Cake rolls are a classic holiday dessert too, though they’re usually chocolate and dressed up as yule logs to be served in December. This pumpkin version is a dense, moist cake full of cream cheese frosting and dusted with powdered sugar.

If you walk into Thanksgiving with these, everyone will gather — they’re utterly adorable. These dumplings are kind of like little self-contained pies loaded with pears and cinnamon. If they’re as delicious as they look, you might be asked to make them again next year.

Individual pumpkin mousse cups look so elegant, and mousse is a lighter option if your family is usually too full to stuff down a dense slice of pie. This recipe only calls for six ingredients, minimal effort on your part, and a few hours to chill in the fridge.

Mousse but for the table — a pumpkin trifle is pretty to look at and perfect to serve family- or buffet-style. This one has layers of pumpkin mousse, Biscoff cookies and toffee crunch, and whipped cream. Pass it down!

Apple crisp never disappoints — it’s sweet and cinnamon-y, with soft apple bites and crunchy bits. Best of all, it is absolutely divine with a scoop of cold vanilla ice cream on top. This recipe comes together in the slow cooker instead of in the oven, like most desserts, because we all know it’ll probably be full of turkey and sides anyway.

If your relatives take no other leftovers home, they’re going to want a few of these to go, please and thanks. And how could they not? These buttery, brown-sugary, bourbon-y squares with crunchy pecans on top are going to be a new family favorite.

Tiramisu, parfaits, and caramel macchiatos are all good on their own, but combined? Oh my. This dessert sounds complex but only requires eight ingredients and about 20 minutes to put together.

Tarts are technically not pies, but they’re pie-adjacent if you know your family will expect something akin to apple pie after dinner. And this apple tart is a real stunner if you want to bring the most Instagram-able dessert to Thanksgiving dinner.

Thanksgiving dessert just got cuter. These pumpkin chai cupcakes sound so good — they’re flavored with real chai tea, brown sugar, and pumpkin puree — and topped with fondant pumpkins and homemade frosting. You could totally skip the pumpkin toppers if you’re not optimistic about how yours will turn out, or find something similar premade.

These bars are neither pumpkin pie nor pecan pie; they’re both, and all the tastier for it. They mix the flavors and textures of both classic pies together in a bar form that’s easy to pick up and dunk in an after-dinner cup of coffee.

Apples aren’t the only autumnal fruit, you know. Pear tarts are a gorgeous way to feature these seasonal fruits front and center. They take about 30 minutes to prep and a little over an hour to cook.

With a name like that, this cheesecake is bound to be good. Baked By Rachel’s recipe yields one apple butter cheesecake flavored with cinnamon and nutmeg, held together on the bottom by a graham cracker crust, and topped with little dollops of fresh whipped cream.

Want to make cookies with the kids, or for them to eat after dinner? These turkey cookies are too cute and would be fun to put together as a family. The recipe just calls for slice-and-bake sugar cookies for the easiest possible baking experience, or you could replicate the design on any kind of cookie you prefer.

If you’ve never had a tres leches cake, you’re missing out. Share the wealth with your family at Thanksgiving with A Cozy Kitchen’s pumpkin tres leches. The tips in her post will help you nail the perfect texture if it’s your first time.

There’s so much food to make on Thanksgiving, and part of the appeal of pies is that many are pretty easy to throw together. This apple cobbler is simple to make — the longest step is just slicing up all the apples — and it bakes in 45 minutes or less.

Say no more. This cheesecake looks absolutely heavenly, and Jessica in the Kitchen’s recipe is written so that it won’t melt (which she writes is a common problem for vegan versions of the dessert). The pecan-and-date crust sounds like the perfect crunchy complement to the pumpkin cheesecake on top.

These homemade whoopie pies are a bit more of an undertaking, but if you enjoy baking, you’ll love the process of putting these little cookie sandwiches together. They’re made with chocolate cookies and fresh cream cheese filling, so while they look like pumpkins, they’re more kid-friendly in flavor.

Pumpkin crunch is a super dense, rich cake (kind of like if cake and pie made a delicious little dessert baby) loaded with pecans for a special crunch-factor. It’s got all the flavors you want in a Thanksgiving dessert, down to the whipped topping, but in a new format.

If you need a real showstopper, here you go. You can probably pull off a turkey cake better than you think, and even if it comes out a little wonky, maybe your cake will give everyone a new, hilarious holiday memory to talk about for years to come.