If you're looking for the BEST pumpkin recipes for fall, we've got you covered! Below you'll find all kinds of pumpkin recipes from sweet pumpkin desserts, savory pumpkin dinners, and even pumpkin breakfast and snack recipes.
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The best pumpkin recipes for fall
How can I add pumpkin flavor to my recipes?
What types of pumpkins taste good?
What can I use instead of pumpkin?
What is pumpkin puree?
Is pumpkin healthy?
Best Pumpkin Recipes for Fall Index
When fall shows up and it's time to pull on the cozy sweaters and walk through the golden leaves, you know it's pumpkin time. And there is no shortage of fall pumpkin recipes to see you all the way through the autumn season.
In fact, you could easily eat pumpkin all day every day.
Start your day with pumpkin pancakes and a pumpkin spice latte, then move on to pumpkin fritters for lunch, pumpkin pasta and a pumpkin salad for dinner, and then finish your day with pumpkin brownies for dessert.
And if you get hungry in between, you can snack on roasted pumpkin seeds!
We've narrowed down the list of the best fall pumpkin recipes to our top 15 favorites. But feel free to check out all of our pumpkin recipes for even more inspiration!
The best pumpkin recipes for fall
Pumpkin Mac and Cheese Recipe
There is no debating the inherent comfort of mac and cheese: warm, creamy, cheesy goodness clinging to tender pasta – does it get any better?! This pumpkin mac and cheese is a seasonal twist on an old classic and is loaded with pumpkin and spinach.
4.96 stars (44 ratings)
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Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe
Start your day the cozy way with these pumpkin pancakes! They're light, fluffy, and full of fall flavor. They're easy to make at home with everyday ingredients, and they're ready in just 30 minutes!
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Pumpkin Spice Tacos Recipe
These easy vegetarian pumpkin spice tacos are ready in only 30 minutes. The Mexican cotija cheese, lime crema, and chipotle balance the sweetness of the fresh pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice to make them savory and delicious!
4.93 stars (14 ratings)
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Chickpea Pumpkin Fritters Recipe
Chickpea pumpkin fritters are a delicious and healthy fall recipe. They're made easily with canned pumpkin and chickpeas, a little kale, toasted sesame seeds, garlic, and some smoked paprika. Then the pumpkin patties are coated in panko and cooked in a pan until nice and crispy.
4.94 stars (31 ratings)
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Pumpkin Soup Recipe
This classic pumpkin soup recipe is quick and easy to make and so delicious. It's been our go-to pumpkin soup for years now. We love it because it's creamy (but without using cream) and full of flavor. The maple bacon caramelized onions really take it to the next level.
5 stars (25 ratings)
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe
Roasted pumpkin seeds are the best part of carving a pumpkin. Cooking pumpkin seeds is incredibly easy and they turn out crispy and delicious every time with our recipe. Bonus: we share our 5 favorite pumpkin seed seasonings!
4.98 stars (40 ratings)
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Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins Recipe
These pumpkin oatmeal muffins are the perfect fall breakfast or snack. They're made with whole oats, pumpkin puree, and warm pumpkin pie spices. We like to add some chocolate chips to make them a real treat.
4.87 stars (38 ratings)
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Pumpkin Popsicles Recipe
Pumpkin Popsicles layered with chocolate and topped with crunchy pecans make the best healthy autumn treat. Just because the weather is getting cooler doesn't mean we need to stop eating icy desserts.
5 stars (20 ratings)
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Pumpkin Curry Recipe
This healthy and delicious Pumpkin Curry makes the perfect plant-based autumn dinner. It's loaded with spiced roasted pumpkin, dotted with sweet apples, and topped with pecans. Meatless Monday never looked so good!
4.87 stars (22 ratings)
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Roasted Pumpkin Salad Recipe
This roasted pumpkin salad is layers of tender baby spinach leaves, sweet roasted squash, creamy goat cheese, and crisp apples all drizzled with a homemade pumpkin dressing. It makes a healthy fall side dish or light lunch, and it's ready in just 40 minutes!
5 stars (42 ratings)
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Pumpkin Polenta Recipe
This comforting, creamy pumpkin polenta tastes like autumn has arrived. It's soft, velvety, and melded together with the flavors of savory goat cheese, crunchy spinach, earthy sage, warm pumpkin, and roasted butternut squash. It'll warm you to your core!
5 stars (32 ratings)
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Pumpkin Oatmeal Recipe
Oatmeal and pumpkin are two of the greatest things about fall – and this recipe uses both of them! This pumpkin oatmeal recipe is healthy, easy, and quick – you can whip it up in the time it takes your coffee to brew!
5 stars (28 ratings)
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Pumpkin Hummus Recipe
This easy to make pumpkin hummus is creamy and delicious. The pumpkin flavor is subtle and works so well with the hummus. It's a great way to sneak some healthy veggies into your snack or meal!
5 stars (34 ratings)
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Pumpkin Brownies Recipe
In these pumpkin brownies, dark chocolate and pumpkin batters are swirled together into one tasty autumn treat. They're fudgy, moist, and full of chocolate and pumpkin flavor. They're also surprisingly easy to make, and they're ready in just an hour!
4.97 stars (66 ratings)
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Pumpkin Chili Recipe
This pumpkin chili is the ultimate cold-weather comfort food. It's warm, loaded with good-for-you ingredients, and full of flavor. Plus, it's an easy-to-make recipe that all goes into one pot, and it's ready in an hour!
4.89 stars (36 ratings)
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How can I add pumpkin flavor to my recipes?
Pumpkin has a unique flavor that is hard to replicate. But one flavor that we associate with pumpkin (that isn't technically pumpkin) is pumpkin pie spice. It's warming spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, and cloves that are added to pumpkin pie and our chocolate pumpkin pie. You can also try using it on roasted vegetables to bring that familiar pumpkin flavor and a fall twist to your dinner table.
What types of pumpkins taste good?
Whatever you do, don't buy a jack-o-lantern, carving pumpkin and eat it. They are grown for their size, not their flavor. Pumpkin varieties that are grown for eating are smaller, more the size of squash. Look for sugar pumpkins or pie pumpkins to use in pumpkin recipes.
What can I use instead of pumpkin?
Many kinds of squash make great substitutes for pumpkin. Try butternut squash, acorn squash, turbin squash, or red kuri squash. But skip spaghetti squash as the texture isn't the same.
What is pumpkin puree?
Pumpkin puree is cooked and pureed pumpkin that is sold in cans. It's unseasoned so it works well in any recipe that calls for pureed pumpkin. You can try using it in our pumpkin muffins or pumpkin cookies!
Pumpkin puree is widely available in grocery stores and is often found in the baking aisle. Just make sure not to pick up a can of pumpkin pie mix by accident – that will be sweetened and seasoned with pumpkin pie spices!
Is pumpkin healthy?
Yes! Pumpkin is a nutrient-loaded vegetable (actually a fruit) that is very healthy for you. It has plenty of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants so you should definitely try adding pumpkin to the menu this fall.
We love adding some pumpkin to the table at fall holidays like Thanksgiving or Halloween. But it is healthy and tasty enough to add a pumpkin dish to your table every day this season!
While we often think of pumpkin in terms of sweet desserts such as pies, cakes, or pumpkin bread, you can easily turn pumpkin into a savory meal like our pumpkin polenta for a healthy pumpkin dinner!
