Thanksgiving Desserts (that are not pie!)

If pie simply isn’t your factor, this record is for you! Right here is my record of the perfect Thanksgiving desserts (that aren’t pie!)! I’m sharing 25+ pie-free desserts, you’ll discover every little thing from classics like pumpkin bars to enjoyable new twists like cranberry cake and apple pie cookies!

Thanksgiving Desserts (that are not pie!)

Pie-Free Thanksgiving Desserts

While you consider Thanksgiving desserts, do you consider pie? Most individuals do, however there are SO many different choices! This curated record explores the numerous pie options on your Thanksgiving dessert desk. If pie isn’t your factor otherwise you merely need quite a lot of desserts this 12 months, you will LOVE these recipes!

Under you’ll discover a assortment of my favourite fall desserts made with festive substances like cranberries, pecans, apples, and naturally, pumpkin. There’s actually one thing for everyone on this record, but when I needed to title a fan favourite, it needs to be my pumpkin cheesecake bars (#1 on the record). They’re really easy to make, slice into neat, completely portioned squares, and have a beautiful swirled look each is so impressed by!

Don’t fear although, if cheesecake isn’t your factor, there’s lots extra to select from. So seize your pumpkin spice, and let’s get baking!

1. Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Superbly swirled and completely handheld, these pumpkin cheesecake bars are a simple and spectacular dessert so as to add to your Thanksgiving menu.

Close-up of a swirled pumpkin cheesecake bar.Close-up of a swirled pumpkin cheesecake bar.
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

My recipe is made WITHOUT a water bathtub makes use of simply 12 substances. These are a lot simpler and fewer fussy than conventional cheesecake!

PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE BARS RECIPE

2. Spice Cake

Spice cake has a heat, spiced taste good for Thanksgiving. It’s not too festive in it’s taste, not like gingerbread, which is a Christmas traditional!

Two-layer slice of spice cake missing one bite.Two-layer slice of spice cake missing one bite.
Spice Cake

This straightforward spice cake is filled with fall spices and cloaked in a silky cream cheese frosting. Works nice as a layer cake or sheet cake!

SPICE CAKE RECIPE

3. Butter Pecan Cookies

So cozy and flavorful, these are one of many best Thanksgiving desserts.

Butter pecan cookies piled onto a white plate.Butter pecan cookies piled onto a white plate.
Butter Pecan Cookies

Made with toasted pecans, brown sugar, and loads of butter, these mushy and chewy cookies are packed filled with taste. NO mixer and NO chilling required!

BUTTER PECAN COOKIE RECIPE

4. Apple Pie Cheesecake

All the flavour of Dutch apple pie, however in cheesecake type! That is all the time successful at events.

Whole apple pie cheesecake that's been cut into slices with one slice missing.Whole apple pie cheesecake that's been cut into slices with one slice missing.
Apple Pie Cheesecake

This cheesecake is served on a walnut-infused crust (or pass over the walnuts!) and topped with a simple crumb topping. It is so festive and ideal for fall!

APPLE CHEESECAKE RECIPE

5. Maple Leaf Cookies

How cute are these maple leaf cookies? They might be so fairly on their very own plate or used as a ornament/garnish for different desserts.

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Cinnamon Maple Leaf Cookies

Skinny and crispy maple leaf cookies are as cute as they’re tasty! They’re infused with actual maple syrup and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.

MAPLE LEAF COOKIE RECIPE

6. Pumpkin Cake

Pumpkin cake is a superb selection for feeding a crowd (or celebrating a Thanksgiving birthday, which Luke has each few years). I even have a pumpkin bundt cake recipe and pumpkin cupcakes that you just may take pleasure in.

Slice of pumpkin cake frosted with cream cheese frosting on a white plate.Slice of pumpkin cake frosted with cream cheese frosting on a white plate.
Pumpkin Cake

This tender spiced pumpkin cake is quick, simple, and spectacular. Unfold my easy cream cheese frosting overtop for a show-stopping cake!

PUMPKIN CAKE RECIPE

7. Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

One among my all-time favourite pumpkin recipes, these pumpkin snickerdoodles completely steadiness traditional snickerdoodles and pumpkin cookies.

Two pumpkin snickerdoodles stacked on top of each other with the top cookie missing a bite.Two pumpkin snickerdoodles stacked on top of each other with the top cookie missing a bite.
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Buttery, mushy, and chewy pumpkin snickerdoodles are the autumn cookie of your goals! No mixer wanted and simply 45 minutes to relax.

