2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins

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5 from 39 votes
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 45 minutes
Total: 50 minutes

Would you believe me if I told you that 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins exist? And that they use a cake mix? Since these pumpkin muffins only use 2 ingredients, they’re super easy to make. Even if you’re new to baking!

In my house, these are a staple as soon as the weather starts getting cooler and the leaves start changing. These are delicious on their own, or you can add an icing on top to spice it up.

Close up side view of the finished 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins on a plate ready to be enjoyed.

Not only are these 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins super simple, they’re so delicious everyone will beg for the recipe!


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What We Love About This Recipe

  • Easy Ingredients: All of the ingredients are probably sitting in your pantry.
  • Family Friendly: I’ve found that kids love these, especially if you add some kind of frosting on top.
  • Adaptable: Adding a cream cheese frosting on top, or a brown sugar frosting, will make these a little sweeter.
Finished muffins on a cooling rack waiting to be enjoyed.

Ingredient Notes

  • Canned Pumpkin: You’re going to want to use just pumpkin puree, NOT pumpkin pie filling. The spice cake will act as the pumpkin pie spice, so no need to add more!
Ingredients needed for the pumpkin muffins with 2 ingredients

Variations and Substitutions

  • Cake Mix – You could use a white cake mix, rather than spice cake, so it’ll be sweeter. HOWEVER, you will need to add in pumpkin spice to make it have that desired pumpkin taste.
  • Cooking Variations – If you want to make mini muffins, bake them for about 8-10 minutes and check them with a toothpick.

How to Make 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins

These are the basic steps for making 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins. Please refer to the recipe card below for more detailed instructions.

Ingredients fully mixed.

STEP 1: Mix

Pre-heat your oven to 350.

While you’re waiting, mix cake mix and pumpkin together in a mixing bowl.

STEP 2: Fill Pan

Place cupcake liners in a muffin pan and fill with the pumpkin mixture.

STEP 3: Bake

Bake for 40-45 minutes or until you can stick a toothpick into the muffin and it comes out clean.

Mixture in the muffin pan ready to be baked.

Prep and Storage Tips

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE AHEAD OF TIME

You can prep your muffin pan ahead of time. As well as the pumpkin and cake mix mixture, just make sure it goes in the fridge until you’re ready.

HOW TO STORE THIS RECIPE

These pumpkin muffins do best in an air-tight container. They’ll last up to 4 days.

HOW TO FREEZE THIS RECIPE

Store in an air-tight container for up to 3 months.

HOW TO REHEAT THIS RECIPE

You can reheat these muffins in the microwave! Unwrap the muffin and put it on a paper towel or a microwave-safe place and heat for about 15 seconds or until they’re as warm as you like.

Frequently Asked Questions

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE GLUTEN FREE?

Make sure your spice cake mix is gluten free!

CAN I SUBSTITUTE OTHER CAKE IN PLACE OF SPICE CAKE?

Sure! Another type of cake might make your muffins sweeter like cupcakes.

CAN THIS RECIPE BE DOUBLED?

Yes, it would be super easy to double this! Just grab 2 boxes of spice cake mix and 2 cans of pumpkin rather than just 1 of each.

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Expert Tips for Making This Recipe

  • Add Chocolate Chips: Add chocolate chips into the batter before pouring it into the liners for a chocolatey surprise!
  • Low-waste: Instead of using paper liners, get some silicone liners or silicone muffin tray!
  • Alternate ingredient/Substitution/Addition: To make pumpkin muffins more like cupcakes, add frosting on top as well as some little pumpkin sprinkles!

What to Serve with Pumpkin Muffins

Featured image showing the finished 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins ready to eat.
5 from 39 votes

2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins

Yield: 12 Muffins
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 45 minutes
Total: 50 minutes
Did you know that you can use cake mix to create the best pumpkin muffins?! These 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins are a fall staple in our house!
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Ingredients

  • 15 oz Box Spice Cake Mix
  • 15 oz Can Pumpkin

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a mixing bowl, mix cake mix and pumpkin together.
  • Place liners in a muffin pan and fill with pumpkin mixture.
  • Bake for 40-45 minutes or until you can stick a toothpick into the muffin and it comes out clean.
  • Serve & enjoy.

Estimated Nutritional Information

Serving: 1g | Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 318mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g
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Course: Cupcakes
Cuisine: American

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