36 Easy Fall Desserts – Pumpkin, Apple & More!

Sharing everyone’s most-loved fall baking recipes today! This collection includes all our favorites — pumpkin, apple, fun and spooky Halloween treats, and even a few Thanksgiving classics. We’ve got cookies, bars, candies, pies, rolls, and more. If you’re looking for something delicious to bake up this fall, you’ll definitely find it here!

One of my favorite things to do lately on Sunday nights is hop on Instagram. I rarely spend much time scrolling or watching stories — that’s just never been my thing. What I love to do instead is go straight to my DMs and look through all of your messages. Most of the Saturday and Sunday notes are tags from you guys sharing what you’re baking on your own stories! It’s so clear that fall baking season is on.

This past weekend was one of the busiest baking weekends yet, and I loved seeing it all — pumpkin cakes, warm cookies, apple French toast — everything looked so cozy and delicious!

It’s always so fun to see the recipes you all love making at home. I thought today would be the perfect time, just ahead of the weekend, to round up some of our top baking recipes. There’s so much goodness below — pumpkin sweets, apple-filled desserts, plenty of pecans, cozy drinks, and so much cinnamon spice (and everything nice!).

Over the last 13+ years, I’ve shared so many fall baking recipes that I’ve adored — these are some of the best. I truly thrive this time of year!

I’m so excited to bring these recipes back to life today. Please let me know a couple of things in the comments — first, which fall recipes you bake on repeat, and second, what new recipes you’d love to see me share over the next few weeks.

I can’t believe how close Halloween is — with Thanksgiving right behind! I’m already planning ahead for you guys, and we have so much in store this holiday season!

Here Are 36 Easy Fall Desserts

Pumpkin Spice Mini Cake

3.90 from 20 votes

8

Topped with the dreamiest maple brown butter cream cheese frosting. So fun for Halloween and Thanksgiving!

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Salted Caramel Apple Rice Krispie Treats

3.24 from 26 votes

24 bars

Extra gooey with toasted marshmallows, cider caramel, and dried apples. Easy, cozy, and so fun!

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Chai Spiced Apple Butter Muffin Bread

4.92 from 12 votes

1 loaf (8 servings)

A cozy fall loaf with cream cheese ribbons throughout and chai crumble on top. Perfect weekend baking!

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Brown Sugar Maple Pumpkin Butter Cookies

3.35 from 38 votes

24 cookies

Soft and chewy, chocolatey, maple-glazed pumpkin cookies, perfect for cozy fall baking!

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Cream Cheese Swirled Cinnamon Pumpkin Butter Bread

4.40 from 759 votes

16 2 loaves

Enjoy warm right out of the oven with a smear of salted honey butter. Perfect for all the autumn weekends ahead!

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Pumpkin Spice Pecan Latte

4.25 from 4 votes

2 lattes

Fall in a mug with maple pecan whipped cream…the cozy, homemade version of your favorite pumpkin spice latte!

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Brown Sugar Maple Pecan Cookie Pie

4.70 from 26 votes

8

THE gooey, yummy pie to add to this year's Thanksgiving menu, but it can easily be served all season long!

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Glazed Honeycrisp Apple Fritter Cake

4.92 from 23 votes

8

Kind of like an apple fritter – but in cake form…the ultimate fall treat; prepare to become obsessed!

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Pumpkin Butter Cinnamon Rolls with Coffee Icing

5 from 9 votes

12 rolls

Soft, fluffy, gooey, and perfectly spiced with warm autumn spices. You're going to love them!

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Salted Chocolate Caramel Apple Bark

2.46 from 24 votes

12

Sweet, salty, chewy, and chocolatey — the ultimate fall treat for parties and gifting!

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Frosted Butter Pecan Cookies

4.85 from 19 votes

22 cookies

A new favorite cookie for the season of baking, sharing, and gifting…absolutely scrumptious!

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Baked Cinnamon Apple Butter French Toast

3.85 from 20 votes

8

French toast stuffed with apple butter, baked with cinnamon apples, and topped with salted maple cream for the coziest autumn morning!

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Frosted Soft Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

4.88 from 8 votes

24 cookies

Made with classic autumn flavors, fun to bake, and delicious to eat. The perfect Fall and Thanksgiving cookies!

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Cinnamon Swirl Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookie Bars

4.94 from 15 votes

24 bars

THE cookie bars to make throughout the fall season…perfect for Halloween and Thanksgiving!

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Cinnamon Sugar Swirled Apple Butter Bread

4.91 from 163 votes

1 loaf

Slightly healthier and better than any coffee shop, this yummy bread is a real fall treat!

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Fluffy Pumpkin Butter Chocolate Chip Pancakes

4.91 from 50 votes

8 pancakes

Best enjoyed with a pat of salted butter and a pour of maple syrup – simple and perfect!

