Dessert is one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving dinner along with the Thanksgiving Cocktails! That’s when the pumpkin pie and decadent chocolate mousse come out and everyone digs in like they haven’t just devoured a huge plate with all the fixings.
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These delicious Thanksgiving dessert recipes are some of the best you’ll find on the internet. We’ve organized them into pies, cakes, bars and cookies, with a few extras at the end, like our favorite salted caramel apple crisp.
These desserts are a compilation of recipes from our fellow food bloggers around the Internet. Click through to see their full recipe.
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Delicious Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes
Pies
Mini Personal Pumpkin Pies
Mini pumpkin pies have just five simple ingredients plus those aromatic spices we all love at the holidays. And they're just so darn cute! These pies are a great way to serve individual desserts.
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Easy Sunflower Seed Pie Recipe
Sunflower Seed Pie is sure to be a crowd pleaser! This nut free pie is a great alternative to pecan pie. Easy to make in a few simple steps this unique sunflower pie is delicious and perfect for the Thanksgiving table.
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Chocolate Pecan Pie
If you love pecan pie the only thing that makes it better is chocolate! This Chocolate Pecan Pie recipe is very simple and totally fool-proof so be sure to bookmark this one for next year.
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Homemade Spiced Carrot Pie
The best ever carrot pie recipe, made with warm fall spices and maple syrup! It’s a perfect pie for Thanksgiving and a unique twist on a classic.
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Toasted Pecan Streusel Pumpkin Pie
A buttery, golden toasted pecan crumble does double duty as a crust and streusel topping. Filled with a smooth and luscious pumpkin pie filling, this Toasted Pecan Streusel Pumpkin Pie is then baked to golden glory!
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Sweet Potato Pie with Condensed Milk
Gorgeous and delicious, this Sweet Potato Pie is easy to make and perfect for the holiday season! A gingersnap crust paired with a filling with condensed milk and pecans.
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Best Brown Butter Black-Bottom Sweet Potato Pie Recipe
A southern-style sweet potato pie with the richness of brown butter, brown sugar, and evaporated milk, and Patti Labelle ’s famous “black-bottom”.
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Easy Ruby Apple Pie
Easy Ruby Apple Pie consists of store-bought double pie crust filled with hibiscus colored apple pie filling. A stunning Fall dessert!
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Cakes
Chocolate Marble Bundt Cake
Chocolate Marble Bundt Cake is one of those bakes that looks impressive but comes together with simple ingredients and an easy swirl technique.
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Strawberry Victoria Sponge Cake
Strawberry Victoria Sponge Cake is one of those desserts that feels timeless but still easy to pull together. Soft sponge layers, lightly sweetened cream, and fresh strawberries make every slice feel balanced and fresh.
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Carrot Cinnamon Bundt Cake
This Carrot Cinnamon Bundt Cake is tender, warmly spiced, and simple enough to make on a quiet afternoon—but polished enough to serve for brunch or a spring gathering.
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Chocolate Orange Cake
This chocolate orange cake is super moist, and has the perfect balance of flavors that compliment each other so well. Top it with candied orange slices for a beautiful presentation.
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Instant Pot New York Cheesecake
This Instant Pot New York Cheesecake is super creamy and decadent, with a smooth but thick texture that will blow you away. It’s done in half the time it takes in the oven, and it yields a perfect result.
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Caramel Apple Cupcakes
These caramel apple cupcakes are the perfect fall dessert. Bite into one and you'll be rewarded with a rich caramel apple filling.
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Apple Pudding Cake
This heavenly Apple Pudding Cake outshines the rest with its decadently moist crumb, sweet cinnamon apples, and a delightfully easy caramel sauce.
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Delicious Keto Pumpkin Roll
This delicious Keto Pumpkin Roll uses almond and coconut flour, with pumpkin puree and eggs to create a lovely low-sugar, low-carb version of this much loved dessert.
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Caramel Apple Pecan Dump Cake
This Caramel Apple Pecan Dump Cake is an easy dessert to make when you want a caramel apples fix! Perfect for autumn or any time of year!
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Apple Pumpkin Crumb Cake
This is probably the best fall cake ever, combining all of our favorite flavors in one place. Super moist from the pumpkin, it also has caramelized apples topped by a wonderful crumble with spices.
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Sweet Potato Cheesecake
Sweet potato cheesecake is creamy, lightly spiced, and perfect for fall and winter. It’s easy to make and it’s a great alternative to pumpkin desserts!
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Ty’s Sweet Potato Sour Cream Pound Cake
Sweet potato sour cream pound cake is as decadent as it sounds. Flecks of sweet potato throughout topped with a luscious maple pecan praline sauce.
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No Bake Caramel Apple Cheesecake
This delicious caramel apple cheesecake is the perfect combination of sweet and creamy. This yummy no-bake cheesecake recipe is perfect for your next party or gathering.
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Instant Pot Pumpkin Cheesecake
Instant Pot pumpkin cheesecake is made with fresh pumpkin puree, topped with salted caramel & walnuts. Perfect for Autumn!
