Recipes Holidays and Events Recipes Thanksgiving Desserts 16 No-Bake Thanksgiving Desserts By Vanessa Greaves Vanessa Greaves Vanessa Greaves is a Senior Editor at Allrecipes with nearly two decades of experience helping home cooks gain confidence in the kitchen. A self-taught cook who grew up reading cookbooks for fun, Vanessa lives and breathes the challenges faced by busy everyday cooks to get dinner on the table. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines and Bailey Fink Bailey Fink Bailey Fink is a devout home cook and assistant editor at Allrecipes. She has written over 200 stories covering everything from cooking methods and storage techniques to grocery shopping on a budget, how-to guides, product reviews, and important food-related news. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Updated on October 18, 2023 Trending Videos Close this video player There's no rule that says all great Thanksgiving desserts have to come from an oven. If baking's not your bag, or your oven will be otherwise occupied (looking at you, turkey), check out these no-bake Thanksgiving desserts you can make without touching that oven dial. 01 of 17 Chef John's Dark Chocolate Mousse View Recipe Cynthia Ross A pinch of chile powder intensifies the chocolaty goodness of this rich and creamy dessert. After a quick 20-minute stovetop prep, you can spoon the mousse into individual glasses, ramekins, or cups to chill in the fridge. Top with extra whipped cream and shaved chocolate to make it photo-ready. 14 Favorite Chocolate Thanksgiving Desserts 02 of 17 Slow Cooker Apple Crisp View Recipe Allrecipes Talk about an easy dump dessert. This apple crisp is made entirely in the slow cooker but will still have the crispy topping and tender apples that you love in the traditional oven-baked version. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. 03 of 17 Tiramisu View Recipe vale Store-bought ladyfinger cookies are soaked in rum and coffee, then layered in a serving dish with enriched mascarpone and whipped cream. After an overnight soak in the fridge, this Italian dessert gets a dusting of cocoa powder to embellish before serving. 04 of 17 No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Cake View Recipe Angela Thompson This elegant-looking dessert takes a few shortcuts, such as using graham crackers instead of baked puff pastry for the layers and vanilla pudding instead of pastry cream for the filling, but reviewers have awarded it a solid five-star rating. "This recipe is definitely a 'keeper.' My husband, who usually doesn't eat many sweets, couldn't get enough of this cake! He kept going back for more! The kids also loved it, and they are picky eaters," says 1BUSYMNTX. 05 of 17 Peanut Butter Pie View Recipe You can use a ready-made graham cracker crumb or an Oreo cookie crumb pie crust for this recipe. MARPRINC went totally rogue and froze the pie before adding a layer of hot fudge sauce and then topping it with whipped cream. 06 of 17 Buckeye Cookies View Recipe Dianne Looking like they just dropped off a chestnut tree, these chocolate-dipped peanut butter balls would make an eye-catching addition to a dessert buffet. 07 of 17 No-Bake Chocolate Oat Bars View Recipe You're going to want to save room for these kind-of-good-for-you layers of oats, dark chocolate, and peanut butter. Home cook KRANEY raves, "What a great dessert! Took me only 15 minutes, start to finish. Very rich — a small bar goes a long way!" 08 of 17 Boardwalk Quality Maple Walnut Fudge View Recipe SHORECOOK Guess what? You can make this creamy rich fudge in your microwave. For another layer of flavor, pan-toast the walnuts and let them cool before adding them to the mix. House of Aqua declares, "Seriously, this stuff is amazing! I got the idea from another who made this recipe to use some candy cup papers, and I used a small cookie scoop to measure fudge into each cup. The papers peel off easily, and you have perfect-looking and even tastier fudge!" Our Favorite Holiday Fudge Recipes to Make and Share 09 of 17 Poached Pears Belle Helene View Recipe Chef John If you want to impress the heck out of your Thanksgiving guests, dish up these elegant (and surprisingly easy) poached pears. Just serve them with ice cream and a pool of ready-made chocolate sauce, and take your compliments like a grown-up. 10 of 17 Frozen Peanut Butter Cheesecake View Recipe naples43102 Chocolate-coated crispy rice cereal forms the crust for this no-bake cheesecake. Even though it's quite rich, you'll be surprised by how quick and easy the whole thing is to prep. JIXJAX recommends taking it out of the freezer for at least 15 minutes before serving to make it easier to slice through the chocolate. Peanut Butter Desserts We're Nuts About 11 of 17 Double-Layer Pumpkin Pie View Recipe pamsterkin This delicious and gorgeous double-layer pie has a layer of traditional cheesecake and a layer of pumpkin cheesecake for the best of both worlds. With its light and fluffy texture, guests will devour this pie even faster than your regular pumpkin pie. 12 of 17 The Best Banana Pudding View Recipe DHUNTER9 For some Southern families, Thanksgiving wouldn't be Thanksgiving without banana pudding. But even non-Southerners would delight in this top-rated, no-bake recipe 13 of 17 Chocolate Pie View Recipe footballgrl16 This chocolate pudding pie is easy to make and sets up in just an hour, so you can make it right before your guests arrive, and it will be ready by the time you're finished eating dinner. Use a graham cracker or Oreo crust and your favorite chocolate pudding mix to make this pie a winner this holiday. 14 of 17 No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie View Recipe bd.weld Fill a pie crust with cream cheese, whipped topping, powdered sugar, and pumpkin pie filling to create this cross between two of our favorite desserts. Reviewers recommend freezing it to set it (versus refrigerating it). Or, take a cue from reviewer Amanda: "This pie really had the flavors of fall and would be great to make ahead and freeze!" 15 of 17 Gingersnap Pumpkin Trifle View Recipe This trifle not only tastes great with gingersnaps, pumpkin cheesecake, vanilla pudding, candied pecans, and whipped cream, but it will also look beautiful on your dessert table. And the best part is it only takes 30 minutes to whip up, although your guests will think you spent all day making it. 16 of 17 Maple-Pumpkin Pudding in the Slow Cooker View Recipe Tammy Lynn Thank goodness for slow cookers because this dessert is the perfect set-and-forget. Reviewers say this pudding tastes like pumpkin pie without the crust and is much easier to make than a traditional pie. Although the recipe says to cook it for six hours, reviewers say it is ready to serve in just two. 17 of 17 More Inspiration Allrecipes Save Room for 20 of Our Most Popular Thanksgiving Desserts A Thanksgiving Menu for Two More Thanksgiving Desserts Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit