25 Irresistible Apple Desserts to Make This Fall
Apple desserts are always one of the first things I want to make when fall comes around. Give me apples, cinnamon and a bit of caramel and I’m happy!
There are 25 recipes in this list and I’ve tried to include a good mixture rather than giving you 25 different versions of apple pie. There are cakes, cookies, bars, muffins, pies and some really easy ones for days when you can’t be bothered with much effort.
If you’ve got apples to use up, this should give you plenty of ideas. And if you haven’t, you might want to add some to the shopping list because some of these look SO good.
Why You’ll Love These Recipes
- Lots to choose from. I’ve included everything from pies and cakes to cookies, muffins and a few really easy desserts.
- A good way to use up apples. Especially if you’ve been apple picking and come home with more than you know what to do with.
- Most are really straightforward. There are plenty here that don’t involve anything complicated or fancy.
- They’re proper fall desserts. Lots of apple, cinnamon, caramel and all those flavors that start sounding good again once summer is over.
- There’s something for different occasions. Some are good for sharing, some would work for Thanksgiving, and some are really just an excuse to bake something nice.
1. Caramel Apple Fluff
This is such an easy one and great when you need a dessert you can throw together without any baking. It’s creamy, sweet and packed with apple and caramel, with little bits of crunch mixed in too.
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This one has a bit of everything going on, with a soft cinnamon cake, sweet apple topping and plenty of caramel drizzled over the top. The cinnamon frosting underneath the apples makes it even better.
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These are such a fun one if you want something a little different from the usual fall baking. Crisp apple slices are coated in candy melts and decorated with sprinkles, so they’re really easy to customize too.
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This is a nice one for when you fancy something a bit different from a traditional apple pie. You still get plenty of apple, but the pumpkin and warm spices make it feel extra fall-ish.
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If you love a proper homemade apple pie, this one is hard to beat. It’s packed with sweet Honeycrisp apples and cinnamon, with flaky pastry on the top and bottom.
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These are great when you want apple pie without making a whole pie. They’re filled with sweet cinnamon apples, wrapped in flaky pastry and just the right size to pick up and eat.
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These are the kind of muffins I’d happily eat for breakfast as well as dessert. They’re soft, full of little pieces of apple and have plenty of cinnamon running through them.
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You can’t really go wrong with a warm apple crisp, especially once fall rolls around. This one has soft cinnamon apples underneath a buttery, crunchy oat topping and is even better with ice cream on top.
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These look much more impressive than the amount of work involved! Thin slices of apple are rolled up in puff pastry to make little roses, then baked until golden and crisp.
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This is a really easy one but it looks so good when you turn it out of the pan. The apples bake underneath the puff pastry with brown sugar and cinnamon, then the whole thing gets flipped over to serve.
11. Caramel Apple Cheesecake
Image credit: Belle of the Kitchen
Cheesecake is always a good idea, but adding apples and caramel makes it even better for fall. This one has a creamy filling, spiced apples and caramel on top, all sitting on a buttery crust.
12. Apple Pie Crumble Bars
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These have all the good bits of apple pie, but they’re much easier to slice up and share. You get a sweet apple filling with a crumbly topping and a lovely buttery base underneath.
13. Apple Cobbler
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This is one of those desserts that’s even better served warm with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. It’s packed with soft, cinnamon-spiced apples and topped with a simple golden cobbler topping.
14. Caramel Apple Pie Cupcakes
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Cupcakes are always handy when you need something easy to serve to a crowd. These have all those lovely apple pie flavors, finished off with caramel for an extra bit of sweetness.
15. Apple Blondies with Cinnamon Maple Glaze
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These are a nice change from all the pies and cakes, and they’re really easy to cut up and share. They’re soft and chewy with plenty of apple and cinnamon, then finished with a sweet maple glaze.
16. Chewy Caramel Apple Cookies
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If you like your cookies soft and chewy, these are a good one to add to the fall baking list. They’re packed with apple and caramel, with plenty of cinnamon in there too.
17. Caramel Apple Dump Cake
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This is the one to make when you really can’t be bothered with lots of prep. Just a handful of ingredients go into the dish, then the oven does pretty much all the work.
18. Apple Pie Pull-Apart Bread
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This one is made for pulling apart while it’s still warm from the oven. You get soft pieces of bread with apple pie filling tucked between the layers and a sweet glaze over the top.
19. Mountain Dew Apple Dumplings
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These are definitely a bit different if you’ve never tried them before! Apples are wrapped in crescent dough and baked in a sweet, buttery Mountain Dew sauce until golden and sticky.
20. Apple Coffee Cake
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This is the sort of cake that works just as well with an afternoon coffee as it does for dessert. It’s soft and packed with apple and cinnamon, with a crumbly topping that gives it a little bit of crunch.
21. Easy Apple Dessert Pizza
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This is a fun one to put out when you’ve got people over, and it’s really easy to slice up and share. It has a sweet crust topped with apples, cinnamon and a crumbly topping, with a drizzle of icing to finish it off.
22. Baked Apple Empanadas with Dulce de Leche
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These little pastries are packed with sweet apple filling and baked until golden and crisp. The dulce de leche takes them up a notch and goes so well with the apples.
23. Mini Apple Pies
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These are perfect when everyone wants their own little pie. They’ve got a sweet apple filling tucked inside flaky pastry, and they’re lovely served warm with a bit of ice cream.
24. Puff Pastry Apple Galette
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This is a good one if you want something that looks lovely without having to make a proper pie. The puff pastry keeps things easy, with plenty of sliced apples piled on top and baked until golden.
25. Baked Apples
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This is basically apple crisp baked right inside the apples, which is such a nice idea for fall. They’re stuffed with oats, brown sugar, raisins, cinnamon and ginger, then baked until the apples are soft and the filling is lovely and warm.
I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of apple desserts, especially once fall comes around. There are so many good ones here, from really easy recipes you can throw together to pies and cakes that are worth spending a little more time on.
