These healthy Thanksgiving desserts are the perfect way to round out your Thanksgiving meal. Recipes include pies, bars, cinnamon rolls, muffins, cookies, and more!
I’ll let you in on a little secret—I’m not a huge fan of the traditional Thanksgiving meal. I could take it or leave it. Sure, I enjoy a good Thanksgiving side dish, but honestly, I look forward to the desserts, fun cocktails, and leftovers the most.
But what does “healthy” Thanksgiving dessert even mean?
To me, a healthy Thanksgiving dessert is made with real food ingredients. None of these recipes use refined flours or refined sugar. That doesn’t mean they’re sugar-free—some include natural sweeteners like fruit, honey, or maple syrup. It’s all about creating a slightly lighter version of the classics using wholesome ingredients, without sacrificing flavor.
Take a scroll through the recipes! For years, my favorite was my apple crisp, but lately, I’ve been leaning toward frosted pumpkin cookies. Let me know if you try anything!
Healthy Thanksgiving Desserts
These Gluten-Free Pecan Pie Bars have a sweet crunchy topping, with a cinnamon maple filled gooey center, which sits on top of a hearty oatmeal crust! Enjoy!
This oat flour pie crust is a perfectly flakey, easy-to-make, whole grain gluten-free crust option for any pie!
These healthy baked pumpkin donuts are SUPER easy and fast to make, plus they use real pumpkin and spices to pack in flavor in every bite!
These healthy pumpkin cookies are light and cakey, but also just a little bit chewy, made with whole-grain oat flour you’d never guess they are healthy!
This is my go-to apple crisp recipe filled with tender caramelized apples under a buttery crunchy oatmeal topping that is 100% gluten-free!
Pumpkin Pie bars are an irresistible slightly healthier spin on a classic treat. Traditional pumpkin pie baked on top of an almond flour crust and topped with a date caramel sauce.
These Healthy Cinnamon Rolls are made without yeast, refined grains, or refined sugar, and doused with an optional greek yogurt cream cheese frosting!
Sweet Potato Coffee Brownie Cake is fudgy and dense with a delicious coffee cake crumb topping!
Warm paleo pumpkin cookies are bursting with mini chocolate chips in every bite! These cookies are the perfect healthy holiday treat for pumpkin season!
These healthy cranberry orange muffins are buttery, moist, sweet, filling, and bursting with cranberries in each bite.
These Healthy Popcorn Balls are made with just four ingredients: popcorn, honey, peanut butter, and chocolate! Super easy and healthy popcorn ball recipe!
These healthy stuffed baked apples can be made in the toaster/convection oven and are the PERFECT dessert when you want a treat this fall, but want to stay on track!
Cranberry Bliss Bars are shortbread cookie bars with tart dried cranberries & creamy white chocolate chips, topped with a layer of cool frosting.
These No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal cookies are the perfect peanut butter chocolate filled treat for any occasion!
These healthy Thanksgiving desserts are a win for flavor and nutrition!