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36 Fun Fall Cupcakes

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By Tiffany
Modified: Jun 22, 2026 · Published: Oct 23, 2021

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It's that time of year when everything is apple crisp, caramel macchiatos, pumpkin spice lattes, snickerdoodles, and apple cider. You'll find all of your favorite fall flavors here!

A white grid of images of fall cupcakes.

Some of these fall cupcake ideas are flavored with warm cinnamon spices and caramel flavor. Others are tutorials that show you how to make fall cupcake toppers.

You'll find the perfect fall-themed cupcake to give your sweet tooth craving!

Check out my cupcake baking guide that answers all of your questions about baking, ingredient substitutes, and decorating the perfect cupcakes!

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Caramel Cupcakes with Caramel Filling
Caramel Cupcakes with Caramel Filling
Caramel cupcakes with caramel filling are so sweet and tasty. They're made with a brown sugar cake filled with caramel sauce and topped with caramel buttercream frosting.
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A chocolate s'mores cupcake topped with marshmallow frosting, a mini marshmallow, and two Hershey's chocolate squares.
https://thecaglediaries.com
S'mores Cupcakes
Who doesn't love s'mores? Get ready to make them in these tasty cupcakes! They're baked with a graham cracker bottom, filled with chocolate cake, frosted with marshmallow frosting, and topped with mini marshmallows and chocolate. Yum!
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3
Apple Butter Cupcakes
Apple Butter Cupcakes
Apple butter cupcakes are made with cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, and apple butter topped with an apple butter buttercream frosting.
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4
Maple cupcakes with maple buttercream frosting topped with maple syrup drizzled on top with a spoon by a hand. They're sitting on a white cloth over a wood backdrop.
https://alpineella.com
Maple Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream
Get ready for fall with these maple cupcakes! The cupcakes are made of a brown sugar cake sweetened with maple syrup and then topped with maple syrup frosting.
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5
Vanilla cupcakes in white cupcake liners topped with green and red frosting to resemble the shape of an apple with green leaves and a pretzel stick is used as the stem in the center.
https://amonkeyonacupcake.com
Apple-Shaped Cupcakes
These apple-shaped cupcakes are perfect for fall and back-to-school! This tutorial will show you how to make the cutest apples sitting atop delicious cupcakes.
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6
Pumpkin Cupcakes
Pumpkin Cupcakes
Pumpkin cupcakes are made with moist pumpkin cake and topped with homemade cream cheese frosting. They taste just like pumpkin bars, but in a cupcake!
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7
A hand holding up a black velvet cupcake topped with black frosting and a white spider web topping it off.
https://alpineella.com
Moist Black Velvet Cupcakes
These cupcakes are naturally dyed with black cocoa powder, giving you this intense black color and delicious chocolate taste. It's frosted with a creamy black cocoa buttercream. Plus - the whole recipe only takes 20 minutes to prep!
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8
Three red velvet cupcakes on a round white plate with red embellishments in the photo.
The Best Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
This recipe will show you how to make the best red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting from scratch that melts in your mouth. Yields: 24 cupcakes
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9
Pancake Waffle Cupcakes; a cupcake in a cupcake liner topped with white frosting and a mini Eggo waffle drizzled with syrup on top.
https://savingdollarsandsense.com
Pancake Waffle Cupcakes
Pancake waffle cupcakes with maple frosting are a fun and delicious twist on breakfast, using some simple ingredients and frozen waffles!
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10
Texas Sheet Cake Cupcakes
Texas Sheet Cake Cupcakes
Texas sheet cake cupcakes are a twist on the decadent and chocolatey Texas sheet cake. They're rich, sweet, and have gooey chocolate fudge icing on top.
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11
Three apple pie cupcakes with white cupcake liners topped with cream frosting and apples in the center.
https://www.spatuladesserts.com
Apple Pie Cupcakes
My apple pie cupcake recipe is so easy to make that you might just skip making Apple Pie this Thanksgiving! The Apple Pie cupcake features a brown sugar cupcake base that is enhanced with spices you love, topped with apple pie filling and decorated to perfection with a super easy and whipped mascarpone frosting!
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12
Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
Enjoy this hot chocolate cupcake recipe made with a moist cocoa cake with velvety texture topped with a pillowy marshmallow frosting and mini marshmallows.
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13
