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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

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Keep your taste buds happy this fall with these delicious Pumpkin Whoopie Pies. The soft pumpkin cookies are sandwiched with a sweet maple buttercream and have the best cozy flavor. You won't be able to resist these handheld treats at fall get togethers.

Three whoopie pies stacked on top of a white plate.
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Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pies

One of my favorite childhood treats is whoopie pies—or gobs if you are from Pennsylvania like me. The classic chocolate whoopie pies were always my favorite to get at fall craft fairs.

Every year, I look forward to baking pumpkin desserts. My favorites are these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and this pumpkin bundt cake.

This year, I decided to take those classic whoopie pies to another level by adding pumpkin, spices, and maple frosting. These soft and sticky treats will satisfy your desire for pumpkin spice cookies.

Why You Will Love This Recipe

If you are looking for a delicious cookie for fall gatherings, this pumpkin whoopie pie recipe is just what you need.

The cookie batter is easy to mix in minutes with ingredients you probably already have on hand. Plus, no chill time is required, so you can bake them right away.

Combining spices and a sweet maple frosting gives these cookies a delicious fall flavor. One bite, and you will reach for another one!

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Caramel Apple Bars

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These easy Caramel Apple Bars have a soft cake mix crust, a gooey caramel center, and lots of apple chunks and nuts. Warm apple squares are a delicious fall dessert, especially when served with vanilla ice cream.

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During the fall months I love getting into the kitchen and making delicious desserts with different varieties of apples that we get from the store and the farmers market.

Sometimes I make this apple bundt cake, sometimes these cinnamon sugar apple donut holes, and sometimes it's as simple as a pan of apple nachos with tons of toppings.

One of my favorite apple desserts are these simple apple squares made with a cake mix.

Why You Will Love These Bars

These apple bars are similar to a 7 layer bar except you use caramel dip instead of the traditional sweetened condensed milk. It makes them so delicious and gooey!

  • Easy to make in minutes. Using a cake mix and store bought caramel dip makes the layers come together quickly.
  • Loaded with fruit and nuts. The hardest part of this recipe is chopping the apples and walnuts into bite sized pieces.
  • So gooey and delicious! Trust me and try one of these easy apple bars with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top! 
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Spider Web Brownies

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These Spider Web Brownies are easy to make with 4 simple ingredients and taste delicious. Plus, they look really spooky and will be a hit at your Halloween parties.

Make sure to check out some of our other easy desserts like these dirt cupcakes and these ghost cookies.

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We love Halloween! One of the best things about this time of year is making fun and spooky treats for my family and friends. We make these peanut butter eyeballs every single year!

This year I decided to change it up and make bite sized brownies decorated with chocolate spider webs and gummy spiders.

Our friends went crazy for them when I shared a test batch with them.

Why These Brownies are Best

Whether you want to make a fun treat for your family or need a cute Halloween treat, these spider web brownies will get smiles from everyone. They look fancy, but they are actually very easy to make because they start with a box mix.

The brownies can be made in three different sizes depending on how many you need or how big you want them. Personally, I think the jumbo muffin size was the best!

No artistic ability is needed to decorate these Halloween brownies. You can add a simple spider web design on top of each brownie with just a spoon and a plastic baggie.

The colorful gummy spider will get everyone's attention when you bring a tray of these web brownies to your parties. They are the perfect combination of sweet and spooky!

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Candy Corn Snack Mix

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This Candy Corn Mix is easy to make in 5 minutes, and you will love the fun flavor combination.  Pretzels and Reese's Pieces with candy corn and peanuts make a sweet and salty trail mix that will disappear in a hurry.

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This easy fall snack mix is one of my all-time favorite treats to make in the fall. I am one of those people who actually loves candy corn, and I look forward to snacking on it and making these homemade Butterfingers.

Years ago, I was introduced to this harvest snack mix by a good friend.  She had a bowl of this sweet mix at one of our meetings, and I seriously could not stop munching on it.  It's truly addicting. 

Why You Will Love This Fall Snack Mix

There is something about the combination of salty peanuts and chewy candy corn that will remind you of a Payday candy bar or a salted nut roll.  Try it!  It really does taste like those candy bars.

Adding Reese's Pieces and pretzels gives the candy corn trail mix a sweet and crunchy flair. Eating these ingredients together tones down the candy corn taste.

There is no trick to making this easy Halloween treat. You can add one cup of each ingredient, but that is just a guideline.  You can adjust it to have more of what you like in your mix.

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Apple Spice Cake

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Apple Spice Cake is a delicious bundt cake to make for fall. This moist apple cake is loaded with fresh apples and plenty of warm spices. It's easy to make and will make your kitchen smell amazing as it bakes.

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Some of my favorite things about the cooler fall weather are wearing jeans and sweatshirts, going to bonfires, and of course, baking with apples. A few of our favorite recipes is this apple bundt cake and these apple blondies.

Since we had quite a few extra apples this week, I decided to make a caramel apple pie and another apple cake with a warm chai flavor.

Why You Will Love This Cake

This apple spice cake is the perfect fall dessert. A sweet glaze and chopped pecans make it look absolutely gorgeous. It would be great for fall parties or bake sales.

  • Easy to make. All you need is one large bowl, a food chopper, and a bundt pan to make this cake recipe.
  • Makes your kitchen smell like fall. Apples and plenty of warm spices give off a delightful fall smell as the cake bakes.
  • Moist and delicious! Sour cream, apples, AND applesauce add so much moisture to the batter.

The next time you are craving a spice cake made with apples, use this recipe. You are going to love the flavor combination.

