Explore these 18 Thanksgiving Desserts, featuring a diverse range of cupcakes, pies, cakes, tarts, and cobblers for some fresh inspiration for your Thanksgiving celebration.
Chocolate Chess Pie
This version of Chocolate Chess Pie was made famous by a restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina. Now you can enjoy it at home with this recipe. Click here for the recipe details.
Turkey Cupcakes
Guests love to gobble these easy Turkey Cupcakes! Abstract turkeys start with a basic but delicious vanilla cupcake. Turkey feathers are made with white and dark chocolate and placed into the frosting. Find the recipe here.
Creamy Banana Pudding
This quick and easy recipe for Banana Pudding uses sweetened condensed milk to make the light and fluffy pudding. There is no cooking required with this recipe. Find the recipe here.
Apple Pie
Seldom used in apple pies, vanilla extract gives this pie an extra note of flavor. Click here for the recipe.
Sweet Potato Crisp
This comforting and delicious Sweet Potato Crisp with cookie topping is best served warm. Link to the recipe here.
Caramel Pecan Cake
This coffee cake-style dessert has layers of pecans in the batter with caramel poured on top. Click here for the recipe.
Purple Sweet Potato Cheesecake
This Sweet Potato Cheesecake is dressed for a holiday celebration with flowers and spices! Let it give you ideas for dressing your own cheesecake. Guests will be wowed by the pecan crust and pretty purple color inside. It is topped with brown sugar cream and a drip of caramel. Click here for the recipe.
Apple Cider Cupcakes
Love apple cider? Then serve it in cupcake form! These cinnamon-buttermilk Apple Cider Cupcakes are topped with a tangy apple cider frosting. Yummy! Find the recipe here.
Cream Cheese Pound Cake
This slow-cooked Cream Cheese Pound Cake has a fine texture and vanilla cream cheese glaze. Link to the recipe here.
Apple Dumplings
These Apple Dumplings are made from ready-made pie crust and Granny Smith apples. They have an unusual ingredient that makes the thick, sweet syrupy sauce. Click here to go to the recipe.
Pecan Pie Cobbler
If you like pecan pie and cobblers, then this Pecan Pie Cobbler gives you the best of both worlds. This pecan cobbler has the same filling that pecan pies are famous for. See the recipe here.
Grated Apple Pie
Grated apples in a batter make this Apple Pie light and delicious. Go to the recipe here.
Lemon Chess Tarts
These tangy Lemon Chess Tarts have a sweet blueberry cream on top. Click here for the recipe link.
Ooey Gooey Sweet Potato Bars
This Sweet Potato Bar recipe makes soft, spicy, and gooey bars. The bars are easy to make and are delicious served warm or cold. Find the recipe here.
Chocolate Praline Tart
With a chocolate hazelnut crust and chocolate-praline paste filling, this Chocolate Praline Tart is for chocolate lovers. Find the recipe here.
Sweet Potato Sonker
This Sweet Potato Sonker recipe, similar to a cobbler, differs by having a sweet sauce on top that keeps this pie from drying out. See the recipe here.
Hasselback Sweet Potato Pie
Wow your guests with this Sweet Potato Pie made with Hasselback-cut potatoes and a crust with almond slivers. Find the recipe here.
Praline Pecan Chocolate Cake
This easy cake starts with a Chocolate Cake mix base and has a brown sugar praline glaze drizzled on top. Click here to see the recipe.