This list of my best Thanksgiving dessert recipes includes a variety of flavor and dessert ideas! There’s always room for dessert, even after a big Thanksgiving meal.
Whether you’re hosting or bringing a dessert, these delicious desserts are guaranteed to be the star of the show! Scroll through this recipe round up until you find the one you can’t wait to make!
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THANKSGIVING CAKES
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This is my most popular fall cake recipe. It’s quick and easy and is full of pumpkin spice flavor! This single layer olive oil pumpkin cake is super moist thanks to the olive oil and it’s topped with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
This easy and delicious maple cake recipe is made from scratch and perfect for any occasion. It’s full of warm flavor and topped with crunchy pecans and a sweet maple cream cheese frosting.
You can’t beat the simplicity of a sheet cake! This easy spice banana cake is filled with banana flavor and topped with chocolate sour cream frosting! It’s a super easy, crowd pleasing recipe.
When you combine two delicious cake flavors, you get this extra yummy Carrot and Pumpkin Cake! It’s topped with a caramel-like brown sugar cream cheese frosting and is perfect for a crowd!
This easy Sweet Potato and Chocolate Cake is made with cocoa powder, chocolate chips and pureed sweet potato. It’s a moist, chocolatey cake topped with luscious chocolate ganache.
Olive oil and apple cake is a moist single layer cake with fresh apples, warm spices and delicious cinnamon cream cheese frosting. It’s the perfect easy but impressive recipe for any occasion!
THANKSGIVING TARTS AND PIES
Apple crumble pie (also called apple crisp pie) is a mash-up of apple pie and apple crisp. It has a flaky crust, spiced apple filling, and a buttery oat crumb topping instead of a top crust.
These apple pop tarts are the perfect breakfast or dessert for fall and the holiday season! Use store bought puff pastry or pie crust or make your own. They’re filled with delicious apple pie filling and topped with a simple cinnamon icing.
Not only is this cranberry curd tart absolutely stunning, it’s also incredibly DELICIOUS! Tart and sweet cranberry curd is baked over the simplest no chill olive oil crust. Homemade whipped cream makes the perfect finishing touch. It’s luscious, flavorful and super impressive!
These phyllo dough apple turnovers are easy to make and use store bought phyllo dough. They are filled with a homemade apple pie filling. They are buttery, flaky and full of fall flavor!
This Chocolate Pumpkin Pie is a silky pumpkin pie topped with chocolate ganache. This recipe is perfect for the holidays. Both chocolate and pumpkin pie fans will love it!
THANKSGIVING CHEESECAKES
This brown butter cheesecake has a brown butter graham cracker crust, a rich brown sugar brown butter cheesecake filling and salted caramel topping. It’s ultra creamy and decadent. Everyone will love this showstopping dessert!
This pecan pie cheesecake has a brown butter graham cracker crust, brown sugar cheesecake filling, and warm caramel pecan topping. It is the perfect showstopping recipe for the holiday dessert table!
Apple crumble cheesecake is made with a creamy brown sugar cheesecake filling baked over a brown butter graham cracker crust. Cinnamon apples and a crunchy crumble topping make the perfect topping for this showstopping fall dessert recipe.
No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Easy no bake pumpkin cheesecake bars are the perfect make-ahead fall dessert! They’re made with a buttery pumpkin spice graham cracker crust, a creamy pumpkin cheesecake filling and homemade pumpkin whipped cream!
I love everything about these chocolatey, easy-to-make mini chocolate cheesecakes. They have an easy Oreo cookie crust, a decadent chocolate cheesecake filling, and they’re topped with whipped cream!
THANKSGIVING CUPCAKES
Many of you asked if you could make cupcakes out of my pumpkin olive oil cake, so I decided to try it. They turned out amazing! All the delicousness of my pumpkin olive oil cake in cute cupcake form! See the “notes” section just below the recipe for cupcake tips!
THANKSGIVING COOKIES AND BARS
Walnut Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies
They walnut oatmeal cranberry cookies bake up soft, chewy, and so cozy. Brown butter makes them taste extra rich, walnuts bring a toasty crunch, and dried cranberries give a sweet little chew in every bite.
Cranberry shortbread cookies are rich, buttery, and delicious. They are made with 10 simple ingredients including a delicious white chocolate topping! They’re easy to make and perfect for sharing!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Make these soft and delicious Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies! This recipe is super easy and makes the best cookies!
Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
Cinnamon chocolate chip pecan cookies are made with brown butter, brown sugar, toasted pecans and cinnamon. They are super easy to make with no mixer needed!
If you love hot chocolate, you’ll love these gooey hot chocolate cookies filled with chocolate chips and mini marshmallows! They don’t require any chilling time and are made with pantry friendly ingredients.
These Apple Cider Donut Whoopie Pies are DELICIOUS. They are filled with apple cider, apple butter (or applesauce) and are coated with cinnamon sugar.
Pumpkin whoopie pies are fluffy, moist pumpkin cookies sandwiched together with brown sugar cream cheese frosting. They’re super easy to make and fun to enjoy!
THANKSGIVING BARS AND BROWNIES
Cranberry and lemon make the most flavorful combination. These Cranberry Lemon Bars are tart, sweet and delicious. The crust and topping are made using the same mixture and they’re filled with a luscious cranberry lemon filling. This recipe is perfect for breakfast, snack or dessert!
These No Bake Chocolate Mousse Bars have three delicious layers! They are made with a buttery Oreo almond crust, creamy chocolate mousse and homemade whipped cream. It’s a simple, make ahead recipe for a crowd that every chocolate fan will love!
Salted caramel apple pie bars are soft oat bars with a gooey apple pie filling. The buttery crust and topping are made from the same mixture. They’re drizzled with salted caramel sauce!
These pecan brownies are fudgy chocolate brownies topped with gooey caramel pecan sauce. They are made with simple pantry friendly ingredients and make the perfect holiday dessert!
THANKSGIVING BREADS AND MUFFINS
This orange cranberry pound cake is moist, flavorful and easy to make. It’s flavored with fresh orange zest and filled with cranberry sauce!
Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting
Moist pumpkin bread with cream cheese frosting is a reader favorite this fall! It is super moist and full of warm fall flavor. Whether you add the maple streusel on top or the cream cheese frosting is up to you. This bread makes the perfect holiday breakfast, snack, or dessert!
This butternut squash rolls bake up soft and fluffy. Everyone loves their lovely golden color and delicious flavor!
This soft apple fritter bread is packed and topped with fresh apples and cinnamon sugar. It’s an easy fall quick bread recipe that’s perfect for breakfast, a snack, or dessert!
Inder Bhatia
These recipes are SO delicious and easy to follow! 10/10 love them
Natalie
Hey Inder, Thanks so much for your comment and for trying my recipes! Sooo happy you love them! Have an awesome week 🙂 XO Natalie