20+ Drool Worthy Thanksgiving Desserts

Courtney
By Courtney | September 19, 2025
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Looking for a way to liven up your holidays this year? I’ve rounded up over fifteen festive Thanksgiving desserts that will put your traditional pumpkin pie to shame!

From pies to trifles to pinwheels, there’s a dessert here for everyone in the family! We recommend adding some maple caramel sauce and cinnamon whipped cream to the dessert table to really take these desserts over the top.

Wondering what to make for the main course? Check out our oven roast turkey and our complete Thanksgiving menu!

Thanksgiving Pies & Tarts

Caramelized Apple Pie

slice of homemade apple pie with caramel and ice cream

No Bake Peanut Butter Meringue Pie

Pecan Pie Bars

These Pecan Pie Bars are a great Thanksgiving dessert you can easily make gluten free!

Pecan Tassies (Mini Pecan Pies)

Pecan tassies stacked on a white plate.

No Bake Chocolate Banana Cream Pie from Little Dairy on the Prairie

Apple Piecaken from Melanie Makes

Trifles and Puddings

Mini Caramel Pecan Pumpkin Cheesecake Trifle from Garnish and Glaze

Gingersnap Sweet Potato Mousse with Homemade Marshmallow Fluff from Melanie Makes

Pumpkin Praline Trifle from Diary of a Recipe Collector

Chocolate Dream Trifle from Diary of a Recipe Collector

Thanksgiving Cakes

Apple Cider Cake

Slice of apple cider donut cake with cinnamon sugar coating.

Pecan Upside Down Cake

Apple Dapple Cake

Apple dapple cake slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

White Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake from Garnish and Glaze

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Roll

Pumpkin Crumb Cake

Fork taking a bite out of a slice of pumpkin crumb cake on a plate.

More Thanksgiving Desserts: Cookies, Dumplings and Crisps

Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings

white dish full of crescent roll apple dumplings

Apple Blueberry Crumble

Apple and blueberry crumble in a blue clay bowl.

Frosted Pumpkin Cookies

Stack of frosted pumpkin cookie with a bite taken out of the top one.

Chocolate Dipped Cranberry Shortbread

Vintage jadette plate with chocolate cranberry pistachio shortbread cookies on top.

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