These 3 ingredient pumpkins muffins are the easiest muffin recipe to make, ever. Throw three simple ingredients into a bowl, stir and bake. Perfect way to simplify your mornings in the fall, especially if you love all things pumpkin!

Why I Love This Recipe
Want to make delicious pumpkin muffins, but just don't have the time to pull off a huge baking feat to start the day? These 3 ingredient pumpkin muffins are about to change your life.
Here's how:
- These are the easiest pumpkin muffins you'll ever make. What other breakfast recipe requires only 3 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep time?!
- Cake mix recipes are magic! Everything you need is already hiding in the box. Your job is to dump, mix and bake.
- All of the mixing is done in a single bowl, so no hand mixer is required! Limited dishes and minimal effort.
- This is the perfect recipe for adding extra ingredients! There are some great ideas in the recipe ingredients section below.
- You'll suddenly have an abundance of time in the morning!
- Cake mix pumpkin muffins are obviously the perfect fall breakfast treat, but they also work perfectly for school lunches.
Recipe Ingredients

Spice cake mix - Spiced cake mix adds a cozy fall flavor, with its warm, inviting spices. However, you can rely on the pumpkin puree for this warmth and use a yellow or white cake mix instead.
Or turn them into chocolate pumpkin muffins by using a box of devil's food cake mix or regular chocolate cake mix!
Pumpkin puree - How much pumpkin you add depends on how much pumpkin flavor you're hoping to achieve. Want a super pumpkiny muffin? Add one can of pumpkin puree. Looking for just a hint of pumpkin? Use half the can.
Eggs - There's no need to set your eggs out at room temperature before preparing these muffins. Grab them from the fridge and crack right into your mixing bowl.
Optional mix-ins - Add up to 1 cup total of any of the following additional ingredients to give your taste buds a treat: semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips, cinnamon chips or raisins.
How to Make 3 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place muffin liners in a muffin tin and set aside.
Step 2
In a large bowl, combine one box of spice cake mix, pumpkin puree and eggs.

Stir until free of lumps. Add 1/4 cup of the muffin batter to each cupcake liner.

Step 3
Bake in the preheated oven for 20-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Serve warm with butter!
Store leftover muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

Prep 3-Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins Ahead of Time
- Make this easy recipe even easier by preparing the batter the night before.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Remove from fridge 20 minutes before baking.
- Prepare as directed and bake!
- Alternatively, prepare the entire recipe the night before and warm them up in the morning, as needed.
Recipe Notes
- The batter can stick to paper liners! Squirt a small amount of cooking spray inside the liners before adding the batter.
- Spruce these up by adding a sprinkling of turbinado sugar to the top of the muffins before baking.
- These muffins hold the shape you leave the batter in. Smooth it out with the back of a spoon before baking to achieve a uniform shape.
- You can also use an ice cream scoop or a cookie scoop to fill the liners with.
- Use a mini muffin pan to create mini muffins! Fill mini liners two thirds full and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cooking time may vary.
How To Make Homemade Pumpkin Puree
Pumpkin puree is a pantry staple in the fall when fall baking is in full force. For a super fresh pumpkin flavor, consider making Instant Pot pumpkin puree!
What To Do With Pumpkin Puree
Pumpkin puree is a pantry staple in the fall when fall baking is in full force. Aside from the obvious (turning it into pumpkin pie filling), you might be wondering what to make with pumpkin puree so you can use up all of those scrumptious cans!
Here are a few delicious ideas:
- Add canned pumpkin puree to your next bowl of oatmeal.
- Toss with sweet potatoes, butternut squash and apples on a baking sheet and roast in the oven.
- Turn it into pumpkin cheesecake, cake or bars or any dessert that needs a fall flavor.
- Throw some into your next batch of cookies to create pumpkin chocolate chip cookies or pillowy pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting.
- Used as a main ingredient in any pasta filling is delicious.
- Stir into a bowl of ice cream or applesauce.
- Create a creamy pumpkin soup or pumpkin chili with it.
- Spread it over your next piece of toast for a fun breakfast.
- Add it to pancakes or French toast batter for a delicious breakfast twist.
- Create pumpkin waffles by adding a bit to your waffle batter
More Easy Breakfast Ideas
- 3 ingredient banana muffins
- No bake granola bars
- Olive oil scrambled eggs
- Fried egg on toast
- Cake mix chocolate muffins

3 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Ingredients
- 13.25 oz spice cake mix
- 15 oz pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place cupcake liners in a muffin tin and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pumpkin puree and eggs. Stir until free of lumps. Add 1/4 cup of the batter to each liner.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Serve warm with butter!
Notes
- The batter can stick to paper liners! Squirt a small amount of cooking spray inside the liners before adding the batter.
- Spruce these up by adding a sprinkling of turbinado sugar to the top of the muffins before baking.
- These muffins hold the shape you leave the batter in. Smooth it out with the back of a spoon before baking to achieve a uniform shape.
- You can also use an ice cream scoop or a cookie scoop to fill the liners with.
- Use a mini muffin pan to create mini muffins! Fill mini liners two thirds full and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cooking time may vary.
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