Looking to add some variety to your Thanksgiving dessert table? These treats skip the pumpkin but still capture all the cozy, rich flavors of the season. Our list of desserts is perfect for those wanting a break from pumpkin. These recipes offer a fresh way to end your holiday meal on a sweet note.
Bailey's Apple Pie
This bailey's apple pie recipe is the ultimate homemade apple pie with an Irish cream twist. You will love it! Flaky, buttery pie crust is filled with a super delicious homemade apple pie filling infused with Baileys, because why not?! This is the pie everyone has to make over the Fall and for Thanksgiving!
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Pecan Brownies
This fudgy pecan brownies recipe is a time saver for Thanksgiving that might just become your favorite brownie recipe all year round! This brownie with pecans is the perfect combination of thick, fudge, and gooey inside and crinkly, crispy top with an intense chocolate taste, crunchy pecans, and a pinch of cinnamon. It is rich yet very well-balanced in sweetness! It is absolutely out of this world and the perfect chocolatey Thanksgiving dessert, but a good idea any other time of the year!
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Apple Pie Cookies
These irresistible apple pie cookies will be the talk of the table this holiday season! Made with fresh apples and a sweet, delicious apple pie filling, they will make you feel like you are eating mini apple pies (without all the hassle)! Their warm, comforting flavor makes them the perfect dessert to sweeten holiday gatherings.
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Pecan Snowball Cookies
These sweet, crunchy, buttery pecan snowball cookies are a delicious way to decorate your dessert table this holiday season! Also known as Mexican wedding cookies or Russian tea cookies, these snowy treats use just a handful of basic pantry staples to create a fun-shaped and eye-catching dessert that all ages will love. These are perfect for holiday parties or as edible gifts.
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Apple Crumble Pie
This mouthwatering apple crumble pie will knock the socks off of your guests this holiday season! Made with fresh apples, sweet apple crumble, and a flaky, buttery pie crust, it will be impossible not to return for seconds. Serve it with a bowl of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream for the ultimate dessert!
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Apple Hand Pies
There is only one thing better than apple pie: apple hand pies! They're easier to make than full-size apple pie, and there's no need to share! Looking for the best apple pie recipe that is flaky, creamy, and super easy to make? This is it!
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Almond Pear Cake
You will love my fresh almond pear cake recipe. Cinnamon and orange zest-infused poached pears in a moist and super delicious cake packed with almond, vanilla, and cardamon—the ultimate, easy fall cake recipe you need to try! As fancy as it looks, making this fresh pear cake is easy, just like making your favorite loaf cake! Delicious aromatic pears in lovely cardamom and vanilla unfused cake will blow your mind!
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No Bake Apple Pie
You will love this easy, no-bake apple pie with graham cracker crust for Thanksgiving when you don't feel like turning your oven on! The three-step recipe uses a simple 2-ingredient pie crust filled with delicious apples cooked to perfection in a mixture of butter and brown sugar. The entire Graham cracker crust apple pie only takes 30 minutes to make and is the perfect no-bake pie for fall!
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Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Making pecan chocolate chip cookies is one of the easiest and most delicious ways to celebrate the fall flavors we love! Luxurious chocolate chip cookies loaded with pecans, cinnamon, brown butter, and brown sugar make the cookies wonderfully rich yet very well-balanced in sweetness with added sea salt. These cookies are chewy on the outside and gooey on the inside, with deep chocolate and nutty flavors. They are a must-try during Fall or even Thanksgiving!
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Apple Pie Cupcakes
This apple pie cupcake recipe is so easy to make that you might just skip making apple pie this Thanksgiving! The apple pie cupcake features a brown sugar cupcake base enhanced with fall spices, apple pie filling, and a delicate whipped mascarpone frosting! These are the ultimate, easy, from-scratch cupcakes with apples to try for Thanksgiving or any time over the fall!
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Pear Galette
This incredibly delicious fall pear galette is the perfect dessert to welcome the colder weather. It has a rich, buttery, rustic crust layered with perfectly spiced, tender poached pears that melt in your mouth and crunchy roasted walnuts to finish with! It perfectly balances crisp, flakey crust and tender fruit filling. You can serve it with whipped cream on the side.
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Pecan Upside Down Cake
This exceptional pecan upside down cake is a perfect dessert for Fall or Thanksgiving. It's an excellent harmony of moist yogurt cake as the base and caramelized pecan topping! The cake can be made in any pan you have, even in a Bundt pan, to turn it into a festive Pecan Upside-down Bundt cake for Thanksgiving!
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Bourbon Pecan Pie Brownies
With a bourbon chocolate brownie and gooey pecan pie filling, you will love every sweet and salty bite of these pecan pie brownies. They are easier than baking a whole pecan pie, making them a perfect Thanksgiving dessert!
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Brown Butter Pecan Cupcakes
These brown butter pecan cupcakes are made with nutty brown butter and topped with toasted buttered pecans! They're the perfect fall dessert!
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Caramel Apple Cupcakes
Topped with Caramel and Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting, my caramel apple cupcakes are just like fall wrapped in a wrapper!
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No Bake Chocolate Pie
Move over chocolate pudding pie! This no-bake chocolate pie recipe is the ultimate combination of convenience and elegance! Featuring a rich and velvety chocolate ganache filling nestled within a heavenly Oreo cookie crust and crowned with fluffy Chantilly whipped cream, this delightful dessert is a true masterpiece perfect for any occasion and sure to impress any crowd!
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Peanut Butter Cake
If you have been searching for the ultimate peanut butter cake recipe that will be the talk of the town, look no further! This showstopper peanut butter cake is made with moist, fluffy sponge cakes and is topped with a smooth and creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting. Equally old-fashioned and modern, this peanut butter cake is perfect for a special occasion or a casual afternoon snack. Who knew that putting peanut butter in cake could be so good?
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Chocolate Hazelnut Tart
This silky chocolate hazelnut tart is an easy, quick, and super delicious dessert for chocolate and hazelnut lovers! It requires minimal effort—you do not have to turn the oven on! The tart recipe makes a silky, creamy, decadent chocolate hazelnut dessert that everyone will enjoy. As rich as it is, this tart is also balanced in sweetness without added sugar, so we can call it healthy!
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Cinnamon Sugar Apple Coffee Cake
Cinnamon sugar apple coffee cake is topped with a maple brown sugar glaze and filled with soft baked apples. Enjoy a slice of this moist, sweet breakfast cake with your cup of morning coffee.
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Puff Pastry Apple Turnovers
Baked to golden brown perfection, these delicious puff pastry apple turnovers are flaky and crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside, filled with cinnamon-spiced sweet apples. Easier to make than apple pie, they are made using a combination of store-bought puff pastry and fresh-cooked apples. With this yummy recipe, you can have your own personal-size handheld hot apple pie in less than an hour with minimal effort!
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Apple Fritter Cake
This delicious Apple Fritter Cake is packed with rich vanilla flavor and loaded with sweetened cinnamon apples. Layering half the apples inside the cake creates a ribbon of soft, perfectly baked pillows of tart apple flavor.
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