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21 Pumpkin Recipes to Welcome Fall!

By Lindsay @ The Café Sucre Farine | Updated on September 20, 2025

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Bring on the pumpkin! Discover 21 of our favorite recipes, from sweet treats to savory dishes, perfect for celebrating the fall season.

Mid-September can only mean one thing. It's pumpkin season! Pumpkin is incredibly popular and for good reason. There are so many wonderful ways you can use this ingredient. From cozy soups to a savory salad dressing and of course, irresistible sweet treats.

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Don't miss our Better Than Starbucks Pumpkin Bread- it's one of our most popular recipes with hundreds of five-star reviews.

Horizontal closeup photo of a loaf of Better than Starbuck's Pumpkin Bread.

Several of these recipes have free printable labels that we are happy to email to you. Just leave a comment on each post you are interested in and we will send them your way. Gather your family and friends, bake up something delicious and enjoy all the pumpkin goodness this season has to offer!

Pumpkin sheet cake with two servings cut and on plates on the side and small pumpkins.

One-Bowl No-Mixer Pumpkin Sheet Cake

This fabulous one-bowl, no-mixer pumpkin sheet cake is super moist and has an amazingly tender crumb. You can put it together in just minutes and the results never fail to bring rave reviews!

Butterscotch glazed pumpkin bundt cake on a white cake pedestal cake plate.

Ridiculously Easy Butterscotch Glazed Pumpkin Bundt Cake

This Butterscotch Glazed Pumpkin Bundt Cake is moist, tender and bursting with warm-spiced pumpkin flavor! Add the fact that it comes together in a flash, with just one bowl and no mixer and you have a HUGE winner on your hands!

A loaf of moist pumpkin bread with one slice laying on a towel and mini pumpkins in the background.

Better Than Starbucks Pumpkin Bread

Love Starbucks Pumpkin Bread? Bet you'll love this moist, tender, incredibly delicious Better Than Starbucks Pumpkin Bread even more! It's a one-bowl, no-mixer recipe that you can throw together in minutes!

Pumpkin pie tart on a white platter with a slice cut out on a light blue plate with blue and white napkis, gold forks and a small dish of whipped cream.

Libby's Pumpkin Pie Tart

This Libby's Pumpkin Pie Tart takes an All-American, beloved classic and updates it with a fabulous new twist. Dump traditional pie dough for a crisp, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth, press-in-the-pan shortbread crust.

Pumpkin jam in a small glass jar on a wooden board with cheese, crackers, fruit, and a small pumpkin.

Pumpkin Jam (Confiture De Citrouille)

If you've never had the pleasure of tasting pumpkin jam, you've missed out on something incredibly delicious! No worries though, you can make it yourself in less than 30 minutes!

Pumpkin Maple Vinaigrette in a small glass pitcher with fresh thyme and a green salad and small pumpkin in the background.

Pumpkin Maple Vinaigrette

This vibrantly-hued, throw-it-all-in-a-jar-and-shake, Pumpkin Maple Vinaigrette is delicious drizzled over all kinds of autumn salads.

A stack of chewy toffee pumpkin cookies surrounded by blue and white dishes and small pumpkins.

Crispy Chewy Toffee Pumpkin Cookies

These delicious Pumpkin Cookies have crisp edges and chewy, buttery, toffee-studded centers. They require just one bowl and no mixer! They're truly a cookie lover's dream come true!

Roasted pumpkin coconut curry soup in a white cup sitting on a saucer topped with swirls of greek yogurt and fresh cilantro.

Easy Roasted Pumpkin Coconut Curry Soup

No one will know you cheated just a bit with this Roasted Pumpkin Coconut Curry Soup. Honestly, no one will care! It's so easy and so... delicious!

A single serving glass pot of maple pumpkin pots de creme topped with whip cream and a sprig of fresh mint.

Maple Pumpkin Pots de Crème

These make-ahead Maple Pumpkin Pots de Crème have an amazingly silky smooth texture. Each delicious bite is bursting with warm-spiced flavor - a beautiful, gourmet alternative to pie!

Pumpkin muffins in a blue muffin tin on a blue and white kitchen towel.

