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2024 Thanksgiving Menu and Meal Prep Timeline

* image These past few months have been busy for our family, especially since our oldest joined a local swim team. Between juggling our work schedules and balancing school with practices... we're all pretty wiped out. Although it's a lot of work, I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving. Preparing the holiday meal for our family fills my heart with joy, and I can't wait to get started. To make things easier for me, I don't deviate much from  our first Thanksgiving  as a family. The dishes I make are familiar ones, and the recipes for them live at my fingertips. Keeping the same menu year after year means I don't have to spend time researching recipes or planning a new one. Here are my tried-and-true Thanksgiving recipes, as well as my prep timeline for the big day!

50 Desserts to Serve on Thanksgiving

Have you started planning the menu for your Thanksgiving dinner? Are you looking for some dynamite dessert recipes that will satisfy your guests' collective sweet tooth? Be sure to check out this amazing round-up of 50 Thanksgiving dessert recipes on Taste As You Go!

50 Desserts to Serve on Thanksgiving | Taste As You Go

This post was updated with new links and photos in November 2021.

Ahhhh... November. 

I have been waiting for you (and all that you bring) for months. Specifically, I have been counting down to that glorious day spent with family and loved ones around a long table packed to the gills with platters and bowls of comfort food and happy memories.

Of course, I'm talking about Thanksgiving.

This year, we're spending the holiday with my family in Connecticut and I. Cannot. Wait. You better believe I'm going to use my pregnancy as an excuse to eat three full plates of food plus five slices of whatever we've got going on at the dessert end of the meal!

(Because I'm eating for two, right??)

In celebration of the approach of my favorite holiday, I've enlisted the help of my fellow food bloggers and have put together of photo-heavy round-up of 50 Desserts to Serve on Thanksgiving to help you as you plan your own Thanksgiving menu. With so many desserts to choose from, I'm sure you'll find some absolute winners that will impress all of your guests!

Curious to see what made the cut?

Thanksgiving Bar and Cookie Recipes

7-Layer Pumpkin Bars | Chelsea's Messy Apron

7-Layer Pumpkin Bars | Chelsea's Messy Apron

New England Hermit Cookie Bars | The Lemon Bowl®

New England Hermit Bars | The Lemon Bowl ®

Pumpkin Cookies with Coconut Cream and White Chocolate | Food Faith Fitness


Pumpkin Pie Bars with Greek Yogurt Whipped Cream | Amy's Healthy Baking


Thanksgiving Cake and Cupcake Recipes

Caramel Apple Butter Cupcakes | Snappy Gourmet

Pumpkin Pie Cake | I Heart Eating

Pumpkin Pie Cake | I Heart Eating

Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Maple Marshmallow Frosting | Overtime Cook


Thanksgiving Cheesecake Recipes

Butternut Cheesecake | Life Tastes Good

Butternut Cheesecake | Life Tastes Good

Caramel Apple Blondie Cheesecake | Life, Love & Sugar


Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake | The Kitchen Is My Playground

Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake | The Kitchen is My Playground

Pumpkin Cheesecake with Caramel Sauce | Taste and Tell


Thanksgiving Pie, Tart, and Crisp Recipes

Almond Pear Tart | The View from Great Island

Almond Pear Tart | The View from Great Island

Apple, Pear and Cranberry Crisp | Spoonful of Flavor


Berry Custard Pie | Like Mother, Like Daughter

Berry Custard Pie | Like Mother, Like Daughter

Caramel Sweet Potato Pie | Baked by an Introvert

Caramel Sweet Potato Pie | Baked by an Introvert

Classic Pecan Pie | Taste As You Go

Classic Pecan Pie | Taste As You Go

Creamy Cranberry Pie | Wonky Wonderful

Creamy Cranberry Pie | Wonky Wonderful

Dutch Apple Pie with White Chocolate Butter Sauce | Oh Sweet Basil

Gluten-Free Pear and Apple Crisp | Jeanette's Healthy Living

Hot Buttered Rum Apple Pie | Frugal Foodie Mama

Hot Buttered Rum Apple Pie | Frugal Foodie Mama

The Best Maple Pumpkin Spice Pie | Simple Bites

Maple Pumpkin Spice Pie | Simple Bites

Paleo Pumpkin PIe | Everyday Maven

Paleo Pumpkin Pie | Everyday Maven

Pumpkin Biscoff Mousse Pie | Frugal Foodie Mama

Pumpkin Biscoff Mousse Pie | Frugal Foodie Mama

Semi-Homemade Apple Pie | Cupcake Diaries

Semi-Homemade Apple Pie | Cupcake Diaries

Sour Cream Apple Pie | Taste and Tell

Sour Cream Apple Pie | Taste and Tell

Sweet Potato Pie | Kelli's Kitchen

Sweet Potato Pie | Kelli's Kitchen

Other Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes

Easy Homemade Pumpkin Ice Cream | Confessions of an Overworked Mom

Easy Homemade Pumpkin Ice Cream | Confessions of an Overworked Mom

Easy Pumpkin Spice Bread Pudding with Maple Bourbon Sauce | American Heritage Cooking


Maple Pumpkin Pudding (with Maple Spiced Pecans) | Pastry Chef Online

Pecan Pie Shortbread | The View from Great Island

Pumpkin Brûlées | Amy's Healthy Baking

Pumpkin Brûlées | Amy's Healthy Baking

Pumpkin Cannoli | Snappy Gourmet

Pumpkin Cannoli | Snappy Gourmet

Pumpkin Caramel Latte Flan | Pastry Chef Online

Pumpkin Caramel Latte Flan | Pastry Chef Online

Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip | Like Mother, Like Daughter

Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip | Like Mother, Like Daughter

Pumpkin Cheesecaketini | Snappy Gourmet

Pumpkin Cheesecaketini | Snappy Gourmet

Pumpkin Cheesecake Trifle | Mom On Timeout

Pumpkin Cheesecake Trifle | Mom On Timeout

Pumpkin Pot de Crème with Maple Whipped Cream | The View from Great Island

Pumpkin Spice Krispy Treats | Cupcake Diaries

Reese's Turkeys | Mom on Timeout

Reese's Turkeys | Mom On Timeout

White Chocolate Pumpkin Fudge | Cupcake Diaries


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