Thanksgiving Desserts To Try This Fall
After the turkey, stuffing, and all the savory sides, it’s the sweet treats that bring the meal to a perfect close.
🍂 Fall Baking Treats: A Roundup of Thanksgiving Desserts
Any of these fall desserts are worthy to be on a Thanksgiving holiday celebration table.
Eton Mess Recipe with Cinnamon and Pears
Featuring layers of cinnamon meringue, apple compote, ginger whipped cream, and fresh pears, this autumn-inspired twist on the traditional British Eton mess recipe is one of my favorite desserts for fall.
Pumpkin Spice Cake Pops
It’s pumpkin season! These pumpkin spice cake pops are a delightful fall treat that can surprisingly be prepared in under 30 minutes.
They are very portable–making them perfect for fall-themed parties and packed lunches or you can serve them as a tasty snack at home. Go to recipe.
How to Make Pumpkin Pie Cookies for Fall
When you want pumpkin pie this fall, you don’t have to wait for Thanksgiving dinner.
Whip up a batch of pumpkin pie cookies instead. Go to recipe.
Pumpkin Waffles
This easy, homemade recipe takes traditional Belgian waffles and adds in some pumpkin purée and pumpkin pie spice for an irresistible flavor.
You’ll be whipping up this quick recipe all season long—just don’t forget the maple butter. Go to recipe.
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies, or pumpkin cookie sandwiches are two light and fluffy cookies sandwiched together with a sweet cream cheese frosting. Go to recipe.
Pumpkin Hand Pies with Maple Glaze
Pumpkin hand pies with maple glaze are an easy fall treat made with pumpkin spice filling and flaky crust. Go to recipe.
Pumpkin Hand Pies with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Filling
These mini hand pies are best as a individual dessert for this fall season! Go to recipe.
Pecan Pie Bars
These delicious Pecan Pie Bars give you an easy to serve version of this classic pie. Enjoy all the flavors of pecan pie in this healthy version.
Naturally sweetened with honey and maple syrup, this great recipe can’t be beat! Go to recipe.
Apple Bundt Cake With Cream Cheese Filling
Tender apples and carrots are baked into a moist cinnamon-spiced cake with a surprise cream cheese filling and a brown sugar glaze.
Apple Caramel Bundt Cake
This Apple Caramel Bundt Cake is one of our favorite Fall desserts.
The cinnamon-spiced cake is packed with tender pieces of apples and crisp pecans, and drizzled with a rich, homemade caramel sauce. Go to recipe.
Apple Coffee Cake
This Apple Coffee Cake recipe is a moist and flavorful coffee cake perfect for fall. Enjoy bites of soft apple with a cinnamon streusel topping.
Top it off a simple sweet glaze for a tasty treat. Go to recipe.
Homemade Apple Pie Bars Recipe
These homemade Apple Pie Bars are made with a buttery shortbread crust and are filled with warm, cinnamon-sugar apples.
They are topped off with a brown sugar streusel and taste amazing with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of caramel.
If you’re looking for an easier alternative to traditional apple pie, this is the fall dessert recipe you need! Go to recipe.
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
These pumpkin cinnamon rolls are baked with a sweetened pumpkin puree and topped with a decadent cream cheese frosting to make a light, fluffy, and fragrant treat that is guaranteed to bring all the cozy fall vibes.
German Apfelkuchen
German Apple Cake (Apfelkuchen) is a traditional, buttery German cake that will become a holiday tradition in your family.
It’s a moist, tender cake that can be paired with ice creams or compotes. Go to recipe.
Best Recipe For Pignoli Cookies
These Pignoli cookies are an Italian tradition that no one can resist.
They are soft, chewy and ready in minutes. Go to recipe.
The Best Oatmeal Cream Pie Recipe
This Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pie recipe brings the nostalgic taste of classic Little Debbies into your very own kitchen.
Made with simple ingredients you know — and especially no blending of oats or raisins. Go to recipe.
Skinny Pumpkin Apple Muffins
Perfect for a chilly fall morning, these moist muffins are packed with pumpkin and apple.
They feature a sweet streusel topping and are only 129 calories each. Go to recipe.
Maple Walnut Muffins
These maple walnut muffins are the best muffins to make for fall & winter. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Made with brown sugar, cinnamon, maple syrup, vanilla and toasted walnuts. With a toasted nut streusel topping and drizzled with a sweet maple glaze for an extra-decadent breakfast recipe.
Quick Pumpkin Spice Buns – yeast-free
These quick pumpkin spice buns are like a cinnamon bun but quicker to make than a pastry or yeast dough, still made from scratch & have a seasonal spiced pumpkin filling!
Apple Pie Bars Recipe
This easy recipe combines apple pie filling and a creamy cheesecake mixture.
It’s baked between two sugar cookie crusts, making it a new favorite for fall dessert lovers. Go to recipe.
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars (with Golden Oreo crust!)
These Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars start with a Golden Oreo crust filled with a pumpkin cheesecake filling, then are topped with sugar cookie dough and sprinkled with cinnamon chips!
It’s the perfect fall dessert and has been one of my family’s favorites for years! Go to recipe.
Fresh Pumpkin Bars
These pumpkin bars literally melt into your mouth. They’re full of pumpkin flavor and light cinnamon touches. A real fall delight. Go to recipe.
