31 Thanksgiving Pies You’ll Want Again for Breakfast
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Some people will fully eat a slice of cheesecake after Thanksgiving dinner. Others know pie is the way to go. This list of Thanksgiving pie recipes is for the Others—and for any of you who want to come to the Correct Side. (Cheesecake, we love you, but now is not the time.)
We’ve got all the hits: pumpkin pie, pecan pie, coconut cream pie, lemon meringue, double-crust apple pie and Dutch apple pie…. But we also have an invigorating custard pie that tastes like cappuccino, a throwback mincemeat pie with a splash of bourbon, and plenty more pies you may not have considered yet.
If you don’t find a dessert among these Thanksgiving pies to satisfy your specific craving (impossible), head over to our collection of the very best pie recipes (for any occasion) for more inspiration.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
Perhaps this is an unexpected Thanksgiving pie—it’s not the traditional pumpkin or bourbon pecan pie—but put this dark chocolate and peanut butter chilled mousse pie on the Thanksgiving table, and we bet you’ll get requests for it next year. If you prefer a fully frozen ice cream pie, try this PB&J version.
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BA’s Best Pumpkin Pie
Probably the most classic way to end a Thanksgiving meal, pumpkin pie must have a perfectly spiced creamy filling. This recipe delivers; it almost has an undertone of gingersnaps.
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Emilie Fosnocht3/31
BA’s Best Pecan Pie
“This old Gramma has been baking pies for MANY years and this is by far the best pecan pie recipe I have ever used,” wrote one of our readers. “I used my own pie crust recipe, but it was still great.” Gramma from Chattanooga, Tennessee, we salute you.
- Photo by Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriot4/31
BA’s Best Apple Pie
A lot of people go for Granny Smiths, but we think sweet-tart Pink Ladies are the best apples for this apple pie recipe. Other than that, it’s your rules: If you don’t feel like rolling out crust, here’s a puff pastry apple tart. And if you don’t love apples but want a fruit pie for your Thanksgiving dessert, try this pear pie with red wine and rosemary.
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Mieko Takahashi5/31
Shoofly Pie
This chewy molasses pie gets a streusel-like dusting on top just before baking that results in its striking marbled look.
- Photo by Ted + Chelsea Cavanaugh, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, prop styling by Kalen Kaminski6/31
Banana Cream Pie
We learn something from our readers every day. One of you commented that you put “a little bit of sour cream into the whipping cream so that it holds better and for longer.” We are trying that trick ASAP.
- Photograph by Guang Xu7/31
Chocolate Pecan Pie
This Thanksgiving pie’s dating app profile would read: “All the gooey goodness that pecan pie lovers crave, but with a cocoa crust, bittersweet chocolate chips baked right into the custard, and fluffy chocolate cream on top.” Are you swiping right?
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Simply Brilliant Banoffee Pie
What makes this version of the classic British dessert so brilliant, you ask? Well, we use homemade caramel sauce instead of canned dulce de leche, and we toss a layer of salted nuts into the toffee.
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Mieko Takahashi9/31
Chocolate Pie With Press-In Crust
The cocoa nib and pecan brittle that tops this pie is totally optional, but it’ll sure make your chocolate pie stand out from Aunt Kathy’s.
- Photo by Alex Lau, Styling by Samantha Seneviratne, Rebecca Bartoshesky10/31
Mincemeat Pie
Before you ask: Yes, this is a dessert. No, it doesn’t contain meat—more like raisins and other dried fruits—but it does have a meaty history dating back to the Middle Ages.
- Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Aneta Florczyk11/31
Blackberry and Dried Apricot Slab Pie
Maybe you have a Thanksgiving dessert tradition of heading outside for some fresh air (and to help you forget about all the dishes there are to clean inside). That’s when a well-traveling slab pie can be key.
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Chocolate Buttermilk Pie
Although this pie’s roots are in the United Kingdom, it is considered a traditional pie of the American South. Buttermilk brings tang to the mildly sweet, chocolaty flavor.
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Spencer Richards13/31
Cinnamon Apple Crumb Pie
A crumble is a baked dessert usually consisting of a fruit filling topped with a mixture of flour, butter, sugar, and sometimes oats. A crumble pie has that, plus a flaky crust.
- Photograph by Laura Murray, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Sophie Strangio14/31
Milk and Honey Pie
Mounding the meringue onto the pudding while it’s still hot helps it set better so you don’t end up with a weepy-looking pie. You simply can’t have a slip-slide-y meringue on Thanksgiving!