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Pumpkin Roll Recipe
Pumpkin Roll recipe is the perfect holiday treat for Thanksgiving! A moist pumpkin cake made with pumpkin pie spice and covered in sweet cream cheese. A perfect holiday treat.
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Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Caramel Coffee Cinnamon Frosting
Moist pumpkin pie spiced cake with a caramel, coffee, cinnamon frosting. This pumpkin sheet cake is so easy, feeds a crowd, and is best made in advance.
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Pumpkin Dump Cake
Pumpkin Dump Cake, learn how to make a dump cake that is a cross between pumpkin pie, cobbler, and cake. This simple fall dessert recipe is an easy option for parties, potlucks, and even Thanksgiving!
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Bars and Cookies
Lemon Black Current Cheesecake Bars
These Lemon Black Currant Cheesecake Bars have a buttery, golden crust cradling a layer of silky lemon cheesecake, swirled through with pockets of tart black currant that burst with every bite.
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Cinnamon Apple Blondies
These Cinnamon Apple Blondies taste like fall wrapped up in a single golden square. Warm cinnamon and caramelized brown sugar with tender bites of apple sink into a thick, chewy blondie base.
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Chocolate Revel Bars
You are going to love these Chocolate Revel Bars because they give you the best of two desserts in one pan. It is the ultimate combination of chewy oatmeal cookie and rich, fudgy chocolate.
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Pecan Pie Bars with Shortbread Crust
These Pecan Pie Bars are one of the best things you will ever eat. Gooey, caramely, goodness all on top of a simple homemade shortbread crust.
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No Bake Pumpkin Dream Bars
These No Bake Pumpkin Dream Bars will be your new go-to Thanksgiving dessert. It’s an easy layered dessert recipe with the flavors of Fall everyone loves.
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Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies
These Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies are a must try dessert this fall. Thick, fudgy one pot brownies topped with a simple, delicious spiced pumpkin cheesecake.
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Pumpkin Spice Baklava
Baklava isn’t limited to one spice and one type of nut. This version is doused in a maple syrup, filled with mixed nuts and pumpkin spiced!
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Harvest Spice Bars
Harvest spice bars with cream cheese are the perfect treat for Fall. Made with spice cake mix and cream cheese, they are a sweet and delicious fall dessert.
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Misc
Apple Fritter Bread
This Apple Fritter Bread gives you all the cinnamon-sugar, apple-studded goodness of a bakery fritter without any of the deep frying.
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Mini Apple Tarts
These Mini Apple Tarts have tiny, buttery pastry cup cradling warm, cinnamon-kissed apples with a crumbly streusel topping, all in a perfectly portioned bite you never have to share.
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Salted Caramel Apple Crisp
This Salted Caramel Apple Crisp is the kind of dessert that makes the whole kitchen
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Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse Desserts
These no-bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse Desserts are a fun alternative to the typical pumpkin pie that you can serve at Thanksgiving.
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Apfelstrudel (Austrian Apple Strudel)
Traditional apple strudel (apfelstrudel) made with hand-stretched dough is the authentic way to make this classic Austrian and German dessert!
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Plum Almond Tart
Recipe for plum almond tart. A nutty wholemeal pastry case, filled with a delicious almond amaretto frangipane and topped with juicy plums.
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Pumpkin Pie Crème Brûlée
Change things up with a delicious spin on the classic pumpkin pie! Creamy pumpkin spice custard and a crunchy sugar crust make this the ultimate decadent dessert! It’s also a lot easier to make than you would think and is sure to impress dinner guests!
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Easy Poached Pears in Red Wine
These Poached Pears in Red Wine are such an easy, yet elegant dessert, you’ll be wanting to serve them all the time! Fabulous as they are, great with cream!
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CONCLUSION
We know you’ll find the perfect Thanksgiving dessert for your family dinner on this list. Whether it’s pumpkin or apple you choose, it’s going to be a great ending to a wonderful family meal.
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Angela’s passion for discovering and experimenting with new flavors and recipes is at the heart of her culinary philosophy. Residing in a quaint Oregon town, she finds joy and inspiration in her kitchen. Angela has a lot of expertise in cooking and she eagerly shares her discoveries and unique creations with you.
So many amazing Thanksgiving desserts. How will I ever narrow it down to just a few?!?
Wow, this is such a great collection of Thanksgiving desserts. Everything looks so great but I think I want to try the Pumpkin Spice Baklava first!
I love this collection! The spiced carrot pie is calling my name!
Goodness, what an amazing collection of recipes! Iam going to enjoy myself gojng through them!
So many delicious options! My family has only ever done just the traditional apple pie and pumpkin pie. I can’t wait to try some of these other pies and cakes this year since I am hosting Thanksgiving dinner.
What a fabulous roundup! Can’t decide which one is better! Love them all
Which one to start with, they all look so good! You can bet we’re going to have a great dessert table at our house this year. Thanks!