25 Easy Fall Cupcake Recipes to Celebrate the Season (2024)

Behold, the official cupcake of the season: Pumpkin pie spice, molasses, and tangy cream cheese frosting is exactly what we want to eat this autumn.

Get the Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting recipe.

Hats off to these witchy bites, topped with colorful buttercream and crafty cupcake liners.

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Made with finely ground pecans, cinnamon and nutmeg, these spiced cupcakes are perfect for fall.

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Get into the spooky spirit with chocolate Ganache topped with white chocolate webs and M&M's spiders.

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Store-bought cookies and candies turn chocolate cupcakes and dyed vanilla buttercream into spooky faces in this fun fall activity.

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DIY pineapple flowers add an extra touch of beauty to sweet-spicy cupcakes.

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Use a pastry bag to easily pipe the luscious peanut butter filling into simple chocolate cupcakes. The chocolate sour cream frosting is a must!

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Buttermilk gives a subtle acidity to balance these sweet vanilla cupcakes. Top them with edible fall flowers for the season!

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Want to hear something sweet? These spooky fall treats are topped with a crave-worthy hazelnut cream cheese frosting.

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Instead of a classic cream cheese frosting, these cute cakes mix it up with sour cream instead. A bit of orange zest in the frosting adds even more zing.

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Rich chocolate cupcakes and creamy chocolate buttercream taste even better when buried under crushed-Oreo-cookie "dirt."

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Three layers of ice cream mixed with your favorite sweet n' salty add-ins (Oreos, graham crackers, vanilla wafers — you choose!) makes a fun DIY dessert that the kids can make, too.

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It's easy to make the candied lavender that tops these cute cakes — just brush egg white on a lavender sprig, coat with sugar and let dry.

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Vanilla cupcakes stuffed with vanilla pudding and topped with a silky chocolate glaze make this classic dessert taste even better in cupcake form.

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Here's an idea for your Halloween snack table that won't scare anyone away: Vanilla cupcakes topped with brightly colored candies and chocolate skeleton cookies.

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Peek-a-BOO, these delicious vanilla buttercream-frosted cupcakes see you!

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Lemon and strawberry is a flavor combo we want to eat all year long.

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Stir heaps of chocolate chunks into vanilla cupcake batter for chocolatey texture in every bite. Perfect for back-to-school season!

Get the Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes With Swirled Frosting recipe from Country Living.

The kids won't be able to resist these easy vanilla cupcakes decorated with sugar cookie turkeys and colorful candy melts — so be sure to snag some for the adults, too.

Get the Shake Your Tail Feathers Cupcake recipe from Woman's Day.

Made with yellow cake mix and a can of sweet potato puree, this marshmallow frosting-topped treat is a breeze to make.

Get the Sweet Potato Pie Cupcakes recipe from Delish.