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25+ Traditional Thanksgiving Desserts

10-photo picture collage of Fresh strawberry pie, lemon blueberry chiffon pie, chocolate pecan pie, Key lime pie, Oreo pie, apple crisp, Samoa cookie pie, pecan pie bars, cherry pie, and pumpkin pie with the text of the title overlaid and centered on the photos.

 Traditional Thanksgiving Desserts

Turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing take center stage at Thanksgiving dinner, but the feast would not be complete without a table of delicious desserts. No matter how much we eat for dinner, we always have room for dessert on Thanksgiving Day. For a well-rounded mix of desserts, choose from these 25+ Traditional Thanksgiving Desserts to finish your special holiday meal.

These traditional desserts include a range of flavors from spiced pumpkin, sweet pecan, and juicy apple to smooth peanut butter, silky chocolate, and fresh citrus. There is a dessert for every sweet tooth on this list of 25+ Traditional Thanksgiving Desserts. 

If you are looking to make Thanksgiving Day easier, check out these 25+ Simple and Easy Thanksgiving Desserts. You will find make-ahead desserts, recipes made with store-bought pie crust, and desserts the kids can make.

 

Pumpkin Desserts

A slice of pumpkin pie with a dollop of whipping cream on top sitting on a small dessert plate. Faded in the background is a pie server and a pumpkin pie with a slice cut out of it.Best Pumpkin Pie
A dark blue and white plate with six pumpkin squares.The Best Pumpkin Squares with Cream Cheese Frosting
A slice of pumpkin slab pie with a dollop of whipping cream on a dessert plate with a fork on top of the plate. Faded in the background is a cloth tea towel and another piece of pie with whipping cream.Easy Pumpkin Slab Pie
Two slices of pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting sitting on small plates with two forks crisscross on each other between the plates. In the upper right corner is a pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting on a round platter with a couple slices cut out.Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

A bund pumpkin spice cake with brown butter icing on a large white and blue patterned Polish pottery plate.Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake with Brown Butter Icing
Amazing-Pumpkin-Squares-with-burnt-butter-cinnamon-icingAmazing Pumpkin Squares with Burnt Butter Cinnamon Icing
Pumpkin-Pecan-Crunch-6Pumpkin Pecan Crunch

Apple Desserts

small white plate with a slice of dutch apple pie on it and a fork. there is also a scoop of ice cream on top of the pieDutch Apple Pie
A horizontally placed oval dish of Apple Crisp.Apple Crisp
A piece of apple dessert topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream with forks on both sides of the plate. Faded in the background is a 9x13 dish of Brown Butter Apple Dessert.Brown Butter Apple Dessert
A Jewish Apple Bundt Cake dusted with powdered sugar on a white plate. In the upper left corner is a green and red apple. In the upper right corner is a powdered sugar shaker.Jewish Apple Cake

A round upside down apple cake sitting on top of a lattice and bubble-patterned Polish pottery plate with a red and green apple in the left corner.Upside Down Apple Cake
Apple Pound Cake with Caramel Glaze sitting on a large round plate.Apple Pound Cake with Caramel Glaze
Old Fashioned Apple CrispOld Fashioned Apple Crisp {TMH}

Pecan Desserts

A small white plate with a slice of pecan pie on it, you can see the rest of the pecan pie in the background and a few more plates to the rightDear Abby Famous Pecan Pie
Pecan Pie Bars stacked tall on a white plate.Pecan Pie Bars
Fake Pecan Pie...aka Oatmeal PieOatmeal Pie…Tastes Like Pecan Pie
chocolate-pecan-pieChocolate Pecan Pie

Berry Pies

a slice of blueberry pie with a crumble topping on a white plate. A second slice is in the background and you can also see a corner of the pie pan the slices came out of.The Best Blueberry Crumble Pie
A whole strawberry pie with a kitchen towel, a fork and three quarter pieces of strawberry faded above it. The text reallifedinner.com is overlaid on the photo at the top.Fresh Strawberry Pie Recipe…Amazing!
A slice of brown butter raspberry pie with a dollop of whipped cream sitting on a small plate with a striped placemat underneath. Faded in the background is a Brown Butter Raspberry Pie with a slice cut out of it.Brown Butter Raspberry Pie
Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble PieStrawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie

Mom's Cherry PieMom’s Cherry Pie

Citrus-Flavored Pies

key-lime-pieKey Lime Pie
In the background are a couple of lemons, two forks, and a container of blueberries. There's a white dessert plate with a slice of lemon blueberry pie topped with whipped cream, candied lemon zest and a few blueberries. On each side of the slice of pie is a single blueberry.Lemon Blueberry Chiffon Pie
Two small white plates stacked on each other with a slice of three ingredient lemonade ice cream pie with a lemon wedge on top. On the right and left of the plate are forks with half a lemon, a whole lemon, and a piece of pie on a white plate all in the background.3-Ingredient Lemonade Ice Cream Pie
Strawberry-lemon-tart-pieStrawberry Lemonade Pie {…think, Key Lime Pie, but with lemons and a strawberry glaze. YUM!}

No-Bake Pies

Two white dessert plates stacked on each other with a slice of no-bake peanut butter pie on top. On the right of the plate are two fork heads. In the background is a pie serving utensil, another piece of pie on a small white plate, and the pie with a couple of slices cut out.No-Bake Reese’s Peanut Butter Pie
Easy no-bake banana cream pie with a grey kitchen towel to the left, a banana on the upper left, and a peeled and partial slice banana and a few forks on the right.Easy No-bake Banana Cream Pie
five-minute-peanut-butter-pie1Five Minute Peanut Butter Oreo Pie
A slice of cookie cream pie sitting on three white plates with part of a white plate on the left and two fork heads partially stacked on the right. In the top background, there are two small glass bowls, one with chocolate sauce and a spoon and one with caramel sauce and a spoon.Samoa Cookie Cream Pie

Easy No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie
No bake oreo pie with a bite out of itNo-Bake Oreo Pie

Pies with Chocolate

A white plate sitting on a yellow napkin. The plate has a slice of chocolate chip cookie pie on it.Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
peanut-butter-cookie-piePeanut Butter Cookie Pie
a slice of french silk pie on a white plate. there is a bite missing and you can see the rest of the pie in the backgroundEasy French Silk Pie

Last, but not least...

Rhubarb Pie
Easy Coconut Cream PieCoconut Cream Pie…My most favorite cream pie EVER!
Easy-Eclair-pie-recipe-zebra-dessert-real-life-dinnerEasy Eclair Pie Recipe

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