While roast turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes and the coveted GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE are all amazing and delicious, Thanksgiving desserts are a whole thing of their own.
With desserts like sweet potato pie, creamy cheesecakes, caramel filled brownies and cranberry tarts, you'll want to make sure you save room for these sweet treats.
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🍰Thanksgiving Cheesecake Recipes
No holiday dessert table is complete without a creamy cheesecake. Here are a few cheesecake recipes that really bring the fall flavors.
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Apple Pie Stuffed Cheesecake
A creamy, decadent cheesecake with a traditional apple pie filling stuffed in the center and topped with a brown sugar topping. Perfect fall Thanksgiving dessert.
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Pumpkin Cheesecake
The ultimate creamy decadent pumpkin cheesecake. No need to be intimidated by baking this cheesecake, no water bath necessary and I have a fix for hiding those cracks!
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3
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cheesecake
A creamy decadent cheesecake baked to perfection and topped with strawberries and chocolate.
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4
Biscoff Cheesecake
This no-bake Biscoff cheesecake is smooth, creamy and oh so delicious. With a crunchy Biscoff base and pretty drip edge it looks as good as it tastes!
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5
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
These pumpkin cheesecake bars are layers of graham cracker crust, vanilla cheesecake and pumpkin cheesecake, baked together to create an impressive dessert.
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🍪Thanksgiving Cookies and Bars
In my opinion, cookies and cookie bars are the easiest holiday dessert because they can be made ahead of time and hold up the best after a few days.
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Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars with a filling stuffed in the center of chewy salted caramel. The perfect bring along dessert for potlucks or holidays.
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Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie Bars
Thick and chewy, these frosted sugar cookie bars are perfect for all the holidays this season or just for an afternoon treat.
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Roasted Cinnamon Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip pecan cookies are a cozy twist on classic chocolate chip cookies! They are packed with cinnamon-roasted pecans, molasses, and plenty of chocolate chips.
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Salted Caramel Brownies
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BUTTERY Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies
Pumpkin cheesecake cookies are soft and buttery cream cheese cookies with a pumpkin cheesecake filling and graham cracker crumble topping.
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🥧Thanksgiving Cakes, Cupcakes and Pies
Whether you are team apple or team pumpkin there are no shortage of cakes, cupcakes and pies boasting both for the holidays.
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Copycat Tastefully Simple Nana’s Apple Cake
Every bit as delicious as the expensive boxed mix, this copycat version is moist and much more affordable.
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Pumpkin Cupcakes
These Pumpkin Cupcakes are fluffy, soft and topped with cream cheese frosting! They’re gluten free, nut free, eggless and can be vegan!
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Easy Cranberry Tart with Almond Frangipane
This Easy Cranberry Tart with Almond Frangipane is an easy and impressive dessert that has only 8 ingredients and is really quick to make!
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Buttermilk-Pumpkin Pound Cake
Rich, decadent and dense, this buttermilk-pumpkin pound cake is a welcome addition to any holiday dessert table. Each delicious bite is perfectly moist
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Cranberry Meyer Lemon Pie with Gingersnap Crust
This gorgeous Cranberry Meyer Lemon Pie with gingersnap crust is a show-stopping holiday dessert perfect for Thanksgiving.
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Sweet Potato Pie (With Sweetened Condensed Milk)
Sweetened potato pie with sweetened condensed milk is the perfect fall dessert, with warm spices, vanilla, and creamy pie filling.
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Easy Sweet Potato Dump Cake
This one-bowl Sweet Potato Dump Cake is the perfect easy fall dessert. With creamy sweet potato filling and a crunchy streusel topping, this simple cake will be your new seasonal favorite!
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Mini Apple Pies with Puff Pastry (Muffin Tin Recipe)
Mini Apple Pies (Puff Pastry) are delicious muffin tin apple pies with easy homemade apple pie filling and crumble topping in a flaky crust.
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🍮All other Thanksgiving desserts
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Crescent Dough Apple Danish
Whether it be for breakfast, snack or dessert, these fall inspired pastries will be a hit. These Apple Danish are glazed with a simple powdered sugar icing. Easily made with crescent dough!
