Skip the lines and save a few pennies with these easy and delicious pumpkin spice recipes.
After all, what could be better than filling your home with the sweet smell of pumpkin and cinnamon? It’s what Fall is all about!
And we’re not just talking about lattes and pumpkin bread. Oh no! You’ll find everything from pumpkin cheesecake and rice pudding to spiced martinis and pancakes.
With these fantastic pumpkin spice recipes, we’ve got you covered from breakfast and lunch, all the way to after-dinner drinks.
1. Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
Start your day right with these decadent but wholesome pumpkin muffins. They’re tasty, guilt-free, and will boost your energy to a hundred.
The combination of pumpkin puree and honey makes these muffins incredibly moist and full of flavor. The whole wheat flour and oats make it hearty, without being too heavy.
Finished off with turbinado sugar, these treats get a wonderfully crunchy muffin top.
2. Pumpkin Bread
This quick bread recipe is unbelievably easy to make, and it’s ridiculously delicious to boot.
You’ll love how tender, fluffy, and moist this pumpkin bread is. The combination of sugar, pumpkin, and pumpkin pie spice gives it the most wonderful flavor combination, as well.
Pro-tip: if you don’t have pumpkin pie spice on hand, just make your own blend! It’s an easy mix of cinnamon, allspice, ginger, and nutmeg.
3. Pumpkin Spice Martini
No fall brunch is complete without this luscious pumpkin spice martini. This is a relatively simple fall cocktail, but one I know you’ll come back to again and again.
In this variation, you’ll add pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and a splash of Bailey’s to the traditional recipe. It transforms the standard martini from tasty to irresistible!
4. Pumpkin Roll
If you think cake rolls are too complex for a newbie-baker, this recipe will prove you wrong.
This pumpkin roll is surprisingly easy, and it is loaded with autumn goodness.
The cake is nice and moist and perfectly flavored with pumpkin and spices. The cream cheese filling is decadent, yet light and airy.
They’re rolled together to create a stunning, show-stopping fall dessert that would be great for the holidays.
5. Classic Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake
This cheesecake has a lovely pumpkin flavor from the crust to the filling. It’s a double dose of pumpkin spice, and your fall-loving heart will surely enjoy it.
Besides the flawless crust and filling, this cheesecake is finished off with a sweet-n-salty caramel drizzle for a wonderful flavor contrast.
6. Crockpot Pumpkin Pie Dump Cake
With pumpkin pie filling at the bottom and a light, fluffy cake on top, this dessert is a cross between a pie and a cake.
Don’t worry, there’s no need to prepare two separate components to whip up this dessert. True to its name, all you’ll need is to dump the ingredients in a crockpot, and wait for the magic to happen.
7. Starbucks Pumpkin Muffins (Copycat Recipe)
Move over, Starbucks! These pumpkin muffins are just as good- if not better – the OG!
It’s not fair to wait a whole year before you can enjoy the goodness of a Starbucks pumpkin muffin. That’s why I made it my mission to figure out the recipe for myself.
Spoiler alert: it wasn’t that hard.
From the pecans and spices to the cream cheese filling in the middle, these copycat muffins are on point.
8. Pumpkin Spice Cream Puffs
These pumpkin spice cream puffs add a wonderful fall flair to the classic French dessert.
Traditional cream puffs are made of crisp profiteroles filled with whipped cream or custard cream.
Not in this variation. A filling of outrageously tasty pumpkin pudding will be used instead. You’re welcome!
9. Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
Start your morning with this bright and tasty pumpkin pie smoothie.
With this breakfast drink, you’ll get notes of pumpkin, maple, and cinnamon. It truly tastes like pumpkin pie but in smoothie form.
The consistency won’t disappoint, either – wonderfully thick, creamy, and smooth.
10. Pumpkin Spice Pancakes
Here’s another breakfast dish that’ll get you ready for the day ahead! These pumpkin pie pancakes are wonderfully tall and fluffy, and they burst with your favorite fall flavors.
The pancakes themselves are already loaded with pumpkin and spice, but you’ll take them to an even higher level with a drizzle of pumpkin maple syrup.
Double the pumpkin, double the flavor.
11. Pumpkin Butterscotch Spice Cake Trifle
Pumpkin and butterscotch together in one? This is autumn dessert at its best!
This trifle has beautiful layers of spiced pumpkin cake crumbs, pumpkin spice pudding, and whipped cream.
Imagine all those delightful components together in one, amazing bite. If that doesn’t spark joy, I don’t know what will.
