44 Best Fall Pumpkin Desserts
In need of some new ideas and looking for the best pumpkin desserts? With the bright colors and sharp air of autumn comes pumpkin spice, pumpkin patches, and pumpkin recipes! These unique, pumpkin dessert recipes will help you feel cozy and warm in the brisk fall weather.
One of the things we love about Fall is harvesting our garden. We have some raised garden beds in our backyards, and one of our favorite things to plant in our vegetable garden is pumpkins.
The first time we had a garden, I went overboard on the pumpkin seeds. I really had no idea what I was doing. As a result, we ended up with about 30 full-size pumpkins! Obviously, I needed more than just my favorite pumpkin cookie recipe to use them all up. So I created a list of delicious pumpkin recipes, and I thought y’all might be interested as well! Think of pumpkin dessert recipes which include cream cheese frosting, pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin cheesecake and so much more!
You may also want to read these fun books about fall for kids together as a family.
Fall Recipes with Pumpkin
Pumpkin Carrot Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins
This healthy recipe for Pumpkin Carrot Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins is absolutely delicious! Eat these Pumpkin Carrot Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins for breakfast, as a quick snack, or even dessert! It’s also egg-free, since the pumpkin replaces the eggs!
Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake Recipe (with Homemade Pumpkin Butter)
Enjoy this delicious recipe for a pumpkin pecan cheesecake with homemade pumpkin butter! It’s the perfect dessert for a fall party or Thanksgiving dinner. You’ll never eat plain pumpkin pie or pecan pie again!
Amazingly Delicious Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
These delicious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies make for a perfect dessert or treat in the cooler months of autumn and winter! If you like pumpkin pie and traditional chocolate chips, you'll love these cookies!
They taste great either hot from the oven or even cold from the refrigerator. Add some whipped cream or homemade pumpkin ice cream and you'll be in heaven! Now, start thinking about pumpkin chocolate chip muffins next!
Maple Leaf Pumpkin Pie Pops
Looking for pumpkin dessert recipes or a kid-friendly fall treat to make with pie crust? These pumpkin pie pops are so easy and fun to eat! Make them for your holiday gatherings!
These tasty and easy pumpkin pie pops are so easy to make and a great way to use up canned pumpkin pie filling an extra pie crust from your holiday baking.
Weight Watchers Pumpkin Fluff Recipe
Weight Watchers Pumpkin Fluff recipe is a classic Weight Watchers recipe that you will love serving at your holiday table. This whole pumpkin roll up recipe is low in calories and fat while high in pumpkin pie flavor.
A mixture of sugar free fat free pudding mix, skim milk, pumpkin, and cool whip, this tastes like a super-creamy pumpkin pie filling.
Caramel Apple Pumpkin Pie
This Caramel Apple Pumpkin Pie screams fall and has all you love in both traditional classic recipes! It has no crust but doesn't need it. Yes, this is a crustless pumpkin pie. Topped with some ice, sour cream, and caramel sauce, it is pretty much to die for with a beautiful cream cheese frosting.
Pumpkin Spice Butterscotch Tart
The holidays are coming! And that means your crazy busy, on-the-go life is going to get even busier! This is when you need to rely on pumpkin dessert recipes that are fast and easy without sacrificing flavor like this Pumpkin Spice Butterscotch Tart! Schedules are hectic enough between work, school, events, activities, and more, so having something delicious, fast, and easy to rely on is a life saver!
Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze
Homemade cinnamon rolls are just special. There is something about homemade rolls, filling the house with their heavenly smell, that cannot be beat. These Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze are perfect for autumn – make them as often as you can to fully enjoy this time of year!
Cranberry Walnut Pumpkin Spice Bread
This Cranberry Walnut Pumpkin Spice Bread is simple to make and a great way to welcome the fall season! And because this bread is so simple, it makes a great gift.
This Cranberry Walnut Pumpkin Spice Bread is very simple and quick to make, it just has an hour long baking time. While in the oven, the smell from the bread makes your entire house smell like fall.
Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Chip cookies {gluten-free}
Technically fall is upon us. Trees are putting on a dazzling show of brilliant color changes. Apple trees are burgeoning with fruit. October lays in wait next week. It's time to release the pumpkin recipes!
These cookies taste like fall. Moist, cakey cookies with just the right amount of spice and pumpkin. Not too sweet but sweet enough that you should find a hiding place so they don't disappear in the blink of an eye!
Pumpkin Spice Snack Mix Recipe
Snack mix recipes are great to have for so many reasons. Fall hikes, after-school munchies, afternoon pick-me-up fuel, or just because snack mix is delicious and fun to eat. We have a pumpkin spice sweet and salty snack mix that's perfect for fall.
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds (A low carb Keto healthy snack!)
Crunchy Roasted Pumpkin Seeds are a perfect snack and add just the right crunch to a Fall salad like spinach and cranberry for Thanksgiving dinner.
Roasting pumpkin seeds is a Fall family tradition for many people. Try this delicious recipe – it'll become a Fall tradition for your family, too!
Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats
Usher in the fall season or really anytime you want to enjoy the tastes of fall with this tasty Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats Recipe. Pumpkin Pie spice combined with gluten free rolled oats, pumpkin puree and some Greek yogurt for a little added protein.
