These fall dessert recipes are easy, festive, and full of sweet, warm flavors to celebrate the season. Think spiced cookies that bake up soft and chewy, cheesecakes swirled with caramel or maple, and pies with golden, crisp crusts. Whether you’re planning a holiday spread or just craving something sweet on a cool autumn day, these easy fall desserts are guaranteed to hit the spot again and again!
The Best Fall Dessert Recipes
If you know me, you know I’m always in the kitchen baking something sweet. During the summer, I lean toward light, fruity options like key lime cookies, lemon pound cake, or strawberry cheesecake. However, as soon as the weather cools, I can’t wait to dive into the cozy flavors of fall with warm spices, pumpkin, and apples. So, to celebrate the season and get you in the mood to bake, I’ve gathered my favorite easy fall dessert recipes, perfect for everything from Thanksgiving dinner to simple weekday treats.
Easy Fall Dessert Recipes You’ll Love
Scroll through the list below, and bake everything. Or, pick your favorites. Either way, you can’t go wrong!
Pumpkin Desserts
Enjoy pumpkin in so much more than pumpkin pie with these easy pumpkin recipes!
Easy Pumpkin Pie Recipe
You can’t have a list of the best fall desserts without pumpkin pie! A foolproof take on a classic, this homemade option beats store-bought every time! And, the added brown butter — chef’s kiss!
Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats
A festive twist on a classic treat, these are sweet, gooey, spiced, and so fun to make!Â
Soft and Chewy Pumpkin Spice Cookies
With their soft, chewy texture and rich depth from molasses, these pumpkin spice cookies create an irresistible treat. A must-make every fall!Â
Moist & Flavorful Pumpkin Muffins
Ready in 30 minutes, soft, tender, and flavorful, these are perfect for a quick weekend baking session and double as breakfast or dessert.Â
Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe
Think: Classic creamy cheesecake elevated with warm spice, delicious pumpkin, brown butter, and a delicious gingersnap crust. What’s not to love?Â
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Give your favorite cookie an upgrade with warm spices. Slightly crispy around the edges yet soft and chewy in the center, you’ll be craving these cookies all year long!Â
Delicious Pumpkin Bars with Chocolate Chips
These soft, chewy pumpkin bars with chocolate chips combine warm pumpkin spice, rich brown butter, and melting chocolate for a deliciously cozy fall treat.
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars with Maple Whipped Cream
A buttery graham cracker crust is topped with a silky pumpkin cheesecake filling, then finished with fluffy maple whipped cream.Â
Apple Desserts
If you’re not baking with apples in the fall, you’re missing out! In-season through late October or November, they’re sweet, juicy, and add so much flavor to any baked good.
Easy Homemade Apple Fritters
Crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy in the center, stuffed with apple pieces, and finished with a sweet sugar glaze, these fritters are a true showstopper for any breakfast or dessert platter!Â
Apple Crisp Cheesecake Bars
Why choose between two desserts when you can have them both, thanks to these apple crisp cheesecake bars?Â
Apple Scones Recipe with Maple Icing
Tender apple scones are drizzled with a sweet maple glaze for the perfect fall breakfast or treat.
The Best Apple Crisp Recipe
This is a timeless favorite that features a soft, sweet, spiced filling and a crumbly oat topping. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce to take it over the top!Â
Delicious Apple Turnover Recipe With Puff Pastry
Flaky golden pastry is filled with warm, spiced apples for a bakery-worthy dessert at home.
Sweet Potato Desserts
Sweet potatoes aren’t just for dinner! These unique fall desserts turn the humble root veggie into rich cheesecakes, cookies, and pies with irresistible flavor.
Sweet Potato Cheesecake Bars with Maple Whipped Cream
Perfect for the holidays, these sweet potato cheesecake bars feature a brown butter crust, creamy spiced cheesecake filling, and maple whipped cream.Â
Sweet Potato Cookies
Tired of the same old desserts? Spice things up (literally) with these sweet potato cookies stuffed with gooey marshmallows!Â
Brown Butter Sweet Potato Cheesecake Recipe
Rich, nutty brown butter pairs with sweet potato for an incredible cheesecake full of fall flavor.