PUMPKIN SNICKERDOODLE RECIPE

8. Pecan Pie Bars

These pecan pie bars are certainly one of my hottest Thanksgiving desserts. The buttery shortbread crust is a enjoyable and oh-so-tasty addition to the traditional pie recipe.

four pecan pies stacked on top of each other, with the top bar missing one bitefour pecan pies stacked on top of each other, with the top bar missing one bite
Pecan Pie Bars

Excellent for feeding a crowd, these nutty pecan pie bars are a quick and enjoyable twist on the traditional Thanksgiving dessert.

PECAN PIE BAR RECIPE

9. Orange Cranberry Cookies

Cranberry orange cookies make the proper vacation dessert. Serve them for Thanksgiving or bookmark this recipe on your Christmas cookie baking!

Orange Cranberry Cookies

Infused with actual orange zest and juice, these mushy and chewy orange cranberry cookies are so festive. No chilling required!

ORANGE CRANBERRY COOKIES RECIPE

10. Apple Pie Cookies

These are a showstopper on the dessert desk each single time. If you wish to impress individuals, deliver these cookies, critically. They even have an “a la mode” topping that’s elective however I imply look how cute it’s.

Two halves of an apple pie cookie stacked on top of each other.Two halves of an apple pie cookie stacked on top of each other.
Apple Pie Cookies

My lovely and attractive apple pie cookies have a selfmade apple pie filling, crumb topping, and elective “ice cream” buttercream ornament.

APPLE PIE COOKIES RECIPE

11. Pumpkin Bars

Not fairly cookie, not fairly cake, these are a enjoyable and traditional hybrid of the 2. The cream cheese frosting smeared on high is my favourite half.

Pumpkin bar frosted with cream cheese frosting on a white plate.Pumpkin bar frosted with cream cheese frosting on a white plate.
Pumpkin Bars

A quick fall dessert! These pumpkin bars take simply 20 minutes to prep earlier than they go within the oven.

PUMPKIN BARS RECIPE

12. Butter Pecan Cake

When you’re in search of a pecan pie different, attempt my butter pecan cake. Individuals fall simply as in love with the mushy cake crumb as they do the fragile brown sugar frosting.

Slice of three layer butter pecan cake on a plate.Slice of three layer butter pecan cake on a plate.
Butter Pecan Cake

Extremely mushy and moist, this cake merely melts in your mouth! It has chopped pecans all through and is topped with brown sugar frosting.

BUTTER PECAN CAKE RECIPE

13. Spice Cookies

These mushy and chewy spice cookies might be personalized to your liking. Chill them longer for thicker cookies, or keep on with half-hour for common thickness.

Overhead view of spice cookies topped with a vanilla glaze drizzle on a cooling rack.Overhead view of spice cookies topped with a vanilla glaze drizzle on a cooling rack.
Spice Cookies

These cookies are infused with 5 totally different spices and topped with a simple vanilla drizzle. So heat and comfortable!

SPICE COOKIES RECIPE

14. Bread Pudding

Bread pudding is a traditional vacation dessert. We adore it on the dessert desk simply as a lot as we do on the breakfast desk (beside a dish of breakfast casserole) Make this, and everybody can be asking you for the recipe!

Overhead view of a bread pudding in a white casserole dish.Overhead view of a bread pudding in a white casserole dish.
Bread Pudding

This traditional bread pudding recipe might be personalized with dried fruit, nuts, or chocolate, or hold it easy and serve with the buttery sauce.

BREAD PUDDING RECIPE

15. Pumpkin Cheesecake

A pumpkin pie different, this pumpkin cheesecake is equally as spectacular and festive.

Slice of pumpkin cheesecake topped with cinnamon whipped cream on a white plate.Slice of pumpkin cheesecake topped with cinnamon whipped cream on a white plate.
Pumpkin Cheesecake

No water bathtub required! Prime yours with my selfmade cinnamon whipped cream for the perfect taste.

PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE RECIPE

16. Apple Dumplings

Made with selfmade pie crust (trace: you may as well use my sourdough pie crust) and contemporary apples, these apple dumplings are harking back to apple pie and a lot enjoyable! That is my grandmother’s recipe and it’s been cherished for generations 💕

Apple dumpling on white plateApple dumpling on white plate
Apple Dumplings

Old style apple dumplings are made with juicy, tender spiced apples baked inside a buttery crust and topped off with a easy syrup.

