Pumpkin Spice Muffins taste like Dunkin Donuts pumpkin spice seasonal muffin. Pumpkin Spice Muffins are moist and delicate in texture and stay fresh for days.
These pumpkin spice muffins are a favorite for the fall. So easy to make, these flavorful pumpkin spiced donuts are perfect for pumpkin spice lovers.
Ingredients in pumpkin spice muffins
This recipe is made with a box of spice cake mix, flour, eggs, pumpkin pie filling, and more. The canned pumpkin pie filling isn’t the same thing has pumpkin puree. Canned pumpkin pie filling is a pumpkin blend of pumpkin, seasonings, and more. So this is going to add a lot to the flavor of this recipe.
Special notes about this recipe
Pumpkin is very dense, I find it helpful to make sure I beat this with a mixer for a full 2 minutes. This way air is whipped into the cake mix, and it helps make what could be super dense into something much lighter.
Potential Variations
You may want to omit the brown sugar on the top if you are trying to cut back on the sugar, it isn’t super necessary. I have sprinkled cinnamon sugar on top before. You may even want to top these with cream cheese frosting.
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Pumpkin Spice Muffins
Ingredients
- 15.25 spice cake mix 1 box
- 30 ounces Pumpkin Pie Mix puree of pumpkin with spice)
- 3.4 ounces instant vanilla pudding
- 2 eggs slightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
- 1 tablespoon sour cream
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl combine cake mix, pumpkin, pudding and vanilla. Add sour cream, eggs, oil, spice, and mix well. Once combined scoop one large scoop(pampered chef large scoop)into lined cupcake cups.
- Sprinkle each one with brown sugar and place on stone, or cookie sheet. bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 30 min or until toothpick comes out clean.
Pat
Disappointed. I followed the recipe exactly as written. I baked for 40 plus minutes and still seemed undercooked. Will try again.
Stephanie
I am sorry you were disappointed, they are moist muffins, I should have noted that for you.
Vanessa
I have made these cupcakes for years. Everybody falls in love with them. I cook them for exactly 30 minutes and they come out perfect. I have them on the middle rack at 350°. Perhaps after 1 hour, after they have cooled, do they firm up and seem more cooked through?
Heather
Such a fun recipe and treat!
Trish - Mom On Timeout
Had me at pumpkin! These muffins look AMAZING!
Lori @ RecipeGirl
Ohhhh, I love these!
Toni | Boulder Locavore
These look perfect! Can’t wait to give this a try!
Jennifer Farley
These are perfect for breakfast!
Joanne
Really good flavor with these muffins, and lovely texture too!
Liz
SO easy and absolutely delicious!
Melissa Sperka
I love these Fall favorites!
ADS
This is always a big favorite in our house.
Karen D.
Well, Miss Stephanie, you nailed it!
They smell and look divine.
The only thing that I did differently was add 2 teaspoons of baking powder. I’ve made them so many times over the years and that’s the only thing I do differently. Mind you, I don’t use the sam pumpkin pie mix so that probably has something to do with it.
Keep up the awesome work.
Your Canadian friend ….
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Stephanie
I am so glad you enjoy these muffins!
kim thompson
dissapointed because the smell was amazing..i used the baking soda as mentioned and they still did not raise and i cooked them for 40 minutes and still gooey inside…i think it must be something i did wrong i just don’t know what..i will try it again at another time though
maureenrose
Where can I find pumpkin spice cake? What brand is this? 🙂
Stephanie
It’s a spice cake mix, and you using a can of pumpkin pie filling.
Sam
I could not find pumpkin mix with spice anywhere… will regular pumkin pie filling work? thats the same thing right?
Stephanie Manley
These would be the larger cans. Maybe as it gets closer to Thanksgiving it will work. If the can says pumpkin pie filling it should work, if the can says pure pumpkin, that won’t work right.
barb j
Walmart usually has the Pumkin Pie Mix , large can with almost enough spices
barb j
just add more pumpkin pie spice mix
Stephanie
Canned pumpkin is generally sold in two variations. One is pumpkin puree, and the other is pumpkin pie filling. This recipe is for the pumpkin pie filling. I hope this helps.
Danielle
Skipped the sour cream and used half the amount of said pumpkin. DE-LISH!!!!! Perfection. My son ate 5 today!
Tracey
Just made this muffin with the addition of the baking powder and WOW!!!! These are soooo good!!!