Sugar, pumpkin spice, and everything nice. Welcome to fall, the best season of the year! The fall harvest brings us many seasonal foods. Whether you consider yourself a basic homebody or a haunted soul, spice up your autumn with these pumpkin spice delights from local Houston restaurants, bakeries, cafes, and more!
Perhaps its because I’m an October baby, but fall is the perfect time of the year. With the weather cooling down and the foliage changing colors. Not to mention Halloween rocks and pumpkins are so cute with their round shape. Every fall, I go on a pumpkin food and drink pilgrimage, so I thought I’d actually share my finds this time! ‘Tis the season for pumpkin spice!
Food
When you think of pumpkin spice, you’re probably thinking of coffee, but pumpkin is not only for drinking; you can eat it too! Here are some local Houston businesses serving pumpkin specials.
Shun Japanese Kitchen
2802 South Shepherd Drive
Houston, Texas 77098
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Pastry chef Renee Yoshida’s signature Japanese style souffle pancakes come in pumpkin spice now! The pumpkin spice latte souffle pancakes are covered in pumpkin spices anglaise, coffee syrup, brûléed brown sugar. Served with Biscoff cookie crumbles and brown sugar whipped cream on the side. Souffle pancakes served on Sundays only. Reservation recommended.
Fat Cat Creamery
Heights
1901 North Shepherd Drive, Suite 300
Houston, 77008
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Garden Oaks
1225 W. 34th Street, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77018
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Fat Cat is scooping up their pumpkin cheesecake flavor ice cream. Upgrade your dessert by ordering the pumpkin blondie sundae consisting of a pumpkin blondie with 2 ice cream scoops, toasted pecans, cherries, whipped cream, and praline sauce. Available at both the Heights and Garden Oaks locations.
Koffeteria
1110 Hutchins Street, Suite 102
Houston, TX 77006
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Koffeteria is where you go when you want creative breads. Right now, they have 3 pumpkin products, both savory and sweet. For savory, order the fluffy chicken and pumpkin quiche with spicy chicken and pumpkin with green onion. For desserts, the pumpkin cheesecake roll is croissant dough rolled with pumpkin cheesecake filling and rolled in smoked horchata sugar. The pumpkin muffin top is a moist muffin top with pumpkin & maple glaze. Koffeteria is also featured on my list of Houston’s LGBTQ+ Owned Restaurants!
Bonnie’s Donuts
2047 W Main Street, A4
League City, TX 77573
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The current specials at Bonnie’s Donuts in League City includes their pumpkin spice cake donut and pumpkin spice cinnamon roll. They also have Halloween themed donuts available.
SweetCup Gelato
Garden Oaks
3444 Ella Boulevard, Suite B
Houston, TX, 77018
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Montrose
3939 Montrose Boulevard, Suite L
Houston, TX, 77006
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Sweetness in a cup (or a cone)! SweetCup is always making the most out of seasonal flavors. Try their pumpkin spice gansito chocolate gelato and pumpkin cheesecake gelato this fall.
Dessert Gallery Bakery and Cafe
3600 Kirby Drive #D
Houston, TX 77098
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For $10, get the PSL bundle that includes a pumpkin spice latte and pumpkin spice themed butter cookie. Planning a holiday party? On their 2021 holiday menu, you can order the decadent pumpkin DreamCake or old-fashioned pumpkin pie through New Year’s Day.
Crave Cupcakes
Uptown
1151-06 Uptown Park Boulevard
Houston, TX 77056
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Kirby
5600 Kirby Drive
Houston, TX 77005
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The Woodlands
2501 Research Forest Drive
Houston, TX 77381
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Fresh cupcakes are baked daily at Crave. Some of the seasonal flavors include the pumpkin cupcake, pumpkin loaf, and vegan pumpkin loaf. Each pumpkin special is available from October 1 to November 24.
Craft Creamery
1338 Westheimer Road Suite B
Houston, TX 77006
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Craft Creamery makes French pot style ice cream which is super smooth. Their fall special is the Crave pumpkin cinnamon cheesecake ice cream made in collaboration using Crave Cupcakes’s cake. The flavor is available now to Thanksgiving.
Tiny’s Milk and Cookies
West University
3636 Rice Boulevard
Houston, TX 77005
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Memorial
9655 Katy Freeway
Houston, TX 77024
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River Oaks
2809 Saint Street
Houston, TX 77027
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At Tiny’s Milk and Cookies, choose from either apple or pumpkin for their seasonal bread loaf. Available by the slice, mini loaf, or full loaf.
