Best Gluten-Free Pumpkin Desserts {Dairy-Free Options}

The best gluten-free pumpkin desserts! All of your favorites from gluten-free pumpkin pie, pumpkin bars, pumpkin cake, pumpkin bread, and more. These gluten-free pumpkin dessert recipes also have a dairy-free option.

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Desserts

It’s the season to start baking with pumpkin! So I decided to share all of my favorite gluten-free pumpkin desserts in one place.

I have also included some of my gluten-free baking tips, gluten-free flour recommendation, dairy-free options, and an easy pumpkin spice recipe.

Easy Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie

Just about everyone’s favorite pumpkin recipe is pumpkin pie! I have a super easy recipe for Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie. My recipe has an easy recipe for a gluten-free Chex cereal crust or you can use my traditional Gluten-Free Pie Crust recipe. This easy gluten-free pie recipe also has a dairy-free option.

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie Bars

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie Bars have all of your favorite flavors from pumpkin pie made with an easy gluten-free graham cracker crust. This gluten-free dessert recipe also has a dairy-free option.

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cake

A perfectly spiced and moist Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cake with a maple vanilla glaze. This gluten-free cake recipe includes a dairy-free option.

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bars

Gluten-free Pumpkin Bars are a cross between pumpkin bread and pumpkin cake. These pumpkin bars are topped with cream cheese frosting. This classic pumpkin gluten-free dessert also has a dairy-free option.

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cheesecake

This Gluten-Free No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake is a luscious but easy to make dessert. It has all the decadent flavor of a traditional pumpkin cheesecake, without all of the fuss.

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cookies

If you love pumpkin bread you are going to love these Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread Cookies! These gluten-free pumpkin cookies are super moist, yet light and fluffy. This gluten-free cookie recipe also has a dairy-free option.

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread

This Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread is moist, dense, full of pumpkin flavor, and is perfectly spiced. This gluten-free quick bread recipe is also naturally dairy-free.

What Is The Difference Between Canned Pumpkin And Pumpkin Pie Filling?

All of my gluten-free pumpkin recipes use canned pumpkin. Canned pumpkin is cooked and pureed pumpkin is unsweetened and does not have spice added to it.

Pumpkin pie filling is cooked and pureed pumpkin is sweetened and has added spices like cinnamon, ginger, and allspice.

Remember to always check the labels to confirm that the canned pumpkin is gluten-free.

Pumpkin Spice

Pumpkin spice is key to the best gluten-free pumpkin dessert recipes. I buy pumpkin pie spice in the spice aisle of my grocery store.

If you want to make your own pumpkin pie spice, it is super easy. Check out this recipe for Pumpkin Pie Spice from All Recipes.

Gluten-Free Flour

All of my gluten-free pumpkin recipes were developed with Pillsbury gluten-free flour. It is an all-purpose cup for cup rice flour blend.

A cup for cup or 1 for 1 gluten-free flour includes starches and xanthan gum. Xanthan gum is important to gluten-free baking and cooking because it mimics the elasticity of traditional wheat flour.

I like Pillsbury gluten-free flour. Not all gluten-free flours are created equal. You may experience different results depending on the gluten-free flour blend you choose.

Tip For Measuring Gluten-Free Flour

The best way to measure gluten-free flour is the “spoon & level” method. Do not scoop the flour directly out of the bag with your measuring cup or you could get more flour than the recipe calls for.

Use a spoon to scoop the flour into the measuring cup. After you have spooned the flour into the measuring cup, use the back of a knife to level off the top of the measuring cup.

Dairy-Free Baking

For the dairy-free options to my recipes I used Smart Balance butter and unsweetened almond milk.

Easy Gluten-Free Pumpkin Dessert Recipes

These gluten-free pumpkin dessert recipes are super easy to make. They also only take a few simple ingredients. The canned pumpkin and pumpkin spice are the star ingredients.

I hope you enjoy the gluten-free pumpkin dessert recipes I shared! If you have made any of these recipes please let me know in the comments below.