18 Fall-Flavored Foods To Eat in RVA This Season
The warm and fuzzy feels that come with this time of year extend to the festive flavor profiles we know and love, too: pumpkin, apple, pecan, maple, cinnamon, brown sugar, and then some! Use this roundup to guide you around Richmond for sweet (or sometimes savory!) treats in between your orchard visits, pumpkin-carving parties, and Halloween costume shopping.
And BTW: Double-check each spot’s Insta or website before you head out to fix your craving(s); some of these offerings rotate!
— by Kelsey Heintz, Managing Editor
Pick your pumpkin
Fat Rabbit (Union Hill)
Pumpkin Hoptarts
Ironclad Coffee Roasters (Shockoe Bottom)
Pumpkin Brioche Bun: Pumpkin pie spice cream cheese and bourbon maple syrup drizzle
Minglewood Bake Shop (Carytown)
Pumpkin S’mores
Proper Pie Co. (Church Hill)
Pumpkin & Salted Caramel pie slice: Anzac biscuit crust and a thick layer of caramel on top
Shyndigz Market (The Fan)
Pumpkin Cake: Pumpkin cake, cream cheese frosting, caramel, candied pecans
Pumpkin Oreo Cake
Pumpkin Chocolate Cake
Some good apples
Early Bird Biscuit Co. (The Fan)
Mini Apple Pies
LuLu’s (Shockoe Bottom)
Apple Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Pearl’s Bake Shoppe (Westhampton)
Apple Pie cupcake: Snickerdoodle cake with apple pie filling, cream cheese frosting, and caramel drizzle on top
Scoop (The Fan)
Apples & Honey ice cream
Pecan-y, maple-y & more
Pearl’s Bake Shoppe (Westhampton)
Candied Sweet Potato cupcake: Sweet potato cake with marshmallow fluff filling, marshmallow buttercream frosting, and candied pecan garnish
Proper Pie Co. (Church Hill)
Sweet Potato Pecan pie slice: Silky sweet potato with a brown sugar bottom and topped with a crunchy pecan cinnamon streusel
Spotty Dog (Union Hill)
Frankenstein’s Matcha ice cream: Matcha ice cream, choco cookie crumblies, and white chocolate “webs”
Sugar & Twine (Carytown)
Maple Pecan Scone
Make a meal of it
The Fancy Biscuit (The Fan)
The Big Apple: Fried chicken, apple slaw, apple butter BBQ and blue cheese vinaigrette on a buttermilk biscuit
Urban Farmhouse Market & Cafe (Shockoe Bottom)
Harvest Fruits Salad: Fall's harvest of apples and pears with roasted walnuts, drizzled with a sweet balsamic syrup, served with locally made apple butter and a country roll
Oak & Apple (Shockoe Bottom)
Smokehouse Chili Bowl: Brisket and house sausage, topped with cheddar cheese and sour cream, and served with cornbread
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