Nothing says fall like the smell of apples baking! Try these 30+ apple dessert recipes for the ultimate autumn treat lineup.
I never try to rush away summer, but each year Michigan Apples releases their fall harvest schedule and it gets me excited for all things apple.
I decided to put together a collection of some treats I have my eye on and some of my personal favorites that I’ve made.
30+ Apple Desserts That Taste Like Fall in Every Bite 🍎
There is such a variety here – from fritters to cakes, bars to donuts, breads to muffins – apple is so versatile to bake with, you don’t have to settle for the typical apple pie (though I’m not knocking it!)!
Sheet Pan Apple Pie with Oat Crumb Topping
Apple season is in full swing, and what better way to celebrate than with a delicious apple slab pie? Gooey cinnamon and brown sugar apples baked on top of a buttery pie crust and finished off with a delightful oat crumble – make this easy sheet pan apple pie a fall staple!
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Slow Cooker Apple Crisp
Easy Slow Cooker Apple Crisp with brown sugar cinnamon oat topping is the perfect way to use some of your favorite apples. Served warm or cold, this dessert is a favorite!
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Single Serve Apple Crisp Recipe
This single serve apple crisp is cozy, warm, and bursting with cinnamon-spiced apples under a buttery oat topping — the perfect small-batch fall dessert for one!
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Apple Cider Donut Bread Recipe
Apple cider donut bread is soft, moist, and full of cozy fall flavors. Cinnamon-sugar coating makes this quick bread taste just like a cider donut!
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Slow Cooker Fried Apples – Cracker Barrel Copycat
As long as you've got a bunch of apples, you can make this slow cooker fried apples recipe! Tender-crisp apples cooked down in butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon until they are coated in syrupy deliciousness right in the crockpot. Serve as a side dish or a dessert!
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Caramel Apple Bundt Cake
This autumn caramel apple bundt cake is filled with pecans & cinnamon spice and starts with a cake mix so it's extra easy. Served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with caramel sauce, you'll love this fall dessert.
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Apple Zucchini Quick Bread
Apple Zucchini Quick Bread is full of moist zucchini, chunks of apples, and crusted with a cinnamon sugar topping. The perfect fall bread that whips up so quickly!
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Caramel Apple Poke Cake
This Caramel Apple Poke Cake is full of apples, cinnamon, and caramel making it the perfect fall dessert. It's so easy to make, it will be your new favorite cake!
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Super Easy Apple Nachos
Whip up a platter of super easy apple nachos the next time you need a healthy snack or a no-bake dessert. Crispy apple slices drizzled with warm peanut butter and melted chocolate topped with chocolate chips and crushed nuts are meant to be shared, but you're not going to want to!
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Easy Apple Pie Dump Cake – 4 ingredients!
This easy 4 ingredient apple pie dump cake is made with a boxed cake mix, apple pie filling, butter, and cinnamon. It's a deconstructed (some might say lazy) version of a classic apple pie, including all of the traditional apple cinnamon flavors, but without the work of having to prepare a pie crust!
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Air Fryer Caramel Apple Empanadas
Air Fryer Caramel Apple Empanadas are a throwback Taco Bell copycat made even better! Store-bought crust with an apple pie filling and melted caramel candies comes together quickly, then air fried (or baked) until golden on the outside and thick and syrupy on the inside. Topped with cinnamon sugar, these easy 30-minute dessert empanadas are the best!
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Easy Apple Strudel [with puff pastry]
This easy Apple Strudel may look fancy but it's so simple to put together! Puff pastry dough is filled with apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, and raisins, brushed with melted butter, sprinkled with turbinado sugar and baked until golden brown. Perfect for special occasions but easy enough for any day!
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Apple Donut Mini Muffins
Apple Donut Mini Muffins – Bite sized mini muffins that taste just like cider mill cinnamon sugar donuts filled with bits of apple!
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Apple Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Apple Cinnamon Swirl Bread – Chunks of apple and swirls of cinnamon in this easy quick bread recipe that doesn't even need a mixer!