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20
Apple Rose Puffed Pastry
This Apple Rose Puff Pastry recipe is an easy beautiful way to serve dessert. Follow this easy step by step tutorial to make them for your next brunch or Holiday dinner.
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21
Apple Monkey Bread Cupcakes with Maple Cinnamon Glaze
These Apple Monkey Bread Cupcakes w Cinnamon Glaze are perfect for brunch, snack or even dessert. Great way to use up those apples from apple picking.
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Pumpkin Spice Tiramisu (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)
The perfect combination of a pumpkin spice latte with your favourite Italian dessert, this gluten-free and dairy-free pumpkin spice tiramisu is creamy, rich, and delicious—all without the gluten and dairy. This Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Pumpkin Spice Tiramisu combines your favourite fall drink with…
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Sourdough Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Pumpkin Spice
Get ready to fall! These Sourdough Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Pumpkin Spice are the ultimate autumn indulgence.
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24
Fireball Apple Bread Pudding
Fireball Apple Bread Pudding is loaded with flavor. Tender bread paired with a custard, sliced apples, and a kick of Fireball in each bite.
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Terrific Turkey Candy Treats for Thanksgiving
Satisfy your sweet tooth this Thanksgiving with these terrific turkey candy treats. Make them for your holiday
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Patty Haxton Anderson says
Nice collection of delicious recipes!
foodyschmoody says
Thank you Patty
Michelle @ The Complete Savorist says
What a great round up, thank you for including me!
Katerina says
This is such a delicious collection of recipes!
foodyschmoody says
Thanks Katerina
Kelly @ TastingPage says
What a great roundup. Something for everyone here!
foodyschmoody says
Thanks Kelly
Nettie Moore says
So many delicious desserts! I am excited to try them! Nettie
Kecia says
What a wonderful collection of so many great recipes!
Sandi Gaertner (@sandigtweets) says
That turkey cookie at the top is too cute!! This is a great roundup, just in time for menu planning.
foodyschmoody says
That turkey is one of my faves too. I'm definitely going to make for my kiddos.
Sarah Walker Caron (Sarah's Cucina Bella) says
These all sound so delicious! YUM!
Kim (Feed Me, Seymour) says
I so want all of these!
Heather / girlichef says
This is a great roundup - thanks for bringing them all together. I'm in the process of finalizing my menu now!
Brenda@Sugar-Free Mom says
Lots of great recipes, love all the crock pot ones!
claire @ the realistic nutritionist says
Thank you for helping plan my Thanksgiving!! 🙂 These desserts look so good!
Ginny McMeans says
Wow! You've got a great line-up here. Stumpled it for more people's enjoyment.
foodyschmoody says
Thanks SO MUCH Ginny! I really appreciate that.
Lauren @ Healthy Delicious says
yum - great roundup. I'd like a slice of everything... I don't even know where to start!
Cookin Canuck says
I'm more of a cooker, too. But I'd be happy to ignore that fact to make some of these recipes!
Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes says
I want all of these!! It's funny because I'm the opposite. I prefer baking to cooking!
foodwanderings says
What a fantastic collection of Thanksgiving recipes. Mmmm
Debra says
Wow, what a great collection of recipes! Yum!!!
Nutmeg Nanny says
Is it bad that I want to eat every single on of these recipes? 🙂
Melanie says
So many great recipe ideas! And now I am starving, lol!
Angie Marini says
I'm also more of a cook than a baker. It's not even that I don't like to bake, it's just that I'm less creative in the dessert department. However, I think that pumpkin bread pudding with caramel sauce is calling my name!
Aly ~ Cooking In Stilettos says
Some sweet inspiration here - just in time for the holiday. Is it wrong that I haven't decided on my menu yet?
Amanda @ The Kitcheneer says
What a great round up!
Angie | Big Bear's Wife says
mmmm the Chocolate Pumpkin Whoopie Pies sound amazing!
Kim Beaulieu says
I'll take one of everything. Or two. Maybe three. Okay, four. So five of everything. M'kay.
Healing Tomato says
So many many many delicious Thanksgiving Dessert recipes!! Where to start?! I can't wait to try every one of these recipes over the next few months. It will be Thanksgiving for months in my home.
foodyschmoody says
Thanks. I was lucky to have a very talented bunch help out w/ this roundup.