Celebrate the season with the best gluten free fall dessert recipes, perfect for gatherings, cozy nights in, and holiday celebrations. From apple treats to pumpkin favorites, these 30+ desserts capture all your favorite fall flavors in gluten free form.
Whether you're hosting Thanksgiving, planning a Friendsgiving dessert table, or just craving something sweet, these recipes are simple, approachable, and crowd pleasing.
I've organized them into a few easy categories, so you can jump straight to what sounds good, whether that's apple, pumpkin, cookies, or cake.
If you are looking for more fall recipes try my 15 Gluten Free Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes, my 20+ Gluten Free Thanksgiving Side Dishes, my Delicious Gluten Free Thanksgiving Recipes or my 10+ Gluten Free Cranberry Recipes.
You can find all my dessert recipes here: Gluten Free Dessert Recipes
Apple Desserts
Fall and apples go hand in hand, and this lineup makes the most of them, from cookies to cake to a healthier take on a classic fritter.
Gluten Free Apple Pie Cookies
These gluten free apple pie cookies taste like a slice of apple pie in cookie form. They're soft, cake like, and packed with shredded apple and warm fall spices. There's no chilling required here, just mix the dough, scoop it onto your cookie sheet, and bake. If you like a flatter, chewier cookie, gently flatten the dough before baking, otherwise leave it as is for a softer, more cake like bite.
Gluten Free Apple Almond Cake
This gluten free apple almond cake is one of my favorite ways to use up apples from the trees in our backyard. I love a sweeter apple variety in this recipe, something like Honeycrisp or Gala, since they hold their shape and add just the right amount of natural sweetness as the cake bakes. The almond flour gives this cake a wonderfully tender crumb, while the gluten free flour blend helps it rise and hold together the way a traditional cake would.
Gluten Free Apple Spice Cookies
There's nothing like the smell of cinnamon and apples baking together. These gluten free apple spice cookies deliver that cozy fall feeling in every bite. They come together in one bowl with your stand mixer. There's no chilling the dough or fussing with extra steps, just soft, chewy cookies loaded with fresh apple and warm spice.
Gluten Free Cranberry Apple Crisp
There's something so comforting about the smell of apples and cranberries baking together. This gluten free cranberry apple crisp brings sweet and tart together under a golden oat topping. It's rustic, cozy, and just right for a fall gathering or a quiet night in.
Gluten Free Air Fryer Apple Fritters
There is something about apple fritters that feels like fall in every bite. I love the warm cinnamon spiced dough studded with fresh apple and finished with a sweet vanilla glaze. This recipe for gluten free air fryer apple fritters gives you all of that classic flavor without the deep frying. The batter comes together from scratch with a gluten free flour blend like Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 or King Arthur Measure for Measure and then air fries up golden and crisp in under 15 minutes.
Pumpkin Desserts
No fall dessert list is complete without pumpkin, and this collection covers everything from pie to cake to a make ahead parfait.
Gluten Free Pumpkin Gingersnap Parfait
This easy recipe for gluten free pumpkin gingersnap parfaits is a perfect fall dessert! The recipe uses my gluten free gingersnap cookies, pumpkin spice mousse and homemade whipped cream. These parfait cups are perfect to make ahead of a gathering and serve cold from the refrigerator.
Gluten Free Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This gluten free Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is an easy made from scratch treat. It is perfect for a birthday or gathering!
Gluten Free Praline Pumpkin Pie
This easy recipe for gluten free praline pumpkin pie is perfect to serve at Thanksgiving! The pumpkin pecan pie uses canned pumpkin puree for the pie filling. It has a delicious and crunchy pecan praline topping.
Gluten Free Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies
These gluten free pumpkin white chocolate cookies are one of my best recipes! They are easy to make and there are no eggs in the recipe.
Gluten Free Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies
This easy recipe for gluten free pumpkin spice chocolate chip cookies are sure to become a fall favorite! The cookies get their delicious flavor from spices, pumpkin puree and chocolate chips. It's an amazing combination for pumpkin baking.
Gluten Free Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake
This easy recipe for gluten free pumpkin spice bundt cake is made from scratch with a yummy glaze. It's so easy to make the best, moist homemade bundt cake you won't go back to box mixes!
Gluten Free Pumpkin Oatmeal Cake
This easy recipe for gluten free pumpkin oatmeal cake makes a great dessert. It's quick to mix the ingredients together and have a moist cake that tastes like pumpkin spice! This is the best dessert for autumn gatherings.
Gluten Free Baked Pumpkin Donuts with Chocolate Glaze
These easy gluten free baked pumpkin donuts have an amazing homemade chocolate glaze! For this recipe you don't need a fryer and just use your oven. They are the best fall treat or breakfast!
Cookies & Bars
These are the treats that come together fast for a bake sale, lunchbox, or last minute gathering.
Gluten Free White Chocolate Blondies
These gluten free white chocolate blondies are easy to make for something quick to bring to a gathering. This recipe makes the best blonde brownies!
