Pumpkin spice may have a near-monopoly on fall grocery aisles, but not everything we eat between August and November needs to taste like pumpkin pie. Thankfully, brands seem to have gotten the memo in 2026.
This year’s seasonal shelves are packed with apple cider, maple, caramel apple, cinnamon, cranberry, brown sugar, and plenty of other flavors that feel just as appropriate for sweater weather. Aldi alone is rolling out apple-cider coffee cake, maple kettle corn, and apple-pie gelato, while Publix, Target, Betty Crocker, Werther’s, and other brands are getting in on the pumpkin-free fun.
Whether you’re officially over pumpkin spice or just want some variety, here are 15 fall grocery treats worth looking for this season.
Bake Shop Apple Cider Coffee Cake Bites
Aldi’s bite-size coffee cakes are back for fall in an Apple Cider variety, and they sound tailor-made for mornings when regular toast isn’t going to cut it. The little cakes are topped with cinnamon streusel and come in 12-count packages, making them easy to pair with coffee, split across a few breakfasts, or put out for guests. Apple cider also brings some fruity tartness to the usual cinnamon-heavy fall flavor profile, which may be welcome if you’ve already reached your pumpkin limit.
Clancy’s Maple Drizzled Kettle Corn
Sweet, salty, and covered in maple drizzle sounds like a pretty convincing fall snack to us. Clancy’s seasonal Maple Drizzled Kettle Corn is back at Aldi alongside a pumpkin-spice version, combining the caramelized sweetness of kettle corn with one of autumn’s most underrated flavors. Maple also makes a lot of sense with salty popcorn, and the result sounds a little more interesting than simply sprinkling pumpkin spice onto another snack and calling it seasonal.
Specially Selected Apple Cranberry Blossoms
Apple gets a tart upgrade in these seasonal pastries from Aldi. The Specially Selected Apple Cranberry Blossoms pair a flaky pastry shell with a fruit filling that combines two flavors we normally encounter at slightly different points in the season. Apple screams early fall, while cranberry tends to take over closer to Thanksgiving. Put them together and you’ve got a pastry that should work from the first chilly morning right through holiday season.
Sundae Shoppe Apple Pie Gelato
Apple pie à la mode is already one of the great cold-and-warm dessert combinations, so turning those flavors into gelato seems like a natural next step. Aldi’s seasonal Sundae Shoppe lineup includes an Apple Pie Gelato that brings a classic fall dessert to the freezer aisle. It’s also a convenient option for anyone craving apple pie flavors without committing to an entire pie — or, more importantly, having to bake one.
Sundae Shoppe Cinnamon Coffee Cake Gelato
If cinnamon rolls and crumb cake rank higher than pumpkin pie on your personal fall dessert hierarchy, this Aldi gelato deserves a look. Cinnamon Coffee Cake Gelato puts cinnamon and bakery-inspired flavors front and center instead of relegating them to supporting roles in a pumpkin-spice blend. The coffee-cake angle also suggests the kind of buttery, brown-sugar flavor that makes this sound considerably more interesting than ordinary cinnamon ice cream.
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Favorite Day Caramel Apple Crisp Whipped Topping
Target has found a way to make just about anything taste like fall. Favorite Day Caramel Apple Crisp Whipped Topping combines apple and caramel with a crisp-inspired flavor and can be added to coffee, hot chocolate, pancakes, waffles, brownies, pie, or ice cream. That’s considerably more versatile than buying yet another seasonal cookie or candy. And because Target also released a Pumpkin Spice version, pumpkin-fatigued shoppers know exactly which can to grab.
Publix Cinnamon Streusel Praline Ice Cream
There is a lot happening in Publix’s new Cinnamon Streusel Praline Ice Cream, and we’re not complaining. The limited-edition flavor starts with brown-sugar ice cream and adds cinnamon streusel, sticky-bun dough, and praline pecans. It’s basically what might happen if a cinnamon roll, coffee cake, and praline all decided to become one frozen dessert. The pecans add another layer of crunch and nuttiness, making this one of the more elaborate fall ice creams hitting grocery freezers this year.
Publix Bananas Foster Ice Cream
Bananas Foster might not be the first flavor that comes to mind when you hear “fall,” but Publix is making a pretty good case for it. Its new limited-edition ice cream takes inspiration from the classic New Orleans dessert with banana and a brown-sugar rum swirl. That caramelized brown-sugar profile feels right at home once cooler weather arrives, while the banana makes it a welcome break from the endless apple, cinnamon, and pumpkin products surrounding it.
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Betty Crocker Apple Cider Delights Cake Mix
You don’t need a trip to an apple orchard to get your cider fix this fall. Betty Crocker’s new Super Moist Apple Cider Delights Cake Mix brings the flavor into the baking aisle and can be turned into cake, cupcakes, or whatever other experiment you’re willing to attempt with a boxed mix. The limited-edition mix includes pudding in the formulation for a softer texture and is expected to remain available into December, giving procrastinating fall bakers a little more time to track down a box.
Betty Crocker Caramel Apple Cookie Mix
Caramel apples are delicious right up until you’re trying to bite through one without getting caramel stuck to every tooth you own. Betty Crocker’s returning Caramel Apple Cookie Mix offers a much less hazardous alternative. The seasonal mix turns the classic fair and orchard flavor combination into warm cookies, giving you caramel-apple sweetness without a wooden stick or sticky face. It also makes an easy option for fall parties and gatherings when you’d rather serve something freshly baked than open another package of seasonal cookies.
Werther’s Original Caramel Apple Soft Caramels
If any candy company should be making a caramel-apple treat, it’s probably Werther’s. Its limited-edition Caramel Apple Soft Caramels return for fall with the flavor of caramel-dipped apples packed into a much less messy piece of candy. The apple flavor also gives the rich caramel a little fruity contrast, while the soft texture makes these particularly easy to keep in a candy bowl, desk drawer, or anywhere else that could benefit from an emergency supply of fall candy.
Werther’s Original Cinnamon Crème Soft Caramels
Cinnamon is already doing a lot of the heavy lifting in pumpkin spice, so why not let it have the spotlight for once? Werther’s Cinnamon Crème Soft Caramels pair the warming spice with the brand’s signature caramel and a creamy center. It’s a straightforward combination, but that’s part of the appeal. You get something unmistakably autumnal without every bite tasting like someone emptied the entire spice rack into it.
KIND THINS Caramel Apple Cinnamon
Not every fall treat needs to be an ice cream, cake, or piece of candy. KIND’s limited-edition Caramel Apple Cinnamon THINS combine sliced almonds, pecans, peanuts, apple and cinnamon flavors, and a caramel drizzle in a thin, crunchy bar. Each one has 100 calories and 5 grams of sugar, according to KIND, making it an easy seasonal option to toss into a desk drawer or bag when you’re craving something sweet, crunchy, and considerably more portable than apple pie.
H-E-B Creamy Creations Caramel Apple à la Mode Ice Cream
H-E-B didn’t hold back with its limited-edition Caramel Apple à la Mode Ice Cream. The Creamy Creations flavor starts with brown-sugar ice cream and packs in cinnamon apple chunks, pieces of pie, and thick caramel swirls. In other words, this isn’t vanilla ice cream with a vaguely apple-flavored ribbon running through it. It’s essentially apple pie à la mode crammed into a carton, complete with enough different textures to make every spoonful interesting.
