Our Top 12 Favorite Pumpkin Desserts You Need To Save For Thanksgiving
Nothing says Thanksgiving quite like the comforting flavors of pumpkin. Whether you’re looking to impress your guests or just want to treat yourself, these pumpkin desserts are sure to bring a touch of warmth to your table. We’ve gathered our top 12 favorite recipes that blend classic holiday traditions with delightful twists, perfect for any sweet tooth. Save these for the big day, and you’ll have everyone asking for seconds!
Pumpkin Pie with Sweetened Condensed Milk
Look out, pie season; this delicious pumpkin pie with sweetened condensed milk takes centre stage. With its super buttery, flaky crust, creamy custard-like filling, and yummy mascarpone frosting decoration, this pie is going to steal the show! Using condensed milk to sweeten the filling makes it easy to make, creating a pumpkin filling that tastes divine, almost like pumpkin creme brulee.
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Butterscotch Pumpkin Bundt Cake
This butterscotch pumpkin bundt cake recipe features an airy and super moist pumpkin bundt cake loaded with pumpkin and your favorite fall spices. It is topped with the most delicious butterscotch sauce, which has a lovely buttery, brown sugar flavor profile. Easy and quick candied pecans are added for some extra crunchiness. This is the best thing that can happen this pumpkin season!
Go to the recipe: Butterscotch Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Pumpkin Custard Pie
This is hands down the best pumpkin custard pie recipe for Thanksgiving. It features a flaky, buttery pie crust filled with silky, creamy, incredible, delicious pumpkin custard flavored with aromatic orange zest and nutmeg. This Pumpkin pie is made without evaporated milk yet super rich, smooth, and full of Fall flavors everyone loves!
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Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting
This incredible, moist, easy pumpkin bread with cream cheese frosting is the perfect fall cake for the pumpkin season. It’s a fluffy pumpkin loaf infused with aromatic fall spices you love, frosted with an easy, three-ingredient cream cheese icing that is very well-balanced in sweetness. It’s also made without butter!
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No Bake Pumpkin Pie
This no-bake pumpkin pie is rich, creamy, and decadent. It features a two-ingredient crust filled with a perfectly spiced pumpkin puree and cream cheese mixture with the perfect mousse-like texture. The pie is then decorated with a mascarpone topping, making it an irresistible fall or winter dessert.
Go to the recipe: No Bake Pumpkin Pie
Mini Pumpkin Bundt Cakes with Maple Glaze
These delicious mini pumpkin bundt cakes with maple glaze are the perfect quick and easy individual-size dessert to get your holiday season started this year! Packed with perfectly spiced pumpkin and topped with a divine buttery maple glaze, they are moist, tender, and yummy! Make this super simple maple pumpkin bundt cake recipe in under an hour!
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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Pie
Pie season is here, and this easy pumpkin cream cheese pie is a dessert mashup of dreams – rich and smooth pumpkin cheesecake mixed with traditional pumpkin pie. The fall flavors in this foolproof pumpkin pie with cream cheese recipe are so delicious but the contrasting textures make it an extra special and indulgent Fall or winter dessert.
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Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts
You are going to fall in love with these super moist and delicious baked pumpkin spice donuts, which are the perfect start to a holiday morning! They are packed with pumpkin, spiced with all the best iconic fall flavors, and coated in a simple cinnamon sugar mixture that is absolutely yummy! And because these donuts are baked and not fried, they are effectively cake donuts, which makes them a tad bit healthier and easier to make!
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Pumpkin Banana Muffins
These pumpkin banana muffins are crazy moist, with fragrant fall spices and gooey chocolate chips – the perfect snack or quick breakfast. Have you been waiting to try making homemade muffins from scratch? Now is the time! Pumpkin banana muffins are the best tall, fluffy muffins full of spiced pumpkin flavor, the perfect easy muffin recipe to try this pumpkin season.
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Pumpkin Blondies
Super gooey and chewy pumpkin blondies loaded with warm pumpkin flavor and spices are the perfect sweet snack for Fall or Thanksgiving! I love pumpkin season, and these easy pumpkin blondies with chocolate chips are a must-try for any pumpkin lovers out there. With pumpkin pie spice, chocolate chips, and hints of caramel butterscotch undertones, they might just be your favorite easy Thanksgiving snack this season!
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Double Layer Pumpkin Pie
With a mousse-like consistency and crunchy graham cracker crust, this no bake double layer pumpkin pie will knock your holiday socks off this year! This divine dessert comprises a homemade biscuit crumb crust filled with layers of yummy light, airy cream cheese and pumpkin pie fillings topped with a lightly sweetened cream cheese decoration. This layered pumpkin pie is refined and impressive but ridiculously easy to make!
Go to the recipe: Double Layer Pumpkin Pie
Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies
Snickerdoodle pumpkin cheesecake cookies are a must-try this fall season! They are full of your favorite fall flavors—the best take on classic cookies. They are incredibly delicious and soft, with a tangy, creamy cheesecake filling—not to forget the pumpkin spice!
Go to the recipe: Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies
