Almost every year, my dad and I prepare the same recipes for Thanksgiving, along with some help from my mom and brother. The turkey, roasted on the grill outside (Dad’s specialty!); sausage dressing with lots of celery, onions, and fresh herbs; classic mashed potatoes (Mom’s specialty!) and my maple sweet potato casserole; Great-Grandma’s fresh cranberry salad (except without the jello!); a spinach salad or my favorite roasted Brussels sprouts; and supremely moist and tender whole wheat rolls, entirely from scratch.
While I absolutely love every savory morsel of Thanksgiving, I still look forward to dessert a teensy tiny bit more. Somehow, I’m guessing that’s not too surprising… By now, you probably know that I definitely have a huge sweet tooth!
My family always emphatically requests (borderline requires?) the same two desserts every year: pumpkin pie and pecan pie, both served with whipped cream. Sometimes, they even let me add a little chocolate to the pecan pie, if they’re feeling adventurous!
The few years I suggested another dessert for Thanksgiving, they offered the same feedback… “Let’s make that in addition to the two pies!” Tradition. It’s definitely a thing around here. ?
But just in case your family is a little more adventurous than mine (or in case I can sneak in a third Thanksgiving dessert!), I’m sharing this list of 35 Healthy Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes with you! They’re all deliciously sweet with plenty of festive fall flavors, yet they contain no refined flour or sugar!
Psst… You definitely need to try #6. It’s the BEST and my family actually lets me make it instead of their usual go-to recipe now!
THE RECIPES
From left to right, top to bottom…
- Healthy Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
- Healthy Pumpkin Pie Thumbprint Cookies
- The Ultimate Healthy Apple Pie
- Healthy Small Batch Mini Pumpkin Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting
- Healthy Pumpkin Bundt Cake
- The Ultimate Healthy Pumpkin Pie
- Healthy Cinnamon Apple Cupcakes
- Healthy Slow Cooker Crustless Apple Pie a la Mode
- Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte Pound Cake
- Healthy Apple Pie Thumbprint Cookies
- Healthy Cranberry Apple Pie
- Healthy Cinnamon Apple Pound Cake
- Healthy Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Healthy Pumpkin Blossoms
- The Ultimate Healthy Apple Crumble
- Healthy Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Healthy Cranberry Orange Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Healthy Pumpkin Spice Peanut Butter Cups
- Healthy Cranberry Jam Thumbprint Cookies
- Healthy Pecan Pie Thumbprint Cookies
- Healthy Pumpkin Cowboy Cookies
- Healthy Dark Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Dark Chocolate Cranberry Crumb Cake
- Healthy Chai Spice Apple Crumble
- Healthy Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
- Healthy Slow Cooker Pumpkin Streusel Cake
- Healthy Apple Pie Oatmeal Cookies
- The Ultimate Healthy Soft & Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Maple Cupcakes with Pumpkin Pie Frosting
- Healthy Small Batch Apple Crumble Bars
- Healthy Pumpkin Cheesecake Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pound Cake
- Healthy Simple Cinnamon Apple Cake
For even more recipes, you can find all of Amy’s healthy pumpkin recipes here… All of Amy’s healthy apple recipes here… All of Amy’s healthy cranberry recipes here… And all of Amy’s healthy dessert recipes here!
And when you make your any of these recipes, remember to snap a picture and share it on Instagram using #amyshealthybaking and tagging @amyshealthybaking IN the photo itself! (That guarantees I’ll see your picture! ?) I’d love to see your healthy Thanksgiving desserts!
So nice to have these, will be trying several! Thank You!
That means so much to me Frances! I’m honored! 🙂 I’m so excited to hear which recipes you decide to try!
looks and sounds delicious!!!! That is a beautiful tart and a fantastic sounding recipe. Your posts are always easy to understand and Helpful. thank……………………
I truly appreciate your kind words! Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for sharing recipes.Great blog!!!
My pleasure Fiona! I’d love to hear what you think if you try any of them! 🙂
Amy;
Hi,on oct.14th is our alberta thanksgiving dinner and 9 of my family and 3 cousins and hopefully our friend is coming over for dinner and dessert.We are going halfers on buying groceries for our dinner and I am going to make a couple of fall desserts to eat after we eat dinner.
I have some time to think about what dessert treats to make before the thanksgiving dinner arrives.I am going to have a look at your fall thanksgiving dessert treats to see which 2 dessert recipes to make on oc13th so that the dessert treats are ready to serve on oct.14th.
I will let you know which desserts that I am going to make for all 8 or 9 of us family and a friend on thanksgiving evening,and I will let you know which desserts that I picked out and how much we all love and enjoy eating your desserts ok amy.
Kim
Kim, I’m incredibly honored that you’d want to make two of my recipes as part of your special Thanksgiving celebrations! That truly means the world to me! I’m really excited to hear which recipes you pick and what your family thinks of them. I hope you have a lovely time at your Canadian Thanksgiving too! 🙂