Creamy pumpkin pie flavored truffles that are shaped to look like adorable mini pumpkins. These truffles are easy to make and require just 3 ingredients. The truffles are great to make for an event or for gifting.
I love making pumpkin shaped pumpkin treats because it’s very easy to create the pumpkin shape. I am especially happy with how these turned out. I also love that they are naturally orange from the pumpkin puree.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin puree
- White chocolate chips
- Graham crackers
You can also add chocolate chips to act as stems for the pumpkins but it is optional. You can use other things for the stems like toothpicks or cinnamon sticks. They look cute even without the stems.
Pumpkin puree: I used canned pumpkin puree but you can also use homemade.
White chocolate: White chocolate chips are melted down to create the base for these truffles and to provide sweetness.
Graham crackers: I used cinnamon graham crackers. If you don’t like cinnamon, you can use regular graham crackers. Or if you want the cinnamon flavor in your pumpkin truffles but can’t find graham crackers that have cinnamon added, then you can add cinnamon into your batter. Graham crackers are crushed until fine crumbs in a food processor. They add a pie crust flavor to the pumpkin truffles. The graham crackers also help thicken the truffle mixture.
How to Make Pumpkin Truffles
- The white chocolate and pumpkin puree are first melted until smooth. The graham cracker crumbs are then stirred in. The mixture is refrigerated until it becomes solid enough to roll and shape.
- Use a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the mixture and roll into smooth balls. Use a toothpick to create vertical lines that resemble the ridges on a pumpkin.
- If using chocolate chips, gently press one on top of each pumpkin truffle. Keep truffles in the fridge until ready to serve.
More Truffle Recipes
3 Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Truffles
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (128 g) white chocolate chips see note
- 1/3 cup (75 g) pumpkin puree
- 24 cinnamon graham crackers finely crushed in food processor until flour-like consistency (about 90 g)
Optional
- 16 milk chocolate chips for pumpkin stems
Instructions
- Add chocolate and pumpkin to a microwave-safe bowl and melt in 15-30 second intervals, stirring in between with a spatula, until the chocolate is fully melted, smooth and uniform in color.
- Stir in the graham cracker crumbs until evenly incorporated. Adding the graham crackers should thicken the mixture. Place into the fridge to set (about 1 hour). You want the dough to be firm enough to roll between your palms.
- Use a 1 tbsp cookie scoop to scoop the dough and roll between your palms to form a smooth ball. Repeat with remaining mixture. Place each dough ball onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Use a toothpick to create vertical lines around each ball. Start from the top and work your way down, spacing the lines evenly to mimic the ridges of a pumpkin. I did 7 lines per ball. If using, gently press a chocolate chip on top of each pumpkin to act as the stem.
- Place truffles back into the fridge for about 30 minutes to firm up a little more before serving. Or keep them stored in the fridge until ready to be served. Uneaten leftover truffles should be stored in the fridge.
Notes
- White chocolate chips: I used Nestle brand white morsels (Amazon | Target | Walmart).* You do want to use a good brand because some of the generic store brands and cheaper brands don't melt well. Also make sure to use a fresh bag of white chocolate chips because old white chocolate chips also don't melt well.
- You don't need to use real white chocolate. White baking chips are fine. In the US, white baking chips are commonly referred to as white chocolate chips which is why I use the two terms interchangeably. However, they are not technically white chocolate because they don't contain cocoa butter, so they are always labeled white baking chips or white morsels.
- For the stems, I used Hershey's milk chocolate chips (Amazon | Walmart).*
- *These product links are affiliate links. This means I earn a commission from qualifying purchases.
- I used cinnamon graham crackers so that the pumpkin truffles have a nice cinnamon flavor included. If you can't find cinnamon graham crackers, you can add 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon to your truffle mixture. The truffles also taste great with graham crackers without cinnamon.
- 24 graham crackers will yield a little under 1 cup of finely crushed graham cracker crumbs. I recommend using a food processor to pulse the graham crackers to fine crumbs until they become flour-like in consistency.
- Nutrition estimate does not include the chocolate chip pumpkin stems.
Nutrition
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
