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Three glasses of orange punch topped with foam, each garnished with a slice of apple and a gummy worm. Whole and sliced apples, plus more gummy worms, are arranged on a wooden tray with a warm, rustic background.

Halloween

Poison Apple Punch

Pumpkin-shaped sugar cookies decorated with orange icing and sprinkles, arranged in rows on parchment paper. Each cookie has a chocolate stem and piped lines imitating a pumpkin’s shape.

Halloween

Pretzel Pumpkins

A slice of cheesecake with a crumbly crust, topped with chopped pecans and drizzled with caramel and chocolate sauce, sits on a ceramic plate.

Cheesecake

Turtle Cheesecake

A red cocktail with a smoky effect is served in a glass with black and red syrup dripping down the rim. Four lychee and blueberry eyeballs are skewered on top, creating a spooky Halloween drink.

Halloween

Eyeball Punch

A square slice of pumpkin cheesecake with a graham cracker crust, topped with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon, sits on a plate with a bite taken out.

Fall

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Close-up of several fudgy chocolate brownies swirled with a golden brown peanut butter layer, with one brownie positioned at an angle above the others.

Brownies and Bars

Pumpkin Swirl Brownies

A pumpkin cupcake with swirled cinnamon frosting sits on a white plate, with cinnamon sticks nearby and other cupcakes in the background.

Fall

Pumpkin Cupcakes

A hand lifts a gooey rice crispy treat from a batch of square-cut treats on parchment paper. The treats are golden brown with visible puffed rice cereal, stuck together with melted marshmallow.

Fall

Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats

Close-up of several round, swirled cinnamon rolls with a golden-brown baked crust and visible cinnamon filling, overlapping each other on a light background.

Breakfast

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

A slice of spiced apple cake topped with creamy frosting, surrounded by cinnamon sticks and whole apples on a parchment-lined surface.

Cake

Apple Cake

A spoon drizzles thick caramel sauce into a white bowl surrounded by slices of apple and pieces of cake.

Fall

How to Make Caramel Sauce

A close-up of a glazed bundt cake with a slice being lifted from the whole cake. The cake is on a white plate with a red cloth underneath, and apples are visible in the background.

Cake

Apple Bundt Cake

A slice of crumb-topped coffee cake with a cinnamon swirl filling and white icing drizzle, served on a speckled ceramic plate.

Cake

Apple Coffee Cake

Recipes

Apple Butter

A bowl filled with baked apples coated in a glossy brown cinnamon sauce sits on a rustic surface, surrounded by green apples, cinnamon sticks, and star anise. A silver spoon rests in the bowl.

Recipes

Baked Apples

A square piece of golden, crumbly cake dusted with powdered sugar is being lifted from a tray with a metal spatula. Other pieces of cake are visible on parchment paper in the background.

Cake

Gooey Butter Cake

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