Easy Fall Desserts (38 Cozy Recipes for the Whole Season)

Once the mornings get crisp (which is often here in Montana), the oven pretty much doesn’t turn off. Apples and cinnamon, pumpkin everything, caramel and toasted pecans.

These are the fall desserts that friends and family ask for year after year… you know, the ones that show up at every potluck from now clear through Thanksgiving.

I’ve sorted them by kind below, so you can jump straight to what you’re craving. But just a heads up… my family begs for this pecan pie dump cake as soon as the summer heat disappears.

Apple Desserts

Caramel Apple Dump Cake

Apples and caramel under a buttery cake-mix topping, and you barely lift a finger.

Try this caramel apple dump cake when you want fall in a pan with almost no effort.

Apple Snickerdoodle Dump Cake

Serving of snickerdoodle apple dump cake on a round plate.

Warm spiced apples with a snickerdoodle-cake layer baked right on top.

Make this apple snickerdoodle dump cake for a cozy apple dessert that comes together fast.

Apple Bread with Maple Glaze

Moist apple bread finished with a sweet maple glaze. It’ll have the whole house smelling like fall.

Bake up this apple bread recipe when you want something that fills the kitchen with the smell of fall.

Amish Applesauce Cake

A soft, spiced applesauce cake, just like the ones out of an old Amish kitchen.

Save this amish applesauce cake for an old-fashioned spiced cake made from pantry staples.

Applesauce Crumb Cake

Tender applesauce cake under a buttery crumb you’ll keep sneaking bites of.

Grab this applesauce crumb cake when you want a snack cake for a cool afternoon.

Apple Butter Pie

Silky apple butter baked into a pie. If you love apple butter, this one’s for you.

Pull out this apple butter pie for a different take on apple pie.

Air Fryer Apple Fritters

Warm cinnamon apple fritters with a glaze, and no vat of oil to deal with.

Try this air fryer apple fritters when you want fritters without the deep frying.

Apple Pie Nachos

Cinnamon-sugar crisps piled high with warm apples. Set it out and watch it go.

Make this apple pie nachos for a shareable fall treat that’s a little different.

Snicker Apple Salad

Crisp apples, candy bar chunks, and a fluffy dressing. It shows up at every potluck for a reason.

Bake up this Snickers apple salad when you need a no-bake dish for a get-together.

Pumpkin Desserts

Pumpkin Dump Cake

Pumpkin pie flavor with a crisp buttery top, and not a crust in sight.

Save this pumpkin dump cake for pumpkin pie flavor the easy way.

Pumpkin Poke Cake

Poke it, soak it, and pile on the whipped cream. This is the one people ask about.

Grab this pumpkin poke cake when you want a cozy fall cake everyone remembers.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Cake

A slice of pumpkin cheesecake sheet cake on round plate, with a fork taking a bite off of the slice, and the fork resting on plate.

Spiced pumpkin cake layered with creamy cheesecake, for when you want to show off a little.

Pull out this pumpkin cheesecake cake for a pumpkin dessert worth showing off.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

A stack of desserts bars with a graham cracker crust and swirled pumpkin cheesecake filling are in the center of the photo

Creamy pumpkin cheesecake cut into easy squares for a crowd.

Try this pumpkin cheesecake bars when you need a crowd-friendly fall dessert.

Pumpkin Lush

Layers of cream cheese, pumpkin pudding, and whipped topping, no baking required.

Make this pumpkin lush for a no-fuss layered pumpkin dessert.

Pumpkin Fluff

A five-minute pumpkin dip that never lasts long at a party.

Bake up this pumpkin fluff when you want a quick pumpkin treat.

Easy Pumpkin Bread

Baked loaf of pumpkin bread on parchment paper.

Moist pumpkin bread with cream cheese and toffee tucked inside.

Save this pumpkin bread recipe for pumpkin bread that’s a step above the usual.

Pumpkin Streusel Muffins

Spiced pumpkin muffins with a buttery streusel top, made for busy mornings.

