them!
Awwww these are SO CUTE!!
They also look like a lot of fun to make!! Have you tried using stevia in the recipe?
Definitely filled with cookie dough! Or maybe brownie batter
<3 <3
for the mint filling, maybe you could fill it with your healthy whipped cream and put some mint extract or something along those lines into it. that could be yuuuuuumy!
They are just out of the oven & they are amazing. Used liquid vanilla stevia in the filling & it tastes fine. Time to go for a hike
Well…CCK… I have to start by telling you that I love, no, let me be honest, I am obsessed over your recipes!! They are totally scrumptious and sinfully healthy at the same time. I don’t know how you do it! But the reason I’m writing is because I am having major issues making your healthy whipped cream. You know the one with tofu… it just won’t get into a light fluffy texture. Mine always stays super runny. HELP!! Please keep the yummy recipes coming – I look forward to every new experiment!
Cheers. Lyanne
Hmmm… sorry, I don’t know what to tell you! Honestly, I don’t really make tofu whipped cream much anymore. I usually use my soy-free (agar) version or my coconut cool whip recipe.
Maybe it’s the type of tofu you use?
These are AMAZING. Everything I love: pumpkin, chocolate, and peanut butter! Mmmmm!
Katie do you have a suggestion for an alternative to the sugar? Could I possibly do all agave nectar or would it taste funny? Oh, and my dream cookie would be stuffed with smores! Mmmmm I could just imagine the gooey marshmallows, warm fudge, and little graham cracker bits inside of that chewy chocolate cookie!
I think it would taste fine… I’m not sure about the texture, though. If you try it, do let me know how it turns out!
That looks absolutely AMAZING! must try.
Oh my goodness I just made these…and all I can say is wow. These are going to be gone before my roommates even get home! LOVE IT.
Also, I was out of peanut butter (weird, trust me) so I just added more pumpkin and it is still absolutely delicious.
Being out of pb is the worst! It happens to me all the time, because I go through it way too fast
. Finally, I learned I need to buy the BIG jar!
So happy you liked the cookies!
I made these last night (the only change I made was using oat flour ground from rolled oats) and they were phenomenal! My husband loved them, too and said “they are a keeper.” I can’t wait to try more filling ideas out!
these were so good! i only got about 15 small cookies out of them (with very minimal batter-eating!) and i accidentally overcooked a bit but they were still delicious! love the spicy filling. i added extra cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. thanks katie!
I’m starting to think I might’ve accidentally made a double batch and not remembered… because you’re not the first person to write and say it didn’t make 20 cookies. (I make a lot of recipes all at once, so maybe I got confused??) I am so sorry for the confusion, if it is indeed my mistake… I think I need to experiment again and see if this is what happened. Ha, as if I needed an excuse to make these cookies again!
I have to say that I thought the recipe looked so good from the beginning, that I started OUT making a DOUBLE BATCH! And I did sample some dough, but ended up with about 33 awesome cookies. I am definitely making these again. They were FABULOUS!
LOL hmmm… so maybe I didn’t miscalculate? Honestly, I could’ve sworn I made a batch with 3/4c flour, and I know I got 20 cookies out of it. But two people have now told me they could only get 15. Maybe someone snuck some raw batter from their bowls while they weren’t looking?
Just kidding… or maybe not. After all, I know I’m always guilty of eating the raw batter. Who can wait for the cookies to actually bake?!
Well, I have to say that at the end I had become an expert on the stuffed cookie construction, but in the beginning, well, let’s just say I had some BIG (and pumpkin bulging) cookies..plus, how can you not eat this batter? It’s the BEST (I love chocolate and salt in batter!). Happy Friday!!
HI Katie, we love these cookies but ours seem to always turn out different then yours. They are flat.
We use whole wheat flour and organic pumpkin mix. We also doubled the recipe to get more dough and still had to make them pretty big to cover the pumpkin. Can you give me more details on what kind of flour you used and your pumpkin? Thanks Katie!! Love your blog!
Thanks, Carmen!
Just as a personal preference, I don’t recommend baking with whole-wheat flour because it’s very dense. For these, I used white-whole-wheat, but spelt would also probably work well. And as for too much pumpkin filling… well, I ATE some of my pumpkin filling, so maybe that’s why I had no problem fitting the rest in the cookies
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So disappointed. I made TWO batches (thinking i messed up the first) and the cookies didn’t even rise! They turned out flat and crispy. Baking disaster, after I homemade the pumpkin puree too
Can you please tell me exactly what specific ingredients you used? Hopefully we can figure out what you did wrong!
Thanks for the speedy reply! Ingredients used:
White flour, Ghiradelli Cocoa, Light Agave Nectar, Almond Milk, Vegetable Oil, Almond Butter
I homemade the pumpkin puree, and I worried that maybe it was a bit more watery than the average canned pumpkin puree; however, my dough wasn’t really able to be rolled into a ball…just left chocolate all over my hands! Delicious
but that was my first inkling that maybe something was wrong. I measured everything precisely, since I’m a total baking novice. I did use my food processor to mix the ingredients, which I made sure were mixed well….
