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Classic Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes

Stacey Pirtle

by Stacey Published: Nov 16, 2024

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It just wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a dessert or two, and this recipe collection puts all the classic Thanksgiving dessert recipes right at your finger tips! From carrot cake to pecan pie bars, pear apple crisp and no bake pumpkin desserts, this list has it all and then some.

Collage of 4 classic Thanksgiving Dessert recipes, including caramel cake, pumpkin trifles,  pecan pie bars and apple crisp.

Any self-respecting Southern spread is going to have a whole slew of desserts to top off the traditional Thanksgiving meal.  It’s true, we love the turkey; we load up on the side dishes, but the Thanksgiving desserts… well, they just steal the show, beckoning to us from over at the dessert table with their promises of after-dinner delights. 

Table of Contents

  • Thanksgiving Cakes
  • Thanksgiving Pie Recipes
  • Thanksgiving Desserts
  • Cookies & Bars

Some of us don’t wait until after dinner to heed the Thanksgiving dessert call.  We dive right in with a nibble here and there while the cooking and the visiting is going on.  Others of us just wander by and breathe in deeply while carefully planing out our after-dinner dessert plates… (because it’s the holidays, we definitely plan on allowing ourselves “just a small slice” of each one). 

Then there are those who politely wave off the prospect of multiple desserts on one plate and just choose to have a single dessert… and another during the ballgame… and one when they visit the kitchen…  Don’t even get me started on dessert for breakfast the day after… 

The ways to enjoy Thanksgiving dessert are endless! To make sure you are well prepared for all the upcoming enjoyment, I’ve gathered up some of the best classic Thanksgiving dessert recipes around.  There are sure to be one or three that are just begging to be on your Thanksgiving dessert table this year! 

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Thanksgiving Cakes

Mamaw's Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake

Mamaw's Famous German Chocolate Cake & Frosting

Southern Salted Caramel Cake

Sweet Potato Pound Cake with Cinnamon Simple Syrup

The Perfect Homemade Carrot Cake Recipe

Chocolate Buttermilk Sheet Cake

Homemade Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Old Fashioned Coconut Ice Box Cake

Thanksgiving Pie Recipes

Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie with Molasses Bourbon Whipped Cream

No Bake Pumpkin Pie Bites

Celebrate Autumn with A Rustic Pear Galette

Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie

Old Fashioned Chocolate Meringue Pie

Thanksgiving Desserts

Southern Banana Pudding from Scratch

Cozy Apple Pear Crisp

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Trifles

Cherry Coca-Cola Jello Salad

Pumpkin Chocolate Delight with Pretzel Crust

Southern Bread Pudding with Whiskey Cream Sauce

Cinnamon Apple Quick Bread

Cookies & Bars

Best Ever Pecan Pie Bars

Gooey Black Bottom Pecan Pie Brownies

Best Ever Cinnamon Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Hello Dolly Magic Cookie Bars

Perfect Coconut Cookies with Pecans

Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

                   

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