Grab this pumpkin muffins when you want a grab-and-go fall breakfast.

No Bake Pumpkin Pie

Pull out this no bake pumpkin pie for pumpkin pie when the oven’s already full.

Pumpkin Patch Brownies

Fudgy brownies dressed up for fall. The kids get a kick out of these.

Try this pumpkin patch brownies when you want a festive treat the kids will love.

Caramel and Pecan Desserts

Caramel Sheet Cake

Buttery cake with from-scratch caramel frosting poured on warm. Caramel folks, start here.

Make this caramel sheet cake when caramel is your love language.

Pecan Pie Dump Cake

All the gooey pecan pie flavor with a fraction of the work.

Bake up this pecan pie dump cake for pecan pie taste the easy way.

Butter Pecan Cake

Toasted pecans and a buttery crumb, straight off the church-supper table.

Save this butter pecan cake for that toasted-pecan, old-fashioned flavor.

Pecan Pie

The classic gooey, nutty pecan pie your holiday table’s been waiting on.

Grab this pecan pie recipe when only real pecan pie will do.

Better Than Anything Cake

Chocolate cake soaked in caramel and toffee, and it lives up to the name.

Pull out this better than anything cake for a caramel-loaded crowd-pleaser.

Burnt Sugar Cake

Deep caramel flavor that comes from real burnt sugar, the old Southern way.

Try this burnt sugar cake when you want an old-fashioned caramel cake.

Turtle Pie

Chocolate, caramel, and pecans layered into a cool, sliceable pie.

Make this turtle pie for a turtle-candy dessert in pie form.

Turtle Cookies

Chocolate, caramel, and pecans in a little cookie you can hand out by the dozen.

Bake up this turtle cookies when you want turtle candy in cookie form.

Pecan Snowball Cookies

A close of photo of powdered sugar coated snowball cookies piled on a decorative white cake stand

Buttery, nutty cookies rolled in powdered sugar. They belong on every cookie tray.

Save this pecan snowball cookies for a classic addition to the cookie tray.

Caramel Cupcakes

Caramel cupcake with caramel buttercream frosting in a swirl.

Tender cupcakes crowned with caramel buttercream.

Grab this caramel cupcakes when you want caramel in a single serving.

Caramel Cream Pie

Smooth caramel cream in a pie you can make the night before.

Pull out this caramel cream pie for a make-ahead caramel dessert.

Cozy Spice and Other Fall Favorites

Harvest Cake

Warm spices and a cozy crumb, made for cool weather and a full table.

Try this harvest cake when the weather turns and you want something spiced.

Cranberry Cake with Butter Sauce

A slice of cranberry cake on a plate, with butter sauce drizzled on top.

Tart cranberries with a warm butter sauce you spoon over every slice.

Make this cranberry cake for a holiday cake with a warm sauce.

Cinnamon Coffee Cake

slice of coffee cake on white plate — Coffee Cake Recipe

Tender coffee cake with a cinnamon swirl and a crumb top, made for a slow morning.

Bake up this cinnamon coffee cake when you want something cozy with your coffee.

Sock It To Me Cake

Sour cream cake with a cinnamon-pecan streusel running right through the middle.

Save this sock it to me cake for a vintage cake that never goes out of style.

Shoofly Cake

An old molasses cake with a crumb topping, straight from Amish country.

Grab this shoofly cake when you’re craving an old-fashioned molasses cake.

Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie

Creamy butterscotch and warm cinnamon in a pie you don’t see every day.

Pull out this butterscotch cinnamon pie for a cozy, out-of-the-ordinary pie.

Sweet Potato Bread Pudding

Sweet potato casserole and bread pudding rolled into one warm, spoonable dish.

Make this sweet potato bread pudding for a warm, spoonable fall dessert.

The Flavors That Make Fall Feel Like Fall

You don’t need anything fancy to bake for fall. A can of pumpkin, a bag of apples, a little cinnamon and caramel, and you’ve got something everyone remembers. Pick one from the list, make it this weekend, and let your kitchen smell like the season.