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Strawberry Applesauce

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This Strawberry Applesauce is easy to make with just three ingredients. Combine fresh apples and strawberries in the crock pot for a sweet cinnamon treat. Your family will love having this homemade applesauce for breakfast or dessert.

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One of my favorite things to do in the fall is to make apple butter and applesauce. You just can't buy that homemade flavor. Plus, your house smells amazing as the apples cook down.

A few weeks ago we had some apples in the fridge that needed to be used up right away. Homemade applesauce is a great way to use up any extra apples you may have.

Why You Should Make This

Forget about buying jars of applesauce at the grocery store. It is so easy to make a big pot of strawberry applesauce in just minutes.

  • Add everything to a crock pot and forget about it for a few hours.
  • Apples and strawberries are a delicious combo.
  • Red Hots add a sweet cinnamon flavor that everyone will enjoy.
  • Your kitchen will have the most amazing cinnamon apple smell as it cooks.
  • This cinnamon applesauce freezes really well, so you can save some for later.
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Frosted Halloween Sugar Cookies

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Frosted Halloween Sugar Cookies are a fun and delicious treat to make for the spooky holiday. The colorful buttercream frosting and sprinkles make these soft sugar cookies melt in your mouth.

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I love making fun treats like these ghost cookies and these no bake Halloween cheesecake cups to get into the Halloween spirit. The candy eyeballs add such a cute yet spooky vibe.

This year I decided to make frosted sugar cookies that would be perfect for Halloween. My kids and husband adore frosted Lofthouse cookies, so I decided to make a copycat recipe that we could make anytime.

Why Make This Recipe

Frosted sugar cookies are a great way to get into the spooky spirit. These ones are colorful, fun, and frosted with a delicious orange and purple buttercream.

  • They are so easy to make. No rolling or cookie cutters required.
  • Each one is colorful, festive, and tastes delicious.
  • The cookies are soft and cakey. Each bite will literally melt in your mouth.
  • They have the perfect ratio of cookie to frosting.
  • Change up the frosting color and serve them for any holiday.

This frosted sugar cookie recipe is sure to be a hit at your Halloween party this year. Don't forget to add sprinkles for that extra festive flair.

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Apple Cider Donuts

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These baked Apple Cider Donuts are cakey, flavorful, and coated in a delicious butter and cinnamon sugar coating. This is such an amazing apple donut recipe to make for breakfast this fall. Just be careful or you might eat the entire batch.

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One of my favorite things about fall is picking apples to bake an apple cake and eating a few cider donuts. There is just something about those donuts that I can't resist.

I knew that I had to find a way to replicate those amazing farm donuts, so we could have them any time of year.

Why These Baked Apple Cider Donuts Work

The flavor and texture of these apple cider donuts is what makes them so good.  They are dense, moist, and have a really good crumb texture.

A coating of butter and cinnamon sugar takes them over the top and makes them taste just like the ones from a bakery or apple orchard. You will love how they are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.

In less than an hour, you can have a batch of homemade apple cider donuts sitting in your kitchen waiting to be devoured.

If you like spice donuts, check out these chai donuts too!

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Easy Pumpkin Crunch Cobbler

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Enjoy all the flavors of fall in this easy Pumpkin Cobbler.  The creamy pumpkin pie layer with a crunchy toffee pecan topping makes this the ultimate fall dessert.

Looking for other pumpkin recipes?  Try adding this pumpkin coffee cake or a pumpkin cheesecake pie to your fall plans.

Pumpkin cobbler square on a white plate with Cool Whip.

This pumpkin dessert with yellow cake mix is one of my favorite things to make every fall. Years ago, I won first place at a fall dessert contest with this same pumpkin cobbler recipe. It's that delicious.

If you love pumpkin pie or pumpkin bundt cake, you will adore this sweet pumpkin dessert. It is easy to make, and everyone loves the creamy pumpkin pie filling with a buttery streusel topping.

It also goes by other names, such as pumpkin crunch cake or pumpkin dump cake. As long as you call it delicious, I don't care what you name it.

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Why You Will Love This Pumpkin Dessert

Our pumpkin cobbler is the ultimate fall dessert because it is easy to make. Our secret shortcut is to use a cake mix for the streusel topping.

This dessert can be assembled and placed in your oven in under 15 minutes. All you have to do is mix, dump, and bake. Then, sit back and enjoy your kitchen's fantastic pumpkin spice smell as the cake bakes.

Want to impress your holiday guests with a fantastic pumpkin dessert? Make this easy dump cake for Thanksgiving dinner or any fall party, and watch it be devoured.

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Banana Bread Muffins

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These Banana Bread Muffins are so soft and fluffy. Feel free to make this easy banana muffins recipe plain or load them with chocolate chips or toasted nuts. They are the perfect grab and go breakfast when you are short on time.

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Banana Muffins

We go through quite a few bananas every week.  I eat the green ones and save the brown ones for banana waffles or sour cream banana bread.

Our kids are picky about what they eat for breakfast.  Most days, they just grab a protein shake or a cliff bar. But I have found that they will reach for those if I make muffins first.

Although, if I make these banana muffins without chocolate chips, my kids will let me know that the chocolate is missing. I guess they have the same sweet tooth as I do.

Why This Recipe Works

Baking banana bread muffins is so much quicker than baking a loaf of banana bread. A batch of these muffins can be baked in 18 minutes, compared to a loaf of bread which is usually 60 minutes.

Muffins are much more convenient to grab and go when you are in a hurry. A muffin in a liner is much easier to eat in the car than a jar of chia pudding. Am I right?

These easy banana muffins taste just like banana bread, just a little bit lighter and fluffier. The best part is how moist and delicious they are.

Another great thing is that this is an easy one-bowl recipe. Yay for making less mess in the kitchen, right?

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