It’s pumpkin season — yay! And these fresh, pretty pumpkin parfaits are sure to be a crowd-pleasing dessert!
Bring on the pancakes, turnovers, pies, soup, lattes and parfaits — and all in pumpkin-flavored form!
Whoa — pumpkin parfaits?
Yes ma’am.
You read that correctly.
One classic, favorite, simple dessert is showing its autumn colors with a pumpkin twist!
Let’s be honest here.
I am normally a canned pumpkin kind of girl.
Why?
Because it is sooo much easier.
Busy mom life equals easy recipes.
But I’m also a HUGE fan of pumpkin anything.
So that kind of, sort of, made me want to at least try switching out canned pumpkin with the free stuff.
And what did I find out in my adventurous pumpkin switch?
I found that fresh is better.
Straight from the pumpkin.
Shocker, right? ;0)
Try it, at least for this recipe, and you’ll be convinced too!
Psst! It’s not a lot of extra work to bake a pumpkin or toss it in your crockpot.
So toss all your canned pumpkin hacks to the side and use the fresh stuff!
If you want to add some extra yumminess to your recipe, drizzle some caramel on top.
I completely forgot to do that for the food pictures, but you can do it just the same and tell me how AWESOME it was!
I have seen a lot of people use ginger snaps for their parfaits, but I really, really, really enjoy crumbled, honey graham crackers.
I also used fresh whipped cream in this recipe.
Don’t be intimidated, it’s so easy a child could make it — in fact, my daughter did!
My girls love making the fun stuff — like icing, whipped cream or glaze.
They leave me to do the boring, necessary stuff — wink, wink!
Enjoy your pumpkin season and start off celebrating with these fresh, pretty pumpkin parfaits for an amazing dessert!
Fresh and Simple Pumpkin Parfaits
Ingredients
For the pumpkin layer:
For the cookie layer:
Homemade Whipped Cream
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving:
Unsaturated Fat: 0g