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Churro Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Danish

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A cinnamon sugar coating and a sweet glaze gives this Churro Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Danish a fun and pretty texture!  It's the perfect way to add a pumpkin recipe to your breakfast routine this fall!

A stack of three churro pumpkin pie cheesecake danishes on a white plate

I am officially riding the pumpkin train.  All I want to do is pumpkin spice all the things, all the time. The only problem I have at the moment with making all these simple pumpkin recipes is that our oldest son isn't home to enjoy them with me.

He and I are really the only ones that love anything pumpkin. Without my chief treat eater to help me out, I'm in a little bit of a predicament.  Depending on how you look at it, that is either a good thing or a bad thing...

Good because yay for eating all the pumpkin desserts in the house, or boo because I will be eating all the pumpkin desserts in the house.  All you pumpkin lovers out there know the struggle, right?

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Chocolate Halloween Cookies and Cream Cookies

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Make a batch of these Halloween Cookies and Cream Cookies to share with family and friends. This easy chocolate cookie recipe is soft and delicious and full of chocolate chips and colorful candies, making it perfect for Halloween parties.

A close up of chocolate cookies and cream cookies topped with Halloween candies with more cookies behind it
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Last weekend our daughter had a pool party/Halloween party that she was going to, so I offered to make a few treats for it.

First on the list of treats were these peanut butter zombie eyeballs. They are my all time favorite Halloween treat, so I am always looking for an excuse to make more gooey eyeballs. She said they were the most popular treat at the party.

Next on the list were chocolate cookies. I'm all about cake mix cookies when I need a quick and easy dessert. We always have a few box mixes in the cupboard and lots of chocolate chips and candies to jazz them up.

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Chocolate Pumpkin Lasagna

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This Chocolate Pumpkin Lasagna has creamy layers of chocolate and pumpkin cheesecake and homemade whipped cream on a crunchy cookie crust. An easy, no-bake dessert is just what your fall party needs!

*This content is sponsored by Dixie Crystals Sugar. All opinions and ideas expressed are entirely my own.

A white plate with a square of chocolate pumpkin lasagna topped with chocolate curls and a pan of dessert lasagna behind it

If you have never had a dessert lasagna, you have definitely been missing out. They have a couple different layers of creamy goodness with a cookie crust, and they are so refreshing.

A few years ago I made this No Bake Banana Split Oreo Dessert Lasagna, and it has remained one of my all time favorite summer desserts. Something about all those gooey layers just gets me every time.

This fall I decided to give that dessert lasagna a fall twist by adding a layer of no bake pumpkin cheesecake to it instead of the traditional pudding layer.

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Peanut Butter Cup Spider Cookies

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Chocolate covered pretzels, peanut butter candies, sprinkles, and candy eyes give these Peanut Butter Cup Spider Cookies a fun look. This peanut butter cookie recipe is such a fun treat for Halloween parties.

Three peanut butter cup spider cookies with googly candy eyes on a white plate

The month of October I boycott dusting.  My reasoning is that it is part of my "decorations".  Skeletons and gravestones just look better with a layer of dust around them.

I mean have you ever seen a clean and shiny haunted house?  No way! They are always musty and dirty because it just adds to the spookiness.

Of course, all this dust means that the spiders think it is ok to come live inside with us.  Yesterday I was vacuuming and found a giant spider web behind one of the doors.

I didn't see any spiders on it, but instinct kicked in and I sucked that web up in a hurry. 

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Salted Caramel Pumpkin Latte

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Sit and relax with this easy homemade Salted Caramel Pumpkin Latte. Adding pumpkin and caramel to hot coffee makes a fall drink that tastes amazing.  Don't forget to finish it off with some whipped cream and caramel drizzles.

A white mug filled with salted caramel pumpkin latte and topped with whipped cream and caramel drizzles

A hot cup of coffee, pumpkin scones, and some quiet time is how I like to start off my day.  It helps me slowly start the day off in the right way.

Since I am now on a pumpkin kick right now, I decided to add some fall flair to this salted caramel latte.  It was seriously a good idea.

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownie Pie

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Make a Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownie Pie and watch everyone smile as they cut into the layers. A gooey brownie bottom with creamy pumpkin cheesecake makes the perfect fall dessert.

A white plate with a slice of Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownie Pie on it and the pie plate behind it

Do you ever bake a dessert that gives you that happy, dance for joy kind of feelings? You know the dessert that gives you butterflies every time you open the fridge to stare at it while it is chilling because you know it is going to taste so good.

