These delicious pumpkin desserts are perfect for the fall season. You'll find a wide variety from no bake treats to cookies and cupcakes. If you want something other than the standard pie, you've come to the right place.
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Pumpkin flavors are usually one of the highlights of the fall season. Pumpkin spice everything, right? The sweet flavor of pumpkin mixes well with fruits and spices making it perfect to use in many different desserts.
We have selected just the very best pumpkin desserts to include here based on the following criteria: ease of making, ability to serve a crowd, overall flavor profile. So, keep scrolling to pick our your new favorite non-pie pumpkin treat.
No Bake Pumpkin Desserts
Wanna skip the baking all together? Try out some of these delicious and easy no bake treats.
Pumpkin Shaped Rice Krispie Treats
Pumpkin shaped rice krispie treats are super easy to make with just 3 ingredients, a little food coloring and some icing and sprinkles (if you want). They are a cute treat that is also great for kids to help with.
Why they're good: you can customize these any way you like including adding pumpkin flavor, or changing the way that you decorate them completely.
Pumpkin Pie Rice Krispie Treats
Want the look of a pie, but not the flavor? Try out these fun pumpkin pie rice krispie treats. They are an orange colored rice krispie treat, pressed into a pie pan and decorated with whipped cream.
Why they're good: this is a fun and festive dessert to add to a dessert table. You can also customize it to make it actually flavored like pumpkin, if you want.
Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats
Pumpkin spice rules the world! Try out these pumpkin spice rice krispie treats that take your standard, ooey gooey marshmallow treat and scale it up with real pumpkin puree and spices.
Why they're good: these are super flavorful, and you can adjust how much spice you add if you want. Plus, you can use cookie cutters to cut them into fun fall or pumpkin shapes.
No Bake Pumpkin Pie
Want some pumpkin pie, but want to skip the baking and hot oven? Try this super easy, no bake pumpkin pie that is sweet, creamy and delicious.
Why they're good: this literally only takes a few minutes to prepare. Plus you can easily make several of these all at once to serve for large gatherings.
Pumpkin Cookies & Cakes
These cookies and cakes are pumpkin flavored - or pumpkin decorated. They are all easy and delicious baked goods.
Lunchbox Cake
Though this one doesn't taste like pumpkin, it's decorated like one. This Halloween lunchbox cake is a cute and unique dessert.
Why they're good: easily customize this by decorating it however you want. Or, you can even change the cake flavor to include pumpkin if you want to double down on that.
Pumpkin Cake Pops
Looking for a fun handheld treat? Try out these pumpkin cake balls. They are decorated like little pumpkins on a stick.
Why they're good: they are individual serving sized which makes them great for serving to guests. Plus, you can customize the cake flavor inside, if desired.
Pumpkin Pie Cookies
These pumpkin pie cookies couldn't get any more adorable. They look like actual mini pumpkin pies!
Why they're good: these are fun and festive looking. Plus, you can make a large batch of them to serve at parties.
Chewy Pumpkin Cookies
Who doesn't love a soft and chewy cookie? These chewy pumpkin cookies are the perfect texture and a flavor combination of sweet and spicy.
Why they're good: these are easy to make and use a no chill dough. Plus you can customize them by adding chocolate chips, nuts or other flavors you love.
Pumpkin Dump Cake
Looking for an easy cake with pumpkin flavor? Try out this pumpkin dump cake - it's made exactly how it sounds, by dumping all the ingredients together.
Why they're good: it's pretty fast and easy to make this. Plus, it uses boxed cake mix, so you don't need a ton of ingredients.
Pumpkin Cupcakes
These fun pumpkin decorated cupcakes look like little pumpkins. As a fun bonus, pumpkin puree is added to give them an actual pumpkin flavor as well.
Why they're good: these are relatively easy to make as they use a boxed cake mix that is then doctored and decorated. You can easily customize the decorations to be how you want them to be.