12. No-Bake Pumpkin Tiramisu
Cassic tiramisu has a predominantly coffee flavor. This version adds pumpkin spice to the mix.
Is it a good combination? Let’s just put it this way: when I made this for my family, it disappeared in minutes.
13. The Best Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte
Skip the lines at Starbucks and make your very own pumpkin spice latte at home.
This recipe yields a fall beverage so good you can fool anyone into thinking it’s store-bought.
From the sweet pumpkin and warming fall spices to the whipped cream on top, it’s wonderfully indulgent.
14. Pumpkin Spice Rice Pudding
This rice pudding transforms the humble grain into a mind-blowing dessert.
It’s best served hot, making it a perfect snack on a chilly day. Its flavors are on point, as well – sweet with just the right amount of spice.
This pudding is primarily soft and moist. Mix in golden raisins and chopped pecans for a nice textural contrast.
15. Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe
If you’re not saving your pumpkin seeds, you’re missing out! Take this as the sign to give this addictive snack a try.
Roasted pumpkin seeds are incredibly crispy, crunchy, and bursting with fall flavors.
And they’re healthy, to boot. Packed with vitamins and minerals, they’re also gluten and soy-free.
16. Pumpkin Custard
This custard is the pumpkin dessert of my dreams. It’s so smooth, creamy, and velvety that I just can’t get enough.
Flavored with brown sugar, pumpkin, and pumpkin pie spice, its autumn flavors are undeniable.
It’s finished off with a buttery topping of brown sugar, pecans, whipped cream, cinnamon, and butter for extra flavor and texture.
17. 21-Day Fix Pumpkin Blondies
Blondies may not be as popular as brownies, but I think they’re worthy of the top spot.
Tender, slightly chewy, and full of yummy caramel goodness, these ultra-thick cookie bars are downright irresistible.
These babies are sweet and bursting with pumpkin flavor, not to mention the perfect amount of spice.
The best part? These delights are Weight Watchers and 21-Day Fix friendly!
18. Pumpkin Spice Crisp
Classic apple crisp is great, but this pumpkin version is to die for. This will quickly become your new favorite.
It’s sweet and buttery with a fantastic pumpkin spice flavor.
It’s light and fluffy at the bottom and crisp and crumbly on top. That’s what I call the perfect taste and texture combination.
19. Pumpkin Spice Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
How adorable are these pumpkin sugar cookies? One look and you already know they’re the perfect fall dessert.
These sugar cookies are crisp around the edges and soft in the middle. Infused with pumpkin pie spice, they don’t just look like pumpkins, but taste like them, too.
20. Pumpkin Pull-Apart Bread
I’m so obsessed with this pull-apart bread! It’s so ridiculously addictive, one bite will get you hooked.
Surprisingly, it couldn’t be more simple.
As complex as it may seem, it’s actually just a simple canned biscuit recipe with pumpkin pie filling and a dreamy cream cheese glaze.
21. 15-Minute Baked Pumpkin Donuts
Making traditional yeasted donuts is very time-consuming. From kneading to proofing the dough, you’ll need about four to five hours to make your own donuts.
Thankfully, you don’t have to go through all that to enjoy these amazing pumpkin donuts. Just 15 minutes, and they’re ready to be devoured.
22. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
Pumpkin and chocolate chips are combined to make a glorious bread loaf. This classic combination never disappoints.
The cake is outrageously moist, thanks to pumpkin puree, brown sugar, and molasses. And it’s extra decadent, thanks to the chocolate in the mix.
23. Pumpkin Delight
This dessert has a crunchy and buttery pecan crust, followed by layers and layers of creamy pumpkin filling, sweetened cream cheese, and whipped cream.
As if it couldn’t get any more delightful, it’s topped with crunchy pecans, for good measure.
24. Easy Pumpkin Mousse
This pumpkin mousse is an amazing blend of heavy cream, pumpkin, brown sugar, and fall spices.
It’s smooth, silky, and brimming with wonderful fall flavors!
They get extra points for looking so elegant in those small glasses, as well.
25. Pumpkin Spice Fudge
These pumpkin spice fudge squares are incredibly chewy, ooey-gooey, and packed with all the goodness of fall.
The squares are made of butter, cream, sugar, pumpkin puree, white chocolate, and marshmallow creme. Delicious is an understatement.
But it doesn’t end there. They’re topped with caramel, powdered sugar, and crushed gingersnap cookies, too!
These sweet treats definitely make life better.