25 Thanksgiving Desserts That Are Not Pie

RECIPE BY: San

DATE: October 25, 2025

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25 Thanksgiving Desserts That Are Not Pie – A collection of desserts that pie-adverse friends {and pie fans} will devour: cakes, cobblers, and cookies.

Let’s face it—pies aren’t for everyone. Therefore, I am sharing some of my favorite Thanksgiving desserts for pie-averse people. Everyone will love the recipes in this collection of 25 Thanksgiving Desserts That Are Not Pie.

collage image of desserts

I love the holiday season, and mainly because of dessert. It is my favorite course. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because of that reason. It is comfort food heaven. You have your savory and sweet. Christmas is sweeter in our home. So I look forward to Thanksgiving because I have more of a balance.

Of course, we have our family favorites, and a few of them are here today, including German Chocolate Cake Cookies and Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Cake. I would love to hear your family’s favorite non-pie dessert at Thanksgiving, so make sure to comment below. I want to see what others have on their table spread.

Cheers to Thanksgiving menu planning, friend. It is something I love, love, love doing.

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collage image of cakes and cookies

pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting

These best-ever pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting are moist, soft, and delicious, making them an ideal dessert or snack. With a light and fluffy texture, they melt in your mouth and are less dense than traditional pumpkin bread or cakes.

pumpkin bars on plate with fork

Triple Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Triple Chocolate Zucchini Cake is just as delicious as it sounds. Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, and zucchini. This is the best way to eat zucchini.

chocolate cake slice with chocolate chips on top

pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats

You won’t be able to resist these Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats! They’re soft, chewy, pumpkin-spiced, buttery, and gooey—just like the original but even better.

pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies blend classic cookie goodness with delightful fall flavors. Soft, spiced to perfection, these irresistible treats are sure to disappear quickly once baked!

Pumpkin Bundt Cake

You can’t go wrong with this pumpkin bundt cake – it’s moist, full of pumpkin spice flavor, and topped with a rich cream cheese glaze.

two slice of bundt cake frosted on plate

German Chocolate Cake Cookies

German Chocolate Cake Cookies are soft and chewy chocolate cookies topped with rich caramel, coconut, and pecan frosting, making them a delicious treat that disappears quickly.

german chocolate cake cookies laid out with chocolate drizzle on top

Pecan Caramel Clusters

Pecan Caramel Clusters are a classic, easy-to-make candy with chocolate, caramel, and pecans – the perfect sweet treat for any occasion!

caramel pecan cluster

Zucchini Cake

This zucchini cake is super moist and tender, just like carrot cake! Grated zucchini brings in some sweetness and keeps it nice and moist, while warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg give it a cozy aroma. And that cinnamon cream cheese frosting? It’s the perfect touch to bring all the flavors together!

piece cake on plate

chocolate harvest cake

This Chocolate Pumpkin Cake, or Chocolate Harvest Cake, layers moist chocolate cake with pumpkin cream cheese filling and chocolate ganache – easy to make and perfect all fall long.

a slice of harvest cake.

best ever chocolate cake

Best Ever Chocolate Cake is a rich chocolate cake layered with homemade chocolate mousse and finished with chocolate buttercream.

chocolate cake slice

Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Cake

Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Cake: a deliciously rich chocolate pumpkin cake topped with ganache glaze and chocolate chips. It’s insanely tasty and perfect for the holidays!

overhead shot pumpkin cake

Dark Chocolate & Pistachio Cookie Bars

Dark Chocolate & Pistachio Cookie Bars are soft dark chocolate and pistachio cookie bars. These make a great salty and sweet treat! 

dark chocolate chip pistachio cookie bars over head shot

No-Bake Pumpkin Caramel Cheesecake

This No-Bake Pumpkin Caramel Cheesecake is topped with a yummy Pumpkin Spice Caramel Sauce and has a delicious Ginger Snap cookie crust. It’s a must-have dessert for fall!

