Pumpkin Spice Waffle Recipe + Dessert Bar

Last week I shared my Simple & Delicious Apple Peach Crisp with all of you, along with all of my friends who shared their fabulous apple fall recipes. Today we’re all back and we’re bringing your our yummiest fall pumpkin recipes, thanks to our friend Kristen at Ella Claire Blog, who decided to host this tour and get us all together.  My family isn’t complaining because they know how much I love fall baking and when I told them I was going to be making and sharing my Pumpkin Spice Waffle Recipe + Dessert Bar, they shouted “hooray!”

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Waffles are more than just a breakfast food.  You can use them for all sorts of sandwiches and even for desserts.  With the way we load these pumpkin spice waffles up with toppings, it may be more appropriate for a dessert.  But you can definitely use this recipe for your breakfast waffles!

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Ok let’s get to the recipe…

Pumpkin Spice Waffle Recipe

Pretty simple, right?!  Here’s where the fun part comes in

Heart-shaped Waffles

Ever since I bought a heart-shaped waffle maker, we have had a lot of fun with it.  If you’re using one of these too, use your kitchen scissors to quickly and carefully just cut down the “seam” and separate the waffles into individual hearts.  Trust me, this is sooooo quick and easy and they look much neater and won’t rip or look sloppy.

If you’re using a regular waffle maker, just cut them on the seam into quarters.  Then, arrange your waffles on a platter.  You can just serve whole waffles without cutting them apart, but if you’re making them into fun little waffle dessert sandwiches (I’ll show you that below) it’s nice to have smaller pieces.

Pumpkin Spice Waffles Toppings

If you’re trying to be healthy, choose healthy toppings.  This is a dessert bar so I pick a lot of fun toppings and we get crazy.

I like to toast coconut for one of the toppings.

I also love the taste of toasted pecans.  It’s especially perfect for this season and I’ll add a smidge of cinnamon and sugar.

We like to pull out the cookie butter and milk chocolate chips (shown above).  Other toppings we’ve used are Nutella, chocolate or caramel syrups, mini M&M’s, crushes Oreo’s, chopped up Snickers or other candy bars, carob or white chocolate chips, slivered almonds, ice cream…the list goes on.  Choose whatever sounds good or whatever you have!  That’s the FUN of it!

You can pull out maple syrup or other pancake syrups.  I also whip my own whipped cream (with Mexican Vanilla – my favorite).  For a quick and easy alternative, you can also use whipped cream out of a can.  I just like to go all out for this!

Pumpkin Spice Waffles Dessert Bar

Now all you have to do is grab plates and flatware (and maybe some pretty napkins or centerpiece too) and put it all out on the counter or table and arrange it for your family and/or friends.

They are going to love it!

How to eat your Pumpkin Spice Dessert Waffles

You can either eat your waffles, layered on top of one another (as people normally do) and add all of your toppings.

OR

You can make a waffle dessert sandwich.

Add all of your toppings on to the bottom piece.

Take another waffle piece and sandwich it on top.

There you go.  It’s that simple.  If you wanted to spread on softened ice cream and make ice cream sandwiches, you could stick them back in the freezer for 30-60 minutes and serve.  There are endless possibilities for these little Pumpkin Spice Waffles but one thing is for sure…..

No matter which way you eat them, they are absolutely delicious!  Everyone will love them. Our friends that don’t particularly love pumpkin-flavored desserts LOVED these because the pumpkin flavor is just enough and not overwhelming.  It’s the perfect fall dessert!

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Please hop on over and visit all my talented friends who are sharing their pumpkin recipes also and let me tell you…they know how to bake and cook!  I have LOVED trying their recipes!
Don’t forget to pin the recipes so that you have them later!

Pumpkin Snack Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting by Ella Claire | Pumpkin Pie Baklava by A Burst of Beautiful | Keto Pumpkin Cranberry Scones by Home Stories A to Z | Baked Pumpkin Donuts by Boxwood Avenue | Nutella Pumpkin Spice Croissants by Craftberry Bush

Pumpkin Spice Butter by Tidy Mom | Pumpkin Peach Smoothie by Nesting with Grace | Orange Pumpkin Pie by So Much Better with Age | Pumpkin Sugar Cookies by Zevy Joy | Pumpkin Spiced Rooibos Latte by Farmhouse on Boone

Pumpkin Bread Pudding by Love Grows Wild | Mini GF + Keto Pumpkin Cheesecakes by The Chronicles of Home | Pumpkin Spice Cranberry Muffins by Anderson + Grant | Pumpkin Butter Goat Cheese & Bacon Appetizer by Nest of Posies | GF Pumpkin Muffins by Maison de Pax

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies by Inspired by Charm | Pumpkin Fettuccine Alfredo by Town and Country Living | Pumpkin Custard by My Sweet Savannah | Mini Pumpkin Pies by Nina Hendrick Design Co. | Pumpkin Spice Waffle Recipe + Dessert Bar by Summer Adams

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