23 Fun And Festive Thanksgiving Desserts That Kids Will Love
Spoiler: You'll love them too.
1. Mini Caramel Apples
3. Mini Peach and Raspberry Pies
Necessary ingredients include fruit, pie crust, and a tiny sidekick to help divide and conquer. Get the recipe.
4. Pilgrim Cupcakes
For the hat, you could channel your inner artist by carefully painting a meticulous design — ORRR you could just stick a marshmallow on a fudge cookie and call it day. Instructions here.
5. Candy Corn Ice Pops
Super easy, with no added sugar. (And you can make these the night before!) Instructions here.
6. Fallen Leaves Cookies
Fun, festive — and downright functional, no? Get the recipe.
7. Fall-Friendly Snack Mix
Things I'm thankful for: Any opportunity to eat puppy chow. Ingredient list here.
8. Cinnamon Sugar Applesauce Bites
9. Fruit Cornucopias
A healthier harvest. Instructions here.
11. Turkey Leg Dessert Treats
13. Chocolate Cereal Pinecones
These take a bit of patience — you're stacking the cereal squares one by one — but they're worth it. Get the instructions.
14. Caramel Apple Dessert Bar
For easy cleanup, a muffin tin with liners can double as a toppings station. How-to here.
15. Chocolate and Peanut Butter Acorn Bites
Nutter Butter bites + Hershey Kisses. Get the instructions.
16. Banana Ghosts and Clementine Pumpkins
No reason these can't make a comeback after Halloween. More here.
17. Puff Pastry Cornucopias
Filled with DIY mousse made from pumpkin, vanilla pudding, and milk. Get the recipe.
18. No-Bake Nutella Cheesecake
I'm just gonna say it: Nutella cheesecake > Pumpkin pie. Get the recipe.
19. 3-Ingredient Chocolate Popcorn Bark
20. Apple Pie Fries
These are made from premade pie crust so they're super inexpensive and easy to assemble. Get the recipe.
21. DIY S'mores Pops
23. Little Turkey Gobblers
Fair warning that these usually turn out to be more popular than the actual turkey. How-to here.