39 Best Fall Desserts

These amazing cinnamon-scented desserts are perfect for holiday dinners. Creme brulees are made in advance, chilled, and then the hard caramelized topping is applied just before serving time.

This pumpkin cake roll has long been a favorite, and it is quite easy to prepare and bake. A sweetened cream cheese frosting mixture makes the perfect filling.

These little hand pies are filled with homemade apple filling. The recipe includes homemade pie pastry, but you may use refrigerated crusts as well.

The browned butter and cream cheese frosting is wonderful, but you could also use the creamy butter frosting recipe or a fluffy caramel cream cheese frosting.

If you're a fan of chocolate crinkles or molasses crinkles, you'll love this red velvet version of the recipe. The soft, cookies have the festive crackled look when they're baked.​

If you only make one dessert with your fresh fall apples, make it this fabulous apple crisp. Not only is this dessert delicious, but it's also a very easy preparation.

 Top this warm sweet potato cobbler with a scoop of ice cream. It's an excellent alternative if you want something other than a sweet potato pie.

This pecan pie bars recipe is easier to prepare than a traditional pie but just as tasty. It starts with a sweet, buttery crust followed by a pecan filling sweetened with brown sugar and honey. Serve it warm or at room temperature.

An apple coffee cake makes good use of the seasonal fruit. This beautiful dessert starts with a sour cream batter baked with apples and cinnamon. It's finished up with apple jelly and sliced almonds.

While these mini apple pies are delicious hot from the fryer and sprinkled with confectioners' sugar, when cooled to room temperature, they make a great portable snack or lunchbox treat. It's a simple recipe of apples, cinnamon, and sugar in a baking-powder pastry.

This pumpkin cheesecake is baked in a graham cracker pie crust, and it takes just minutes to prepare.

 This extra-special brown sugar cheesecake is sure to get you a standing ovation. The creamy brown sugar filling is baked in a graham cracker pecan crust, and it's topped off with an incredible caramel pecan sauce.

Instant Pot rice pudding is flavored with cinnamon and raisins, making it a quick and easy cold-weather treat. Serve warm or chilled

 This is a very popular pumpkin cake for fall bakers. The cream cheese frosting brings this moist, rich pumpkin cake together in the best way.

When we think of fall desserts, we usually think of pies; maybe muffins, but rarely cookies. These applesauce cookies, however, are the perfect subtle and light fall dessert. They're not cloyingly sweet, nor overly spiced as some "pumpkin spice" desserts can be. The apple flavor here is delicate, thanks to the applesauce, and the cinnamon brings that classic "fall" note. These darling cookies come together in just 30 minutes, so they're the perfect impromptu dessert.

This recipe proves ice cream isn't just a summer treat. All of the familiar pumpkin pie spices are combined with pumpkin puree and homemade ice cream ingredients to make a creamy, flavorful dessert. Elevate the experience by topping with maple syrup and chopped nuts.

These apple pie bars have a familiar flavor with a shortbread crust and crumbly top. The filling is a mixture of Granny Smith apples and cinnamon that's not too sweet, but perfectly delicious.

Dark raisins and sour cream seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg come together in this raisin pie recipe. Serve it with a dollop of whipped cream for an old-fashioned taste everyone will enjoy.

Ideal for any fall celebration, this cinnamon roll cake turns a favorite breakfast treat into a beautiful dessert. The yeast dough is covered with brown sugar and cinnamon, cut into strips, and spiraled in a cake pan. Once baked, it is topped with a cream cheese icing.

These soft pumpkin cookies are lightly spiced and topped with a brown butter icing. Bake them for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or any fall day. These cookies freeze well, too. Just freeze in a single layer and then transfer them to a food storage bag, Ice them when you take them out of the freezer.

Ripe sliced pears are topped with a classic crisp brown sugar and oat topping in this yummy dessert. Serve the crisp warm with a big scoop of ice cream or a drizzling of cream for a fabulous fall dessert.

 Here's a great dessert if you're short on time, and nobody will guess it took only 10 minutes to prepare! Serve this delicious concoction with a scoop of whipped cream or thawed whipped topping and a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar.

These classic cinnamon-coated cookies are a holiday essential. Keep them on hand for fall and winter holiday guests.

This moist banana bread has it all. Subtle peanut butter flavor and mini chocolate chips add special flavor and texture to this banana bread loaf.

This chunky applesauce is an excellent way to use that surplus of apples this fall. The apples are sweetened, spiced with cinnamon, and slow-cooked to perfection.

Warm, spiced bread pudding is quick and easy in the pressure cooker. It's even better when it's topped with a creamy bourbon sauce.

Pumpkin pie bars everything you love about pumpkin pie put into bar form. They look lovely sliced and taste great with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon or nutmeg.

This delicious 5-star apple cranberry cake is great with warm caramel sauce.

Fresh cranberries and fresh sliced apples make this a fantastic fall dessert. The topping is an easy cake-like batter.

Warming ginger, molasses, cinnamon, and allspice taste like fall in cookie form. Gingerbread biscotti is the perfect after-dinner treat, especially when paired with coffee, espresso, or hot tea.

Croissant crumbs make this sweet potato bread pudding extra buttery, and dates and pecans provide texture. Serve this delicious bread pudding with Caramel Sauce or Brown Sugar Sauce.

Frost these wonderful autumn cupcakes with a basic cream cheese frosting or this easy and delicious caramel cream cheese frosting.

This pie gives us the best of both worlds. Pumpkin pie and pecan pie get together in this classic dessert, and it's one of my favorites for holiday dinners. It's a nice change from the classic pumpkin pie.

This brittle candy is filled with raw pumpkin seeds—pepitas. This is a great treat to make for fall parties and guests. 

This apple pie is an easy one-crust pie with a brown sugar crumb topping. If pie crust isn't your favorite thing to make, this is an excellent alternative to the classic apple pie.

The scent of cinnamon just reminds us of fall. Turn the cinnamon sugar cookie into an impressive dessert with this two-layer cake that is filled and topped with a marshmallow frosting.

These easy apple tarts couldn't be easier! They're made with sheets of puff pastry and thinly sliced apples.

Not a baker? No problem! This easy pie is made with pie filling and cranberry sauce. Use a refrigerated pie crust or the included easy food processor pastry.

Sweet potato pie is a Southern classic. Bake this pie for a fall potluck or add it to your holiday dessert menu.