27 Thanksgiving Desserts that Aren’t Pie

Soft Pumpkin Cookies

These soft and cakey pumpkin cookies are packed with warm pumpkin spice flavor and topped with a rich cream cheese frosting. Made in one bowl with no chill time, they’re the perfect quick and easy fall treat. Enjoy them plain or frosted, and don’t forget to make a double batch—they disappear fast! Freeze leftovers for a make-ahead dessert or meal-prep snack.

Coffee Cake Cookies

Sour Cream Coffee Cake Cookies are soft, buttery, and topped with a cinnamon crumb and sweet icing. Easy to make and perfect for any occasion!

Iced Oatmeal Cookies

These iced oatmeal cookies have a slightly crispy golden brown edge, a soft center, and just the right amount of chew. And the warm vanilla icing on top adds just the right amount of extra sweetness.

Pumpkin Pudding Cookies

The most soft and gooey pumpkin cookies you will ever have! These fall cookies stay soft for days and are full three types of pumpkin spice: real pumpkin, pumpkin pudding mix, and pumpkin pie spice. They aren't one bit cakey thanks to blotting the pumpkin dry.

Brown Sugar Pop Tart Cookies

These soft Brown Sugar Pop Tart Cookies are packed with a gooey cinnamon filling and topped with a cinnamon glaze. They taste just like the classic pop tart and are easy to make and store.

Maple Pecan Cookies

These soft and chewy maple pecan cookies will become your new favorite fall cookie! You will love the real maple flavor, crunch pecans, and sweet maple icing.

Taylor Swift Chai Cookies

A soft and chewy sugar cookie speckled with cozy chai spices and dipped in an eggnog glaze. This internet-famous Taylor Swift chai cookie deserves a spot in your cookies box because it’s simple to make and the flavors give off the coziest holiday vibes.

Cranberry Oatmeal Bars

These cranberry oatmeal bars are made with a buttery oat crumble and a layer of tart cranberry sauce. Perfectly sweetened and great for holiday gatherings, they pair beautifully with ice cream or a cup of coffee.

Pumpkin Bars with Gingersnap Crust

Creamy pumpkin pie filling meets a crunchy, spiced cookie crust in these easy and delicious pumpkin bars with gingersnap crust. They're easier than pie and perfect for feeding a crowd!

Snickerdoodle Apple Pie Bars

Chai White Chocolate Brownies

Instead of chocolate chips in regular fudgy brownies, use quality white chocolate chips brownies for the ultimate white chocolate brownies. Add a chai swirl, or just a cinnamon sugar swirl, for a twist on this delicious dessert.

Pumpkin Pecan Bars

These pumpkin pecan bars will be the thanksgiving dessert everyone will love! A thick and buttery shortbread crust topped with a pumpkin pecan toffee layer is the most delicious fall treat.

Turtle Cookie Bars

Thick and chewy turtle cookie bars are delicious and easy (no chilling needed)! The base of this recipe is a chocolate chip cookie then you split the dough in half and add gooey caramel and crunchy pecans to the middle. It's such a delicious and easy dessert!

Pecan Sticky Buns

These classic sticky buns are the best way to start the morning. The ultra-soft and rich dough is swirled with cinnamon sugar and covered in a gooey pecan-sticky topping.

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

These soft and gooey pumpkin cinnamon rolls are full of cozy spices and topped with a maple cream cheese frosting. The dough is so extra soft and the pumpkin spice swirled inside makes them the best cinnamon rolls for fall.

Brown Butter Banana Bread (Rich, Moist & Irresistibly Easy)

Brown Butter Banana Bread is the cozy, upgraded quick bread you didn’t know you needed. It’s made in one bowl, rich with caramelized flavor, and so easy to make. Once you try it, you’ll never go back to the classic version.

Apple Banana Bread

This apple banana bread is full of sweet bananas, diced apples, cinnamon, and a layer of streusel. It’s extra moist, easy to make, and will become your new favorite banana bread recipe!

Pecan Pie Cobbler

Move over traditional pecan pie because this pecan pie cobbler is just as rich and gooey, without the pie crust. It's easy to make and features all the best fall flavors like pecans and a brown sugar caramel center.

Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cobbler

What would happen if you took all of the flavors of a pumpkin cobbler and stuffed them into a warm, gooey Snickerdoodle Cookie? Find out how these two mashup!

Healthy Apple Crisp (No Butter)

This no butter healthy apple crisp uses syrup instead of sugar and coconut oil instead of butter, but has all the rich flavors and gooey textures as the classic. It's easy to make and the perfect fall dessert, especially if you need to use up a bushel of apples!

Mini Apple Cakes

These apple mini cakes make the perfect fall dessert! They're easy to make and full of apples, pecans, and caramel.

Gingerbread Cheesecake Bars

These gingerbread cheesecake bars feature perfectly rich and creamy cheesecake atop a rich spiced gingerbread cookie bars. Top them with adorable little gingerbread men for decoration! They’re quicker and easier to bake then a full cheesecake and easy to cut and share with family and friends this time of year.

Bourbon Bacon Brittle

This bourbon bacon brittle is made with candied bacon, toasted pecans and bourbon. It’s the crunchiest, most delicious brittle you will ever have. Sweet, salty and crunchy, this Bourbon Bacon Brittle is a delicious snack or amazing added to recipes like ice cream and popcorn.

Caramel Crispix Mix

This Crispix mix is so addicting! You won't be able to take just one handful of this caramel party mix. It makes a big batch to share with friends and family, especially during the holidays.

Dark Chocolate Coffee Bark

Dark chocolate bark filled with coffee-roasted pistachios, and almonds all drizzled with melted white chocolate and sprinkled with flaky sea salt.

Paleo Pumpkin Bars

Paleo pumpkin bars filled with pumpkin and spice! These little squares of heaven taste just like pumpkin pie.

Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars (Dairy-Free, No-Bake)

No-bake vegan pumpkin cheesecake bars made with cashews, pumpkin puree, and a pecan-date crust. They're the perfect creamy, dairy-free, fall dessert for hosting and gatherings!