Everyone knows that pumpkins are one of the most iconic motifs of fall. And while pumpkin-flavored foods are everywhere to be found in any typical grocery store, pumpkin-shaped foods are much harder to come by.
Thankfully, TikTok’s most creative food creators have come up with ways to embody the spirit of fall in both flavor and form — here are some of the cutest pumpkin-shaped foods I’ve seen on TikTok.
Mine all turned out a little… unique! 🤠 But that’s ok, pumpkins all look a little funky anyway 🎃 For 8 pumpkin mochi: 175g pumpkin purée* 115g glutinous rice flour 30g corn starch 35g sugar 8 dried goji berries or raisins (optional) Filling: 250g pumpkin purée* 20g butter 18g sugar Pinch of salt *This is 1 15-oz can of pumpkin purée total Full recipe is on my website! https://ricesprinkles.com/recipe/pumpkin-mochi
This recipe by @ricesprinkles on TikTok makes steamed mochi that is both pumpkin-shaped and pumpkin-filled. The best part? You only need five ingredients to make it yourself: canned pumpkin puree, rice flour, cornstarch, sugar, and butter.
The creator makes the mochi into a pumpkin shape by creating a circle shape with the mochi and the filling, then creating indents with the back of a knife. If you want to add a sixth ingredient to the list, use goji berries or raisins as a stem for your pumpkin.
pumpkin shaped pizza bombs! INGREDIENTS pizza dough(recipe from scratch below) marinara shredded mozzarella Egg wash (1 egg+1tbsp milk) For the stem u can use the top of a chilli pepper/jalapeno for the string preferably use white kitchen twine and cut them with scissors after baking METHOD shape the dough and follow the directions in the video, brush w egg wash before baking bake at 350F/180C for 18-22 mins in a preheated oven *pizza dough from scratch INGREDIENTS 2 cups all purpose flour 1.5 tsp instant dry yeast 1 tbsp sugar 1/4 tsp salt lukewarm water as required 1 tbsp olive oil method in a large bowl add flour,yeast,sugar, salt and mix add the waterand combine everything to make a soft dough add olive oil and knead the dough for about 8 mins until it’s no longer sticky and forms a soft dough rest covered in a warm place for 60-90 mins your pizza dough is ready! wrap in cling film and store in the freezer for up to 3 months
This video of making pumpkin-shaped pizza bombs by @butterrandflour on TikTok has garnered nearly one million views since being posted, and it’s easy to see why. These pizza bombs are super easy to make: just roll out some premade pizza dough, spread some sauce and cheese on top, and gather the dough into a ball.
To make the pumpkin shape, the creator uses cooking twine — when the pizza bombs are done baking, they will puff up everywhere except for the areas blocked by the string, creating the perfect pumpkin effect.
You can use a stem from a pepper to act as a pumpkin stem when serving.
Although this recipe for pumpkin gnocchi by @moribyan on TikTok is two years old, it’s clear why it’s still popular on the platform. While this creator chose to create pumpkin puree from scratch, you can substitute canned pumpkin puree and get the same result.
Once the gnocchi dough is formed, use the back of a knife or a toothpick to carefully indent each line on every piece of gnocchi. While it’s tedious work, the results are too adorable to not be worth the effort.
30 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN RECIPES 🎃 Day 7/30 – Pumpkin Nutella Donuts 🎃🍫 🇫🇷FR / ENG🇬🇧 Ingrédients 🗒️ Pour les beignets : * 180ml de lait tiède * 8g de levure boulangère sèche * 60g de sucre en poudre * 1 œuf * 1 cac d’arôme vanille * 25 gouttes de colorant alimentaire orange * 350g de farine * 1 cac de sel * 50g de beurre mou Pour le fourrage et la décoration : * Nutella * Sucre en poudre * Cassonade * Cannelle (facultatif) * Sticks bretzel * Chocolat blanc * Colorant alimentaire vert Préparation 👩🏻🍳 1. Dans un récipient, mélangez le lait tiède, la levure boulangère sèche et le sucre. Laissez reposer pendant 10 minutes. 2. Ajoutez l’œuf et l’arôme vanille, puis mélangez. 3. Ajoutez le colorant alimentaire orange et mélangez jusqu’à obtenir une jolie couleur orange. 4. Ajoutez la farine et le sel, puis commencez à pétrir. 5. Ajoutez progressivement le beurre mou et pétrissez jusqu’à obtenir une pâte souple et élastique. 6. Couvrez la pâte et laissez-la pousser pendant 1 heure dans un endroit tiède. 7. Dégazez la pâte puis divisez-la en 8 boules. 8. Pour chaque boule, disposez 4 fils de coton sur le plan de travail. Placez la boule de pâte par-dessus puis rabattez délicatement les fils autour afin de former les différentes parties de la citrouille. Ne serrez pas trop les fils, car la pâte va gonfler. 9. Laissez à nouveau reposer les boules pendant 20 à 30 minutes. 10. Faites chauffer l’huile puis faites frire les beignets en les retournant afin qu’ils soient bien dorés de chaque côté. 11. Retirez-les de l’huile et laissez-les légèrement tiédir. 