Caramel apple cupcakes on a round plate, topped with apple slices, and drizzled with caramel sauce.
Caramel Apple Cupcakes {gluten-free}
These caramel apple cupcakes are made with brown butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon then topped with a rich caramel buttercream frosting. For a little extra flair, finish them with a salted caramel drizzle and apple garnish.
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14
An overhead view of 6 chocolate cupcakes with football decorations on them. An icing bag with green frosting and grass icing tip on it and an icing bag with white frosting sits next to the cupcakes. A round white bowl of rainbow nonpareils sprinkles sits to the right of the cupcakes.
Football Cupcakes
These festive football cupcakes are a great addition to game day! You can customize them for the colors of your team and add your favorite jersey number.
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15
An overhead view of chocolate almond cupcakes with salted caramel vanilla buttercream frosting sitting on a round white plate. There are sprinkles of almond slivers around the plate.
https://www.platingpixels.com
Chocolate Almond Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Vanilla Buttercream
Chocolate almond cupcakes with salted caramel vanilla buttercream recipe. These cupcakes are really easy to make from a chocolate cake mix and topped with sea salt caramel topping.
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16
Irish cream tiramisu cupcakes in red cupcake liners on a round teal plate.
https://skinnyspatula.com
Irish Cream Tiramisu Cupcakes
Irish cream tiramisu cupcakes made with a coffee cake topped with a coffee and Bailey's Irish cream frosting. Top with chopped hazelnuts for a crunchy bite!
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17
Cranberry Bliss cupcakes in the background. One cupcake is in the front on a round white plate, sliced in half showing the cranberry filling.
https://joyfilledeats.com
Cranberry Bliss Cupcakes
Cranberry cupcakes made with yellow cake filled with cranberry sauce and topped with cream cheese icing. This easy cranberry cupcake recipe is inspired by the delicious cranberry bliss bars. This recipe is also low-carb, keto, gluten-free, and sugar-free.
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18
Maple Bacon Cupcakes
https://mooreorlesscooking.com
Maple Bacon Cupcakes
These maple bacon cupcakes have maple-flavored cake topped with maple buttercream frosting and pieces of bacon for a sweet and salty flavor.
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19
Chocolate stout pretzel cupcakes in white cupcake liners topped with a drizzle of caramel sauce.
https://thesimple-sweetlife.com
Salty and Sweet Chocolate Stout Cupcakes
This easy chocolate cupcake recipe has a salty, sweet twist! With rich stout undertones, a salty pretzel crunch, and sweet caramel drizzle these chocolaty bad boys are the ultimate decadent treat.
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20
An overhead view of candy corn turkey Thanksgiving cupcakes. They're chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting and the candy corn is arranged to make the feathers and beak. There are candy googly eyes placed in the center.
https://www.simplyhappyfoodie.com
Candy Corn Turkey Thanksgiving Cupcakes
This recipe will show you how to make candy corn Turkey Thanksgiving cupcakes made with chocolate cupcakes, chocolate frosting, and candy corn. They're so fun to make with kids!
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21
Three double caramel macchiato cupcakes in silver foil cupcake liners on a wood cutting board.
https://stefseatsandsweets.com
Double Caramel Macchiato Cupcakes
These double caramel macchiato cupcakes are flavored with coffee and dulce de leche to give a smooth delicious bite. They're then topped with a cinnamon-flavored frosting.
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22
Spice cupcakes with red cupcake liners next to cinnamon sticks over a white background.
https://www.theflourhandprint.com
Spice Cupcakes
Soft, fluffy, and sweet spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are easy to make and even easier to eat!
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23
Apple crisp cupcake in a white cupcake liner sitting on a wooden table next to a white cake holder with several apple crisp cupcakes sitting on it.
https://ninakneadstobake.com
Apple Crisp Cupcakes
These apple crisp cupcakes are made up of a fluffy vanilla cupcake, apple pie filling, a caramel cream cheese frosting, and a buttery, cinnamon crumble on top. Every bite screams autumn!
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24
Campfire cupcake in a dark cupcake liner topped with orange frosting to look like fire and four pretzel sticks resembling wood sticks over the fire frosting. There's also a toothpick with marshmallows "roasting" over the fire frosting.
https://twokidsandacoupon.com
Campfire Cupcakes
This recipe shows you how to make easy cupcakes using a vanilla cake mix and has a tutorial for how to make mini campfire toppers with mini marshmallows.
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25
Cinnamon sugar cupcakes topped with a drizzle of white icing on a white background.
Cinnamon Sugar Cupcakes
