It’s the time of year when pumpkin seems to dominate the food scene and fall-flavored treats begin popping up on restaurant menus and in stores all over town. If you (or your kiddos) are in the mood for something sweet, grab one of these tasty fall treats.
Duffeyroll Café
This popular neighborhood spot has been baking tasty cinnamon rolls for 30 years, and if you”ve yet to try them, now is the time. Right now they have chocolate pumpkin spice Duffeyrolls—a deliciously gooey pumpkin spice roll topped with a drizzle of icing and chocolate chips. Multiple locations, duffeyrolls.com
Dunkin” Donuts
The donut and coffee chain whips up tasty fall treats like caramel apple croissant donuts, Reese’s peanut butter squares, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin donuts, and pumpkin donut holes. They have salted caramel and pumpkin flavored beverages for coffee lovers, too. Multiple locations, dunkindonuts.com
Glazed & Confused Donuts
This specialty donut shop is serving up pumpkin pie donuts this fall. Look for the pumpkin pie pastry cream with a chai tea glaze. 5301 Leetsdale Ave., gcdonuts.com
Happy Bakeshop
In the mood for cupcakes? They offer a variety of seasonal flavors including caramel apple, chocolate pumpkin, classic pumpkin, caramel pumpkin, bourbon pumpkin pie, and pumpkin chai. Multiple locations, happybakeshopcolorado.com
IHOP
Young guests can let their imaginations go wild decorating scary face pancakes with candy toppings like candy corn horns, OREO cookie eyes, and more (through Halloween). You might also try the pumpkin spice pancakes or the new apple ring pancakes, which come with a Gala apple ring griddled inside, then topped with cinnamon sugar, cinnamon apple butter and garnished with a grilled apple slice. Multiple locations, ihop.com
LaMar’s Donuts
You”ll want to grab more than one of their pumpkin spice cake donuts this fall. Try them plain or amp up the flavor with cream cheese frosting on top. Multiple locations, lamars.com
Sweet Cow Ice Cream
It might be hard to branch out from the usual cookies and cream order, but with seasonal flavors like candy corn, apple pie, and pumpkin spice latte, it’s worth the switch. Multiple locations, sweetcowicecream.com
The Cheesecake Factory
Leave it to the cheesecake experts to have not one, but two delicious offerings on the menu: pumpkin cheesecake and pumpkin pecan cheesecake. You can feel good about eating it too; 25 cents of each slice will be donated to help people in need. Multiple locations, thecheesecakefactory.com
