22 Best Pumpkin Recipes
- By Amy Dong
- Updated Sep. 25, 2024
It’s the season for falling leaves and pumpkin eats. Here is a winning collection of our favorite pumpkin recipes. These sweet and savory eats are sure to be loved by your family as well.
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Pumpkin Breakfast Recipes
Add a healthy dose of pumpkin into your breakfast by adding it to your breads, pancakes, and even donuts. Start your day off with pumpkin goodess!
- Best Pumpkin Bread Recipe
Fall isn’t fall until pumpkin breads start making their way out of the oven. This is hands-down the Best Pumpkin Bread Recipe we’ve ever eaten.
- Baked Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes
These Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes are baked rather than fried, so you’ll feel good about serving these up for breakfast. Kids and adults gobble these up, so be prepared. You won’t want store-bought donut holes after tasting these.
- Fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes
These Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes are baked rather than fried, so you’ll feel good about serving these up for breakfast. Kids and adults gobble these up, so be prepared. You won’t want store-bought donut holes after tasting these.
- Pumpkin Pasties (Hand Pies)
If you know someone who’s a Harry Potter fan, make these magical Pumpkin Pasties for them. Actually, even if these flaky hand pies weren’t featured in best-selling novels, they’d still be an instant hit in the kitchen.
- Pumpkin Scones (Super Moist)
These are quite literally my favorite scones of the season. They’re extra-moist, thanks to plenty of pumpkin. Never dry.
- Baked Pumpkin French Toast Casserole
Add some pumpkin goodness to your French toast casserole, and watch your family devour it.
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
If you love both chocolate and pumpkin, this bread combines the best of both worlds.
Savory Pumpkin Recipes
People don’t often think of pumpkins for dinner, but here we are, bringing you our favorite ways to add pumpkin to your savory dishes this season.
- Healthy Pumpkin Chili Recipe
Adding pumpkin to a savory stew or chili is absolutely delicious. You can’t actually taste the pumpkin, so it’s a nice way to use up leftover pumpkin.
- Savory Pumpkin and Bacon Dip
This savory dip is scrumptious and smoky, a perfect pairing with crostini or crackers, for a holiday appetizer.
- Autumn Pumpkin Hummus
Go ahead and use pumpkins in your next hummus – the color is gorgeous, and the flavors are magnificent.
- Pumpkin Cornbread Recipe
We love the way pumpkin brings flavor and tenderness to this luscious cornbread.
Pumpkin Dessert Recipes
We just adore pumpkins baked into all the fall goodies! We hope you find several desserts that become a fall favorite in your family this season.
- The Best Pumpkin Cheesecake
Cheesecake Factory is famous for their seasonal pumpkin cheesecake, which happens only in the fall. Now you can have rich, decadent New York Style Pumpkin Cheesecake whenever your family desires it. It’s much more affordable than restaurant versions and tastes so much better.
- The Best Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Everyone’s got a favorite recipe for pie, and we readily declare this Pumpkin Pie based on America’s Test Kitchen to be the best pumpkin pie ever created. The flaky butter crust is irresistible.
- Pumpkin Spice Cookies
Adding pumpkin to cookie dough results in the softest, dreamiest Pumpkin Spice Cookies ever. These pumpkin treats are a favorite with kids and adults alike.
- Pumpkin Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting
Double the yum, with Double Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting. This recipe uses twice the amount of pumpkin that other recipes use, for the biggest pumpkin flavor. It’s loaded with warm fall spices and topped with the most glorious cream cheese frosting.
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
If you love a good old fashioned bundt cake, you’ll adore this cream-cheese filled pumpkin cake.
- Pumpkin Spice Trifle
This one feeds a crowd, so bring it to the next big gathering, and serve it with plenty of crispy gingersnaps on the side.
- Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
These hearty, chewy cookies are perfect for sharing all season long.
Pumpkin Appetizers and Snacks
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip
Appetizers put the fun into gatherings, and this Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Dip is all about fun. Try dipping slices of apples, pretzel sticks, or graham crackers into this sweet dip at your next party.
- No-Bake Pumpkin Energy Bites (Nut-Free, GF)
For all those busy grab ‘n go moments when you need a healthy yet satisfying snack, these No-Bake Pumpkin Energy Bites have come to the rescue. They’re fun to make, keep well, can be frozen, and most importantly…taste delicious.
- Mini Pumpkin Churros
When you want to have fun with fall treats, you can’t go wrong with these Mini Pumpkin Churros. They’re tender on the inside, crispy on the outside, and bursting with pumpkin-cinnamon-sugar flavors.
- Pumpkin Bacon Crostini With Cranberries
For a super easy and tasty fall appetizer, try these pumpkin crostini at your next gathering.
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Best Pumpkin Recipes | Pumpkin Dip
Ingredients
- 8 oz package regular cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 15 oz pure pumpkin puree
- 1 TB ground cinnamon
- ¾ tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine softened cream cheese and powdered sugar. Hand-whisk or use electric hand whisk to mix together until smooth and creamy.
- Slowly mix in the pumpkin and whisk until smooth and incorporated. Stir in all the spices and vanilla. Whisk again to incorporate well. Cover and chill until ready to serve.
Notes
- You can microwave the cream cheese in 20-second increments to ensure that it’s fully softened; this helps prevent little lumps in the dip.
- Serve Dip with apple slices, pretzels, graham crackers, or gingersnaps.
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