Homemade Pumpkin Desserts: 20 Recipes Using Pumpkin Puree

Pumpkin puree is one of those go-to ingredients I always keep on hand during fall. It’s super easy to use and adds that perfect seasonal flavor to any dessert! Today, I’m sharing 20 pumpkin dessert recipes made with pumpkin puree.

These pumpkin dessert recipes are perfect for fall baking—great for kids, family gatherings, bake sales, or Thanksgiving treats.

Be sure to check out my Sweet Caramel Apple Dessert Recipes, too.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Cups

These Pumpkin Cheesecake Cups are a no-bake pumpkin dessert recipe that’s easy and ready in no time. They’re creamy, spiced, and sweet pumpkin cheesecake layered over a cinnamon graham cracker crust. It’s a great single-serve dessert idea to serve at your fall party.

Mini Pumpkin Cakes with Caramel Buttercream Frosting

These Mini Pumpkin Cakes are ideal single-serve pumpkin desserts to serve at any gathering. They’re everything you love about the season—warm spices, sweet pumpkin, and creamy caramel buttercream frosting. 

Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

These Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting are one of my favorite pumpkin dessert recipes. They’re light, fluffy, and perfectly spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.

Pumpkin Donuts

These Pumpkin Donuts are an adorable fall treat—soft, fluffy, and full of warm pumpkin spice flavor! Fried, baked, and rolled in a sweet cinnamon sugar coating, they’re perfect for cozy mornings, bake sales, or festive holiday desserts.

Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Truffles

These Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Truffles are a cozy fall treat that are rich, smooth, have just the right amount of spice, and are covered in a blanket of dark chocolate. 

Pumpkin Brownies

This pumpkin brownie recipe (one of our very favorite fall baking ideas) combines rich chocolate and warm pumpkin spice for an easy, delicious fall treat. Ready in under an hour!

Fall Charcuterie Board with Pumpkin Pie Dip

This fall charcuterie board is served with a creamy pumpkin pie dip made with pumpkin puree. It’s an easy, festive way to serve up autumn vibes for Halloween parties, family snacking, or cozy nights in.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars

These Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars combine a buttery crust with creamy, spiced pumpkin filling to create the perfect fall treat! One of the best pumpkin dessert recipes for fall baking.

Homemade Pumpkin Pie Tarts

These Pumpkin Pie Tarts are one of my favorite homemade fall breakfast recipes. They’re flaky, buttery, filled with pumpkin pie filling, and topped with a sweet cinnamon glaze that makes them the perfect comfort food for autumn.

Starbucks Copycat Pumpkin Muffins

These Starbucks Copycat Pumpkin Muffins capture all the warm, fall flavors you love — without the long coffee shop lines or the extra cost. They’re ideal for breakfast, snack time, or even a simple dessert.

No-Bake Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Trifle

These Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Trifles are an easy, no-bake pumpkin dessert made with layers of creamy pumpkin cheesecake, crunchy graham cracker crumbs, and fluffy whipped topping.

Mini Pumpkin Fudge Truffles

These Pumpkin Fudge Truffles are soft, sweet, and fudgy, with just the right amount of pumpkin spice to make you feel like fall is in the air.

Mini Pumpkin Marshmallow Pies

These Mini Pumpkin Marshmallow Pies are an easy no-bake dessert recipe you can make this fall. With a buttery, flaky crust, creamy pumpkin filling, and a sweet, toasted marshmallow topping, they’re an adorable twist on traditional pumpkin pie. 

Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes

These Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes are creamy, spiced, and baked on a buttery graham cracker crust—they’re like tiny bites of pumpkin pie with a cheesecake twist. A bite-sized pumpkin recipe using pumpkin puree.

Pumpkin Dip

This Pumpkin Dessert Dip is everything you love about pumpkin pie in a creamy, no-bake dip! With just four ingredients, it uses pure pumpkin, but you can use pumpkin puree just make sure it’s a plain one.

Soft Pumpkin S’mores Cookies

These Pumpkin S’more Cookies with pumpkin puree are soft and chewy and make great back-to-school snacks, fall bake sales, or sweet party treats.

Pumpkin Crescent Roll Twists

These Pumpkin Crescent Roll Twists are one of the easiest fall treats you can make on a busy afternoon. They’re buttery, sweet, full of warm pumpkin pie spice, and ready in under 30 minutes! 

Pumpkin S’mores Bars

These Pumpkin S’mores Bars are made with pumpkin puree, gooey marshmallows, melty chocolate, and spiced pumpkin. This is one of the best pumpkin dessert recipes you’ll bake this fall baking season.

Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies

These soft and chewy Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies are a perfect blend of pumpkin spice and creamy white chocolate, with pumpkin puree ideal for fall baking.