Easy Pumpkin Cupcakes with Peanut Butter (Vegan)

Pumpkin cupcakes with peanut butter are soft and moist, easy to make, perfectly spiced, and a must-try recipe this fall season.

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Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

Happy Fall! These are the best pumpkin cupcakes you will make this autumn and holiday season. They are perfectly soft and moist, easy to make with basic ingredients, eggless, vegan and dairy-free, and perfectly pumpkin-spiced, just like pumpkin pie.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour: Base of the batter.
Baking powder and baking soda: Helps your cupcakes rise.
Pumpkin spice: Store-bought or homemade pumpkin spice can be used, or add 1 teaspoon cinnamon with ¼ teaspoon of ginger and cloves and a pinch of nutmeg.
Oil: For a moist cupcakes
Sugar: Sweetener in your cupcakes. Light, brown, or granulated sugar, anything will work.
Peanut butter: I love adding to my baking recipes. Adds moisture and flavor.
Pumpkin puree: Use store-bought canned pumpkin puree for the recipe.

See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

Step-by-step instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F or 180 degrees C. Line the muffin pan with cupcake liners and keep it aside.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin spice in one bowl. Whisk together oil, sugar, pumpkin puree, and peanut butter.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until combined. The batter will be thick.
• Fill up to ⅔ of the liners with the cupcake batter. Top it with chocolate chips.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let the cupcakes cool completely.

Tips

• Make ahead: These cupcakes can be made a day in advance, covered, and stored at room temperature.
• Any leftovers can be stored in an airtight conatiner in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
• Instead of pumpkin spice, you can use 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon of clove, ginger, and a pinch of nutmeg.
• To make it oil-free, apple sauce can also be used.
• For baking, I prefer canned pumpkin over homemade pumpkin puree for best results.
• I have used store-bought crunchy peanut butter. If using plain peanut butter, then you can add up to ¾ cup of sugar.

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Recipe card

Easy Pumpkin Cupcakes with Peanut Butter (Vegan)

Kushi

Pumpkin cupcakes with peanut butter are soft and moist, easy to make, perfectly spiced, and a must-try recipe this fall season.

5 from 12 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Desserts, sweets

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Calories 219 kcal

Equipment

• ▢
  Muffin pan

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 cup All purpose flour
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Baking soda
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Salt
• ▢ 2 teaspoon Pumpkin spice
• ▢ ¼ cup Oil
• ▢ ½ cup Brown Sugar
• ▢ 1 ¼ cup Pumpkin puree
• ▢ ½ cup Peanut butter
• ▢ 4 tablespoon Chocolate chips

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F or 180 degrees C. Line the muffin pan with cupcake liners and keep it aside.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin spice in one bowl. Whisk together oil, sugar, pumpkin puree, and peanut butter.
  1 cup All purpose flour, 1 teaspoon Baking powder, ½ teaspoon Baking soda, ½ teaspoon Salt, 2 teaspoon Pumpkin spice
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until combined. The batter will be thick.
  ¼ cup Oil, ½ cup Brown Sugar, 1 ¼ cup Pumpkin puree, ½ cup Peanut butter
• Fill up to ⅔ of the liners with the cupcake batter. Top it with chocolate chips.
  4 tablespoon Chocolate chips
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let the cupcakes cool completely.

Notes

• Make ahead: These cupcakes can be made a day in advance, covered, and stored at room temperature.
• Any leftovers can be stored in an airtight conatiner in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
• Instead of pumpkin spice, you can use 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon of clove, ginger, and a pinch of nutmeg.
• To make it oil-free, apple sauce can also be used.
• For baking, I prefer canned pumpkin over homemade pumpkin puree for best results.
• I have used store-bought crunchy peanut butter. If using plain peanut butter, then you can add up to ¾ cup of sugar.

Nutrition

Calories: 219kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 4gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 0.3mgSodium: 228mgPotassium: 165mgFiber: 2gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 3974IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 44mgIron: 1mg

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Note: We originally posted this recipe for pumpkin cupcakes in Oct 2015. It has now been modified in Sep 2023 with Expert Chef Tips, FAQs, Storage Instructions, etc.