15 Vegan Pumpkin Baking Ideas For Fall

These vegan pumpkin baking ideas are the ideal recipes for fall!

By Lora O’Brien

As the days grow shorter and the air turns crisp, few things capture the cosy spirit of autumn quite like vegan pumpkin baking. From fragrant loaves and spiced muffins to creamy cheesecakes and golden pies, pumpkin adds warmth, moisture, and a gentle sweetness to all sorts of bakes.

When it comes to choosing your pumpkin, both fresh and tinned varieties have their charms. Fresh pumpkin—especially smaller sugar or pie pumpkins—offers a rich, earthy flavour when roasted and puréed at home.

However, tinned pumpkin purée is wonderfully convenient, consistent in texture, and ready to use straight from the tin (just make sure it’s pure pumpkin, not pie filling).

Top tips: For successful baking, pay attention to balance: pumpkin naturally adds moisture, so it’s best to measure flour accurately and avoid over-mixing. Complement its mild flavour with warming spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, and consider using brown sugar or maple syrup to deepen the taste. Baking low and slow allows the pumpkin’s natural sweetness to caramelise beautifully.

In the sections ahead, you’ll find inspiring vegan pumpkin baking ideas to try this season—perfect for filling your kitchen with the comforting aromas of autumn!

Vegan Pumpkin Baking Ideas For Fall

1. Pumpkin Oatmeal Bake

This pumpkin oatmeal bake looks so decadent, right? But guess what – it’s only 130 calories, and is full of wholesome ingredients. Which, of course, makes it a fantastic fall breakfast option.

2. Pumpkin Pancakes

What better breakfast is there than a warming stack of fluffy pancakes? These pumpkin pancakes are loaded with those fall flavours we love so much. Finished off with some dairy-free whipped cream, maple syrup and toasted pecans, this is an indulgent weekend brunch treat!

3. Pumpkin Spice Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling

Forget Starbucks. You can make these dupe pumpkin spice muffins at home! They’re super soft and moist. Just grab one bowl to make these, and then fill them with a dairy-free cream cheese. Yum!

4. 6 Ingredient Pumpkin Fudge

Looking for an alternative to Hallowe’en candy that you can make in minutes? This pumpkin fudge is the solution! It contains only six simple ingredients, and is one of the easiest vegan baking ideas I’ve found!

5. Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Inspired by the trendy Crumbl cookies, these are a delicious way to embrace the flavours of fall. The cookie is soft and chewy with pumpkin spice flavours, topped with a spiced ginger frosting and then finished with a dusting of pumpkin pie spice.

6. Pumpkin Cheesecake

If you love the spice and texture of pumpkin pie, this cheesecake recipe will become one of your new favourites! It’s not one of the easiest vegan pumpkin baking ideas to make, but the rich, creamy results are worth it!

7. GF Pumpkin Pie Bars

How impressive do these yummy pumpkin pie bars look? Almond flour shortbread is topped with a rich and creamy pumpkin pie filling that has a secret ingredient your guests will never know is in it: tofu! Topped with whipped coconut cream, this is a dairy and egg-free recipe everyone can enjoy.

8. Pumpkin Spice Shortbread

If you prefer a bit of crunch, these pumpkin spice shortbreads are bound to be your thing. They have everything a good shortbread biscuit requires: crisp crunch, crumbly texture and a buttery flavour with a little spice. To make them more festive cut dough using a pumpkin cookie cutter!

9. One Bowl Pumpkin Bread

Save the banana bread for summer! This pumpkin bread is much more suited to fall. I particularly love the crunchy pecan topping, and enjoy a slice of this for breakfast. Why not top it off with some almond butter and jam? It’s plant based perfection!

10. Pumpkin Donuts

Anyone else salivating through the screen at these pumpkin donuts? Vegan or not, everyone will go wild for one of these. Sweet, fluffy and loaded with those warm spices we love so much and a sweet maple glaze. One of my favourite vegan pumpkin baking ideas to dip into a PSL!

11. Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

They may look complicated, but these cinnamon rolls are one of the easiest vegan pumpkin baking ideas to make. The pumpkin replaces eggs to create a gooey, warm cinnamon roll that is then topped with a dairy-free maple cream cheese topping. The perfect fall treat.

12. Pumpkin Cobbler

A cobbler is a super quick and easy dish to make, not to mention budget-friendly! Using just a few pantry ingredients, coconut oil, coconut sugar and maple syrup add natural sweetness to this cake. The pumpkin brings lots of delicious flavour, while it’s finished off with creamy ice cream.

13. Pumpkin Spice Cake

Whether you’re short on time, hate being in the kitchen or just appreciate minimal mess, this delicious cake needs only one bowl! The pumpkin puree sponge is super moist and is topped with a silky vegan cream cheese frosting. Paired with the warming spices, this is a real show stopper.

14. GF Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pie is a truly classic dish, and this version is full of those nostalgic flavours. Made with just 9 ingredients, it’s rich, smooth and filled with fall flavours. It’s also gluten-free, too!

15. Pumpkin Flan

Delicious vegan pumpkin baking ideas that require, well…no baking? Yes, please! This flan recipe is perfectly sweet with all the warm and cosy flavours of pumpkin spice, finished with a homemade coconut syrup. Delicious!

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Lora O'Brien

After graduating in Journalism from the University of Greenwich, Lora worked for Sugar and Healing Lifestyles magazines in London before being hired to write about food for Eluxe. She’s recently become a new mom to baby Lulla, and is writing a blog about the experience. See more about Lora here.