APPLE DUMPLING RECIPE

17. Cranberry Cake

Cranberries aren’t only for cranberry sauce! I exploit them in fairly a couple of of my Thanksgiving desserts. Additionally see my cranberry bundt cake recipe, if you happen to’re in search of one thing with a extra elevated presentation.

Square slice of cranberry cake with fresh cranberries in the foreground.Square slice of cranberry cake with fresh cranberries in the foreground.
Cranberry Cake

My festive cranberry cake is so plush and moist, and it tastes identical to sugared cranberries. Solely quarter-hour to prep!

CRANBERRY CAKE RECIPE

18. Candied Pecans

Everybody completely loves these! Additionally they make a implausible selfmade present (so do these cookie combine in a jar items!) for the vacations.

glass jar tied with twine filled with candied pecansglass jar tied with twine filled with candied pecans
The best way to Make Candied Pecans

You solely want a couple of substances and ten minutes to prep candy spiced pecans. Save leftovers for fall salads!

CANDIED PECANS RECIPE

19. Apple Crisp

Who doesn’t like apple crisp? This fall favourite deserves a spot amongst your Thanksgiving desserts!

Bowl of apple crisp topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and cinnamon.Bowl of apple crisp topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and cinnamon.
Apple Crisp Recipe

No pastry cutter wanted! My simple recipe might be prepped in simply 10 minutes and is prepared inside an hour.

APPLE CRISP RECIPE

20. Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Whoopie pies are an old style favourite, particularly this pumpkin model!

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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Fluffy pumpkin cookies encompass easy cream cheese frosting on this pumpkin whoopie pie recipe. Excellent for making upfront!

PUMPKIN WHOOPIE PIE RECIPE

21. Praline Cookies

Impressed by pecan praline sweet, these cookies will disappear off your Thanksgiving dessert desk!

Close-up view of many rows of praline cookies topped with pecan pieces.Close-up view of many rows of praline cookies topped with pecan pieces.
Praline Cookies

These cookies are studded with chopped pecans and topped with a simple praline sweet topping. No chilling and no sweet thermometer required!

PRALINE COOKIE RECIPE

22. Apple Cake

That is my grandmother’s conventional apple cake recipe, with a couple of of my very own modifications. I even have an apple crumb cake that might work properly for dessert or Thanksgiving breakfast.

apple cake on white plateapple cake on white plate
Apple Cake

Made with contemporary apples and topped with cinnamon sugar, this apple cake is a traditional dessert recipe. Might be made in a bundt or sheet pan.

APPLE CAKE RECIPE

23. Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies

Connoisseur cookies might be simply as spectacular and satisfying as different Thanksgiving desserts, particularly when they’re filled with cheesecake!

Two halves of a pumpkin cheesecake cookie stacked on top of each other.Two halves of a pumpkin cheesecake cookie stacked on top of each other.

24. Pumpkin Fudge

This lovely pumpkin fudge is enjoyable served alongside your Thanksgiving desserts or as a selfmade present!

Stack of two pieces of pumpkin fudge with the top piece missing a bite.Stack of two pieces of pumpkin fudge with the top piece missing a bite.
Pumpkin Fudge

No sweet thermometer or marshmallow fluff wanted! This fudge is nice, creamy, and completely spiced.

PUMPKIN FUDGE RECIPE

25. Brown Butter Blondies

Infused with fall taste and oh so decadent! We love serving ours with a scoop of ice cream and caramel sauce.

Blondie on a plate with a scoop of ice cream on top.Blondie on a plate with a scoop of ice cream on top.
Browned Butter Blondies

Decadent, chewy blondies made with browned butter, maple syrup, and a crisp walnut crumble.

BROWNED BUTTER BLONDIE RECIPE

26. White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

A traditional! You can additionally attempt my pumpkin oatmeal cookies.

Stack of three white chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies.Stack of three white chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies.
White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

My model has the greatest texture; barely crisp on the surface with a mushy and chewy inside. They’re loaded with white chocolate, dried cranberries, and oats.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY COOKIE RECIPE

27. Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats

If your loved ones loves traditional rice krispie treats, make them this pumpkin spice model! Really easy and there’s no baking required.

Bundt cake topped with a thick cream cheese glaze.Bundt cake topped with a thick cream cheese glaze.

Nonetheless need to embrace a couple of pies in your dessert desk? I’ve enormous assortment of pie recipes to select from. Or skip the shopping and head proper over to my record of my high 10 greatest pie recipes.

I hope you’ve got an exquisite Thanksgiving with your loved ones. Hold scrolling for a couple of extra Thanksgiving recipes you may need to attempt!

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