25 Fun Thanksgiving Cookies That Everyone Will Gobble Up
The best cookies for Thanksgiving! These easy fall cookies decorated Thanksgiving cookies, homemade round and drop cookies, and quick no bake sweet treats for your dessert table.
If there’s one dessert everyone loves, it’s cookies!
They’re simple and no fuss, easy to grab and eat, and small enough to enjoy a few.
You’re probably quite familiar with holiday cookies, but have you ever made them for Thanksgiving?
Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner, or attending a potluck or Friendsgiving gathering, cookies are such an easy dessert to bring.
I put together a list of the best Thanksgiving cookie ideas, so you have tons of easy recipes to choose from!
There are simple drop cookies, homemade ones with fall flavors like apple, pumpkin, and pecan, and even some no-bake treats that are SO easy.
Make a batch or two of these Thanksgiving cookies for your holiday celebration, and watch everyone gobble them up.
Let’s check ‘em out!
(🍂 Looking for more festive entertaining ideas? Check out these Thanksgiving charcuterie board ideas, easy bite-size finger food appetizers, delicious cute and fun Thanksgiving treats, and make-ahead holiday snacks and starters.)
Easy Thanksgiving Cookies
Pumpkin Pie Cookies
Pumpkin Pie Cookies are the perfect way to enjoy all the flavors of pumpkin pie without all the work.
Made with simple ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen, these cookies are perfect for a Thanksgiving party.
Turkey Oreo Truffles
Kids and adults alike will love munching on these fun Turkey Oreo Balls.
With just 3 ingredients, you can prep these in advance and have them ready for holiday snacking.
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies are delicious pumpkin cookie sandwiches.
Two light and fluffy cookies sandwiched together with a sweet cream cheese frosting, what’s not to love?!
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
Irresistible Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars include a buttery crust, layer of creamy cheesecake, spiced apples, and a crumble topping with caramel drizzle.
It's a perfect combination of sweet, creamy and crunchy, which will have everyone hooked from the first bite!
Easy Acorn Cookies
Embrace the cozy spirit of fall with adorable Acorn Cookies.
With just three simple ingredients—mini Nilla wafers, chocolate kisses, and butterscotch chips—these sweet little treats are a breeze to make. No baking required!
Canadian Butter Tarts
Canadian Butter Tarts are a sensational treat with a crisp-but-flaky pastry shell, a slightly runny filling, and a rich caramel flavor.
Find out why these are one of Canada’s most popular desserts!
Cinnamon Sweet Potato Pie Cookies
Cinnamon Sweet Potato Pie Cookies are made with ready-made cookie mix, sweet potato, and cinnamon bun flavored frosting, and white chocolate chips!
Everyone will think you bought them at a fancy bakery like Crumbl, but little will they know you made them yourself with simple box mix and ready made frosting.
Cranberry Bliss Bars
Cranberry Bliss Bars are a homemade copycat version of Starbucks' ever-popular seasonal dessert.
Speckled with white chocolate chips and dried cranberries, these beauties are extremely hard to resist.
Carrot Cake Mix Cookies
These Cake Mix Carrot Cake Cookies are made from a simple box mix and a little sour cream to add extra moisture.
You can expect supple, soft, and delicately spiced cookies with minimal ingredients.
Pumpkin Pie Thumbprint Cookies
These adorable Pumpkin Pie Thumbprint Cookies look and taste like mini pumpkin pies!
They’re ultra buttery, easy to make and require zero chill time.
Turkey Gobbler Treats
With just a few storebought ingredients, you can put together these adorable Turkey Gobbler Oreos. They’re also a fun project to entertain the kids!
No-Bake Candy Corn Peanut Butter Bars
Sweet Candy Corn Peanut Bars are creamy, salty and sweet all wrapped up into an easy, no bake bar.
Perfect for fall, they’re full of marshmallows, peanut butter, candy corn and butterscotch - an amazing combo of sweet and salty.
Molasses Cinnamon Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip pecan cookies are a cozy twist on classic chocolate chip cookies.
Packed with cinnamon-roasted pecans, molasses, and chocolate chips- these bakery-worthy cookies have a rich buttery flavor everyone will go “nuts” for!
Pilgrim Hat Cookies
Step into the Thanksgiving spirit with these adorable Pilgrim Hat Cookies!
Crafted from fudge-striped shortbread cookies and adorned with yellow frosting, Reese’s Miniature Cups, and mini orange M&M’s, they’ll really offer a festive touch to your holiday table.
Pecan Bars with Shortbread Crust
Change up your regular pie with these Pecan Bars!
They have all the delicious flavors your’re used to, with the ease of bite-size cookie bars.
Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Not only do these Pumpkin Cookies embrace the beloved pumpkin flavor, but the added touch of the tangy and velvety texture of the cream cheese frosting takes them to the next level.
Best of all, they’re super easy to make because they start with boxed cake mix.
Chewy Apple Pie Cookies
Soft and chewy Apple Pie Cookies are packed with white chocolate chips and taste just like a warm apple pie!
If you want a lighter dessert to serve, this is perfect!
Painted Turkey Sugar Cookies
Painted Turkey Sugar Cookies are like edible art! Crunchy, citrus-vanilla sugar cookies are cut out in pieces, then easily assembled into 3D turkeys.
Sponge painting with food coloring to create beautiful, multi-colored feathers is fun and easy.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Delicious Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies make for a perfect Thanksgiving dessert or treat.
If you like pumpkin pie and chocolate, you’ll love these cookies! They taste great either hot from the oven or even cold from the refrigerator.
No Bake Thanksgiving Acorn Cookies
If you’re looking for a cute no bake Thanksgiving dessert, these Nutter Butter Acorns are it!
They take under 20 minutes to make, and look adorable on a platter.
Pecan Pie Cheesecake Bars
Merging two delicious desserts, Pecan Pie Cheesecake Cookie Bars combines creamy cheesecake with a candied pecan pie filling and piles it on to a graham cracker crust.
It’s heavenly!
Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies
Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies are basically the perfect easy Thanksgiving dessert.
These soft cream cheese cookies have a creamy pumpkin cheesecake filling and buttery graham cracker topping.
They're basically pumpkin cheesecakes in cookie form!
Pecan Tassies
Pecan Tassies are like mini pecan pies in cookie form!
These bite-size morsels will disappear from your dessert platter in no time.
Pumpkin Pie Snickerdoodles
Pumpkin Pie Snickerdoodles are super soft and chewy and melt in your mouth.
Your house will smell amazing, and you’ll have a tasty Thanksgiving-flavored treat to munch on before or after dinner.
Soft White Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies
Easy, chewy, and tender White Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies are perfect for after dinner, or to snack on all Thanksgiving weekend long.
You’ll keep going back for more!
Ready to try some fun Thanksgiving cookies recipes?
I hope this list of easy Thanksgiving cookies has given you tons of inspiration for new desserts to make this holiday season.
From decorated turkey cookies to simple homemade drop cookies, there’s something for every type of celebration!
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