These desserts are seasonally inspired and taste best when shared with friends and family around your holiday table. There’s always enough pie, so bring a new dessert to dinner this year.
Once the fall and winter holidays roll around, you’re so over pie. Sure, pie is delicious and always welcome, but this season, let’s spread our baking wings and bake up a dessert that’s still seasonal but… isn’t pie.
1. Gooey pumpkin spice latte chocolate pudding cake recipe
Blog: Oh She Glows
How amazing does this vegan and gluten-free gooey pumpkin spice latte chocolate pudding cake look? We’re ready to dig in.
2. Nutty cinnamon roll cake recipe
Blog: Nutmeg Nanny
This simple but delicious nutty cinnamon roll cake is made with premade cinnamon roll dough. Genius!
3. Pumpkin Bundt cake with brown butter and bay leaf recipe
Blog: Eat the Love
This pumpkin Bundt cake with brown butter and bay leaf is the perfect dessert to serve after a heavy meal. The bay leaf flavor notes bring a touch of uniqueness to this slice.
4. Gingerbread bread pudding with bourbon sauce recipe
Blog: The Law Student’s Wife
Dig into this gingerbread bread pudding with bourbon sauce — it’s the perfect comfort dessert.
5. Apple cinnamon streusel galette recipe
Blog: Two Peas & Their Pod
This might be pie’s cousin, but this apple cinnamon streusel galette showcases the season’s best apples.
6. Pumpkin-chocolate monkey bread recipe
Blog: Eat the Love
This pumpkin-chocolate monkey bread is not only a great dessert recipe but perfect for brunch as well.
7. Molten chocolate-pumpkin streusel bread recipe
Blog: Half Baked Harvest
Slice this molten chocolate-pumpkin streusel bread in front of your guests, and they’ll be surprised with the molten interior.
8. Cranberry sauce cheesecake brownies recipe
Blog: Damn Delicious
These cranberry sauce cheesecake brownies are the perfect holiday treat, not only for dessert after dinner but as an edible gift idea.
9. Spiced pumpkin flan recipe
Blog: Flanboyant Eats
This creamy, luscious spiced pumpkin flan is a fantastic Latin dessert to serve after your holiday feast.
10. Cranberry bread pudding with rum cream sauce recipe
Blog: Country Cleaver
How delicious does this cranberry bread pudding with rum cream sauce look? We’re loving the creamy rum sauce.
11. Salted caramel-apple “Snickers” cake recipe
Blog: Half Baked Harvest
Not only is this salted caramel-apple “Snickers” cake a showstopper, but the flavors will have you craving more.
12. Pumpkin roll recipe
Blog: Gimme Some Oven
A delicate pumpkin roll is not only tasty but visually appealing for your guests.
13. Gingerbread cake with butter rum toffee sauce recipe
Blog: Boulder Locavore
Bake this gingerbread cake with butter rum toffee sauce — the butter rum toffee sauce really pairs well with the warm spices.
14. Pumpkin cheesecake cupcakes recipe
Blog: Damn Delicious
These pumpkin cheesecake cupcakes are perfect for when your guests don’t want an entire slice of dessert.
15. Chocolate-pear custard tart with almond shortbread crust recipe
Blog: Always Order Dessert
This chocolate-pear custard tart with almond shortbread crust is elegant and flavorful — plus it’s a great use of ripe pears.
16. Pumpkin tiramisu recipe
Blog: Foodie Crush
Balance the coffee-soaked cookies with the flavors of pumpkin in this pumpkin tiramisu.
17. French toast and spiced apple pudding recipe
Blog: Dominican Cooking
French toast and spiced apple pudding — an ingenious recipe idea not only as dessert, but I’d love to wake up to a slice of this on a Sunday morning.
18. Pumpkin cheesecake cake recipe
Blog: Recipe Girl
An entire cheesecake inside a cake? We need a slice (or three) of this pumpkin cheesecake cake this holiday season.
19. Baked apple cups recipe
Blog: Foodie Crush
Don’t want anything too sweet? These baked apple cups are just the thing.
20. Pumpkin spice poke cake recipe
A fun and seasonal twist on the classic poke cake, this pumpkin spice poke cake will become a family favorite.
21. Rum cake recipe
Blog: Always Order Dessert
A simple slice of rum cake pairs perfectly with your afternoon coffee during the holidays.
More holiday desserts
Spicy gingerbread loaf cake
Caramel apple pie-filled pecan cupcakes
Salted caramel shortbread bites
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