Thanksgiving desserts don’t have to be stressful to prepare. With a little planning and the right recipes, you can create show-stopping treats that are as easy to make as they are delicious.
These 15 foolproof desserts are perfect for impressing your guests without spending hours in the kitchen. From simple classics to creative favorites, each recipe is designed to make your holiday dessert table a success with minimal effort.
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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Pumpkin Custard Pie
This is hands down the best pumpkin custard pie recipe for Thanksgiving. It features a flaky, buttery pie crust filled with silky, creamy, incredible, delicious pumpkin custard flavored with aromatic orange zest and nutmeg. This Pumpkin pie is made without evaporated milk yet super rich, smooth, and full of Fall flavors everyone loves!
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Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting
This incredible, moist, easy pumpkin bread with cream cheese frosting is the perfect fall cake for the pumpkin season. It's a fluffy pumpkin loaf infused with aromatic fall spices you love, frosted with an easy, three-ingredient cream cheese icing that is very well-balanced in sweetness. It's also made without butter!
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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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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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No Bake Peanut Butter Pie with Oreo Crust
This no-bake peanut butter pie with Oreo crust is smooth, creamy, crunchy, and sweet all at once! It is a straightforward recipe with an amazing creamy texture, deep peanut butter, and Oreo flavors. What's more, it is so quick to make. This no-bake peanut butter pie with an Oreo crust is super light and tastes fantastic with just the right amount of sweetness!
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Pumpkin Brownies
These gooey pumpkin brownies take the season's best flavors and combine them to create an unforgettable combination! Made with creamy pumpkin puree sandwiched between fudgy brownie layers, they are the perfect fall treat for all ages.
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Coffee Cupcakes
If you love enjoying cupcakes with coffee, you will love these delectable, super-moist coffee cupcakes! This easy recipe takes moist vanilla cupcakes, adds a hint of natural coffee flavor, and finishes with a creamy coffee buttercream. Each bite packs an irresistible flavor with just the right amount of sweetness!
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Cinnamon Apple Cake
This easy, cinnamon apple cake is just what you need to bring your dessert table to life this fall! It has a moist cinnamon cake layer topped with fresh apples and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar for the perfect finishing touch. Serve it with a bowl of vanilla ice cream or a hot cup of coffee or tea as a sweet breakfast dessert!
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Apple Roses with Puff Pastry
If you have been looking for an elegant treat to add to your dessert table, these easy apple roses with puff pastry are just what you have been looking for! Made with fresh apples, cinnamon, sugar, and a light and flaky puff pastry crust, this dessert is not just eye-catching but mouthwateringly delicious. This super simple puff pastry apple rose recipe requires no unique ingredients or equipment.
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Pie Crust Cookies
Baked to golden brown perfection, these delicious buttery pie crust cookies are the best thing that can happen to leftover pie dough! In this easy four-ingredient recipe, I am sharing two different options to use leftover pie dough. It's the perfect recipe to make super tasty flaky cookies out of something that we normally just toss out!
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Double Layer Pumpkin Pie
With a mousse-like consistency and crunchy graham cracker crust, this no bake double layer pumpkin pie will knock your holiday socks off this year! This divine dessert comprises a homemade biscuit crumb crust filled with layers of yummy light, airy cream cheese, and pumpkin pie fillings topped with a lightly sweetened cream cheese decoration. This layered pumpkin pie is refined and impressive but ridiculously easy to make!
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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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Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
These easy chocolate chip walnut cookies are a delicious way to give the nut lovers in your family a sweet treat. Semi-sweet dark chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, and a sprinkle of bright sea salt to balance the flavors make this an indulgent cookie to enjoy during those darker evenings as we move into fall and winter. Everyone will love the chewy texture and the gooey inside that is the hallmark of the best chocolate chip walnut cookies!
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Pumpkin Streusel Bread
When you thought your fall dessert table couldn’t get any better, this moist pumpkin streusel bread steals the show! With a moist pumpkin bread base, crunchy streusel topping, and sweet glaze, one slice will certainly not be enough!
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No Bake Pumpkin Pie
This no-bake pumpkin pie is rich, creamy, and decadent. It features a two-ingredient crust filled with a perfectly spiced pumpkin puree and cream cheese mixture with the perfect mousse-like texture. The pie is then decorated with a mascarpone topping, making it an irresistible fall or winter dessert.
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Puff Pastry Pumpkin Turnovers
If you're looking for an easy and quick dessert that everyone at your Thanksgiving Dinner table will love, these puff pastry pumpkin turnovers fit the bill! Crunchy and flaky on the outside and sweet and creamy on the inside, these warm pumpkin treats are super easy to make. Using store-bought puff pastry, pumpkin puree, and other essential kitchen ingredients, you'll have your own mini pumpkin pie turnovers quickly.
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