Must-Try Pies for Thanksgiving 2024

Published on November 9th, 2022
Updated on November 20th, 2024

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Thanksgiving isn’t Thanksgiving without the pie! Turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce might be well and good, but if you don’t save a little stomach space for dessert, you’re just not doing it right. The most popular Thanksgiving pies may be the classic apple pie and pumpkin pie, but those are just the tip of the iceberg (pies-berg?). America’s best pies for Thanksgiving, from some of the country’s most acclaimed bakeries, are being shipped to your door in time for the holiday, and these are some of our favorites.

Best Thanksgiving Pies

The Elegant Farmer’s Apple Pie Baked in a Paper Bag

From a family-run dairy farm and bakery that’s been going strong since 1946, The Elegant Farmer’s Apple Pie Baked in a Paper Bag is loaded with juicy Ida Red apples and topped with a rustic, cracked crust that’s delicate and almost sugar cookie-like.

Apple Pie Baked in a Paper Bag® >

Pots & Pans Pie Company’s Caramel Pumpkin Pie

What started as a pop-up pie shop in 2016 turned into a brick-and-mortar bakery in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2018. Clarissa Morley bakes an incredible Caramel Pumpkin Pie made with an espresso graham cracker crust that is filled with creamy pumpkin filling infused with cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg, and caramelized sugar and topped with Pepitas (pumpkin seeds).

Caramel Pumpkin Pie >

Commander’s Palace’s Pecan Pie

Commander’s Palace is one of New Orleans’ most renowned and iconic restaurants, and their signature pecan pie is a true showstopper, with a crust that’s just sturdy enough to hold the thick, rich, pecan-loaded filling in place.

Pecan Pie >

Emporium Pies’ Drunken Nut Pie

Handmade by artisan pie shop Emporium Pies in Dallas, this sweet, gooey, and slightly boozy Drunken Nut Pie features a shortbread crust that cradles a sweet sauce of butter, bourbon, brown sugar, and Texas pecans. No corn syrup here!

The Drunken Nut Pie >

Little Pie Company’s Sour Cream Apple Walnut Pie

Little Pie Company has been going strong near Times Square since 1985, and this Sour Cream Apple Walnut Pie is the star attraction: made with thinly sliced Granny Smith Apples and fresh sour cream and topped with a brown sugar, cinnamon, and walnut streusel, it’s been named the best apple pie in New York by the Daily News.

Sour Cream Apple Walnut Pie >

Achatz Pies’ Autumn Harvest Silk Pie

A two-in-one masterpiece, this Autumn Harvest Silk Pie from Chesterfield, Michigan’s Achatz Handmade Pie Co. has a flaky crust that’s topped with a layer of gooey pecan pie topped with a layer of pumpkin pie. It’s finished off with whipped cream and more pecans.

Autumn Harvest Silk Pie >

Malai Ice Cream’s Butterscotch Butter Pecan Ice Cream Pie

The perfect fusion of pie, ice cream, and all the traditional flavors of Thanksgiving! Brooklyn, New York’s Malai Ice Cream makes this Butterscotch Butter Pecan Ice Cream Pie with the warm, comforting flavor of velvety butterscotch ice cream layered over a graham cracker fennel-infused crust and crowned with crunchy toasted pecans.

Thanksgiving Butterscotch Butter Pecan Ice Cream Pie >

Grand Traverse Pie Company’s Cherry Crumb Pie

The signature pie at Traverse City, Michigan’s renowned Grand Traverse Pie Company, this Cherry Crumb Pie is loaded with Northern Michigan Montmorency cherries and sealed with an irresistible crumb topping.

Grand Traverse Cherry Crumb Pie >

Michele’s Pies’ Maple Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Streusel

A Norwalk, Connecticut, must-visit since it opened in 2007, Michele’s Pies has won countless awards for its pies, especially this Maple Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Streusel. The perfect autumn pie, it’s made with fresh pumpkin and Vermont maple syrup and topped with a generous layer of pecans dusted with brown sugar and cinnamon, all in a flaky old-fashioned crust.

Maple Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Streusel >

Blue Owl Bakery’s Levee High Caramel Pecan Apple Pie

This sky-high Levee High Caramel Pecan Apple Pie from a nearly 40 year-old Missouri icon was named one of Oprah’s Favorite Things. This pie is made with a whopping 18 Golden Delicious apples. It’s finished in your home oven, and topped with pecan-studded caramel.

Levee High Caramel Pecan Apple Pie >

Wick’s Pies’ Thanksgiving Pie 3-Pack

Wick’s Pies started out in 1944 as a small cafe in small-town Indiana, and today it’s one of the state’s most beloved pie makers. They’re still using recipes developed by founder Duane Wickersham’s grandmother all these years later, and the season’s best pies are all included in this Thanksgiving Pie 3-Pack: Southern Pecan, Pumpkin Spice, and Sugar Cream, a regional Indiana specialty and their claim-to-fame.

Wick’s Pies Pie Sampler >

Betty’s Pies’ 5 Layer Butterscotch Cream Pie

This pie is smooth like butter…butterscotch that is! Since the 1950s, this Two Harbors, Minnesota, pie shop has been baking memorable pies. Their 5 Layer Butterscotch Cream Pie is layers of melted butterscotch, cinnamon meringue, whipped cream, and butterscotch whipped cream nestled on a flaky crust.

5 Layer Butterscotch Cream Pie >

Royers Round Top Cafe’s Texas Trash Pie

The wildly delicious Texas Trash Pie, created by Bud “The Pieman” Royer in Round Top, Texas, is basically a candy bar in pie form, loaded with caramel, chocolate chips, coconut, graham crackers and pretzels. Be sure to serve it warm!

Texas Trash Pie >

Pie may make for a great Thanksgiving dessert, but they’re just one part of a (much) bigger feast! Explore all of Goldbelly’s Thanksgiving Pies, Thanksgiving desserts, and shop all Thanksgiving foods while there’s still time!

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