Fall Dessert Recipes

Seven buttery thumbprint cookies on a white plate, each filled with glossy salted caramel and sprinkled with flaky sea salt; a small jar of caramel sits in the background.

Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies

1 h

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Apple pie cupcakes topped with swirls of whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon; one cupcake in front is unwrapped with a bite taken out, revealing a gooey apple filling. More cupcakes sit on a white cake stand in the background, with apples and cinnamon sticks softly out of focus.

Apple Pie Cupcakes With Whipped Cream Topping

1 h

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Close-up of a slice of apple cranberry pie on a white plate, showing thin apple slices layered with glossy red cranberry filling and a golden-brown lattice crust; more pie is blurred in the background.

Apple Cranberry Pie 4.5 ★

1 h 55 min

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Four baked mini apple pies with fork-crimped edges on a white marble board; the front pie is in focus, golden and glossy with vent slits and coarse sugar on top.

Mini Apple Pies 4.6 ★

1 h 15 min

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Stack of soft pumpkin chocolate chip cookies on a white plate, with a glass of milk and a small pumpkin blurred in the background.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

32 min

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Close-up of a white baking dish filled with baked apple slices coated in glossy cinnamon-maple syrup, with a spoon resting along the side.

Vegan Baked Cinnamon Apple Slices 5 ★

40 min

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Orange Rice Krispies monster cake on a white cake stand, shaped like a round layered cake with candy eyeballs on top and a black icing smile on the front; dark background with subtle Halloween decor.

Rice Krispies Monster Cake

35 min

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Five round sugar cookies on a white cake stand, frosted in bright orange and green swirls and topped with two large candy “googly” eyes on each; gray cloth in the background.

Googly-Eyed Halloween Sugar Cookies

41 min

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Close-up of a baked buttermilk pie in a white fluted pie dish, with one slice removed to show the pale yellow custard filling and caramelized, browned top.

Southern Buttermilk Pie

1 h 5 min

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Three caramel apple trifle cups in clear stemmed glasses, layered with sponge cake cubes, cinnamon-sautéed apple chunks, and whipped cream, topped with a dollop of cream and caramel drizzle; a red-yellow apple sits on the right on a white wooden surface.

Caramel Apple Trifle Cups 5 ★

1 h 15 min

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Square of pumpkin dump cake with a browned, craggy cake-mix topping on a white plate, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream; a small white pumpkin and neutral cloth sit blurred in the background.

Pumpkin Dump Cake 4.3 ★

1 h 10 min

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Rice Krispies treat balls shaped like small brains, with wrinkled folds and a glossy marshmallow coating, arranged on a white serving platter.

Rice Krispie Brains

30 min

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Six baked apples stuffed with pumpkin pie filling on a white plate, each topped with whipped cream and crushed graham crackers, with caramel sauce pooling around the apples.

Pumpkin-Pie-Stuffed Apples

1 h

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Close-up of peanut butter spider cookies on crinkled parchment: soft, crackled peanut butter cookies topped with a mini peanut butter cup and candy eyes, with broken pretzel sticks arranged as eight spider legs.

Peanut Butter Spider Cookies

35 min

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Three scoops of pale orange pumpkin ice cream piled in a speckled white bowl on a gray cloth, showing creamy swirls and slightly softened edges.

Cottage Cheese Pumpkin Ice Cream

4 h 10 min

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Close-up of a Halloween “witch hat” chocolate cupcake in a bright orange liner, topped with a tall swirl of pale green frosting, chocolate drip, orange and black sprinkles, and an upside-down waffle cone hat; two more cupcakes are blurred in the background.

Wicked Witch Hat Cupcakes

48 min

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Four chocolate cupcakes in black liners topped with tall swirls of bright orange buttercream, styled on dark stone stands with small lit orange candles and a bat decoration in the moody background.

Halloween Chocolate Cupcakes With Orange Buttercream

50 min

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Close-up of colorful patchwork sugar cookies on a white plate, each cookie divided into bright dough sections (red, purple, green, and yellow) with dark chocolate piped in crisscross “stitch” lines across the seams.

Stitched Sugar Cookies

55 min

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Slice of classic pumpkin pie on a white plate, topped with a swirl of whipped cream and a light dusting of cinnamon; a whole pie with a crimped crust is blurred in the background.

Classic Pumpkin Pie

1 h 5 min

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Close-up of no-bake pumpkin cheesecake balls coated in white vanilla candy and drizzled with bright orange lines, piled on a white plate with a gold rim.

