16 Quick and Easy Fall Dessert Recipes Your Family Will Love

When the weather starts to get a little chilly, it’s the perfect time to bring out the cozy flavors of fall. Think pumpkin, apple, caramel, pecan, maple, and warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. Creating delicious homemade desserts with these classic autumn flavors doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. We’ve gathered a collection of our easiest fall dessert recipes featuring our popular Wind & Willow mixes, so you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying the season with your family.

Our Favorite Fall Dessert Recipes

Both easy and delicious, each of our recipes featured below are sure to become family favorites. From caramel apple treats to spiced pumpkin pies, here are 16 of our favorite quick and easy fall dessert ideas.

Caramel Apple Tarts

apple pie mini tart Fall Dessert Recipes

Firstly, a simple and sweet recipe featuring our Caramel Apple Cheeseball Mix.

Cheesecake Baked Apples

Fall Dessert Recipes

Caramel Apple Cheeseball Mix coupled with warm baked apples? What’s not to love?

Apple Cider Pie

While Wind & Willow Caramel Apple Cider mix is an incredible treat on its own, it can also transform a simple apple pie recipe into a gpurmet experience.

Harvest Layer Cake

This beautiful cake is a perfect centerpiece for any fall gathering, made with our Pumpkin Pie Cheeseball Mix.

Graveyard Dirt Cake

Fall Dessert Recipes

Though we do not usually permit grave digging, on this occation it involves a Sweet Cheeseball Mixes so we encourage it!

Incredible Apple Cake

A simple, moist apple cake made even better with a touch of our Wind & Willow Cider Mix.

Caramel Apple Popcorn

The perfect movie night snack, this popcorn is a fall favorite featuring our Caramel Apple Cheeseball Mix.

Pumpkin Harvest Cookies

Soft, spiced cookies that capture the essence of autumn with our Pumpkin Pie Cheeseball Mix.

Pumpkin Pie Cookies

All the flavor of classic pumpkin pie in a convenient, handheld cookie, thanks to our Pumpkin Pie Cheeseball Mix.

Pumpkin Spice Custard Pie

A rich and creamy pie with all the spices you love, made with our Pumpkin Pie Cheeseball Mix.

Quick Harvest Cheesecake

A delicious cheesecake that comes together in a snap with our Harvest Cheeseball Mix.

Caramel Apple Cream Pie

Fall Dessert Recipes

A luscious and decadent pie that’s rather perfect for a special occasion, featuring our Caramel Apple Cheeseball Mix.

Spiced Orange Cookie

A particularly delightful cookie with a hint of spice and citrus, using our English Wassail Cider mix.

Spooky Dessert Pizza

A fun and festive dessert pizza, simultaneously great for both parties and sharing with your family, and made with our Pumpkin Pie Cheeseball Mix.

Turtle Brownies

Fall Dessert Recipes

These undeniably indulgent brownies have a hint of caramel and pecan, created with our Turtle Cheesecake Cheeseball Mix.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip

Fall Dessert Recipes

This recipe is undoubtedly our most used in the fall! A light and fluffy dip that’s perfect for serving with cookies or fruit, featuring our Pumpkin Pie Cheeseball Mix.

Summing up:

Wind & Willow Mixes are incredibly versitile in every season. For fall we love to get create with our recipes and presentation to make it even more memorable. We can’t wait to see what you’re baking! Tag us @windandwillowfoods on Instagram and Facebook and tell us which of these easy fall desserts you’re making. We love seeing your creations, and all tagged photos have a chance to be featured on our page. Get creative and show us what you’ve got!

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How to Host a Fall Craft Night with your Friends

Nothing makes it feel more like fall than gathering with friends to celebrate the changing of the seasons. You don’t have to have a complicated menu or an elaborate activity to make a fun and memorable night. With Wind & Willow, it is easy to prepare simple gourmet snacks that will have your company thinking you have spent hours in the kitchen. As for the activity, there are a few things to keep in mind to choose a low-stress project and we are here to share all our secrets! So come along to discover how to host a fall themed craft night to kick off the season with your favorite people.

When hosting, it is easy to think you have to have dozens of different snacks that all require a grocery run, cooking, and lots of clean up. The truth is, for a small gathering, you really only need one sweet and one savory snack for everyone to nibble at while you work on your crafting. Wind & Willow Sweet Cheeseballs are easily prepared by combining the mix with a block of softened cream cheese and butter. After allowing the mixture to cool in the refrigerator, shape it into a ball and roll it in topping. For a taste of fall a Harvest Cheeseball flavor like Pumpkin Pie, Caramel Apple, or Maple Pecan French Toast will set the autumn mood. We used the back of a knife to create indentations in our prepared Pumpkin Pie Cheeseball and topped it with a bell pepper stem to create a pumpkin! Served on an orange plate surrounded by fall leaf cookies, guests won’t be able to resist digging in.

For savory fare, any Wind & Willow Dip Mix will do the trick, and they couldn’t be easier to prepare; combine the mix with a cup of sour cream and a cup of mayonnaise and refrigerate until guests arrive. We love Fiesta Ranchero for its crowd-pleasing taste and vibrant pops of color. Cheesy Bacon and Chipotle Cheddar would also make excellent choices. Consider serving your dip with hearty crackers and vibrant orange veggies that will carry the warm fall color theme right through this savory snack. Small whole carrots are an unexpected twist from baby carrots and are sure to create conversation.

When choosing a craft, look for something simple that everyone will enjoy creating. It is also important to pick something that you will actually want to use when it is finished! Fall garlands made with wood beads are the perfect pick for a night like this (no glue, glitter, or paint required). All you will need to recreate this craft is twine, wooden beads of different colors, pre-made tassels, and festive wooden ornaments such as maple leaves, pumpkins, or in our case, flat ornaments painted with fun fall sayings such as “gather.” All of these components can easily be found at your local craft store.

Simply tie a tassel to one end of twine. Then, thread wooden beads of different colors, sizes, and shapes onto the string in a pattern. At the end, attach your wooden ornament to the other end to keep the beads secured. It may be beneficial to make one ahead of time as an example, or even show these pictures for inspiration. Everyone will have fun choosing their unique combinations to create a work of art all their own!

These fall garlands make the perfect accent to your fall decor. Tie one around the handle of a basket for an instant autumn look; add it to a tray like we did to make a statement on your coffee table; or simply hang it on a hook to spruce up an entry way. Every time you or your guests see their creation, it will be a reminder of the fun evening you had together!

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