22 Thanksgiving Desserts, The Best Recipes to Gobble Up
Thanksgiving dinner is superb, but Thanksgiving desserts are even better. With all the yummy fall flavors of the season.
Thanksgiving is a time of being thankful for so many things, and dessert is definitely one thing I’m thankful for. If you want to fill your Thanksgiving dessert table with delicious and easy desserts, I have 20+ of them to choose from.
Picture this: your Thanksgiving table sprinkled with so many delicious desserts for your guest to choose from.
There could be classic pies, or sweet fruit pies, or even Thanksgiving cookies. Maybe even a pumpkin cake or apple cake. All of these sweet treats are made at home with regular ingredients from your grocery stores.
Most of Thanksgiving dessert recipes below can be made dairy free. So even your guest with dairy allergies will enjoy them. Some of the recipe can be made vegan too.
All the recipe ideas have seasonal ingredients that make them perfect for the holiday season.
I make some of these recipes each year for our Thanksgiving desserts and people rave about them.
If you are looking for delicious, but easy desserts, one of these Thanksgiving Day dessert recipes would be perfect I’m sure.
Now let’s get to the desserts! I separated them into categories for you to make it easier to find what you are looking for. I also add a quick description of each recipe to help you decide which ones you want to try.
Pumpkin Desserts for Thanksgiving
Vegan Pumpkin Pie Recipe
A pumpkin pie made vegan. It’s fantastic and tastes just like a regular pumpkin pie. With pumpkin pie spice, maple syrup, and brown sugar flavors just like the classic pie, your guest won’t know it’s vegan.
Mini Pumpkin Pies
Pumpkin pie made in a cute mini version. Make them with classic pumpkin pie filing or the vegan pumpkin pie filling either is so good. Be sure to use real pumpkin in this recipe. You can see how to make your own pumpkin puree here.
Pumpkin Bars with Caramel Frosting
A twist on your classic pumpkin bars. These are topped with a delicious caramel frosting. No cream cheese frosting on these. Make these and watch them disappear.
Apple Recipes for Thanksgiving
Apple Brown Betty (Quick and Easy)
You don’t even need to know how to bake to make this easy apple thanksgiving dessert recipe. It’s a bread pudding with apples. Just cut bread, add seasonings, a few ingredients, and bake. It’s super simple, but delicious.
Apple Crumble Bars
Shortbread crust, piled with thinly sliced apples and topped with a crumble topping so good. They are like apple tarts, but in bar form. These are a real crowd pleaser with people who don’t like desserts that are too sweet.
Classic Apple Pie
Your classic apple pie recipe from scratch is just like grandma used to make.
Apple Crumble Cake
Pie, not your thing? I get it. Try this yummy apple cake with a sweet and crisp crumble topping.
Apple Crisp
Baked apples topped with a delicious crisp topping. Serve this delicious apple dessert with whipped cream or ice cream.
Apple Crumble Pie
A twist on the classic apple pie except with a crumble topping instead of another pie crust. One of our all-time favorite pies.
Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake
This coffee cake is easy to make and so delicious. Not as sweet as classic cake for those who like sweet treats on the less sweet side.
Thanksgiving Pies, Favorite Recipes
Double Crust Raspberry Pie
Not everyone loves pumpkin or apple pies, and this is a sweet alternative. It can be made with fresh or frozen raspberries. This one has a step-by-step video so you can have your first or 50th pie turn out great.
Rhubarb Custard Pie
Creamy custard pie with rhubarb on top. If you’ll be making it with frozen rhubarb, be sure to thaw and drain the rhubarb first.
Raspberry Custard
Not everyone loves pumpkin or apple pies, and this is a sweet alternative. It can be made with fresh or frozen raspberries. This one has a step-by-step video so you can have your first or 50th pie turn out great.
Mini Strawberry Pies
Another cute mini pie, but this time with strawberries. Kids love these little pies.
Sweet Potato Pie
It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a sweet potato pie. Make this classic pie with baked sweet potatoes. So good!
If you need to learn how to make flaky pastry crusts, check out my tutorial on how to make pie dough here.
More Easy Thanksgiving Desserts
Fresh Apple Cookies
These cookies are perfect for a fall dessert made with fresh apples. It’s a unique vintage recipe I’m sure your guests will love.
Soft Baked Gingersnap Cookies
No hard gingersnap cookies here. These are soft and chewy. The perfect blend of spice, too.
Orange Bars
Bars with a burst of orange flavor. A great addition to your Thanksgiving desserts.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
This pumpkin cookie recipe has chocolate chips and they are chewy and soft. Not cake like at all, like so many pumpkin cookies.
Caramel Rhubarb Upside Down Cake
Cake can be a great dessert for Thanksgiving and this fancy caramel cake will be the talk of your Thanksgiving desserts. Don’t like rhubarb? Use apples instead.
Lime Bars
Another bar type cookie with a shortbread base topped with luscious lime curd. So very good.
Rhubarb Custard Crisp
A homey dessert that is bursting with flavor. This is one dessert we can’t get enough of.
Pecan Pie Bars
A layer of shortbread covered with pecan pie filling. So good. These can be made dairy free by using margarine or coconut oil instead of the butter in the recipe.
That’s just some of our favorite Thanksgiving desserts that I love to make this time of year. Any of these sweet dessert recipes would be perfect to serve after your Thanksgiving meal. Or eat them first if you are like my dad.
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