30 Favorite Fall Recipes

Fall is a season that invites us to slow down, savor the moment, and enjoy Fall Favorite Recipes that feels like a hug on a chilly day. The crisp air, colorful leaves, and cozy evenings make it the perfect time to add some ingredients and recipes that you’ll best enjoy this season. Think of the comfort of a bowl of hearty soup, the sweetness of a pumpkin dessert, or the smell of cinnamon and apples baking in the oven, it’s all part of what makes the season special.

In this roundup, you’ll find 30 Fall Favorite Recipes that bring out the best of fall flavors. They’re comforting, and simple enough to enjoy at home while still being perfect for sharing with family and friends. From savory dishes packed with seasonal ingredients to sweet treats that make every bite feel festive, these fall favorites will warm your kitchen and your heart.

Maria’s Mixing Bowl, Swirls of Flavor, Jersey Girl Cooks, The Foodie Affair, Moore or Less Cooking, Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch, Blend with Spices, Kudos Kitchen by Renee, This Mom Cooks, Caked By Katie, The Salty Pot, Manila Spoon, Mama Needs Cake, Kim Schob, Life With The Crust Cut Off, Midwestern Holidays, Risa’s Family Kitchen, Sweet and Savory Meals, Maegan Kay Bakes, Planning Inspired, Midwestern HomeLife, Spaceships and Laser Beams, Lauren Kelly Nutrition. Also, there’s a few from me right here on Pam’s Daily Dish.

Tips on How To Make Fall Favorite Recipes

• Cook with seasonal produce: Fall brings an abundance of fresh ingredients like pumpkin, apples and sweet potatoes. Using what’s in season not only gives your dishes better flavor but also makes them more affordable and wholesome.

• Use warm spices that scream fall: Spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and allspice are the heart of fall cooking. They instantly add comfort and depth to both sweet and savory dishes. A pinch can transform baked goods, drinks, or even roasted vegetables into something truly cozy.

• Make it cozy and shareable: Fall favorite recipes are best enjoyed in good company. Prepare larger portions of soups, drinks, or baked treats that can be shared with family and friends. These meals naturally bring people together and create moments that feel warm and memorable.

30 Fall Favorite Recipes

1. Upside Down Apple Caramel Cake

This upside down apple caramel cake is rich, tender, and moist, making a fantastic fall treat for any occasion. Deliciously tender cake is topped with caramel and apples and loaded with the classic fall flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg for a snack or dessert that everyone will love. It’s the perfect dessert for any fall gathering, and it makes a great addition to Thanksgiving and Christmas tables, as well. It’s also an easy recipe that even beginners can make.

Get the full recipe from: Pam’s Daily Dish

2. Creamy Pumpkin Mac and Cheese

This Creamy Pumpkin Mac and Cheese is a quick and easy Fall-inspired twist on the classic macaroni and cheese. It’s made with simple ingredients and the end result is an ultra creamy dish that’s sure to be a crowd pleaser! The pumpkin adds a delicious sweetness to the classic dish that really takes it to the next level. Plus, it’s an easy way to get your kids to eat their vegetables!

Get the full recipe from: Maria’s Mixing Bowl

3. Pumpkin Spice Latte

Seasonal Pumpkin Spice Latte made with the milk of your choice, real pumpkin puree, and pumpkin pie spices! Mix with strong coffee, top with whipped cream and enjoy!

Get the full recipe from: The Foodie Affair

4. Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

These copycat Starbucks pumpkin cream cheese muffins deliver all the rich, delicious flavor of the Starbucks favorite right from your oven. These muffins are moist and tender and feature a rich, sweet cream cheese filling. They’re sooo good.It’s the perfect sweet breakfast or brunch, a sweet addition to breakfast, an afternoon snack, or a tasty dessert. It’s an easy recipe that even beginners can make.

