9 perfect pumpkin recipes

Get your pumpkin on with these nine pumpkin recipes. With ideas for breakfast, entrees, snacks, drinks and more, you're sure to find a recipe to please every pumpkin-lover's palate.

Before another October draws to a close and we put our pumpkin-spice whatevs obsession on the backburner until next year (well, except for pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, of course), let's take a look at some of The Ninj's favorite pumpkin recipes.

Whether you like your pumpkin in a cool breakfast smoothie, a cheesy comforting pasta dinner or a zippy hummus as an afternoon snack -- or anything in between! -- The Ninj has got you covered with these nine great recipes:

1. Pumpkin Maple Smoothie
2. Slow Cooker Pumpkin Bread
3. Maple Pumpkin Mini Muffins
4. Pumpkin Hummus
5. Chocolate-Pumpkin Muffins
6. Red Pepper and Pumpkin Soup
7. Pumpkin Gorgonzola Pasta
8. Pumpkin Ginger Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting
9. Bourbon Apple Pumpkin Butter

Happy Halloween to all The Ninj's peeps!