15 Festive Pumpkin Spice Recipes Perfect for Fall

Here's something innovative: a pumpkin spice recipe that contains real pumpkin puree. To make this warming bread, start by mixing spices with flour, baking powder, and salt. Then you'll cream the sugars with pumpkin, vanilla, oil, and eggs before making a streusel-pumpkin seed topping. Best part? This recipe makes three loaves—if you have leftovers (possible but unlikely), you can crumble the bread and combine it with fresh fruit and whipped cream for pumpkin trifle.

What better way to celebrate fall than with a celebratory cocktail? And if it's pumpkin spice flavored, even better. This boozy bev gets a festive fall kick from maple syrup and a cinnamon-rimmed martini glass.

As easy as it is beautiful, this creamy pumpkin cheesecake packs pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, sour cream, cream cheese, and vanilla extract inside a salty-sweet graham cracker crust. 

These cream puffs are guaranteed to get you major props from holiday guests. You'll make a batch of classic choux pastry, then fill the puffs with a brown sugar and pumpkin pastry cream. For easy entertaining, make the filling ahead of time and keep it chilled until ready to assemble. 

The only thing better than a dessert is a healthy snack that tastes like one. This four-ingredient smoothie is made from a base of plain pumpkin puree, which you add nutmeg, milk, and a drizzle of honey to. Feel free to swap in almond, oat, or soy milk to make it dairy-free.

These pumpkin pancakes plus a pumpkin spice latté plus a platter of maple-scented bacon? Brunch perfection, if you ask any PSL fan. To make if even more warming, heat up the maple syrup gently on the stovetop before drizzling over top.

As delicious as it is forgiving, this Pumpkin Rice Pudding gets an extra zesty kick from fresh-squeezed orange juice and vanilla bean.

Cozy, creamy, sweet, and so pumpkin spice-y. This smoothie is far more a dessert than a breakfast beverage, but who's asking? 

Believe it or not, these Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake Bars are a lot easier to make from scratch than a standard cheesecake recipe. You'll use a speculoos cookie crust, then layer on a swirl of tangy cheesecake and spiced pumpkin puree. Feel free to make them a day in advance—they'll keep in the fridge overnight.

Grab a mug of hot apple cider and settle in with these gorgeous muffins. The dough has pumpkin spice and pumpkin puree baked in, and you'll finish with a sprinkle of sugar on top.

Gone are the days of having to shell out $6 for one of these delicious drinks at the coffee shop. Our homemade rendition is just as flavorful, plus you can adjust the spice proportions (and the sweetness) to make the perfect PSL for your own palette. 

While they look impressive, these Pumpkin Cream Sandwiches take just 30 minutes total to pull off. Pair them with hot apple cider, mulled wine, or warm cocoa for the most delicious seasonal dessert.

This is among our favorite ways to get our pumpkin spice fix, and you can get away with eating it for breakfast. If you want to cut back on the sugar, you can leave the glaze topping off—the cake is so flavorful, we promise you won't miss it.

We'll let you in on a little secret: there's zero need to purchase a new bottle of pumpkin pie spice before you bake pumpkin pie every year. You own all the ingredients to make it already: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. The best part of this recipe is that it's easy to adapt it to both your preferences and what you have on hand. Not a fan of cloves? Leave it out. Love nutmeg? Add more. You can even play with spices like cardamom and mace, which, though not commonly included in conventional pumpkin pie spice blends, make great additions.

Don't toss those decorative pumpkins! Instead, gut 'em in the name of making these super addictive Spiced Pumpkin Seeds. They're only four ingredients and serve as the ideal autumn bar snack.