Easy Praline Pumpkin Muffins

These one-bowl, easy Praline Pumpkin Muffins are moist and bursting with delicious flavor. The crunchy pecan praline topping takes them over the top!

Pumpkin cranberry crisps on a black platter with cheese, fruit and nuts.

Copycat Trader Joe's Pumpkin Cranberry Crisps

Make your own (Copycat) Trader Joe's Pumpkin Cranberry Crisps! They're way easier than you think and actually taste better!

Pumpkin patch cookies on a blue and white napkin.

Irish Shortbread Pumpkin Patch Cookies

These Irish Shortbread Pumpkin Patch Cookies are fun and delicious with an easy decorating technique. They are sure to brighten any day and, with the pretty printable labels, make a great gift for celebrating fall, Halloween or Thanksgiving!

Pumpkin pecan brittle on a white cake stand with orange and pink napkins, flowers and small pumpkins in the background.

Sea Salted Pumpkin Pecan Brittle

You'll fall in love with the first bite of this shatteringly thin, sweet/salty Sea Salted Pumpkin Pecan Brittle. It makes a delicious, gourmet gift with free printable labels!

Pumpkin pie spice caramel corn in a large white bowl with some spilling out, orange napkins and small pumpkins.

Ridiculously Easy Pumpkin Pie Spice Caramel Corn

This Pumpkin Pie Spice Caramel Corn comes together in under 45 minutes with minimal labor and no mess. It tastes like it comes from a fancy gourmet shop and the free printable labels make it perfect for gifting!

Pumpkin crumb cake on a wooden platter with a gold cake server, small pumpkin and orange jelly beans.

Bakery Style Pumpkin Crumb Cake

This moist, tender Pumpkin Crumb Cake is a pumpkin lover's dream come true! Both the cake and the thick, buttery, warm-spiced crumble come together with one bowl, no mixer necessary!

Pumpkin caramels on a white ruffled cake stand with a small pumpkin in the center.

Ridiculously Easy Sea-Salted Pumpkin Microwave Caramels

Make these buttery, chewy Sea-Salted Pumpkin Microwave Caramels (with real pumpkin!) in way less than an hour. Then wait for the rave reviews to come rolling in! The free printable labels make them perfect for gifting!

Pumpkin praline tart on a white cake stand with a slice cut out and placed on a blue and white plate.

Sea-Salted Pumpkin Praline Tart

With a buttery press-in crust, a classic pumpkin pie filling and a sweet, crunchy pecan topping this Pumpkin Praline Tart is easier and better than pumpkin pie!

Pumpkin cupcakes with candied pecans in blue cupcake liners on a teal cake stand with small pumpkins in the background.

Easy Pumpkin Cupcakes

These moist, never-fail, easy pumpkin cupcakes are loaded with autumn flavor and topped with delicious vanilla bean buttercream and crunchy candied pecans.

Brown butter rice krispie treats in a stack on a white cake stand with small pumpkins and a stack of plates.

Pumpkin Spiced Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats

Need an easy fall dessert that will wow everyone? These Pumpkin Spiced Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats take the humble rice cereal treat from ordinary to super extraordinary!

Meltaway cookies with pumpkin pie buttercream on a blue and white plate and a blue and white glass of milk with orange pumpkins in the background.

Meltaway Cookies with Pumpkin Pie Buttercream

These Meltaway Cookies with Pumpkin Pie Buttercream are easy, fun, beyond delicious and perfect for gifting with free printable gift labels! 

Pumpkin praline cobbler in a fluted white pie pan on a wooden table with  yellow flowers and white bowls.

Easy Pumpkin Praline Cobbler

With a buttery crumble topping and a delicious pumpkin filling, this Easy Pumpkin Praline Cobbler is the perfect Fall dessert. Serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and everyone will be in pumpkin heaven!

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4 Comments

  1. Love your recipes. Using three of these pumpkin beauties to serve at my upcoming quilting bee! Please send labels? Thanks

    1. Hi Melinda, we have lots of labels, just leave a comment on each post you are interested in and we are happy to send them. Thanks!