Get the full recipe from: Pam’s Daily Dish

5. Pumpkin Fritters

Pumpkin fritters are the cozy, lightly sweet treat you didn’t know you needed. Crisp on the outside and soft and spiced on the inside, they’re just right for fall mornings, weekend brunch, or an easy dessert. Whether you top them with powdered sugar or a drizzle of honey, these little golden bites disappear fast, so make sure you grab one before they’re gone.

Get the full recipe from: Jersey Girl Cooks

6. Slow Cooker Apple Pear Crisp

This Slow Cooker Pear Apple Crisp recipe combines cinnamon, oats, over slow-cooked apples, and pears to make an unbeatable fall dessert! It’s one of those recipes that is delicious comfort food, making you feel cozy and warm! The pears add such a delicious texture and flavor to the crisp.

Get the full recipe from: Moore or Less Cooking

7. Cheddar Bacon Corn Potato Chowder

A favorite fall chowder loaded with cheddar cheese, bacon, corn and potatoes. A very hearty and filling soup. This soup has everything that makes you love the fall with its cheddary, velvety texture, smokey baconliciousness, tons of locally grown fresh corn and creamy potatoes. It’s everything in a bowl of chowder you need!

Get the full recipe from: Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch

8. Colorful Fall Chopped Salad

This delicious Fall Chopped Salad has all the colors and flavors you love about the season! With roasted vegetables and fresh fall fruit, this seasonal fall salad will easily grace any table, for any occasion. You’ll love making this harvest salad recipe often during the fall and winter season when Brussels sprouts and butternut squash are priced right and plentiful!

Get the full recipe from: Kudos Kitchen by Renee

9. Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Apples

Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Apples – A warm, cozy, healthy, and perfect fall side dish for Thanksgiving dinner. The sweet potatoes and apples are roasted to perfection with a touch of cinnamon, making it a flavorful, great addition to your holiday meal.

Get the full recipe from: Blend with Spices

10. Sweet Potato Bites

Sweet potato bites with marshmallows and pecans are a bitesize, poppable mini sweet potato casserole all in one. Serve as a side dish or appetizer. These sweet potato slices are baked until tender. Then, they’re topped with maple syrup and a marshmallow and baked again. Then, serve them with a pecan half on top. Yummy! They have all the flavor of traditional sweet potato casserole in a hand-held, bite-size form.

Get the full recipe from: Pam’s Daily Dish

11. Easy Matzo Ball Soup Recipe

This easy matzo ball soup recipe is the perfect dish for the fall and winter. Hot and hearty, but not heavy. This soup is full of tender chicken breast carrots, onions, celery, and garlic, along with classic matzo balls. It’s a healthy, kid-friendly dish that everyone in the family will love.

Get the full recipe from: Pam’s Daily Dish

12. Fluffy Pumpkin Spice Pancakes (with Buttermilk)

These delicious pumpkin spiced pancakes are worth making from scratch because they are beautifully fluffy and have the perfect balance of sweetness paired with the warm spices of pumpkin pie. Enjoy these pancakes on a cool fall morning or anytime of the year when the mood strikes!

Get the full recipe from: This Mom Cooks

13. Apple Cider Sangria

Apple Cider Sangria is an easy recipe that adds a fall spin to your sangria cocktail! Apple cider, applejack brandy and a sweet white wine combine with a hint of vanilla to create your new favorite fall sangria! Applejack brandy, along with a hint of vanilla extract, adds a depth of intense apple flavor making this the most amazing apple whiskey sangria you have ever tasted!

Get the full recipe from: Swirls of Flavor

14. Gluten-Free Spice Cake (Dairy-Free)

Tender moist layers of warm spice cake stacked high upon a blanket of delicious whipped cinnamon cream cheese buttercream frosting. The subtle and delectable tang contrasts gorgeously with the warm autumn spices found in each fluffy cake layer. Topped with fun snickerdoodle cookies and generous swirls of that delectable cream cheese frosting, this gluten-free spice cake is pure cozy fall comfort in every single bite.

