These fall desserts are SO easy to make! With comforting flavors, this list of festive treats is the best way to celebrate fall. Whether you’re craving pumpkin spice goodness on the first cool day of the fall season or you need an easy dessert to bring to a fall gathering, these 27+ Easy Fall Desserts are truly the best!
The BEST Fall Dessert Recipes
The beginning of fall is such a fun and exciting time of year! New flavors come in, cooler temperatures in the air, and it’s the beginning of a new season. With that come delicious fall flavors, like pumpkin spice, apple crisp, and pecan!
We LOVE fall here at Desserts & Drinks, so with that we decided to compile our hands-down favorite fall desserts. From Cinnamon Muffins to Pumpkin Cheesecake and Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls, these fall treats are so yummy and easy to make! No complicated recipes here. Just fun, creative, and effortless desserts to celebrate the season!
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Easy Fall Dessert Ideas
1. Cinnamon Streusel Muffins
Fluffy and easy to make, these Cinnamon Streusel Muffins are a favorite! The warm cinnamon spice combined with the rich brown sugar streusel is perfectly balanced, and the surprising addition of almond extract makes them unforgettable. From the bowl to ready to enjoy in under 30 minutes, you’ve got to try them!
2. Pumpkin Bread With Cream Cheese Frosting
This delicious Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting is the ultimate fall dessert idea! It’s light, fluffy, sweet, and full of warm pumpkin spice flavors. Topped off with a cream cheese frosting recipe that’s true perfection, you can’t go wrong with this festive cake loaf recipe!
3. Apple Cider Muffins
Sweet and delicious, these Apple Cider Muffins are perfect for fall! Made with real apple cider and applesauce, these easy muffins have so much flavor. They’re soft, light, and SO yummy, especially when they’re warm out of the oven!
4. Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake Bars
Melt-in-your-mouth creamy pumpkin cheesecake goodness! These Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars are made with an easy graham cracker crust and a swirled pumpkin cheesecake filling, then baked to perfection and topped with a dollop of whipped cream and pumpkin spice. Every bite is perfection!
5. The Best Butterscotch Pecan Pie
This Butterscotch Pecan Pie is the best of the best! With a buttery, flaky pie crust and a gooey pecan pie filling that’s taken to the next level with the cozy, sweet, and warming flavors of real butterscotch, this fall dessert is incredibly delicious. Top it off with whipped cream and a butterscotch drizzle for a recipe that will leave everyone wanting more!
6. Best Ever Snickers Brownies
Snickers Brownies that are truly the BEST. A perfectly crinkly top with a gooey, fudgy, and chocolaty center, these brownies are made with real snickers bars and peanuts. Top them with caramel and extra chocolate for a next level treat. Every bite is melt-in-your-mouth perfection!
7. Apple Fritter Cake
Sweet, fluffy, DELICIOUS. This Apple Fritter Cake is the best for an easy fall dessert that’s a total crowd-pleaser! A light, perfectly moist cake at the base, a sweet, cinnamon brown sugar apple streusel that makes for the best topping, and a glaze that brings that little bit of apple fritter crunch. Everyone will love this recipe!
8. Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies
Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookes that are perfectly soft and chewy! With a lightly crispy edge and a soft, creamy center, then topped with a pumpkin spice brown sugar topping, the pumpkin and cheesecake flavors really come through. This fall cookie recipe is easy to make and will definitely impress!
9. Apple Pie Filling Cinnamon Rolls
These Apple Pie Filling Cinnamon Rolls are the perfect way to enjoy the best flavors of fall in one easy dish! Comforting and sweet, this brunch recipe is made by adding pie filling to the bottom of a casserole dish and topping with cinnamon rolls and icing. Add fresh apples and brown sugar on top to take things up a notch!
10. Snickerdoodle Cake Recipe
Fluffy, perfectly moist cake with layers of cinnamon sugar swirl and a cream cheese icing drizzle. This Snickerdoodle Cake recipe is so delicious, easy to make, and perfect for any occasion!
11. The Best Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake
Take your dessert game up a notch with the BEST ever Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe! With a pecan graham cracker crust, bourbon pumpkin cheesecake base, and topped off with a generous drizzle of sweet bourbon cream sauce, every bite is melt-in-your mouth perfection. Enjoy the flavors of fall with a cheesecake recipe that’s made to impress!
12. Pumpkin Banana Muffins
These Pumpkin Banana Muffins are such a delicious and easy-to-make fall treat! They’re perfect for breakfast, brunch, or fall-inspired dessert. These delicious muffins are light, fluffy, moist, and flavorful, and the streusel topping adds the most perfect touch of sweetness and crunch!
13. Maple Whiskey Pudding Cake
Maple Whiskey Pudding Cake made with bourbon, brown sugar, maple syrup, and pecans. Top it off with ice cream for an easy-to-make dessert recipe that everyone will be completely obsessed with!