No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls 4.2 ★

1 h 25 min

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Close-up of a glass dessert bowl filled with whipped pumpkin fluff dip, piled high in soft swirls and lightly dusted with cinnamon, on a rustic white wooden surface with a folded cloth in the background.

Pumpkin Fluff Dip 4.7 ★

10 min

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Close-up of apple pie cheesecake tacos: graham-cracker–coated taco shells filled with fluffy white cheesecake and topped with glossy cinnamon-spiced diced apples, arranged in a row on a wooden board.

Apple Pie Cheesecake Tacos

45 min

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Plate of bright green Rice Krispie treat balls, each topped with two candy eyeballs, arranged on a light green dish on a whitewashed wooden table.

Monster Eye Rice Krispie Treats

30 min

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Close-up of soft pumpkin spice cookies on a light surface, each topped with a smooth, pale cinnamon glaze; one cookie is in sharp focus with others blurred in the background.

Pumpkin Spice Cookies With Cinnamon Glaze 5 ★

49 min

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Stack of sugar-coated pumpkin sugar cookies on a white plate on a rustic whitewashed table, with small pumpkins and a white pitcher blurred in the background.

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

57 min

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Whole sweet potato apple cake with a golden-brown, slightly glossy top and darker caramelized edges, shown on a white pedestal cake stand against a light, rustic background.

Sweet Potato Apple Cake 5 ★

1 h

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Close-up of dark chocolate cupcakes in black paper liners topped with glossy raspberry glaze dripping down like blood, each crowned with a fresh raspberry; more cupcakes and scattered berries blur in the background.

Vampire-Bite Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes

1 h

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Close-up of three fudgy caramel brownies on parchment paper, each topped with a puffed marshmallow “ghost” with mini chocolate-chip eyes. Caramel sauce is drizzled over the brownies and marshmallows, with a light dusting of powdered sugar and a few extra marshmallows scattered around.

Ghostly Caramel Marshmallow Brownies

48 min

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Three sweet potato brownies stacked on parchment, showing a dark chocolate color, thin crackly tops, and a dense, fudgy interior with melted chocolate throughout.

Sweet Potato Brownies

45 min

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Close-up of thick, fudgy chocolate brownie squares on parchment paper, drizzled with bright slime-green icing that drips down the sides; small black plastic spiders sit nearby, with blurred orange pumpkins in the background.

Green Monster Brownies

55 min

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Three pumpkin mousse desserts in small glass cups; the front cup is in focus, topped with a swirl of whipped cream dusted with cinnamon, with two more cups and small pumpkins blurred in the background.

Easy Pumpkin Mousse

15 min

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Mint-green cookies-and-cream milkshake in a tall glass with chocolate syrup dripping down the sides, topped with whipped cream and crushed chocolate sandwich cookies; a black straw, scattered cookies, and a blurred jack-o’-lantern decoration in the background.

Green Cookies and Cream Milkshake 4.3 ★

10 min

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Frankenstein-themed cheesecake on a cake stand, tinted bright green with a graham cracker crust and piped black icing “hair” around the top edge; white candy-melt eyes with chocolate-chip pupils and black icing stitches form a spooky face.

Frankenstein Cheesecake

1 h 30 min

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Honey apple galette on a white plate, with thin apple slices arranged in a spiral and a rustic folded crust baked deep golden and glossy with honey.

Honey Apple Galette 4.3 ★

1 h 20 min

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Five chunky, rounded Rice Krispie treats coated in bright red jimmies sprinkles sit in a black tray on a dark textured surface, styled to resemble raw ground meat; a black plastic spider and a few red-and-white candies are nearby.

Raw Meat Rice Krispie Treats

35 min

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Close-up of two pumpkin snickerdoodle cookies stacked on a white wooden surface; the top cookie is crowned with a tall swirl of cream cheese frosting, with another frosted cookie blurred in the background.

Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting

42 min

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Dietary Pattern

Event

Season

Fall 218
Spring 66
Summer 156
Winter 201

Cuisine

Type of Dish

Course

Appetizers 63
Breakfast 65
Brunch 124
Condiment 5
Desserts 129
Dinner 471
Drinks 12
Lunch 344
Main Dish 262
Side Dish 72
Snacks 233
School 57

Drinks

Cocktails 10
Non-Alcoholic Drinks 6

Equipment

Other