Get the full recipe from: Cakes by Katie

15. Maple Pecan Sweet Potato Boats

These cute little Maple Pecan Sweet Potato Boats are like mini sweet potato casseroles but in individual portions! They’re sweet, creamy, and have that yummy, toasty, marshmallow topping, just like the casserole does.And, they’re perfectly sized for serving. It’s like having your own sweet potato casserole on your plate, perfect for the fall season!

Get the full recipe from: The Salty Pot

16. Slow Cooker Beef and Beer Belgian Stew

Beef chunks are steeped in Belgian beer in the slow cooker and result in a melt-in-your-mouth delicious stew! This is the best beef stew ever! Perfect comfort food for fall and winter. Serve with fries, noodles or over mashed potatoes.It is braised in Belgian dark ale for several hours resulting in meltingly tender meat with superb and robust flavor!

Get the full recipe from: Manila Spoon

17. Instant Pot Pumpkin Chili

Pumpkin’s not only for dessert! This Instant Pot Pumpkin Chili is a savory favorite during pumpkin season. The warm aromatic scents and flavors of cinnamon, brown sugar and chili powder are in every bite of this turkey pumpkin chili with black beans. It’s quick and easy to make Instant Pot Turkey Chili with pumpkin. Since it’s relatively fast to prep the ingredients, make sure everything is ready to go into the pot.

Get the full recipe from: Mama Needs Cake

18. Fall Chex Mix

This is great to take while pumpkin or apple picking, perfect to give out as treats or cuddle up on the sofa with a Halloween movie and a bowl of this delicious mix. Cereals, candy, candy corn, Bugle chips, pretzels and caramel and peanut popcorn come together in a lightly sweet coating to create one sweet and salty fabulous mix.

Get the full recipe from: Life With The Crust Cut Off

19. Magical Pumpkin Pecan Pie Dump Cake

Here is a magical cake that tastes like pumpkin and pecan pie all in one. Make one of these magical pumpkin pecan pie dump cake recipes and taste the delicious moist cake with a wonderful crunchy pecan topping. This recipe for a magical pumpkin pecan pie dump cake is such a delicious cake and it really does taste like pumpkin pie in a cake form.

Get the full recipe from: Pam’s Daily Dish

20. Best Ever Pumpkin Chiffon Pie Recipe

Pumpkin Chiffon Pie is a favorite Fall dessert. This homemade pumpkin pie is creamy and fluffy and will quickly become your favorite pie to make. The ingredients come together quickly and easily to make this recipe a no-fail! Pumpkin Chiffon is a great recipe for holiday season baking as it is filled with comforting fall flavors.

Get the full recipe from: Kim Schob

21. Pumpkin Blueberry Bread

Pumpkin Blueberry Bread is soft and moist and filled with cozy pumpkin flavor, warm spices, and tons of juicy blueberries. It’s the perfect treat to enjoy with a cup of coffee or as a delicious fall breakfast. You’ll be in love with this scrumptious Pumpkin Blueberry Bread because it combines the best flavors of fall in one delicious treat.

Get the full recipe from: Midwestern Holidays

22. Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

These Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting have all the flavors of Fall. They are soft, sweet, slightly spiced cookies with pumpkin pie spice, and the cream cheese frosting adds that special, sweet, creamy finish. This recipe makes 6 dozen cookies, so plenty to share with friends and family, or you can half the recipe if desired, or make some and freeze some.

Get the full recipe from: Risa’s Family Kitchen

23. Baked Apple Cider Donuts

These donuts are perfect for breakfast, an afternoon snack, or even dessert. Since they are baked instead of fried, they are a lighter treat you can enjoy and happily share with the kids. Autumn apple season is here and you’ll love baking Apple Cider Donuts with rich apple cider flavor and a sweet cinnamon sugar topping.

Get the full recipe from: Sweet and Savory Meals

24. Acorn Donut Holes

Acorn donut holes are a sweet and salty snack that decorates pre-made donut holes with chocolate and pretzels to make them look just like adorable, edible acorns. They’re the perfect treat for fall! They’re decorated to look just like acorns, making them a sweet, delicious fall treat to serve at any get-together or even as a delightful weeknight dessert or afternoon snack.

