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50+ Must-Make Pumpkin Recipes to Celebrate Fall

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Better-than-Starbucks Pumpkin Bread

I used to wait until we were deep into fall, when the leaves were changing and the cool weather demanded cozy sweaters, to jump into pumpkin mode. But over the years, as Starbucks moved up the release of PSLs earlier and earlier, I can’t help but to follow their lead (although I still stick with making my pumpkin lattes at home ). It’s never too soon to dig into a batch of pumpkin muffins, creamy spiced oats, cookies, or even pumpkin quesadillas.

If you, too, are currently smitten with all things pumpkin — whether you’re using canned or homemade purée — consider this your recipe hit list. And if you’re ready to get cooking or baking only to realize you’re out of pumpkin purée, roasted butternut squash, acorn squash, and sweet potatoes all make good pumpkin purée substitutes .

From breakfast through dessert, we’re sharing more than 50 sweet and savory pumpkin recipes is sure to satisfy your fall cravings.

Vegetarian Pumpkin Recipes

Whether you start by roasting a fresh pumpkin in the oven or open a can of purée, there are so many ways to make this seasonal squash the star of the dinner table. From soups and creamy pastas to casseroles and quesadillas, what will you try first?

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Instant Pot Pumpkin Purée

Yes, you can make fresh, homemade pumpkin purée at home with the help of an electric pressure cooker. Here's how.

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One-Pot Creamy Pumpkin Pasta

This vegetarian one-pot pasta, which is made with mostly pantry staples, is ready in 15 minutes flat.

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Pumpkin Quesadillas with Lime-Jalapeño Yogurt

The next time you have a lone cup of leftover purée lingering in the fridge, I highly suggest using it for cheesy quesadillas.

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Slow Cooker Vegan Pumpkin Curry

A few hours in the slow cooker leaves the pumpkin wonderfully tender and infused with warm, spiced aromas.

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Creamy One-Pot Pumpkin Pasta

If you love a good creamy pasta dinner, you cannot let fall pass you by without making this one.

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How To Make Pumpkin Soup in 20 Minutes

The easiest (and tastiest) pumpkin soup, thanks to a can of pumpkin and your spice drawer.

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Pumpkin & Ricotta Pasta Casserole

Take a pound of pasta, a can of pumpkin purée, some cheese, some herbs, and there you go — a hot, bubbly, fragrant casserole for dinner. All with about 10 minutes of work.

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Miso Pumpkin Soup

After you've had your fill of basic pumpkin soup, go ahead and try this one. Umami-rich miso paste packs this naturally sweet soup with a wave of savory flavor.

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Two-Ingredient Pumpkin Hummus

It’s an easy, impressive-looking super fall-themed appetizer that wows friends and calls for just two ingredients.

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Pumpkin Risotto Recipe

If you only make one savory pumpkin dish this season, this just has to be it. Pumpkin risotto is one of the many variations on the classic Italian slow-cooked rice dish, which is made with a type of rice that releases some of its starch into the cooking liquid, creating its own sauce.

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Best Pumpkin Desserts

When it comes to pumpkin desserts, there are so many options. So to help make your decision a little easier and guarantee you’ll have a truly delicious treat, we’re sharing the best of the best, from pie to cake to no-bake treats and everything in between.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

They’re everything you love about a classic chewy-yet-crisp chocolate chip cookie amped up with a generous amount of pumpkin and warm spices.

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Classic Pumpkin Pie

When you're craving classic pumpkin pie with a just sweet enough, lightly spiced, creamy custard, this is the answer.

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Pumpkin Bundt with Cinnamon Streusel and Salted Caramel

With a moist pumpkin base, a sweet brown sugar streusel, and a generous pour of salted caramel sauce, it’s the cake you’ll want to make more than once this fall.

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Pumpkin Cheesecake

The lively, familiar spices of classic pumpkin pie are balanced by the creamy goodness of a New York-style cheesecake.

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Pumpkin Pie Bars

With just 5 ingredients, these pumpkin pie bars are easy to make and share.

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Frozen 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Bites

You only need 3 ingredients for these frozen treats: chocolate-covered pretzels, pumpkin purée, and peanut butter!

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Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

A classic sweetly-spiced pumpkin sheet cake with soft cream cheese frosting.

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Pumpkin Patch Brownies

These chewy chocolate brownies are topped with toasted coconut "hay" and candy pumpkins for a fun and festive fall treat.

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Easy 5-Ingredient Mini Pumpkin Pies

Mini pies are just as sweet, creamy, and warmly spiced as their full-sized friends, but they bake up faster and are easy enough for kids to make.

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No-Bake Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake

This easy-peasy dessert packs all the best parts of a full-sized cheesecake — the light-as-air spiced pumpkin filling, the crumbly graham cracker crust, the swoosh of whipped cream — into a single-serve treat.

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Easy, Foolproof Pumpkin Roll

This delicately sweet and warmly spiced cake tastes just as gorgeous as it looks and bakes up tender and moist. Here's a pumpkin roll that anyone can make!

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No-Knead Pumpkin Rolls with Brown Sugar Glaze

With a full can of pumpkin purée and a sticky pecan filling, these swirled rolls might just be the best thing you eat for breakfast all fall.

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Pumpkin Spiced Peanut Butter Cups

If peanut butter cups hold a permanent spot in your heart, you've got to make this fall-inspired version ASAP.