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Chocolate Bourbon Chai Latte Cupcakes with Butter Pecan Frosting

4.53 from 48 votes

15 cupcakes

These cupcakes will be the hit of your Thanksgiving desserts, plus your kitchen will smell amazing!

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Easy Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cake

4.92 from 73 votes

15

Better than the bakery, enjoy the warm smells of fall as this cake bakes away…a quintessential fall treat!

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Cinnamon Spiced Sugar Cookies with Browned Butter Frosting

4.21 from 251 votes

60 cookies

Super cute pumpkin shaped sugar cookies…soft, sweet, loaded with cinnamon flavor, so delicious and so easy! Because it’s basically October…and time for all things pumpkin! 

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Milk Chocolate Stuffed Jack-O’-Lantern Cookies

4.14 from 315 votes

30 (30 cookies)

Sweet milk chocolate, sandwiched between spiced brown sugar cookies, and finished with a light dusting of cinnamon sugar. Perfect for both a spooky Halloween night or an elegant Thanksgiving dinner…or just when you need a deliciously sweet chocolate filled cookie!

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Monster Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

4.22 from 328 votes

20

These one bowl homemade oatmeal cookie bars with chocolate chips and Reese’s Pieces are the perfect way to use up any leftover Halloween candy. They’re super easy, festive for both Halloween and Thanksgiving, and most importantly, everyone LOVES them!

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Chai Latte Cupcakes with Caramel Brulée Frosting

4.54 from 225 votes

24 cupcakes

Each bite is filled with sweet chai spiced cake and light fluffy frosting…Autumn in a cupcake!

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Brown Butter Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

4.89 from 172 votes

18 -22 cookies

Easy to make, no chilling, under 30 mins…the perfect fall pumpkin cookie. Equally perfect for Halloween and Thanksgiving!

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Mini Apple Cider Cakes

4.26 from 247 votes

15 cakes

Best enjoyed warm, preferably with a mug of cocoa or a latte. The perfect way to celebrate the autumn apple season!

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Brown Butter Apple Blondies with Cinnamon Maple Glaze

4.14 from 1435 votes

24 bars

If there was ever a recipe that screams fall, it’s these easy, soft, and gooey blondies!

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Brown Butter Iced Mocha Cinnamon Rolls

4.54 from 386 votes

12

Easy, buttery, soft, and fluffy. Frosted with a warming brown butter and espresso icing – perfect for Christmas morning!

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Apple Cinnamon Rolls with Brown Butter Maple Icing

4.71 from 467 votes

12 rolls

Soft, fluffy, and perfectly spiced…just the autumn breakfast we’re all looking for!

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Vanilla Chai Pumpkin Latte Cupcakes with Cinnamon Brown Sugar Frosting

4.08 from 2482 votes

16 cupcakes

The perfect pairing of fall flavors…autumn in a sweet cupcake!

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Cinnamon Swirl Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Butter Bread

4.24 from 860 votes

1 loaf

Embracing the cozy fall days with autumn's best bread…enjoy it warm right out of the oven!

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Pumpkin Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies.

4.40 from 453 votes

24 cookies

Slightly crisp on the edges, but soft and gooey in the middle. Perfect for Halloween night or Thanksgiving dinner…or simply when in need of a deliciously sweet pumpkin chocolate chip cookie.

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Spooky Homemade Twix Bars

3.60 from 5 votes

16 Twix

Pack them up and take them to the school Halloween party. Or serve them up at your adult-filled Halloween bash!

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Hocus Pocus Spellbook Brownies

4.41 from 42 votes

9 brownies

Start out by making a batch of my favorite one bowl brownies. Cut the brownies into nine squares, dip through chocolate, add a jumbo candy eye, and then decorate with some lines of frosting. Simple as that.

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Spooky Halloween Pretzels

4.65 from 14 votes

24 pretzels

All we’re really doing here is taking some large pretzel twists and pretzel rods, covering them in melted dark and white chocolate, and decorating to make them “spooky”. It really doesn’t get much easier than these here pretzels. And the best part is how much fun they are to make…for everyone from kids to adults!

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BOO! Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

4.50 from 178 votes

24 bars

No oven time, 7 ingredients, no processed sugar…deliciously EASY, fun to make, homemade Halloween treats!

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Halloween Monster Mash Cookies

4.69 from 116 votes

20 cookies

Festive, easy, and gravely spooky…each bite is slightly crisp on the edges but soft and gooey in the center!

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Cream Cheese Swirled Cinnamon Pumpkin Coffee Cake

4.82 from 86 votes

12

Serve this for brunch or dessert from now through Thanksgiving…a wonderful cake for autumn days!

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If you make any of these 30 Easy Fall Desserts, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And, of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!