Must-Try Pies for Thanksgiving 2023

THESE SHOWSTOPPING DESSERTS ARE BOUND TO BECOME NEW HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

Maple Pumpkin Pie with Pumpkin Streusel
Michele’s Pies’ Maple Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Streusel

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

Apple Pie

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.

Pecan 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.

Emporium Pies’ Drunken Nut 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!

Apple Walnut 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.

Silk Pie

Achatz Pies’ Autumn Harvest Silk Pie

A two-in-one masterpiece, this Autumn Harvest Silk Pie has a flaky crust that’s topped with a layer of gooey pecan pie topped with a layer of pumpkin pie, and it’s topped with whipped cream and more pecans.

Malai Ice Cream’s Butterscotch Butter Pecan Ice Cream Pie

Malai Ice Cream’s Butterscotch Butter Pecan Ice Cream Pie

A Norwalk, Connecticut, must-visit since it opened in 2007, Michele’s 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.

Cherry Crumb 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.

maple pumpkin pie

Michele’s Pies’ Maple Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Streusel

A Norwalk, Connecticut, must-visit since it opened in 2007, Michele’s 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.

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Caramel Pecan Apple Pie

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, and is made with a whopping 18 Golden Delicious apples. It’s finished in your home oven, and topped with pecan-studded caramel.

Wick’s Pies Thanksgiving Pie 3-Pack

Wick’s Pies’ Thanksgiving Pie 3-Pack

Wick’s 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.

Royers Round Top Cafe’s Texas Trash 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!

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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!