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Thu Buser, Prop Styling by Paola Andrea15/31
Sweet Potato Pie With Marshmallow Whip
Level up the standard Thanksgiving sweet potato pie recipe with fresh ginger, a trio of spices, and the coup de grâce: marshmallow-spiked whipped cream.
- Photograph by Rana Duzyol, Food Styling by Jesse Szewczyk, Prop Styling by Marina Bevilacqua16/31
Salted Coffee Custard Pie
Like the best cappuccino you’ve ever tasted, but make it pie. The buttery oatmeal cookie crust is a study in textural contrast to the silky custard.
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Lemon Meringue Pie
The lemon curd filling is bold: It gets the zest of four whole lemons. The other good news about this Thanksgiving pie recipe is that you can easily break up the work over a few days.
- Photograph by Rana Duzyol, Food Styling by Jesse Szewczyk, Prop Styling by Marina Bevilacqua18/31
Cinnamon Crunch Crinkle Pie
Inspired by Greek bougatsa, this phyllo and custard pie embraces imperfection: You don’t need to worry if the thin sheets of dough tear as you work with them; it looks beautiful once the dessert is fully assembled.
- Photograph by Alex Lau, food styling by Sue Li, prop styling by Sophie Strangio19/31
Flaky Cranberry Hand Pies
Tart and sweet individual cranberry pies for the road? Not one of your guests will say no to that—and neither will you the following day, when you realize you have one left to eat with your coffee.
- Photograph by Rana Duzyol, Food Styling by Jesse Szewczyk, Prop Styling by Marina Bevilacqua20/31
Triple Citrus Creamsicle Pie
With just enough dairy to tame, not drown, the bracing acidity of winter citrus—lemon, lime, and orange are all teaming up here—this no-bake beauty can be assembled in less than 30 minutes.
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Judy Kim, Prop Styling by Beth Pakradooni21/31
Hot Buttered Rum Pie
Picture a slice of tangy, creamy buttermilk pie sitting pretty next to a mug of hot buttered rum. Now picture them joining forces and morphing into a whole new dessert.
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, food styling by Emilie Fosnocht, prop styling by Christina Allen22/31
Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
Two things make this recipe easier than many other sweet potato-pecan pies out there. One: frozen deep-dish pie shell all the way. Two: Use a food processor to make the sweet potato pie filling.
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Frozen Cookie Dough Pie
People really throw around the words showstopping and iconic these days, but have you looked at this dessert? Yeah, we think a triple-layered pie with chunks of cookie dough, chocolate ganache, and vanilla semifreddo warrants their use.
- Alex Lau24/31
BA’s Best Key Lime Pie
Some people’s Key lime pie recipes involve cream cheese. We prefer a mixture of heavy cream and full-fat Greek yogurt, which we dollop onto the cooled pie, creating dramatic peaks and valleys.
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Chocolate and Coconut Cream Pie
This double-decker pie stacks two forever favorites—chocolate and coconut cream—in a homemade salted graham cracker crust. In other words, this Thanksgiving dessert is a best-of-all-worlds situation.
- Photograph by Rana Duzyol, Food Styling by Jesse Szewczyk, Prop Styling by Marina Bevilacqua26/31
Hazelnut Butter Cup Tart
Okay, we know that tarts are not pies, but hazelnuts are so festive and this is basically a giant nut butter cup and.… Just consider it a bonus recipe in this Thanksgiving pie gallery.
- Christopher Testani27/31
No-Bake Chocolate Cream Pie With Toasted Meringue
Perhaps, considering all that’s involved in getting Thanksgiving dinner on the table, the best pie—for the host, at least—is the kind that doesn’t require the use of an oven.
- Laura Murray28/31
BA’s Best Coconut Cream Pie
Think of this coconut cream pie recipe like a Samoa cookie in pie form, complete with both a shredded coconut and graham cracker crust and a layer of caramel.
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Butterscotch Pie With Curry Crust
Molasses and dark brown sugar bring some gravity to the filling in this tasty dessert recipe, and Madras curry powder brings a certain kind of magic to the crust.
- Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Kalen Kaminski30/31
Pecan-Rye Pumpkin Pie
Imagine a pumpkin pie with pecan pie’s best feature—obviously, the candied nut topping. Now spike the custard with rye whiskey, intensify the crust’s flavor with rye flour, and voilà: pecan-rye pumpkin pie.
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Sour Cherry Pie
Can one make a Thanksgiving pie with cherries, which are very much summer fruits? When you’re using frozen cherries, like we do in this recipe, then heck yes.