Get the full recipe from: Pam’s Daily Dish

25. Cinnamon Apple Danish – Simple from Puff Pastry

This Cinnamon Apple Danish starts with puff pastry and then is topped with cinnamon apples and a maple glaze. Delicious! This pastry brings in delicious fall flavors of apple and maple, making it a delicious treat for the cozy fall Saturday mornings.

Get the full recipe from: Maegan Kay Bakes

26. Pumpkin Crescent Rolls

These super simple but delicious pumpkin crescent rolls are so exciting to share! These would be perfect for Thanksgiving dinner, and while they do give us dessert vibes, you would probably serve these as a sweet little appetizer or even for Thanksgiving Day breakfast. These easy to make pumpkin pie crescents make a super easy fall breakfast recipe, if that’s up your alley, too!

Get the full recipe from: Planning Inspired

27. Pumpkin Bars

Pumpkin bars combine warm fall spices with a rich cream cheese frosting, making them an easy and delicious treat for any occasion. Ready in just 40 minutes, they’re perfect for everything from family gatherings to holiday potlucks. These pumpkin bars are your go-to for a classic fall treat that brings together the rich taste of pumpkin and the warm notes of cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. They’re easy to make, perfect for sharing.

Get the full recipe from: Spaceship and Laser Beams

28. Pumpkin Spice Overnight Oats

These Pumpkin Spice Overnight Oats are the absolute perfect, healthy, easy fall breakfast. Lightly sweet with a hint of spice all made in 5 minutes! Oh and it’s a total added bonus that these pumpkin spice overnight oats are packed with protein, vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free and crazy delicious.

Get the full recipe from: Lauren Kelly Nutrition

29. Spiced Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Cranberry Maple Syrup

Spiced Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Cranberry Maple Syrup will fill your home with cozy aromas of pumpkin, pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and cranberry maple syrup. Almond milk makes this a dairy-free dessert, breakfast, or brunch dish everyone will love digging into. When you’re craving a fall dessert with pumpkin, pecans, cinnamon, cranberries, and maple syrup, this spiced pumpkin bread pudding is sure to mark off all the flavors on your fall bingo card.

Get the full recipe from: Midwestern HomeLife

30. Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries Recipe

This air fryer sweet potato fries recipe is one of my favorite ways to prepare sweet potatoes. Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and seasoned simply with salt and pepper, they make a great snack or side for burgers, dogs, sloppy Joes, and more. This recipe is incredibly healthy. It only uses a tablespoon of oil, so it’s low in fat and high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals.

Get the full recipe from: Pam’s Daily Dish

Frequently Asked Questions on Fall Favorite Recipes

How can I make my fall recipes healthier?

Small swaps go a long way. Use whole grains in baked goods, try natural sweeteners like honey or maple syrup instead of refined sugar, and roast or steam vegetables instead of frying them.

How do I keep baked fall treats moist?

Use ingredients like applesauce, pumpkin puree, or yogurt in your batter, they add natural moisture. Storing baked goods in airtight containers and adding a slice of bread inside also helps prevent them from drying out.

Are there fall Favorite recipes that can work for special diets?

Yes. Many can be adapted for gluten-free, dairy-free, or vegetarian lifestyles. For example, use almond flour for baked goods, coconut milk for creamy soups, or quinoa instead of pasta. Fall flavors are flexible and can fit most dietary needs.

Fall is the season for cozy meals, warm kitchens, and flavors that make us feel at home. These Fall Favorite recipes are more than just food, they’re a way to enjoy the season, share moments with loved ones, and bring comfort to everyday life.

From savory dishes to sweet treats, each one captures the heart of autumn and makes it easy to celebrate the little joys this time of year brings. So gather your ingredients, pour yourself something warm, and let these fall favorites recipes fill your table with love and flavor.

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