Would love to make another batch if you have any feedback, because I have TONS of pumpkin puree left. Thanks!
Unfortunately, it’s very difficult to tell someone what might’ve gone wrong when I wasn’t there
. I know a lot of other people have had success with the recipe, so I really don’t know what could’ve happened to yours. I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful 
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These look great !!!!! One question…. do you grease the baking sheet?
I think I was lazy and didn’t, and they still popped off ok… but you can always do it if you want to be on the safe side
katie this is super cute!!! I love this idea! I cant wait to make them! have happy halloween
xoxo
hi katie.
How did you get yours so smooth? Mine ended up looking like folded up to-go boxes.
i made these cookies and my chocolate dough was a little crumbly. I could barely get it around the pumpkin filling
Tasted so so good though!
Thanks for all your inspiring recipes.
What fflour did you use? And are there any other specifics you can give me? It’s very difficult to tell someone what might’ve gone wrong when I wasn’t there
Of course it’s difficult
I used Whole Wheat Flour. I did add extra soy milk to make the chocolate. Maybe white flour wouldn’t absorb the oil as much.
As I told another commenter earlier, I do NOT recommend regular whole-wheat flour. Also, I’ve only tried these with the white-whole-wheat, so I really can’t vouch for the results with any flours other than the ones listed in the post
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Hey Katie,
Just tried the cookies (they are sitting the extra ten minutes out of the oven while I type) because we were carving pumpkins and carving pumpkins required pumpkin cookies…. Anyway, followed your directions to a T and my cookie batter was very, very dry!! I ended up added at least another 2 T each of oil and coconut milk. Weird?
Also, what do you think would happen if I subbed Tofutti cc for the peanut butter for a cream cheese pumpkin filling? Would this work or does tofutti bake funny?
Thanks!
Sorry, I don’t know. If you try it, I’d love to know. Also, what flour did you use? They’re not supposed to be dry, and I’m afraid that adding extra milk might make them gummy…
White whole wheat. They turned out fine after all of the additions, but it was still super crumbly… I had to make cookie tacos because they didn’t really go into balls. I was reading the comments to see if anyone else had the same problem, but it looks like it was just me. They are super yummy though, especially if you put them in fridge and let them get cold and chewy : )
Yumm! Mint sounds great, maybe something with a cashew base would work? Or more chocolate, but mint flavored in the center?!
These were INCREDIBLE!!!
My new favorite cookie. Thank you so much for such genius!!!
Katie, these are SO freakin good! My roommate and I polished off an entire batch in the course of three days. And now we’re planning to make more! Seriously I think I have had dreams about these cookies, they’re so good.
**Runs off to make more cookies!!!
YUM! I loved these. Thanks for a terrific recipe, yet again. I keep telling eveyone I know about your site, because it is the best site out there! Keep up the awesome work, girl!
I’ve made these three times now! I think I’ll still be making them when it’s 100 degrees out!
Ok I know i’ve commented on these before but I love them that much!!! I just need some more tips on making them! My pumpkin doesn’t fluff up like yours, making my cookies flat with no ‘innards’. How big of dough peices are you making that give you room to cover the pumpkin? Thank you!! I appreciate your patience with my cooking issues.
Love them!!
I make pretty tiny pumpkin balls. In fact, I just put a tiny amount in the middle (not even rolling the pumpkin filling into a ball… it’s not firm enough to roll a ball, actually). What flour are you using?
I was using spelt but i’m gonna switch to the white flour. It’s more of the filling that i have trouble with too…it’s really runny like pancake batter. Hmm….I use Organic pie filling from a can. What do you use? I did buy some canned pumpkin so maybe that will be better?
Nope, I used organic pumpkin too. So weird that your filling is runny
. It’s just pumpkin mixed with pb and cinnamon, so it shouldn’t be runny at all. Sorry I can’t seem to be more helpful… I don’t know what could be wrong!
i’ll keep trying!! thanks for the quick responses!!!
Holy yum! These were so good! My mom took some to work, and everyone wanted the recipe
. Ill definitely be making them again.
Holy mother of pearl… these look delicious. I have a long-distance baking buddy that I exchange goodies with, so I’ll have to send her some of these!!
OH MY GOSH KATIE!! I just saw this recipe on Shape.com 10 healthy recipes for fall. I thought “wow those look like Katie’s cookies…” AND THEY ARE YOUR COOKIES!! I cant wait to try and make some!!
Aww lol I hope you like them!!
I am loving anything and everything pumpkin right now. These cookies look absolutely fabulous! I have to try them! yum yum yum.
I thought you might like knowing that this evening I mixed up half a batch of this cookie recipe just to eat the dough. I didn’t even turn on my oven!
I knew it was the dough that I wanted. Haha. I rolled the rest of the dough into balls, put them in parchment paper and stuck them in the freezer…cookie dough truffles??! We’ll see! 