Quite honestly, this layered pumpkin pie is going to give you those feelings in your stomach because you will not be able to stop looking at it.

You will keep opening the refrigerator door just to stare at it again and again. And bite after bite will disappear into your mouth when you cut that first piece!!!

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Apple Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread

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This apple pull-apart bread is a delightful treat for breakfast or brunch this fall. Layers of apple pie filling and cinnamon sugar-coated bread dough bake into the most ooey, gooey bread.

*This content is sponsored by Dixie Crystals Sugar. All opinions and ideas expressed are entirely my own.

A wood board with a loaf of apple cinnamon pull apart bread drizzled with glaze and one sliced falling forward
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Apple Cinnamon Bread

Our kids love it when we make monkey bread muffins or cinnamon sugar pull-apart bread for a fun breakfast treat on the weekends. It's also a family favorite for the holidays too.

For this pull-apart bread recipe, we are starting with a homemade dough made with quick-rise yeast. This step skips a rise time, making it faster to make the gooey apple cinnamon bread!

I used the dough recipe from this raspberry pull-apart coffee cake for the base of this bread. This sweet bread features layers of apple pie filling and is topped with a sweet glaze, making it irresistible.

Why You Will Love This Recipe

  • This homemade recipe is easy and delicious, making it great for breakfast or brunch this fall.
  • As this apple pull-apart bread bakes, your kitchen will smell like fall.
  • The bread dough bakes up so light and fluffy.
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Spooky Halloween Eyeballs

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Oozing red frosting and candy eyes add a spooky flair to these peanut butter Halloween Eyeballs. Serve this eye-catching treat at your next party! Your guests will get a kick out of these spooky zombie eyes on the dessert table.

Need more Halloween treats? These homemade Butterfingers and these decorated monster cookies are fun to make and eat.

A stack of peanut butter eyeballs on a black tray.
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Spooky Eyeballs

Every October, our boys ask if I am going to make these spooky Halloween treats again. A few years ago, I jazzed up peanut butter balls for one party, and now my family wants them for Halloween every year.

Of course, I will never turn down an opportunity to make and eat chocolate and peanut butter treats.

My husband saw eyeball truffles on the counter and said they reminded him of the Walking Dead episode with Glenn's eyeball. He pulled up a replay and made me watch the eyeball scene.

Why You Will Love These Candy Eyes

  • Delicious and fun. The zombie eyes, made with peanut butter, white chocolate, and candies, taste delicious.
  • Extra spooky treat. Red gel oozing out of the candy eyes gives them that extra spooky touch.
  • Eye-catching treat. When the kids and adults see it, get ready for some chuckling and grimacing at the dessert table.
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Chocolate Pumpkin Spider Donuts

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Add these Chocolate Pumpkin Spider Donuts to your Halloween parties and watch all the kids grab a spooky treat! Soft baked donuts decorated with chocolate, sprinkles, and edible eyes are a fun breakfast this time of year!

A white plate with chocolate pumpkin donuts decorated like spiders and spiderwebs piled on it

A few years ago I decided to boycott dusting for the month of October. As I was putting out the skeleton bones, spiders, and gravestones they kind of looked out of place on the clean shelves.

Last year I added some plastic rats to our decor. Let's face it. Bones and rats look much better when there is a layer of dust surrounding them.

So, for now, I am letting the dust pile up on everything. The spiders have free rein of our ceiling corners. Well, for now anyway.

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Witch's Cauldron Brownie Cupcakes

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Creepy candies and green frosting make these Cauldron Cupcakes a fun addition to Halloween parties! Trust me. Ghouls and goblins of all ages love a dessert with gummy worms and googly eyes on it!

A black cake plate with brownie cupcakes topped with green frosting and spooky candies on it

Years ago we lived down the road from a couple that would always decorate their house for Halloween. They had large life-sized skeletons crawling on the roof and up the side of the house! At night they turned on a red glowing lightbulb, so you can just barely see the skeletons. It is so cool!

I know this might seem creepy and scary, but my husband and I both agree that it looked so fun.  We love Halloween!!!  It totally made me want to go buy 5 skeletons to attach to our house too!  Well, that was until I looked at how much those big ones actually cost. Yikes!

It seemed like a much better idea to just keep driving by their house each night enjoying the fun decorations there instead of buying them.

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