Filled with a light and fluffy pumpkin whipped cream, there’s nothing spooky about these Puff Pastry Pumpkins! They’re just plain delicious!
There’s no time like the present to get out your pumpkin shaped cookie cutters to make a batch of these delectable cuties. Filled with pumpkin whipped cream (yes, you heard that correctly) these Puff Pastry Pumpkin tarts are an indulgent holiday treat that will make your kids SO excited! Make these pumpkin shaped treats for your fall parties or add a jack o’lantern chocolate chip face and have them for Halloween!
I made this recipe and my family was over the moon! Thankfully, all you have to do in our house is mention the words whipped cream and all three of my kids are hooked. Chloe actually goes into a full body, eye rolling, twirly daze as if she’s become possessed — and that’s before she’s even had any. Whipped cream can do that to a kid I suppose.
What’s fun about these this puff pastries is that you can cut then into any shape for any theme you may want! Use a leaf shaped cookie cutter for fall, ghost shaped for Halloween or heart shaped for Valentine’s day and have an appropriately themed treat for any occasion on your calendar!
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays to come up with recipes for. There are so many fun ways to do spooky treats that aren’t filled with the crazy amounts of sugar that kids normally get on Halloween. If you’re looking for more kid-friendly Halloween recipes try out Tangerine Pumpkins + Banana Ghosts, Spooky Grilled Cheese, Cookie Dough Bites, and Mummy Dogs to name a few.
Let me know what you and your family think about these Puff Pastry Pumpkins! This is a great recipe to get your kids involved in the kitchen. Tag me on social media if you make them!
Puff Pastry Pumpkins
Ingredients
- 2 sheets puff pastry
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400
- Unfold the puff pastry and cut into pumpkins using a pumpkin cookie cutter.
- Place the pumpkins on a baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown.
- While the pumpkins are baking, place the remaining ingredients in a large bowl and and beat with an electric mixer, or in the bowl of a stand mixer, until thoroughly combined and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Remove the pumpkins from the oven, allow to cool slightly, then slice in half. Top one half with the pumpkin mixture, place the other pumpkin half on top and decorate with chocolate chips for eyes as desired.
Gosh…this was awesome. I hope that I can got back and see all of the blogs on ahoentr day as I don’t have time to “bag” them (using bag the web) to reference them later. Thanks so much to everyone. Great Freebies!
How did I miss these? They would be so cute for Thanksgiving too!
Um, YUM! Also, I can relate to your daughter’s whipped cream daze. I thought everyone did that?
next time you make these – I’m coming over!!!
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All of your recipes should be called
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God Bless!!!
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I truly enjoy reading your blog along with your recipes. 🙂 Your kids remind me of mine in their silly behavior. Thank you for your hard work, it doesn’t go unnoticed. Looking forward to making your Puff Pastry Pumpkins. 🙂
Hmm I haven’t tried freezing whipped cream and I’m not sure how that would work. You can make the whipped cream and the puff pastry pumpkins up to 1 day ahead of time. Store both in the fridge. You might need to give the whipped cream an extra little whip the next day to revive it!
Do you think these would freeze ok? I want to make for my sons preschool but want to make them a head of time. Thanks!!!
I can’t wait to make these with my little ones. Pumpkin whip cream….brilliant!!
It is under the post! So weird that it didn’t show up before!
Is there a link to the recipe somewhere? I cannot find it! Thanks!