WW Recipe of the Day: Easy 2-Ingredient Pumpkin Spice Cake Mix Muffins
My fascination with all things pumpkin continues.
After our great success mixing chocolate cake mix and a can of pumpkin (or make your own pressure cooker pumpkin puree) together to make 2-Ingredient Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins, Mini Muffins and Cookies, we wanted see what would happen with using a spice cake mix instead.
Fresh baked pumpkin spice cake mix mini muffins
It seemed like the perfect easy, sweet and delicious way to welcome fall.
How Many Calories/WW Points in these Pumpkin Spice Mini Muffins?
According to my calculations, each mini muffin has 90 calories and: To see your WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, Click here!
4 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
4 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
2 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Mini Muffin Ingredients
- 15 ounces canned pumpkin puree (or make your own homemade pumpkin puree)
- 15 - 18 ounces spice cake mix
- optional toppings or mix-ins: mini chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, chopped raisins or dried cranberries, icing, etc.
Plain and mini chocolate chip pumpkin spice cake mix muffins
How to Make Mini Pumpkin Spice Cake Mix Muffins, Step-by-Step
Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients.
Ready to make mini pumpkin spice muffins
Step 2: Preheat oven to 400F degrees line 24 mini muffin cups with paper liners or lightly coat muffin tin with nonstick baking spray.
Step 3: In a large mixing bowl (affiliate link), stir together the cake mix and pumpkin puree. This will take some effort and the mixture will be very, very thick. (I gradually sifted in the cake mix which made the stirring a little easier.) Stir in any optional mix-ins.
Stir the pumpkin puree and spice cake mix until thoroughly combined
Step 4: Divide the batter evenly among the prepared mini muffin cups. Top with any optional toppings and gently press into the batter.
Divide batter among prepared 24-cup mini muffin pan
Step 5: Bake at 400F degrees, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 10-12 minutes for mini muffins.
Step 6: Remove from oven and allow to cool for a minute or two in the pan before placing on a wire rack to cool completely.
Remove muffins from pan and cool on wire rack
Step 7: Store any leftover mini muffins in an airtight container.
Mini pumpkin spice cake mix muffins
Recipe Notes & Variations
This time I decided to make mini muffins, dividing the batter among 24 mini muffin cups.
If you don't have mini muffin tins, divide the batter among 24 regular muffin cups to keep the WW Points at 4.
Or you can make bigger Pumpkin Spice Cake Mix Muffins by using all the batter to make 12 regular size muffins. In this case, each regular size muffin would have 4 PointsPlus and 7 WW Points.
Turn them into kid-friendly cupcakes with a little icing.
Fill muffin cups using a small ice cream scoop (affiliate link) for more uniform looking muffins. I used two spoons and since the batter is very thick, my muffins didn't turn out as smooth on top—but they still tasted great! For a smoother top, smooth them out with damp fingers!
Mini chocolate chip and plain pumpkin spice cake mix muffins
You could also spread the mixture into a cake or loaf pan (affiliate link) and just adjust your baking time, cooking until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
This is a very flexible recipe so go ahead and experiment.
Assorted plain and chocolate chip pumpkin spice cake mix mini muffins
The last time I made it I didn't have spice cake mix, so I used a yellow cake mix with 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice whisked into it which worked great too. Which is what Katie Lee did on the Today Show Thanksgiving Morning to make this quick pumpkin cake. Carrot cake mix would also work well.
Optional Additions: Raisins, Craisins, Chocolate Chips, Cinnamon Chips, Chopped Nuts
If you like these pumpkin spice cake mix muffins, be sure to check out my other easy, healthy Weight Watchers friendly recipes including: Easy Healthy Low Fat Pumpkin Cake Recipes, Healthy Low-Fat Pumpkin Cookie Recipes, Weight Watchers Easy No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake, Healthy Baked Pumpkin Doughnuts and Weight Watchers 2 Ingredient Pineapple Angel Food Cake, 2-Ingredient 7-cup Cake Mix Cupcakes,
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2-Ingredient Spice Cake Mix Mini Muffins Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box (15 - 18 ounces) spice cake mix (I substituted a yellow cake mix with 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice whisked in)
- 1 can (15 ounces) canned pumpkin puree
Optional Mix-ins and toppings:
- mini chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, chopped raisins or dried cranberries, cinnamon chips, icing, etc.
Instructions
- Position an oven rack in the center of the oven.
- For mini muffins, preheat the oven to 400F degrees and line 24 mini muffin cups with paper liners or coat them with non-stick spray. (You can also use regular muffin tins for smallish regular muffins.)
- Make the batter in a large bowl by mixing just the two ingredients together, ignoring the instructions on the cake mix. This will take some effort and the mixture will be very very thick!
- Divide the batter evenly among the mini muffin cup tins.
- Bake at 400F degrees until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 10- 12 minutes for the mini-muffins.
- Remove and place on wire racks to cool.
Recipe Notes
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
Here's a great video from Hungry Girl showing How to Make these Pumpkin Spice Cake Muffins...
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Sandra
Love these muffins. Easy to add whatever you want. I added cranberry, raisin mix, cinnamon, almond, vanilla & caramel balls. They're still baking! 350 20 min not enough. 375 10 more min. Cant wait to try them!
Bren
Made as directed in mini muffin tins and they took well over 30 minutes to bake it
Kathy M Matt
can I add carrots,nuts andmaybe pineappletothese muffins
Martha McKinnon
Hi Kathy,
Yes. Just make sure the pineapple is well drained. ~Martha
Woneda
Would the points change if you use sugar free cake mix?
Martha McKinnon
Hi Woneda,
Yes, the points would change. You can edit the recipe in the WW Recipe Builder to determine by how much. Hope this helps. ~Martha
Raylene
Turned out great! (I added 1/2 C nonfat Greek yogurt). Can these be frozen?
Martha McKinnon
Hi Raylene, I haven't frozen them but believe they would freeze well. ~Martha
MaryLou
I love these muffins. Healthy and very tasty. I will definitely make again.