Awesome Bites Co
2313 Edwards Street #185
Houston, TX 77007
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Awesome Bites Co. is a vegan bakery specializing in making treats without dairy, eggs, soy, and nuts. They’re serving a good variety of pumpkin goods including pumpkin Hug n’ice cream, pumpkin snickerdoodle donuts, pumpkin creme donut cakes, and pumkin chocolate chunk cookies.
The Original Marini’s Empanada House
10001 Westheimer #2570
Houston, Texas 77042
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Marini’s is the place to get savory and sweet empanads. One of the dessert empanadas is the pumpkin empanda filled with homemade pumpkin filling with a touch of cinnamon and sugar. This one is actually available all year, but worth mentioning.
One Dim Sum
510 Gray Street
Houston, TX77002
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One Dim Sum is making beautiful dishes right in the center of Midtown. The pumpkin puffs might just be the cutest things on the menu. This is another pumpkin item that’s available all year.
Black Walnut Cafe
Black Walnut Cafe
The Woodlands
9000 New Trails Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77381
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Rice Village
5510 Morningside Drive Suite #150, Houston, Texas 77005
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Cinco Ranch
23233 Cinco Ranch Boulevard, Katy, Texas 77494
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Memorial
5512 Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas 77007
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Vintage Park
10623 Louetta Road, Houston, Texas 77070
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Conroe
2971 Hawthorne Drive, Conroe, Texas 77303
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Black Walnut Cafe has your whole meal covered with their whole pumpkin line. For food, they’ve got pumpkin pancakes and Cinderella pumpkin soup. For dessert, they’ve got pumpkin snickerdoodle cookies and pumpkin caramel gelato. Finish off with a drink of pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin spice mocha, or spiked pumpkin and caramel shake. Available at all 6 Houston locations through October 31.
The Custard Box
Pre-order pumpkin spice canelés from The Custard Box now! They’ll also be sold at their upcoming pop-ups.
Sweets & Saffron
Sweets & Saffron creates desserts with a south Asian twist. These cute coconut pumpkin ladoos can be ordered via DM.
House of Pies
Kirby
3112 Kirby Dr.
Houston, TX 77098
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Westheimer
6142 Westheimer Rd
Houston, TX 77057
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Hobby
11311 Fuqua St.
Houston, TX 77089
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The Woodlands
1330 Lake Woodlands Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380
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As their name suggests, they’re best known for pies. Their pumpkin pie is a staple at many holiday parties in Houston.
Beverages
Looking for a local alternative to the infamous Starbucks PSL? Houston has plenty of options for you!
Sweet Lemon
3427 Spencer Highway
Pasadena, TX 77504
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Halloween drink specials at Sweet Lemon include pumpkin spice Vietnamese coffee, pumpkin spice Thai tea, and pumpkin spice milk tea.
Fuji Tea
9312 Bellaire Boulevard
Houston, TX 77036
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Fuji Tea’s Halloween drink specials include pumpkin milk with Oreo cheese foam and black tea latte with purple sweet potato.
713-Juice-Bar
Memorial
14520 Memorial Drive #68
Houston, TX 77079
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Galleria
6401 Woodway Drive #175
Houston, TX 77057
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713-Juice-Bar is blending up a pumpkin spice smoothie available at 2 locations.
Java Owl Coffeehouse
1354 E NASA Parkway
Houston, TX 77058
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The pumpkin pie latte by Java Owl includes a piece of pie crust on top! They also serve pumpkin cold brew and pumpkin frapp.
Segundo Coffee Lab
711 Milby St
Houston, TX 77023
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This Hispanic-owned coffee shop in Second Ward is celebrating October with their Mexican pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin cold brew, and spooky s’mores latte.
Verbena Coffee
14029 Memorial Dr.
Houston, TX 77079
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Verbena Coffee is selling a pumpkin spice latte made with housemade pumpkin syrup.
Clutch City Coffee
4733 Richmond Ave.
Houston, TX 77027
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Clutch City Coffee is celebrating the fall spooky season with pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin spice frappes, pumpkin spice chai, and pumpkin spice cold foam cold brew. Check out their Halloween menu while you’re there as well.
Plum Coffee Shop
11688 Barker Cypress Road
Cypress, TX 77433
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Plum Coffee Shop makes their pumpkin spice latte with pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove.
Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co.
2101 Summer Street
Houston, TX 77007
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Buffalo Bayou Brewing’s Pumpkin Spice Latte coffee beer is “anything but basic.”
Have more pumpkin goodies to share? Leave a comment or contact me to be added to the list.
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