These 13 easy desserts are all about your favorite fall flavors

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When it comes to fall flavors, so many people go crazy for anything pumpkin spice. Others love the sweetness of maple syrup. Still others crave apple desserts or caramel flavors. Here are 13 recipes that are all about the favorite fall flavors.

A stack of four cookies, drizzled with white icing, rests on a table. The top cookie has a bite taken out. A small bowl with cinnamon sticks is in the background.
Easy Maple Oatmeal Cookies. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Pumpkin Tiramisu Dessert

Three glass dessert cups filled with layers of pumpkin mousse, whipped cream, and sponge cake sit on a wooden surface, adorned with greenery and cinnamon sticks. A small white pumpkin is in the background.
Pumpkin Tiramisu Dessert. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

This pumpkin tiramisu dessert, served in mini trifle dishes, is full of fall flavor. Nutmeg and cinnamon take on the traditional role in this Italian dessert that is typically made with espresso and cocoa powder.
Get the Recipe: Pumpkin Tiramisu Dessert

Cake Mix Maple Pecan Cupcakes

Two cupcakes topped with white frosting and garnished with pecan pieces, displayed close together.
Cake Mix Maple Pecan Cupcakes. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

In addition to the maple flavor, one of the things I love about this Cake Mix Maple Pecan cupcake recipe is how easy it is. One of the reasons it is simple and quick is because you are using box cake mix from the store.
Get the Recipe: Cake Mix Maple Pecan Cupcakes

Crescent Roll Chocolate Croissants

A blue plate with chocolate chip croissants, half-eaten croissant in the front showing chocolate filling, scattered chips on surface, a glass of milk, and a white towel in the background.
Crescent Roll Chocolate Croissants. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

This is a recipe for using refrigerated crescent roll dough and store-bought chocolate chips and transforming them into chocolate croissants or pain au chocolat, the perfect dessert with hot chocolate, tea or coffee.
Get the Recipe: Crescent Roll Chocolate Croissants

Easy Maple Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal cookies drizzled with white icing are surrounded by raw oats, with cinnamon sticks as decoration.
Easy Maple Oatmeal Cookies. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Nevermind pumpkin spice, pass me some maple oatmeal when fall rolls around. Thus, our recipe for easy maple oatmeal cookies. It’s the perfect cookie to add to your collection of fall desserts.
Get the Recipe: Easy Maple Oatmeal Cookies

Dessert Charcuterie Board

An arrangement of assorted snacks and pastries on a wooden table, featuring strawberries, doughnuts, pretzels, chocolate-covered almonds, and cupcakes.
Dessert Charcuterie Board. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

When hosting a party at home, you can get on the charcuterie train with one devoted to desserts. This can be for a game night or a holiday get together, great to put out during fall football watch parties.
Get the Recipe: Dessert Charcuterie Board

Easy Homemade Whipped Cream

A hand using a Cuisinart immersion blender to whip cream in a large stainless steel bowl on a kitchen countertop. A measuring cup and a rubber spatula are in the background.
Easy Homemade Whipped Cream. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Making homemade whipped cream is easier than you think. You need only three ingredients. Plus, with a handheld immersion blender, you can make fresh whipped cream in under a minute to top any fall dessert.
Get the Recipe: Easy Homemade Whipped Cream

Jewish Desserts Board

Assorted snacks and fruits, including blueberries, strawberries, and candies, displayed on a table.
Jewish Desserts Board. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

A Jewish desserts charcuterie board can work for all of the Jewish holidays, including the ones happening in the fall that involve food. Primarily, that is Rosh Hashanah but also could be Chanukah.
Get the Recipe: Jewish Desserts Board

Banana Caramel Cake

Iced banana cake with pecans on top.
Banana Caramel Cake. Photo credit: One Hot Oven.

This Easy Banana Caramel Cake is tender and flavorful and it all starts with a boxed cake mix that tastes like it came from a high-end bakeshop. Perfect for fall baking.
Get the Recipe: Banana Caramel Cake

Easy Pumpkin Crunch Cake

Slices of pumpkin crunch cake in white plates with forks on the side.
Easy Pumpkin Crunch Cake. Photo credit: Little House Big Alaska.

Try this easy Pumpkin Crunch Cake recipe! It’s like a dump cake meets a pumpkin pie and the result is a layered pumpkin dessert that is perfect for fall! Top with fresh whipped cream.
Get the Recipe: Easy Pumpkin Crunch Cake

Pumpkin Brownies

Stacked layered pumpkin brownies.
Pumpkin Brownies. Photo credit: Little House Big Alaska.

These three-layer pumpkin brownies start with fudgy box mix brownies mixed according to directions. Then mix part of the batter with canned pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spices and a few other ingredients. So easy.
Get the Recipe: Pumpkin Brownies

Mini Turtle Cheesecakes

A slice of a mini turtle cheesecake with caramel and pecans on a cupcake liner.
Mini Turtle Cheesecakes. Photo credit: Thriving In Parenting.

These bite-size mini turtle cheesecakes bring together creamy cheesecake, gooey caramel and crunchy pecans for a dessert that’s a total blast of fall flavors. Perfect for your next football or weekend party!
Get the Recipe: Mini Turtle Cheesecakes

Caramel Apple Dump Cake

A bowl of cake with ice cream on top.
Caramel Apple Dump Cake. Photo credit: Little House Big Alaska.

Introducing the Caramel Apple Dump Cake, your new favorite dessert for Autumn. With just a handful of common pantry ingredients, including store-bought box cake mix, you can make a quick and easy delicacy.
Get the Recipe: Caramel Apple Dump Cake

How to Make Box Cake Mix Better

A dessert topped with blueberries in the shape of a corner rectangle and strawberry slices arranged to resemble the American flag. A hand is adding a blueberry.
How to Make Box Cake Mix Better. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

You can enhance the flavor and texture of a boxed cake mix and create a homemade dessert that combines the best of both worlds — the ease of a boxed mix and the deliciousness of a from-scratch creation.
Get the Recipe: How to Make Box Cake Mix Better

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