2 ingredient pumpkin muffins with cake mix are fantastic! Add chocolate chips and they almost taste like homemade. Best breakfast or dessert you’ll ever make in regular or as mini pumpkin muffins size.
2 ingredient pumpkin muffins with spice cake mix are something we make year after year. Add mini semi sweet chocolate chips and you take these semi homemade bites over the top. One of the best muffin recipes we love during the Fall. (affiliate links present)
Pumpkin Muffins with 2 ingredients
We made pumpkin cookies with cake mix recently as a great twist but totally forgot I hadn’t shared this one yet! I guess you forget about the simplest treats, or assume everyone already knows about them.
If this is new to you then yay….I’m glad I remembered to share it. Forgot about this but made it years ago, make it again with fun add ins. White chocolate and/or dried cranberries are awesome too. Best easy dessert recipe ever.
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- 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffin Ingredients
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How to Make Pumpkin Muffins with Cake Mix
Yes we do in fact share a ton of easy pumpkin desserts here on The Typical Mom, because well it is my favorite flavor. I always keep a few cans in my pantry so even if it is February I can whip one of them up. You could use any flavor you wanted but spice is always our choice since it goes well with the other ingredients.
Spice Cake Mix Pumpkin Muffins
If you can’t find this one you could go with yellow if you really needed to. The flavor will be different for sure but use whatever you must I say. If this is the case I would add 1/2 tsp of pumpkin spice into the mix to amp up those flavors.
How do you make pumpkin muffins from scratch?
If you want to go all out, follow our moist pumpkin bread recipe here. You can make that into muffins too if you want in about 23 minutes. It does take longer to prep than these two ingredient muffins do.
Should pumpkin muffins be refrigerated?
No. They will be fine cooled, then put inside a gallon freezer bag with the air removed on the counter for about 4 days. Or wrap in plastic wrap and then inside aluminum foil so they stay moist. These are so simple, all you need is one bowl. No dry ingredients with brown sugar and/or wet like eggs, and then combine. The spice cake mix has everything you need already added inside.
4 days if in a sealed container on the countertop or fridge. If you want to keep them longer then wrap up as directed and freeze for up to 3 months.
For these 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins you should set to 325 degrees for about 22 minutes or until the top springs back when touched gently.
2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffin Ingredients
You can use a loaf pan or regular / mini muffin pan with liners to make this pumpkin bread with spice cake mix. The only difference is timing. I prefer grab and go breakfasts and a faster bake time so this is the direction I usually go in.
- Spice cake mix
- Or you could use homemade yellow cake mix but the Fall flavors won’t be as intense
- Can of Libby’s pumpkin puree
- yes you could make homemade pumpkin puree if you want
- A bit of pumpkin pie spice is great to add if you have it
- I always use muffin liners to make lean up easier
- Large bowl to mix ingredients
What else can you add?
- #1 for sure would be mini semi sweet chocolate chips
- White chocolate chips with some dried cranberries are great too
- pumpkin cranberry bread is a great Christmas brunch item
- A tub of Duncan Hines cream cheese frosting is great to spread on the top when done if you want.
- or just mix together powdered sugar and some water to make a quick frosting
You can totally use this same idea with other flavors. Instead of puree you would use a can of pie filling like we did with our 2 ingredient blueberry muffins.
How to Make 3 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins with Spice Cake
To make the best pumpkin muffin recipe with cake mix use spice cake mix version. I tend to load up on several when they are at the store and on sale. They’re more expensive online typically. 3 if you add chocolate chips.
It adds all the Fall flavors inside of it you need so other than a bit more of pumpkin spice you don’t need much. Any size muffins work great, you can even make mini bundts like our pumpkin zucchini muffins.
- Now start by preheating oven to 325 F. I will tell you that most easy pumpkin muffin recipes use 350, it won’t be as moist with the higher temperature.
Believe me, I’ve tested this time and time again and years ago I decided that at a slightly lower temp. for a bit longer turned out SO MUCH better!! Like melt in your mouth moist bread.
3 Ingredient Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
- In a bowl mix spice or yellow cake mix and pumpkin until smooth. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Put muffin papers in pan, this will make 16 when filled 3/4 full in cups.
- If adding pumpkin pie spice, dry cranberries, and/or 1/4 cup or more of mini chocolate chips, fold them in now.
- Fill muffin cups 3/4 way full (they don’t rise as much as cupcakes so you can add a bit more than “normal”). Bake for 22 minutes until toothpick comes out clean in center.
- Take out and let cool for 5 minutes before removing papers and eating.
It is important to take out before they over bake. That will dry them out. If you touch the center and they kinda’ bounce back (not as much as a cupcake would, they’re denser than that), take them out. Then allow them to cool.
Betty Crocker spice cake pumpkin muffins
Once you find out just how amazing and truly easy these are you can make them for every occasion. Whether it’s March or October 12 if you have these two ingredients in your pantry you can enjoy them year round. We love sweet potato muffins around Thanksgiving and Christmas time too.
Bite in and THIS is how amazing they are! Looking for another 2 ingredient treat? Try our root beer cake too made with soda pop.
If you’re looking for the Weight Watchers muffins and on their plan, those who are have advised me that 1 of these mini muffins are 4 points on the green plan and 90 calories. Want homemade next? Try our pumpkin banana muffins too if you have overripe nanners.
2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins
Equipment
- 1 muffin tin
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a bowl mix cake mix and pumpkin until smooth. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Put muffin papers in pan, this will make 16 when filled 3/4 full in cups.
- If adding pumpkin pie spice and/or chocolate chips, fold them in now.
- Fill muffin cups 3/4 way full (they don't rise as much as cupcakes so you can add a bit more than "normal").
- Bake for 22 minutes until toothpick comes out clean in center.
- Take out and let rest for 5 minutes before removing papers and eating.
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Your recipe calls for pumpkin puree but the can in the picture is just plain pumpkin. Do we have to use puree?
Puree is referring to the canned variety or if you want to make it homemade yourself, use that. I typically use canned.
Hello I’m going to try this 2 ingredients pumpkin muffins idea , I did find the Spice cake mix but reading the box it reads to add oil and 3 eggs so I’m confused as when you say the box has everything already in it ? So I assume we are not following box directly but only adding the pumpkin can mix and the box mix making it only 2 ingredients, Thank you
Do not follow the directions on the box,only use mine with these 2 items…..3 if you add chocolate chips
This very easy-to-eat dish is a vegetarian-friendly option. can be done in a short time. Thanks for sharing.