Description
Chewy Pumpkin Patch Cookies with a fudgy chocolate base, optional blotted pumpkin for warmth without cakiness, and cute patch décor: ganache, Oreo “soil,” green buttercream vines, and tiny fondant pumpkins.
Ingredients
Cookie Dough:
Butter – ½ cup
Brown sugar – ¾ cup
Granulated sugar – ¼ cup
Egg – 1
Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
All-purpose flour – 1¾ cups
Cocoa powder – ⅓ cup
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Baking soda – ¼ tsp
Fine salt – ¼ tsp
Milk chocolate chips – 1 cup
Optional Pumpkin Add-in:
Pumpkin puree – blot to ¼ cup
Pumpkin pie spice – 1 tsp
Ganache:
Dark chocolate – 6 oz
Heavy cream – ½ cup
Butter – 1 tbsp
Green Buttercream:
Butter – 3 tbsp
Powdered sugar – 1–1½ cups
Milk – 1–2 tsp
Vanilla – ¼ tsp
Green coloring
Decor:
Crushed Oreos – ¾ cup
Mini fondant or candy pumpkins
Instructions
1. Cream butter and sugars until fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla.
2. Whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; fold into wet ingredients with chocolate chips just to combine.
3. Optional: blot ⅓ cup pumpkin down to ¼ cup; fold in with pumpkin pie spice for chewy pumpkin notes without cakiness.
4. Scoop tall dough balls onto lined baking sheets; bake at 350°F for 10–12 minutes until edges set and centers are soft; cool 2 minutes on the sheet, then transfer to a wire rack.
5. Make ganache by warming cream and pouring over chopped chocolate with butter; stir smooth and cool to a spreadable gloss.
6. Spread thin ganache on cooled cookies; sprinkle Oreo “soil”; pipe green buttercream vines/leaves; set small fondant pumpkins.
Notes
Chill dough 20–30 minutes if warm for thicker, chewier cookies with controlled spread.
Use small décor pieces so every bite stays balanced and neat.
Shortbread base option: decorate pumpkin-spiced shortbread squares for ultra-clean edges.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 12 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 13 g
- Sodium: 95 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 21 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
Keywords: Chewy Pumpkin Patch Cookies, Pumpkin Patch Cookies, chewy pumpkin cookies