17 Festive Dessert Recipes With Pumpkin Puree

If you ask me, one of the world's greatest flavor combinations is chocolate chips and pumpkin! Our chocolate chip pumpkin cookies recipe is no exception to that imaginary rule. A favorite fall recipe, they’re full of pumpkin spice flavor and studded with chocolate chips. Plus, they're gluten free! Another one of our tried and true gluten free recipes, everyone will love these cookies.

If pumpkin flavor isn’t your thing, try drowning it in chocolate and bourbon and then adding crunchy pecans, which is what this bourbon brownie pumpkin pie recipe is all about. Honestly, you’ll forget why you disliked pumpkin pie in the first place. I mean, chocolate and bourbon. 'Nuff said! This will quickly become your favorite dessert recipe all holiday season long.

These pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting had me at the "cream cheese frosting" part. Seriously, you could put cream cheese frosting on dog food, and I would eat it. This is a simple, foolproof recipe that's super easy to make. I know this because I am a fool when it comes to baking. Studded with chocolate chips, these pumpkin bars are another one of my favorites.

You didn’t think you were getting out of here without a boozy pumpkin drink that doubles as dessert, did you? This warms you up in more than one way! Just make sure you add the bourbon at the very end for the maximum flavor. A great, belly warming after dinner drink, this bourbon steamer is made with real pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice and maple syrup.

If a pumpkin roll and a snickerdoodle cookie were involved in some sort of test kitchen mashup, this pumpkin snickerdoodle snack cake recipe would be the delicious result. Soft pillowy cake with a crunchy and flavorful topping that goes great with a hot cup of coffee, you won't be surprised to find that this seasonal cake may just quickly become your new favorite fall dessert.

You may not know this, but you’ve been patiently waiting for this recipe for our layered pumpkin cheesecake pie. The crust is made out of chocolate cookies then it's filled with stacks of cheesecake filling, pumpkin pie filling, mini chocolate chips, sweetened coconut, toffee chips and some pecans C’mon! The fun part is you can top this masterpiece with whatever toppings you want.