These sweet and moist cinnamon sugar cupcakes are filled with cinnamon and sugar and topped with cream cheese frosting. Plus, they're gluten-free!
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26
Bananas foster upside down cupcakes on a white backdrop.
https://flavormosaic.com
Bananas Foster Upside-Down Cupcakes
Bananas foster upside-down cupcakes are easy to make upside-down cupcakes made with bananas instead of pineapple and are a perfect mini dessert for Mardi Gras (aka Fat Tuesday) or any party.
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27
Several pumpkin spice latte cupcakes sitting in the front that are blurred. A plate in the background holds two cupcakes in focus next to a light green pumpkin.
https://kimspireddiy.com
Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes
Pumpkin spice lattes are such a delicious drink, why not bake those same flavors into a cupcake? This recipe will show you how to make moist pumpkin spice latte cupcakes topped with a pumpkin buttercream frosting.
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28
Fall tree cupcakes topped with white frosting then decorated with hardened candy melts shaped into trees and branches and sprinkled with fall leaf sprinkles that are orange, yellow, and red.
https://rufflesandrainboots.com
Fall Tree Cupcakes
These fall tree cupcakes are so easy and fun to make! They can be placed flat on the cupcake or made vertically to look like a real tree with all of the beautiful fall leaves.
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29
Boston cream pie cupcakes on a plate. The front cupcake is cut in half to show the cream filling on the inside.
https://amandascookin.com
Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes
Traditional Boston Cream Pie is buttery yellow cake, filled with custard or pastry cream, and smothered in chocolate ganache.
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30
Brown butter pumpkin cupcakes on a round plate next to pumpkins.
https://burrataandbubbles.com
Brown Butter Pumpkin Cupcakes With Bourbon Caramel Frosting and Filling
Soft, ultra moist, and full of warm spice, these brown butter-pumpkin cupcakes are filled with gooey, rich bourbon caramel for an extra decadent treat.
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31
Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting topped with fall sprinkles and Reese's peanut butter cups sliced in half.
https://www.lifeloveliz.com
Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
This chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting recipe features a rich chocolate cake, creamy frosting, cute sprinkles, and Reese's cup.
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32
Three rows of snickerdoodle cupcakes on a wire cooling rack. There's a red and white checkered napkin in the foreground next to crumbles of brown sugar.
https://www.simplystacie.net
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
These tasty Snickerdoodle cupcakes are a spin on the classic Snickerdoodle cookie. The cake is made with cinnamon and sugar and topped with a cinnamon sugar buttercream frosting. They're so good!
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33
An overhead view of brown Jaffa cupcakes on a wire cooling rack. One in the center is cut in half.
https://www.amummytoo.co.uk
Jaffa Cupcakes
These jaffa cake cupcakes are, of course, a celebration of the humble store-bought jaffa cake. For these cakes, the chocolate sponge is topped with a layer of orange jelly and sealed in by a generous slather of rich chocolate ganache.
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34
Fireball whiskey cupcakes on a white background topped with red frosting. There are several cinnamon sticks around the cupcakes.
https://www.cupcakesandcutlery.com
Fireball Cupcakes With Cinnamon Whisky Buttercream Frosting
These easy fireball cupcakes pack a punch! Full of cinnamon flavor and a few shots of Fireball Whisky; they're a surefire way to get the party started. And don't let the pretty buttercream frosting fool you. It has a little cinnamon whisky in it too!
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35
Three scarecrow cupcakes topped with red smiles, noses, and black eyes made of candy. Their hats are made of tan colored wafer cookies. They're sitting on a burlap background.
https://www.hodgepodgehippie.com
Scarecrow Cupcakes
These delicious scarecrow cupcakes are totally cute, but not too cute to eat! Perfect fall cupcakes or great for a class party!
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36
Cinnamon cupcakes next to cinnamon sticks.
https://www.pastrywishes.com
Cinnamon Cupcakes With Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
These spiced cinnamon cupcakes are so moist, light, and fluffy, and full of cinnamon flavor! They're topped with a heavenly maple cream cheese frosting. These cupcakes are guaranteed to be a hit!
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Hello! I'm Tiffany.

I'm the recipe developer and food photographer behind Simply Happenings. I'm also a wife, mom to two adventurous little boys, registered nurse, and I live in the great Midwest. I like to feature high-protein recipes, one-pot meals, and delicious recipes you can cook with your favorite household appliances.

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