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Chocolate Pumpkin Spider Donuts

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

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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Salted Caramel Chocolate Sugar Cookie Bars

Save time in the kitchen by making these Salted Caramel Chocolate Sugar Cookie Bars for dessert. This easy chocolate cookie bar recipe is baked and frosted with creamy Salted Caramel Frosting in one pan.

Every year when fall gets here, I get so excited for the return of the Salted Caramel Mocha Latte and the Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew in coffee shops. As much as I adore the pumpkin coffee, the salted caramel latte is my all time favorite.

I decided to have some fun in the kitchen and bake something with that sweet and salty flavor.

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Monkey Bread Muffins

Monkey Bread Muffins are a delicious breakfast treat. Homemade dough rolled in cinnamon sugar and drizzled with a sweet glaze makes a muffin recipe that everyone will go bananas for.

One of our kids absolute favorite breakfast treat is monkey bread. You know the stuff, right? Biscuit dough cut up and rolled in butter and cinnamon sugar and then baked to gooey perfection.

If you have never tried it, trust me and head to the kitchen now because you need monkey bread in your life ASAP. You are going to love this homemade recipe because it tastes like the inside of cinnamon rolls.

Since brown food isn't the prettiest, I added a drizzle of sweet glaze over the tops of these Monkey Bread Muffins to make them pretty and even more delicious. It's not necessary, but tastes oh, so good!

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Snickerdoodle Apple Cake

What is better than the warm scent of cinnamon and apples? How about pairing them together in an apple cinnamon cake. Creamy frosting and a dusting of cinnamon sugar will make this Snickerdoodle Apple Cake bring a smile to your face.

There is something about the smell of apples that says fall to me. During the fall months, I like to keep a bag of apples on hand at all times. My preferred way to eat "an apple a day" is in baked goods.

Apples provide extra moisture to cakes, cookies, and muffins. They also make your kitchen smell amazing as you are baking.

This apple cinnamon cake is a match made in heaven. The soft dense cake is loaded with apple pieces and is topped with the creamiest cinnamon frosting.

The best part about this snickerdoodle cake is that it starts with a cake mix. See how to make a cake mix taste homemade with three kinds of apple love.

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Caramel Apple Granola Bars

These homemade Caramel Apple Granola Bars taste so much better than any bar you will find in the store. They are easy to make, and they are so soft and chewy. Perfect for on the go breakfasts or after school snacks.

A plate with homemade apple granola bars on it with one standing up.

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Granola bars are one of those snacks that are just easy to keep on hand. Most of the time I make no bake granola bars for the kids to snack on during the week, but this week I pulled out an oldie, but goodie recipe.

Over the years, I have had fun with that baked granola bar recipe and made some pretty delicious strawberry granola bars.

I had a few apples leftover after making these apple donut holes, so I decided to add them to a pan of apple cinnamon oatmeal bars for everyone to snack on. And of course, caramel had to be added too.

Why Make These Bars

Homemade granola bars are so easy to customize with different ingredients. Pretty much anything you like can be added to them.

After they bake and cool they have a soft, chewy texture that is so delicious.

The sweet caramel apple flavor will satisfy all your fall cravings. Plus, they make great lunch box treats for the kids all week long.

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Glazed Cinnamon Apple Donuts

The crunchy cinnamon sugar on top makes these baked Glazed Cinnamon Apple Donuts a sweet treat for breakfast. Two times the apple goodness keeps this apple donut recipe soft for days.

Now that we are in the middle of September, I am in full blown fall mode. The problem is that fall doesn't come to Florida until at least November. So, what is a girl to do?

So far, I have pull out all the fall decor, kept the air conditioner running at a cool 72 degrees, and started baking with apples.

And as I write this, I have a pot of homemade apple butter bubbling on our stove top, and the kitchen smells absolutely amazing.

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Pumpkin Snack Cake

On cool fall mornings, enjoy a slice of this brown butter Pumpkin Snack Cake for breakfast. The simple pumpkin coffee cake with streusel goes perfectly with a mug of hot coffee.

A white plate with two squares of pumpkin coffee cake with streusel stacked on it.

I made this pumpkin coffee cake for breakfast a while ago, and it quickly disappeared. Even my husband enjoyed this recipe.

He said he loved that it was simple. I like crazy, wild desserts like these pumpkin Oreo cheesecakes or these brownie pumpkin cheesecake bars. Give me all the layers and all the swirls-most of the time!

Occasionally, I like a simple pumpkin cake to enjoy with my pumpkin cream cold brew. Right now, a simple cake with jazzed-up coffee is my thing.

This pumpkin coffee cake starts with brown butter. Browning butter only takes a few minutes and is so worth it. Plus, it will make your kitchen smell amazing.

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Apple Snickers Cake with Pudding Frosting

Snickers salad meets apple cake in this delicious homemade cake recipe. This Apple Snickers Cake is loaded with apple chunks and candy bars and topped with a fluffy pudding frosting! One bite and you will declare this your new favorite fall dessert.

A close up picture of a piece of apple Snickers cake topped with chopped up Snickers candy bars

How you ever had Snickers salad before? It always makes me laugh when I hear Snickers and salad in the same sentence because they normally don't go together. But that fall fluff salad will change your mind in a hurry. It's that good.

That amazing apple salad was the inspiration behind this delicious apple Snickers cake! The combination of flavors will have your mouth watering after one bite! It's a great way to eat an apple a day...wink, wink!

Why We Love this Apple Cake

This apple cake recipe is different from all the rest. It has an extra special topping that makes it stand out in the crowd. Not just any topping... Snickers salad frosting!

That's right, this apple cake is topped with a fluffy cloud of pudding frosting and candy bars. Yum! Once you try this recipe, you won't want to go back to your old way of making apple cake ever again.

It's so easy to make, so you can whip this up in no time at all. And the best part is that your friends and family will be so impressed when they find out that this amazing dessert is actually made from scratch.

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Biscoff Apple Muffins

These Biscoff Apple Muffins are a great way to start out any morning or afternoon. A sweet Biscoff streusel and glaze adds so much flavor to the soft apple muffin recipe. Trust me...you will be reaching for another one in a hurry.

A Biscoff Apple Muffin with a drizzle of cookie butter glaze on top sitting on a white doily

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It may not be cool or even close to being fall here, but I'm breaking out all the apple and pumpkin treats.

If I keep the air conditioner set low and keep my coffee mug full of Salted Caramel Pumpkin Latte, at least I can pretend it's fall.

Why Make These Muffins

Muffins are one of the easiest things to make and keep on hand for a quick and easy breakfast. They are also perfect for after school snacks.

These easy apple muffins are topped with a sweet streusel topping and then drizzled with a delicious Biscoff glaze.

Biscoff gives these apple muffins a delicious gingerbread flavor that is absolutely amazing.

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