2 ingredient pumpkin muffins with spice cake mix are fantastic! Add chocolate chips and they almost taste like homemade. Best breakfast or dessert youโ€™ll ever make in regular or as mini pumpkin muffins size.

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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 hadnโ€™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 yayโ€ฆ.Iโ€™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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We share a ton of easy pumpkin desserts 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.

Spice Cake Mix Pumpkin Muffins

If you canโ€™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 tsp of pumpkin spice into the mix.

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.

A white bowl holds a simple mix of cake mix and vibrant orange pumpkin puree, with a metal spoon ready to stir. Perfect for crafting fluffy 2-ingredient pumpkin muffins.

Ingredients

  1. Spice cake mix, or you could use homemade yellow cake mix but the Fall flavors wonโ€™t be as intense
  2. Can of Libbyโ€™s pumpkin puree
  3. A bit of pumpkin pie spice is great

Equipment Needed

Use a large bowl, muffin pan with muffin liners. For a larger version to slice, follow the timing in our 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.

Variations

  • #1 for sure would be to add 1/2 cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips
  • White chocolate chips with some dried cranberries are great too
  • Sweet pumpkin cranberry bread with dried fruit 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.

To make this easy 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.

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How to Make Pumpkin Muffins with a Cake Mix

  1. 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.
  2. If adding pumpkin pie spice, dry cranberries, and/or 1/4 cup or more of mini chocolate chips, fold them in now.
  3. Fill muffin cups 3/4 way full (they donโ€™t rise as much as cupcakes so you can add a bit more than โ€œnormalโ€). Bake for 22 minutes until toothpick comes out clean in center.
  4. Take out and let cool for 5 minutes before removing papers and eating.

If you touch the center and they kindaโ€™ bounce back (not as much as a cupcake would, theyโ€™re denser than that), take them out. Then allow them to cool. Any size muffins work great, you can even make mini bundts like our pumpkin zucchini muffins.

A tray of freshly baked 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins, rests on the stovetop with an oven mitt nearby.

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 itโ€™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.

If youโ€™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 mini pumpkin banana muffins too if you have overripe nanners.

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A hand holds a delicious two-ingredient pumpkin muffin studded with chocolate chips, set against a blurred, colorful background.
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2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins

By Justine
2 ingredient pumpkin muffins with spice cake mix are fantastic! Add chocolate chips and they almost taste like homemade. Best cake mix hack in the Fall you'll ever make.
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 22 minutes
Servings:

Equipment

  • 1 muffin tin
  • 1 Bowl

Ingredients 

  • 1 box cake mix, spice cake mix, 15.25 oz.
  • 1 can pumpkin, puree, 15 oz.
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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 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice and/or 3/4 cup 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.

Nutrition

Serving: 2oz, Calories: 162kcal, Carbohydrates: 32g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 3g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 1mg, Sodium: 241mg, Potassium: 15mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 19g, Vitamin A: 24IU, Calcium: 79mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
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About Justine

Justine is the creative mind behind The Typical Mom and The Typical Family on YouTube. She began blogging about easy recipes, budget friendly activities for kids, and fun family travel destinations in September 2012.

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7 Comments

  1. Your recipe calls for pumpkin puree but the can in the picture is just plain pumpkin. Do we have to use puree?

    1. Puree is referring to the canned variety or if you want to make it homemade yourself, use that. I typically use canned.

  2. Hello Iโ€™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 Iโ€™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

    1. Do not follow the directions on the box,only use mine with these 2 itemsโ€ฆ..3 if you add chocolate chips

  3. This very easy-to-eat dish is a vegetarian-friendly option. can be done in a short time. Thanks for sharing.