Gluten Free Old Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies
These Gluten Free Old Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy, and everything you want in a classic cookie with a nostalgic feel. Inspired by traditional iced oatmeal cookies, this easy recipe delivers tender centers, lightly crisp edges, and a sweet icing drizzle that sets beautifully on top.
Gluten Free Oatmeal Scotchie Cookies
This easy recipe for gluten free oatmeal scotchie cookies uses oatmeal and butterscotch chips. These chewy oatmeal cookies are a classic recipe made gluten free. Baking cookies is a great way to make gluten free treats!
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
This easy recipe for gluten free peanut butter cup cookies is made with Reese's miniature peanut butter cups. Using a mini muffin tin to bake the dough you then put the peanut butter candy in the center after baking. These cookies are a perfect after school snack or delicious in lunches.
Gluten Free Orange Cranberry Butter Cookies
These easy gluten free orange cranberry butter cookies are perfect for the holidays. This Christmas shortbread recipe makes the best treats. These cookies are eggless and include dried cranberries and orange zest for amazing flavor.
Gluten Free Ginger Cookies
This easy recipe for gluten free ginger cookies make soft, chewy cookies. These cookies are the best if you like ginger and molasses. The crystalized ginger really gives these cookies a gingerbread flavor.
Gluten Free White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
These gluten free White Chocolate Cranberry cookies are easy to make from scratch! This recipe is the best soft and chewy gluten free cookies. I love how simple they are to make ahead for a fast treat.
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
These gluten free peanut butter kiss cookies are chewy and delicious! This easy to make recipe is the best peanut butter cookie with a Hershey's kiss in the center. These peanut butter blossoms are a simple recipe to add to your fall baking.
Gluten Free Butter Pecan Cookies
These gluten free butter pecan cookies are a very easy recipe to make. These are the best chewy cookies with a delicious brown butter flavor. I love how soft these cookies are. They melt in your mouth!
Gluten Free Orange Cranberry Biscotti
This easy recipe for gluten free orange cranberry biscotti is dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with sugar crystals. These nut free breakfast cookies are made with dried cranberries and orange zest.
Cakes & Other Fall Favorites
From bundt cakes to a few unexpected classics, these round out the collection with something for every dessert table.
Gluten Free Sock It To Me Cake
This easy recipe for gluten free sock it to me cake is made from scratch using my gluten free yellow cake recipe. The homemade cake has a filling with brown sugar and pecans. Then this perfect coffee cake is topped off with a vanilla glaze.
Gluten Free Pear Bundt Cake
This easy gluten free pear bundt cake recipe is made with fresh pears. Baking gluten free bundt cakes from scratch is one of my favorite desserts. This spiced pear cake is perfect for fall and is amazing with powdered sugar sprinkled on top.
Gluten Free Orange Bundt Cake
This recipe for gluten free orange bundt cake is easy to make from scratch. This moist cake is citrus infused and delicious. I used a simple, homemade glaze to top it off.
Gluten Free Carrot Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This easy recipe for gluten free carrot sheet cake with cream cheese frosting is moist and delicious! This classic dessert is made with crushed pineapple and shredded coconut flakes. It is a simple baking recipe that is always popular at gatherings and birthdays.
Gluten Free Sweet Potato Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This easy recipe for gluten free sweet potato cake with cream cheese frosting is perfect for fall and Thanksgiving. This gluten free take on a classic southern recipe is simple to make in a 9x13 pan or two nine-inch pans. I love the ease of a sheet cake that I can frost and sprinkle some chopped pecans on before serving.
Gluten Free Strawberry Pretzel Dessert
This easy gluten free strawberry pretzel salad recipe uses frozen strawberries, cream cheese, jello and a pretzel crust. It is the best pretzel salad to serve as dessert or a side dish at gatherings. This is a classic Christmas dish!
Cranberry Fluff Salad
This easy recipe for cranberry fluff salad is perfect for Thanksgiving! It's made with pineapple, fresh cranberries, marshmallows and whipped cream. This dessert is simple to make and always a hit at gatherings.
Easy Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate
This recipe for easy pumpkin spice hot chocolate is a fall favorite drink! It's a creamy, rich hot cocoa made with pumpkin puree and chocolate chips. This homemade hot beverage is a quick way to combine pumpkin pie spice with chocolate.
A Note on Gluten Free Ingredients
A few ingredients that show up across these recipes are worth double checking before you bake. Vanilla and other extracts, spice blends, and mix ins like chocolate chips or white chocolate can sometimes carry hidden gluten depending on the brand, so it's always worth a quick label check if you're baking for someone with a gluten sensitivity or celiac disease.
For the flour itself, I recommend Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free Baking Flour or King Arthur Measure for Measure Gluten Free Flour throughout these recipes. Both have consistently given me good texture and rise, so you can swap between them in any recipe here without worrying about the results.
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