No-Bake Pumpkin Caramel Cheesecake ginger snap crust, pumpkin spice crumble, homemade caramel sauce

Pumpkin Zucchini Cake

This Pumpkin Zucchini Cake is super light and fluffy, topped with delicious cream cheese frosting. It’s the perfect dessert for Fall!

Mississippi Mud Pie No Bake Cheesecake

Mississippi Mud Pie No Bake Cheesecake is a fluffy milk chocolate cheesecake with a chocolate cookie crust topped with marshmallow pecan fudge frosting.

chocolate cheesecake with fudge, marshmallows and pecans

Two-Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies

These 2-Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies are easy to make and delicious.

Frosted pumpkin cookies

These frosted pumpkin cookies are soft, fluffy, and topped with a sweet pumpkin-spiced frosting – the perfect fall dessert.

stack of frosted cookies

Pumpkin Ginger Biscotti

This Pumpkin Biscotti is a tasty spin on the classic biscotti cookie. It’s a crisp, crunchy Italian treat perfect for fall!

Peach Blueberry Cobbler

Peaches and blueberries make an insanely delicious cobbler. They’re easy to mix and even better a la mode.

peach cobbler with ice cream

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chewy oatmeal cookies with zucchini and chocolate chips are delicious little bites with a fun veggie twist!

chocolate chip cookie made with oatmeal and zucchini with bite out of it

Caramel Pumpkin Cake Roll, Crazy For Crust

This Caramel Pumpkin Cake Roll is so pretty. It’s cream cheese whipped filling goes perfectly with the pumpkin cake.

Caramel Pumpkin Cake Roll cream cheese whipped cream filling caramel drizzle

Caramel Apple Fruit Pizza, The Gunny Sack

I love this fresh, colorful Caramel Apple Fruit Pizza made with a sugar cookie crust.

sugar cookie crust, cream cheese frosting, toasted pecans and a drizzle of caramel.

German Chocolate Icebox Cake

German Chocolate Icebox Cake features layers of chocolate mousse, homemade frosting, and chocolate graham crackers, topped with whipped cream, pecans, and coconut.

slice of chocolate ice box cake with caramel drizzle

Pumpkin Ginger Cookies

These Ginger Cookies are a mix of gingerbread and snickerdoodles – soft, spiced, and perfectly crinkled with a hint of pumpkin.

bunch of ginger cookies

I love these beautiful Pecan Pie cookies, a bite-sized twist on the classic Thanksgiving pie.

chocolate nutella cake

This recipe for Nutella Cake, topped with a rich chocolate glaze, is incredibly delicious. It is simple and easy to assemble and uses one of our family’s favorite spreads.

slice of chocolate cake with sprinkles

Best Ever German Chocolate Cake

This Best Ever German Chocolate Cake, or, as my grandpa said, “the best damn cake ever!” A double-layer chocolate cake with a classic German Chocolate Cake frosting.

german chocolate cake slice on white plate

raspberry chocolate layer cake

Chocolate Raspberry Cake has irresistible layers of chocolate cake, fresh raspberry cream, ganache & raspberries.

raspberry layer cake

Caramel pecan Pumpkin Cake

This tasty Caramel Pecan Pumpkin Cake is drizzled with pumpkin spice caramel sauce and topped with pecans. With this treat, fall just became your new favorite season!

cake with caramel sauce

German Chocolate Cheesecake Ball

Insanely delicious and easy, this German Chocolate Cheesecake Ball is a simple, no-bake treat that’s perfect for any gathering or special occasion.

german chocolate cheesecake ball

No-Bake Salted Caramel Cheesecake Tarts

No-Bake Salted Caramel Cheesecake Tarts – These mouthwatering tarts are ready in 30 minutes, making them an easy dessert to serve anytime.

salted caramel no bake cheesecake tart


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13 Comments

  1. Heads up Sandra. The Chocolate Acorns (from fountainavenuekitchen.com/chocolate-acorns), the 19th image down, shown above, is mislabeled and linked to the Pumpkin Pie Cream Puffs.