Delicious warmed or straight out of the fridge this recipe is sure to make you feel like you are indulging in a big ol' piece of pumpkin pie for breakfast. This recipe keeps you feeling full so you aren't looking for the actual pumpkin pie hiding in the fridge.
Pumpkin Spice Coffee Cake
This pumpkin cake is soft, moist and topped with a crunchy crumb topping. It's packed with pumpkin flavor and fall spices. You won't find an easier pumpkin cake to make! It's easy to prepare and beautiful to serve.
Butterscotch Pumpkin Bread
This soft and moist butterscotch pumpkin bread is bursting with sweet morsels of butterscotch and pumpkin spice flavor! It has all the best flavors of fall packed into a warm and cozy tasting bread.
Easy Thanksgiving Dessert: No-Bake Pumpkin Pie Truffles
Why bother baking a pie when you can make these delicious bite-sized pumpkin pie truffles instead? No baking required!
Pumpkin Dump Cake - Ready to Bake in 5 MINUTES!!!
This pumpkin dump cake is a great twist on the classic, old-fashioned pumpkin pie. It's easy to make and comes together quickly to offer a crowd-pleasing, decadent dessert that is the very best pumpkin dessert recipes, served warm and bubbly with whipped cream on top.
No-Bake Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Eclair
This No-Bake Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Eclair is very easy to make and a pretty fool proof recipe. When the leaves start turning and the air turns crisp and everyone is gearing up for apple picking and bomb fires, this recipe hits the spot!
So hurry on up to the store and grab the ingredients and your family will love you for making your very own pumpkin spice chocolate eclair.
Pumpkin Pie Bars with Shortbread Crust
These Pumpkin Pie Bars are perfectly creamy and packed full of that holiday flavor. Pumpkin pie filling is poured over a fresh baked shortbread crust baked and topped with the most amazing caramelized pecan sauce – these classic pumpkin pie bars are AMAZING!
Coconut Curry Pumpkin Soup Recipe
A twist on the good old pumpkin soup recipe, this Coconut Curry Pumpkin Soup is bursting with amazing flavors, and can be on the table in less than 15 minutes. Made with homemade pumpkin puree, creamy coconut milk and a healthy dose of Thai red curry, this is the ultimate Fall comfort food that you need in your life!
Pumpkin Mug Cake
A quick and easy microwave pumpkin mug cake. Topped with whipped cream and a cinnamon stick, this pumpkin cake is the ultimate simple fall dessert!
Pumpkin Cupcakes - Keto, Low Carb & Gluten Free
Moist and delicious cupcakes that taste like pumpkin pie with a vanilla cream cheese frosting! It's the perfect fall pumpkin spice cake recipe!
Pumpkin pie in a cupcake, these are irresistible! Top them with a smooth pumpkin cream, and creamy Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting! These Pumpkin Cupcakes are an easy to make Low Carb dessert.
Fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes - Keto, Low Carb & Gluten Free
Light and fluffy pumpkin pancakes are the perfect fall breakfast, topped with your favorite sugar-free maple syrup! This is an updated version that packs more pumpkin flavor, uses almond flour and oat fiber (see note below) and heavy cream instead of cream cheese.
Easy Crock Pot Bread Pudding | Slow Cooker Bread Pudding
This incredibly easy Slow Cooker Bread Pudding recipe has been upgraded to a Slow Cooker Pumpkin Bread Pudding with lots and lots of pecans. Easy to make and perfect for breakfast, dessert and to use up your leftover canned pumpkin puree.
Instant Pot Pumpkin Hummus - Recipes From A Pantry
Make the savoury Instant Pot Pumpkin Hummus with this no soak chickpeas recipe! With just a few pantry ingredients, you can easily make this spiced pumpkin hummus that is high in protein and healthy. Serve it up as a Fall or Thanksgiving appetizer, dip, or snack. Also great for meal prep, adding to salads, wraps and aaaaaaaaaall the sandwiches.
Chewy Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies
A Fall favorite dessert in our house, these Chewy Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies give a whole new life to fall flavor in the once only “cakey” cookie. They are a must have Fall treat! It's the perfect fall pumpkin recipe!
Mini Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffin Bites (Vegan, Allergy-Free)
Mother-In-Law-Approved Pumpkin Spring Rolls (Zero White Sugar, Gluten Free)
More Fall ideas for your family
Looking for more things to do this Fall with the family? Whether you’re looking for activities for kids, more recipe ideas, craft ideas or more, check out these guides to inspire you.
- 13 Fun Fall Activities for Kids
- 21 Fall Recipes (That Don’t Include Pumpkin)
- 19 Cute Fall Decor Ideas
- 10 Simple Fall Crafts That Kids Can Do
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Wow! Those Maple leaf pops look so cool! Can’t wait to try those this fall
These recipes look delicious! Not sure which one to choose first. Saved for later, so I can reference it during pumpkin season in a couple of weeks.
So many idea!!! I ABSOLUTELY love pumpkin. One of my favourite, it’s the super simple “cut it in pieces and put it in the oven with salt and rosemary (maybe with other veggies like potatoes or sweet potatos or carrots…). Simple, fast and tasty!!! 😀
Ah! So many different ideas! This is great to get me started planning my all my fall dishes 😀