Ooh Claire, we could be long-lost sisters! I kist did the same thing… only I ignored the pumpkin filling completely and used a few drops of peppermint extract. They were like thin mint truffles
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Delicious!
May I post this recipe on my baking blog?!? (With a link back here of course!)
ps. my dream cookie=filled with nutella!!!!
I would be honored, Mary!
I do ask that people not copy the actual full recipe onto their sites. But you can definitely link back (and feel free to use any photos on my site if you wish).
I’m so so glad you tried the cookies!
Hi, Katie! I don’t know if you’ll get this message since this post is from back in October, but I found a can of pumpkin in my pantry yesterday, and I remembered seeing these cookies back in October when you first posted them. Soooo…I made them tonight
However, because of current diet restrictions, I wanted to make them with little to no added sugar. The 1/4 cup is a lot when you are cutting it out of your diet altogether!! I decided to try an experiment.
I took your posted recipe and made a few changes…and the results are pretty fantastic…and virtually sugar-free! Even my 2-year old daughter loves them. She ate two right after the ten minute “resting” period was over (yes, I timed it, because I knew I’d have a hard time waiting to try them!).
Here’s what I changed, in case anyone else is looking for a lower-sugar option:
Instead of the 1/4 cup + 2 T sugar, I used one over-ripe banana I pulled from my freezer, reheated, and mashed. Just to make sure, I put it into a measuring cup to make sure I was around 1/4 cup. Indeed, one banana is about 1/4 cup + 2 T. Because I was obviously adding more liquid, I cut out the extra 2 tsp of oil, and just used the 3 T ( used olive oil). I did use 2 T maple syrup (I ran out of agave making the nutella recipe…lol). I also omitted the vanilla, because I ran out this morning. Then, for the filling, I found that for my taste, there was WAY too much nut butter (I used almond butter), and not enough pumpkin. So, having first made it with your ratio, I added 2 1/2 extra T of pumpkin to increase the pumpkin flavor. Knowing I wasn’t using sugar for the cookie, and having run out of vanilla, I added about 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice on top of the called for cinnamon. I used the 1/2 packet of stevia.
The dough was gummy, but I sprayed a cookie sheet covered in foil with non-stick spray, and that allowed me to easily flatten the dough to stuff it and then pick up the edges to wrap the filling.
Whew! Sorry for the long post, but the results were so great I wanted to share!! Oh, and the extra filling? I saved that, because it tastes like a fantastic pumpkin butter that I plan to add to my oatmeal or spread on my vegan english muffins.
Win-win!
Oh, and I used dark chocolate cocoa powder…
Are you kidding? I LOVE reading long, fun comments like yours! It makes me so happy when people use my recipe as a base and then come up with something completely their own. I love your banana cookie idea!
I made these yesterday with the pumpkin filling- delicious! (I made these along side Isa’s ooey-gooey peanut butter cookies and the pumpkin oatmeal cookies, and my fiance, who loves sugar laden food said yours were the best… of course they had the unfair advantage of having chocolate in them
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I’m dying to make these and fill them tsubushi-an, but I’m out of sugar, would agave work?
Sorry, I have no idea! But I’d love to know if you try
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I tried this one, but I used gluten-free all purpose baking four. I couldn’t get the dough thick enough to roll the cookie. I ended up adding about another 3/4 rice four, but it was still too sticky to do anything with. I wonder if it’s because of the xanthum gum in gluten free flour. It doesn’t work the same. I’m so disappointing I messed them up, because they look so delicious!
I’m sorry to hear this
. It worked with Bob’s… What mix did you use? I’ll fix my post to specifically say Bob’s gf. I am so sorry for my assumption that they’d all work the same. 
Something went wrong, but I’m not sure what! I used Bob’s spelt flour, but the dough was more like brownie batter. I had to add at least 1/3 cup more flour before I even attempted to stick my hands in there. It never did become very doughlike, and its consistency caused the pumpkin to flatten– I only saw a thin line of the filling when I bit into the cookie. It was still delicious, though! I think I’ll try it again but actually attempt to make them into the brownies they so desperately wanted to be… maybe layer 1/2 of the batter in an 8X8, add a pumpkin layer, and then top off with the remaining batter?
Hmmm…. I don’t know what could’ve happened!
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The brownie idea sounds awesome, though!!
Any idea how you’d do this without the sugar? And I’m assuming GF, you just use GF flour & that’s it? (New to gf.) Thanks! Your website rocks & makes me drool!
scroll up just a little in the comments to see what I did…I used banana in place of sugar, but had to adjust the oil to compensate for the extra liquid the banana added. Good luck!
I am filling in the blank with LIME! Maybe a shortbread/blondie style cookie with lime filling!
Just made these with coconut oil, and made them sugar-free by using Erythritol and liquid splenda. They are delissshhh. The texture seems a little gummy, but I’m not sure if that’s because I’m not used to such a thick cookie, or the effect of the non-sugar. In any case, my boyfriend loved them, and he had just finished eating a dark chocolate Toblerone bar. I think that says something!
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