Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

My friend recently brought these delicious mini muffins to my house recently and then shared with me that they were a Weight Watchers recipe using only two ingredients!  Of course, you know I was going to be all over it since apparently it was THAT easy, right??

SOoooo, I decided that I had to make it a little bit of my own and add another ingredient AND top it off with a healthier version of cream cheese frosting.  And here I am, sharing it with you!  Honestly, there are SOOOooo many versions of this on the web I don’t know who to credit so I’m going to say I adapted this from the Weight Watchers version.

Super easy, super yummy, and super low calorie!

Ingredients:
Cookies:
Boxed spice cake mix

1 – 15oz can of pumpkin puree

1 tsp vanilla

Frosting:
1 – 8oz block of 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened

4 T maple syrup

1 tsp maple extract

Preparation:

Preheat your oven to 350.

In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, pumpkin puree and vanilla.  That’s all – mix it up real good!

Using a scoop or just a plain ole regular spoon, place spoonfuls (or scoopfuls) of the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet or parchment-lined baking sheet.

Bake for 18 minutes.

While the cookies are baking, grab a small bowl and mix together the cream cheese, maple syrup and maple extract until smooth.  Set aside.

Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes on the pan and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Once cooled, frost the cookies…and that’s it!  I also sprinkled some pumpkin pie spice on top for added festiveness.  Look at that adorable adorableness:

I honestly could eat the entire batch of these…they are that good.  I think the frosting just puts these over the top!

Nutrition:
My scoops made 49 cookies.

Serving size is one cookie with frosting.

Calories 56 / Carbs 10g / Fat 1g / Protein 1g / Fiber 0g / Sodium 86mg