14. Mini Apple Pies
Warm, sweet, and delicious Mini Apple Pies that are gluten-free and easy to make! Mix up the gluten-free crust dough, chill, and then press into a muffin tin. Fill each one with homemade apple pie filling and bake! These fall treats are perfect for holiday gatherings or for when you’re just craving cinnamon apple pie goodness.
15. Mexican Cinnamon Cookies
Light, crispy and so yummy, these EASY cinnamon shortbread cookies are a new favorite for the holidays! They practically melt in your mouth and have the perfect amount of sweetness. In only 30 minutes, you can whip up a batch of warm, comforting Mexican Cinnamon Cookies in one bowl!
16. Honeybun Cake
Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy and flavorful Homemade Honeybun Cake Recipe! It’s been tested to perfection, so this fool-proof easy-to-make sheet pan cake recipe works every time. Moist and bursting with honey and cinnamon flavors, this dessert is sure to be a hit with family and friends!
17. Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies
These Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies are gooey, melt-in-your-mouth perfection. Whether you’re looking for a way to use up extra marshmallows or want to take your chocolate chip cookies up a notch, these cookies taste like s’mores and are basically the BEST ever!
18. Sweet Potato Pie With Graham Cracker Crust
This Sweet Potato Pie w/ Graham Cracker Crust is heavenly! Every bite is full of sweet, warm fall flavors. Made with sweet brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a buttery graham cracker crust, this pie recipe is perfect for Thanksgiving (or any holiday get-together). Top it off with homemade whipped cream for the best fall dessert!
19. Apple Blackberry Crumble Fruit Bake
Warm, fall fruit covered in a sweet crumble oat topping and topped with a scoop of ice cream. Every bite of this vegan and gluten-free dessert is SO good! This Apple Blackberry Crumble Fruit Bake can be prepped in just 15 minutes and is one of my favorite cozy desserts for a chilly evening!
20. Thanksgiving Fruit Salad
Easy Thanksgiving Fruit Salad recipe that’s perfect as a side dish, appetizer, or even a part of dessert! Made with delicious fall fruit and a cinnamon maple glaze, this sweet salad is so yummy and perfect for a crowd. Put it together in just a few minutes for a fall fruit salad that everyone will love!
21. Apple Goat Cheese Puff Pastry
Creamy, sweet, and so flavorful. This Apple Goat Cheese Puff Pastry recipe is the BEST appetizer, brunch treat, or even delicious dessert! Make these easy, effortless tarts in no time at all for a treat that everyone will enjoy.
22. Gluten-Free Cranberry Bliss Bars
These Cranberry Bliss Bars are one of the best easy fall desserts! This Starbucks copycat recipe is fluffy and sweet. Delicious blondies that are full of orange, cranberry, and ginger flavors topped with a fluffy cream cheese icing, dried cranberries, white chocolate drizzle, and orange zest. Every bite is melt-in-your-mouth good!
23. Pumpkin Pie Blizzard Recipe
Creamy, sweet, and such a treat! This easy-to-make Pumpkin Pie Blizzard recipe is perfect for when you’re craving a cold ice cream dessert with fall flavors. It only takes about 5 minutes to put this frozen pie dessert together!
24. Churro Cheesecake Bars
Indulge in the perfect combination of cinnamon, sugar, and creamy cheesecake with these easy and delicious Churro Cheesecake Bars. The flaky crescent roll dough is filled with a sweet and tangy cheesecake mixture. Cinnamon sugar is sprinkled in between, and on top, making every bite SO TASTY!
25. Pumpkin Crunch Squares
These Pumpkin Crunch Squares with a salted chocolate magic shell topping are the BEST fall treat! Made with creamy almond butter, real pumpkin, crumbled rice cakes, pumpkin spice, and sweetened with maple syrup, then topped with dates, peanuts, and a chocolate magic shell topping with a sprinkle of sea salt.
26. Turtle Pie Recipe
This Turtle Pie recipe is a dream come true! With a velvety chocolate crust, a cream cheese filling, gooey caramel drizzle, and crunchy chocolate pecan topping, it truly doesn’t get any better than this. Whether you’re looking for an impressive dessert for your next gathering or just someone with a sweet tooth, this is one of the best easy fall desserts!
27. Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies that are easy to make and SO delicious! Perfectly crispy on the edges, perfectly soft and chewy in the middle. These easy, one-bowl cookies are full of chocolatey melt-in-your-mouth goodness and balanced by the yummy texture of chopped walnuts!
28. Nutella Puff Pastry
Easy, quick, and made with only 5 ingredients – this Nutella Puff Pastry recipe is one of the BEST fall desserts! With the perfect ratio of Nutella and pastry, baked to golden brown, and 25 minutes total time, you’ll want to make them again and again. They’re perfect for brunch or a yummy dessert that even kids will love!
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