Brown Butter Sweet Potato Pie
A twist on a Southern classic, this pie offers incredible depth, warm spices, and nutty caramel notes that keep you coming back for more.Â
Banana Desserts
Bananas are a year-round staple, but they shine in fall desserts with warm spices and chocolatey twists. These recipes are moist, flavorful, and easy to make anytime.
Banana Bars with Chocolate Chips
The ultimate fall dessert, these bars are sweet, chocolatey, and gooey with notes of cinnamon and added richness from brown butter. They have it all! Â
Easy Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
With three layers, this cake is soft, sweet, and moist, and the tangy cream cheese frosting takes it over the top.Â
Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
These chewy, moist, and absolutely delicious banana cookies will be your favorite cookie recipe. They are good to bake all year long and will satisfy any sweet tooth!
Ultimate Banana Bread Recipe
A tried-and-true classic featuring a cinnamon sugar swirl, this is the only banana bread you’ll ever need.Â
Easy Banana Muffins with Crumb Topping
Soft, moist, easy banana muffins with ripe bananas, cinnamon, and brown butter, topped with a walnut crumb. A cozy treat perfect for breakfast or snacks!
Classic Fall Desserts
These tried-and-true desserts are perfect for holidays or weekday baking.
The BEST Cinnamon Roll Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting
Learn how to make the best cinnamon roll recipe with homemade cream cheese frosting, and you’ll never go back to store-bought again!
Biscoff Cheesecake Bars with Biscoff Whipped Cream
Creamy Biscoff cheesecake bars are made with a brown butter crust, cookie butter swirls, and a Biscoff whipped cream topping!
The Best Cinnamon Cookies RecipeÂ
These cinnamon cookies are chewy, crispy around the edges, and have a delicious cinnamon sugar swirl that is simply out of this world.
Easy Cinnamon Roll Casserole w/ Cream Cheese FrostingÂ
Elevate your favorite breakfast treat with this easy cinnamon roll casserole made with frozen cinnamon roll dough and cream cheese frosting!
The Best Carrot Cake Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting
Who doesn’t love carrot cake? My recipe is soft and moist with two layers and a sweet, tangy cream cheese frosting.Â
Homemade Salted Caramel Cheesecake
Nothing says fall like salted caramel! This cheesecake is a crowd favorite that always turns out great.Â
Brown Sugar Cookies
If you’ve never had brown sugar cookies, you’ve been seriously missing out! Soft in the center and perfectly crisp around the edges, they’re rich and sweet with lots of depth thanks to the brown sugar and molasses.Â
Honey Bun Cake
Skip the packaged options, and make this moist honey bun cake with a cinnamon sugar swirl.Â
The Best Chocolate Chess Pie
A classic Southern dessert, this pie is rich, chocolatey, and luxurious for a decadent dessert that will have your guests licking their plates.
Soft and Chewy Spice Cookies
These cookies are a mashup of snickerdoodle, gingersnap, and molasses cookies. With crisp edges and a soft, chewy center, they’re a go-to for the holidays!Â
The Best Passionfruit Cheesecake Recipe
This cheesecake is a delicious fall treat that stands out from the usual fall desserts. With passionfruit in season, its bright, tangy flavor adds a refreshing tropical twist to the cozy richness of autumn.
Moist Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Coconut cake may not be the first dessert you think of for fall, but this toasted coconut version brings a cozy, rustic charm. With soft, moist layers, tangy cream cheese buttercream, and nutty toasted coconut, it’s an elegant twist on a not-so-typical autumn treat.
I hope you found this fall dessert recipes roundup helpful! All the recipes are easy, flavorful, and ideal for sharing. If you do give any of these recipes a try, I want to know! Leave a comment with a star rating below. You can also snap a photo & tag @butterloveandsalt on INSTAGRAM. Your reviews help support Butter, Love & Salt and make it possible for me to continue to create delicious recipes.
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