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Sweet Pumpkin Recipes

When we think of pumpkin recipes, it’s easy to jump straight to sweets, like quick bread, cookies, cake, pie, bars, and breakfast treats. This lineup includes favorites we’ll be devouring all season.

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Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Inspired by the version at Starbucks, this is the pumpkin bread our whole team keeps coming back to again and again. Best of all, it uses up a whole can of pumpkin.

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Soft and Easy (Lofthouse-Style) Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

These soft and easy Lofthouse-style pumpkin cookies come together with just five ingredients, and are finished with cream cheese frosting.

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Cheesecake meets pumpkin pie, all layered on a classic graham cracker crust.

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Ginger Pumpkin Pie with Graham Cracker Crust

A new favorite take on pumpkin pie made with a graham cracker crust and a heaping spoonful of fresh ginger.

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Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats

This easy recipe for Rice Krispies treats flavored with pumpkin purée and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.

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Pumpkin Muffins

When I'm craving classic pumpkin muffins, this is the version that hits the spot every time.

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Maple Pumpkin Pie with Streusel Topping

Classic pumpkin pie gets a totally delicious twist with a maple-sweetened filling and crispy streusel topping.

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Pumpkin Dump Cake

This pumpkin dump cake, which bakes up into three distinct, delicious layers, is impressive enough to serve on your holiday table, but easy enough for even the most amateur baker.

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Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin purée and chocolate chips give oatmeal cookies an instant upgrade.

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Easy Pumpkin Pie

With just five ingredients and no measuring cups required, this is truly the easiest pumpkin pie you'll ever make.

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Pumpkin Spice French Toast

This recipe is everything you love about Starbucks' iconic pumpkin spice latte transformed into a quick and easy French toast recipe. It comes together in less than 20 minutes and is seasoned with warm pumpkin pie spice and a dash of espresso powder to make it taste just like the real deal.

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Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Just when you thought cinnamon-kissed snickerdoodles couldn't get any better, this recipe shows you otherwise.

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Pumpkin Magic Cake

This cake has a little something to satisfy all the pumpkin lovers around the table. It's thick at the bottom, rich and custardy in the middle, and fluffy like a super-moist sponge cake on top.

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How To Make Pumpkin Dessert Lasagna

Pumpkin dessert lasagna is an easy make-ahead dessert perfect for Thanksgiving.

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Pumpkin French Toast Casserole

Thick cubes of brioche are infused with rich custard packed with warm spices and a double dose of pumpkin, then topped with a brown sugar-pecan streusel.

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Slow Cooker Creamy Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal

Toss everything into the slow cooker before going to bed, and not only will you wake up to breakfast, but your kitchen will smell amazing.

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Pumpkin Pie Pancakes

Here, fluffy buttermilk pancakes get a seasonal upgrade with naturally sweet pumpkin purée and warm spices.

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Chai-Spiced Pumpkin Bars

Made with a tender, nutty crust and fluffy pumpkin and chai spice filling, these bars also happen to be completely free of gluten, dairy, eggs, nuts, and refined sugar.

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Pumpkin Chai-Spiced Monkey Bread

This sweet and gooey monkey bread comes loaded with pumpkin and chai flavors, and is sure to be loved by the entire family.

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Pumpkin Recipes for Dinner

Consider this one last reminder that pumpkin most definitely has a place in savory dishes on the dinner table. Its natural sweetness pairs particularly well with warm, smoky spices and meats.

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Pumpkin Chili

Stir in some pumpkin purée and you'll be on the fast track to a truly memorable pot of chili.

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Pork, Pumpkin, and Cornbread Casserole

This savory and smoky casserole is totally doable any night of the week.

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Syrian Stuffed Pumpkins

Syrian stuffed peppers are the inspiration for this hearty seasonal recipe

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Pork, Poblano, and Pumpkin Stew

Starting with lean pork tenderloin keeps the cook time on this seasonal stew to a minimum, and doable on a weeknight.

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Savory Stuffed Pumpkin with Sausage and Gruyère

Stuffed with an ultra-savory, cheesy bread pudding, this dinner tastes just as incredible as it looks. You can keep it vegetarian by using plant-based sausage instead of Italian sausage.

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Pumpkin Drinks

Pricey coffee-shop drinks aren’t the only way to get your fill of pumpkin-kissed favorites. Stay in your PJs and make these cozy drinks at home.

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Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spice Lattes

This pumpkin spice latte recipe keeps warm in the slow cooker and doesn't even require an espresso machine, so you can cozy up and stay inside instead.

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Spiked Pumpkin Spice Creamer

Homemade pumpkin spice creamer, spiked with bourbon and flavored with pumpkin purée and spices, turns coffee into an after-dinner treat.

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Hot Pumpkin Buttered Rum

Hot buttered rum is already like a warm hug. Add pumpkin and you've got fall's best cocktail.

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How To Make a Pumpkin Spice Latte at Home

How to make a pumpkin spice latte in your own kitchen — no espresso maker, milk frother, or special syrups required.

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Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

Yes, pie for breakfast is a wonderful treat on it's own, but this pumpkin pie smoothie really takes that to the next level!

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Spiked Pumpkin Pie Milkshake

Or if you want something a bit more decadent, go for the spiked pumpkin pie milkshake. You won't be sorry.

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Sheela Prakash

Senior Contributing Food Editor

Sheela is the Senior Contributing Food Editor at Kitchn and the author of Mediterranean Every Day: Simple, Inspired Recipes for Feel-Good Food . She received her master's degree from the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy and is also a Registered Dietitian.

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