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# The Internet's Favorite Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe with Maya Kosoff
- URL: https://couchpotatocook.ghost.io/the-internets-favorite-pumpkin-chocolate/
- Published: 2024-11-14T18:05:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T09:06:02.000Z
- Description: These cookies - and the surprisingly simple recipe - go viral every Fall
- Author: Mallory Carra
- Tags: Podcast

### Welcome to Couch Potato Cook, a podcast that blends two of my favorite things: food and pop culture.

### Today, my guest is [Maya Kosoff](https://www.mayakosoff.com/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io).

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Maya Kosoff and the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

You’ve likely come across a viral pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe somewhere on Instagram or Substack. Usually, you’ll see a name tagged in the post: Maya Kosoff. Many people even call them “The Maya Kosoff Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies.” But Maya herself says this isn’t her recipe per se, but she’s happy to spread the word.

In this podcast’s very first episode, I talk to Maya Kosoff about this incredible pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe, a delicious cakey cookie, a viral sensation and an enduring recipe that people just love to make. 

Maya is a former journalist and the CEO and co-owner of [18 Olives](https://www.18olives.com/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io), an editorial consultancy based in New York City with a great food name. 

*Note: This episode was recorded before Election Day 2024* 😞*. Since then, I stress-baked the cookies and brought them to the USC Annenberg Media Center again for another set of students. I didn’t record their reaction, but it’s safe to say they were a hit.*

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### The Recipe

Highly recommend following the recipe at Easy Gay Oven. Eric King, a much better cook than me, notes certain key adjustments to the recipe.

[Pumpkin Chocolate Chip CookiesEverything remotely popular online is deemed “viral” nowadays — from a video racking up a measly million views to memes that ended up defining the first month of a whole presidential campaign. Some recipes, like the recent cucumber salad explosion, go bona-fide![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f0/31f04d57-b044-43f8-bd1f-bb4827714897/content/images/2026/07/6a365737-ffc8-45d3-bff8-76ab5f4ab318_1280x1280.png)easygayoven](https://easygayoven.substack.com/p/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-cookies)

### Links Mentioned

- **Maya Kosoff on Medium:** [The Cookie Recipe I’ll Be Baking Through The End Times](https://kosoff.medium.com/the-cookie-recipe-ill-be-baking-through-the-end-times-55e04a2a68fb?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)
- **Maya Kosoff on Medium:** [Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies: The Remix](https://kosoff.medium.com/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-cookies-the-remix-3a1509b35be2?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)
- **Easy Gay Oven:** Eric King’s [viral video of the recipe](https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/two%5Ffactor?igsh=MTBlZjE4YzMxOA%3D%3D&next=%2Freel%2FDBOzzE2JCF2%2F%3Figsh%3DMTBlZjE4YzMxOA%3D%3D&ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)
- **pithy outcomes (Maya’s Substack):** [Spare some anger for the Bustle layoffs, too](https://maya.substack.com/p/spare-some-anger-for-the-bustle-layoffs)
- **Smitten Kitchen**: [Tangy Braised Chickpeas recipe](https://smittenkitchen.com/2020/09/tangy-braised-chickpeas/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)
- **NYT Cooking:** Melissa Clark’s [Lemon Poppyseed Poundcake recipe](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014800-lemon-poppy-seed-poundcake?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)
- **Hailee Catalano:** Her [recipes and official site](https://cafehailee.com/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)
- **TikTok:** Chuck and Hailee’s [@2peoplecooking](https://www.tiktok.com/@2peoplecooking?lang=en&ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io) Friday Night Dinners

*This episode uses music from* [*Epidemic Sound*](https://www.epidemicsound.com/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io) *and “Be Right Back” by Heston Mimms from* [*Imuno*](https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)*.*