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Easy Apple Blondies with Peanut Butter Chips
Easy apple blondies with peanut butter chips are a chewy, decadent dessert bar made with fresh apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and little flecks of peanut butter chips! The entire batch is baked and ready to serve in under 1 hour making these the perfect treat to serve for any occasion!
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Apple Cinnamon Zucchini Muffins
Apple Cinnamon Zucchini Muffins – a muffin with a fruit and a vegetable that is both tender and sweet. Perfect with breakfast or as a dessert treat.
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Apple Cinnamon Bundt Cake
Apple Cinnamon Bundt Cake is moist and flavorful and is the perfect way to use up your favorite apples. This from scratch apple bundt cake recipe is great all year long!
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Slow Cooker Applesauce (no sugar!)
The aroma of cooked apples and cinnamon that fills your house is enough to want to make this Slow Cooker Applesauce made without sugar time and again. It is an easy dump-and-set recipe that is truly hands-off, other than peeling the apples, then the crock pot works its magic to deliver the best applesauce!
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Apple Cider Fritters
Apple Cider Fritters are delicious and made with warm bits of apple, fresh apple cider with a cinnamon and sugar topping!
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Apple Pie Lasagna
This Apple Pie Lasagna is a no-bake icebox cake that will be your new favorite desserts. Layers of graham cracker, brown sugar cream cheese, whipped cream and plenty of apple pie filling. It’s topped off with caramel and toffee!
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Apple Cinnamon Oat Muffins
These Apple Cinnamon Oat Muffins are full of delicious fall flavor, and they’re the perfect way to start the day!
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Apple Cider Donuts
Cinnamon sugar donuts topped with a decadent apple cider glaze. These Apple Cider Donuts make a perfect fall breakfast treat!
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Apple Butter Coffee Cake
If you’re looking for a yummy afternoon fall treat, you’ve got to make this Apple Butter Coffee Cake!
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Apple Pie Pastry Braid
Apple pie pastry braid is a sweet treat filled with tender apples, cinnamon and sugar. This easy apple pie bread dessert is the perfect beginning, or ending, to any meal.
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Caramel Apple Dump Cake
Grab a plate and silverware and dive right into this easy Caramel Apple Dump Cake. A tender and moist spiced cake with tender apples throughout topped with nuts and a caramel drizzle that is the perfect amount of sweetness!
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Apple Butter Cinnamon Roll Cake
Bring in Fall with this spectacular apple butter cinnamon roll cake! Filled with walnuts, my homemade slow cooker apple butter and topped with a maple glaze.
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No Bake Caramel Apple Cheesecake
No Bake Caramel Apple Cheesecake – a delicious and decadent dessert that will leave you wanting more!
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Apple Butter Stuffed Cinnamon Muffins
These Apple Butter Stuffed Cinnamon Muffins are filled with Musselman’s Apple Butter. There is apple butter in each bite!
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Cinnamon Apple Pie Bread Pudding
Cinnamon Apple Pie Bread Pudding is a simple yet delicious dessert or breakfast that tastes like a combination of apple pie and cinnamon rolls
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Apple Dumplings
Apple dumplings are a simple, wonderful fall dessert. We look forward to making these every fall!
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Apple Pie Dip
served with crispy cinnamon chips, this Apple Pie Dip is going to be your new favorite fall dessert!
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Skillet Caramel Apple Pie Recipe
This Skillet Caramel Apple Pie Recipe is warm, made with simple ingredients and has all the best flavors of fall!
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Did You Make This?
If you made this recipe, I’d love to know how it went in the comments section below.
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I’ve been dying to go apple picking. Now I know what to do with all the apples Thanks for including my recipes with these fantastic ones.
My thoughts exactly =) Thanks, Christie!
Thank you for sharing my Apple Cider Fritters along with these other fabulous apple recipes. I can’t wait to try some of these myself.
Thanks so much for including me! This list could last me all Fall!
Scheduling some social shares now.
Feel free to grab from my site anytime it fits your needs as long as you link back! 🙂
Thanks, Krystle! & Of course 😉