8 Best Thanksgiving Desserts – Easy Fall Baking Recipes
Looking for the best thanksgiving desserts? Try these 8 delicious and easy fall baking recipes that everyone will love!
Best Fall Desserts for Thanksgiving
Need dessert ideas for Thanksgiving this year?
Today I’ve rounded up The 8 Best Thanksgiving Desserts with Easy Fall Baking Recipes you’ll love.
These easy Fall desserts are tried and true favorites among family and friends and are perfect for serving at Thanksgiving.
If you want to learn how to make the best Fall desserts for Thanksgiving then keep reading below and check out my Youtube video tutorial over here.
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Cara’s Quick Tips:
- Check Your Ingredients for Expiration – When it comes to baking, fresh ingredients are super important. Double-check the dates on pantry and refrigerated staples like flour, sugar, milk, and eggs, and ensure cake mixes, canned goods, and spices aren’t expired. When in doubt purchase new for the best flavor. Ingredients such as pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon taste better fresh and are inexpensive to purchase each Fall baking season.
- Make Desserts Ahead – Save yourself time and stress by making dessert ahead of time for Thanksgiving. Most of these fall desserts can be made ahead a day or two in advance, and they’ll still taste just as delicious.
8 Best Thanksgiving Desserts
Leave the complicated desserts for another holiday – try one of these Thanksgiving desserts instead!
These Fall flavored desserts are delicious, easy to make, and you’ll love to make them again and again.
Get the complete recipes with step-by-step instructions by clicking the link to any of the Thanksgiving desserts below.
I’ve also created a helpful video tutorial for all these desserts which you can watch here.
Pumpkin Cake Mix Bars
Skip the pumpkin pie and make these delicious and easy pumpkin streusel bars instead!
These pumpkin cake mix bars are made quick and easy with a yellow cake mix and feature a delicious streusel topping that’s absolutely divine.
Reasons You’ll Love It:
- Delicious and simple, no-fuss recipe
- You can make them a day ahead
- Makes 24 pumpkin bars – great for serving at Thanksgiving or Fall parties
Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake
This Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake is hands down one of my favorite Fall cakes and I make it every Thanksgiving season.
The recipe is delicious twist on my popular Cake Mix Coffee Cake, and I love how it tastes with the addition of fresh, diced apples.
Reasons You’ll Love It:
- Made simple with a boxed cake mix
- Great for breakfast or dessert
- Make it ahead and enjoy for days
Swirled Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread
This Pumpkin and Cream Cheese Bread is the absolute BEST Fall quick bread.
It’s delicious, soft, and moist, and made simple with pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and beautiful swirls of cream cheese baked inside for a cheesecake surprise!
Reasons You’ll Love It:
- It’s super easy to make, with no fancy mixer required
- The pumpkin and cheesecake flavor combo is divine
- Can be made ahead and freezes well
Dutch Oven Apple Crisp
If you’re looking for one of the best apple desserts for Thanksgiving or Fall, try my Easy Dutch Oven Apple Crisp Recipe.
It’s the perfect comfort food to enjoy on a cozy Fall or Winter evening at home, or an easy crowd-pleaser to make for gatherings with friends and family.
Reasons You’ll Love It:
- Made with simple ingredients
- Great way to use up a lot of apples
- Tastes delicious with a scoop of ice cream
Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake
If you love Pineapple Upside Down Cake but want to switch up the flavors for Fall, then try my Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake.
This beautiful and delicious cake features a vanilla cake that’s made from scratch, sliced fresh apples, and a simple + sweet homemade caramel sauce.
Reasons You’ll Love It:
- It’s made from scratch but EASY
- The caramel apple flavor tastes incredible
- It looks absolutely gorgeous and everyone will beg you for the recipe
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you’ve never tried pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, trust me when I say it’s an absolute delicious flavor combination!
These cookies are soft, yummy, and are a super easy self-rising flour cookie recipe.
Reasons You’ll Love It:
- They’re soft, fluffy, and cakey
- They bake in just 10-15 minutes, no chilling required
- They are incredibly delicious!
Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars
I prefer these Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars over traditional apple pie any day of the week! While they might look complicated, they’re easy to make and oh so delicious.
The tart Granny Smith apples, a brown sugar cinnamon streusel, and a homemade caramel sauce combine for an unbeatable flavor that everyone will love.
Reasons You’ll Love It:
- Absolutely delicious
- Easier and less time consuming than traditional apple pie
- Convenient to take to family gatherings/Thanksgiving dinner
Mamaw Allie’s Easy Applesauce Cake
Lastly but certainly not least is my Great Mamaw Allie’s Easy Applesauce Cake. It’s simple, delicious, and a slice of this cake provides the perfect level of sweetness after Thanksgiving dinner.
This old-fashioned applesauce cake is baked in a Bundt cake pan, and features fresh applesauce, warm spices, raisins, walnuts, and a simple cinnamon glaze.
Reasons You’ll Love It:
- Delicious cake recipe passed down from my Great Mamaw Allie
- Made with simple ingredients
- Can be made ahead of time and freezes well
More Recipes You’ll Love
I hope you enjoyed today’s roundup of The 8 Best Thanksgiving Desserts!
Which of these Fall baking recipes are you excited to make this year? Let me know in the comments below!
Thanks for stopping by! – Cara
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