Keto Peanut Butter Brownies
These keto peanut butter brownies (buckeye brownies) are deliciously fudgy, ridiculously easy to make, ready in under 30 minutes and contain just 3 net carbs per square!
Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes
Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes: Silky smooth pumpkin cheesecake nestled inside a spicy gingersnap crust.
All the flavor of fall in the palm of your hand! Go to recipe.
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
These luscious pumpkin cheesecake bars are ultra creamy, swirled with pumpkin and warm fall spices, and nestled in a homemade graham cracker crust.
Plunge with both feet into fall and all it has to offer in this tasty goodness. Go to recipe.
No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars are a simple pumpkin dessert made with a buttery Biscoff crust and a creamy pumpkin cheesecake filling.
The Best Pumpkin Cheesecake
This ultra-creamy pumpkin cheesecake features a spiced gingersnap crust and a rich, satiny filling made with pure pumpkin and warm fall spices.
Baked low and slow for a crack-free finish, it’s a showstopping dessert that rivals any bakery—perfect for holidays and cozy gatherings. Go to recipe.
Caramel Apple Cheesecake
Creamy caramel cheesecake inside a Cinnamon blondie crust topped with cinnamon apples and a decadent caramel drizzle.
The perfect Fall dessert or snow day project. Would also make a fabulous Thanksgiving Day dessert. Go to recipe.
Apple Cheesecake
Apple cheesecake is a creamy, rich dessert topped with sweet cinnamon apples. It combines the smooth texture of cheesecake with the cozy flavor of apple pie.
The crust is made from crushed graham crackers, and the filling is soft and cheesy. Go to recipe.
Pecan Pie Cheesecake Recipe
This Pecan Pie Cheesecake is the ultimate dessert for the holiday season. Rich, velvety cheesecake sits on top of a homemade pecan graham cracker crust and is topped with an irresistible pecan pie filling.
It is out of this world good, and will be the star of the show at your next holiday or special occasion meal! Go to recipe.
Slow Cooker Turtle Cake
Slow Cooker Turtle Cake layers fudgy chocolate cake, salted caramel, and pecans into a gooey, candy-bar style dessert. Go to recipe.
Costco Pecan Pie
This Costco Pecan Pie is rich, gooey and loaded with a generous amount of pecans in every bite. With a crackly sugar top, thick syrupy filling and a flaky crust that holds its shape, this pie channels everything people love about Costco’s pies, but in a perfectly portioned homemade version.
And simple enough to make two if you are serving a larger crowd. Go to recipe.
Sweet Potato Pie Recipe
This Southern Sweet Potato Pie is easy to make with simple ingredients and warm spices, and it just might become your favorite fall and Thanksgiving dessert. Go to recipe.
Perfect Pear Tart
This sweet, delicious pear tart is a perfect fall or holiday dessert that’s easy to make and features a gluten-free almond shortbread crust.
Rustic Pear Tart w/ Cream Cheese Filling
Featuring a buttery, crumbly base and a luscious cream cheese filling, it strikes a perfect balance between rich indulgence and fruity freshness.
Thinly sliced pears are arranged in a charming, layered pattern over the creamy filling, then baked until the edges are golden and the pears are tender and caramelized.
A touch of vanilla in the base and filling enhances the warm, mellow sweetness of the pears. Go to recipe.
Warm Apple Crostata with Homemade Flaky Crust
This apple crostata recipe is the ultimate autumn dessert.
Think of it as apple pie’s effortlessly chic cousin: all the cozy, familiar flavors of the classic pie without the stress of pie pans, perfect crimped edges, or complicated steps.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread
Pumpkin bread gets even better with a creamy cheesecake filling!
This easy pumpkin cream cheese bread is moist, full of pumpkin spice flavor, and always a hit during the fall. Go to recipe.
2 Ingredient Pumpkin Bread
This 2-Ingredient Pumpkin Bread is the easiest way to enjoy the taste of fall!
Soft, tender, and filled with pumpkin spice goodness, it comes together in minutes and bakes up perfectly every time. Go to recipe.
Pear Almond Cake
What to do with the big, juicy pears from my parents’ garden? I wanted an easy yet show-stopping dessert, so I combined them with vanilla, almonds, and cardamom seeds.
Oh yes! Cardamom is the perfect companion for pears—there’s no better fruit and spice pairing. Go to recipe.
Pumpkin Crunch Cake
This pumpkin crunch cake is the easiest fall dessert!
It’s made with a simple pumpkin filling, cake mix, and buttery pecan topping. Each layer has so much seasonal flavor! Go to recipe.
Apple Cider Cake
Apple Cider Cake is the best way to fill your kitchen with the cozy aroma of Fall! This Fall dessert is tender, moist, and infused with the sweet and tart flavor of apple cider.
Finished off with a delicious caramel frosting and drizzle, this dessert will be a new Fall favorite. Go to recipe.
Homemade Carrot Cake Recipe
This homemade carrot cake recipe is incredibly moist and tender with a perfectly soft crumb and balanced spices. Packed with fresh carrots and crunchy walnuts, it delivers a delightful texture in every bite.
The warmth of the spices complements the natural sweetness, making it an irresistible treat. Go to recipe.
🦃 The Sweetest Part of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is about gratitude, gathering, and of course—great food.
Ending the meal with a special Thanksgiving dessert is more than tradition; it’s a chance to create memories and moments your loved ones will savor.
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