12. Coupez délicatement les fils et retirez-les complètement. 13. Mélangez du sucre en poudre avec de la cassonade et, si vous le souhaitez, un peu de cannelle. Roulez les beignets encore légèrement tièdes dans ce mélange. 14. Faites un petit trou sur le dessus de chaque citrouille et garnissez-les généreusement de Nutella à l’aide d’une poche à douille. 15. Pour les tiges, trempez des sticks bretzel dans du chocolat blanc mélangé avec un peu de colorant vert, puis laissez le chocolat se figer. 16. Placez une tige en bretzel au centre de chaque citrouille. Bon appétit & Happy Halloween 🎃🍫👻 🇬🇧 Pumpkin Nutella Donuts 🎃🍫 Ingredients 🗒️ For the donuts: * 180ml lukewarm milk * 8g dry yeast * 60g granulated sugar * 1 egg * 1 tsp vanilla extract * 25 drops orange food coloring * 350g flour * 1 tsp salt * 50g soft butter For the filling & decoration: * Nutella * Granulated sugar * Brown sugar * Cinnamon (optional) * Pretzel sticks * White chocolate * Green food coloring Preparation 👩🏻🍳 1. In a bowl, mix the lukewarm milk, dry yeast and sugar. Let it sit for 10 minutes. 2. Add the egg and vanilla extract, then mix. 3. Add the orange food coloring and mix until you get a bright orange color. 4. Add the flour and salt, then start kneading. 5. Gradually add the softened butter and knead until the dough is soft and elastic. 6. Cover the dough and let it rise for 1 hour in a warm place. 7. Punch down the dough and divide it into 8 balls. 8. For each ball, place 4 pieces of cotton thread on your work surface. Place the dough ball on top and gently wrap the threads around it to create the pumpkin shape. Do not tighten the threads too much, as the dough will expand. 9. Let the shaped dough rest again for 20–30 minutes. 10. Heat the oil and fry the donuts, turning them so they become evenly golden on all sides. 11. Remove them from the oil and let them cool slightly. 12. Carefully cut and remove all the threads. 13. Mix granulated sugar with brown sugar and, if desired, a little cinnamon. Coat the still slightly warm donuts in the sugar mixture. 14. Make a small hole on top of each pumpkin and fill generously with Nutella using a piping bag. 15. For the stems, dip pretzel sticks into white chocolate mixed with a little green food coloring, then let the chocolate set. 16. Place a chocolate-covered pretzel stem in the center of each pumpkin. Enjoy & Happy Halloween 🎃🍫👻 #halloweencountdown#halloweenrecipe#recettefacileetrapide#spookyseason#pumpkindonuts
Donuts stuffed with Nutella? Say less, I’m sat. These pumpkin Nutella donuts by @ouidad.drss on TikTok might be the most craveable recipe I’ve seen on the platform in a while.
While this recipe doesn’t call for any kind of pumpkin flavor in the donut dough, you can adjust the recipe to your own liking and find one that uses pumpkin puree.
Use cotton thread or cooking twine to let the donuts fry into their pumpkin shape. Once they’re done frying, toss them in a cinnamon sugar mixture and fill them up to the brim with Nutella. This creator also uses pretzel sticks dipped in white chocolate with green food coloring for a chocolate-covered pretzel stem.
These pumpkin cookies shown on @recipestomakee’s TikTok page are super simple to make — just use your regular cookie dough and add in a small amount of pumpkin puree or pumpkin spice seasoning. Then, you can roll small dough balls and either pinch ridge shapes into the dough or use a toothpick to etch pumpkin lines.
For extra pizzazz, consider decorating your pumpkin cookies with icing and sprinkles.
Last but not least, these pumpkin bagels by @itsmadebymegan on TikTok might be the cutest pumpkin-shaped offering out of all of the recipes. Add pumpkin puree or pumpkin spice seasoning to your regular bagel dough, add in some orange food coloring, and wrap each bagel portion with cooking twine before boiling.
Once the bagels are boiled, they come out perfectly soft and squishy. Add some pumpkin cream cheese into the mix, and you have an ideal fall breakfast ready to eat.
Jayna Miller is a member of the Spoon University National Writers Program and UC Irvine's Her Campus chapter.
Jayna is currently a second-year student at UC Irvine, majoring in English with a minor in Literary Journalism. Aside from being a member of UC Irvine's Her Campus chapter, she serves as an editor for Echolalia, a literary journal on campus. She is also the recipient of the 2025-2026 Nora Folkenflik Memorial Essay Award, presented by UC Irvine's School of Humanities.
In her free time, Jayna enjoys thrifting, reading thriller novels, and chatting over a good meal with her friends. She is interested in exploring anything Gen Z, specifically pertaining to social media trends and how they stem from societal expectations and desires.
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