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There is something about Thanksgiving Dessert Cupcakes that gets my creative side all excited. I think it’s the seemingly endless combinations of cake, filling and frosting. And then you start adding different crumbles to the tops and my head practically bursts from all the ideas!

I thought it would be fun to gather up my favorite Thanksgiving dessert cupcakes from the bloggersphere and share them with you!

Instead of the ubiquitous pumpkin pie, why not serve a creative cupcake twist instead!

25 Thanksgiving Dessert Cupcakes multiple types of cupcakes with perfect icing

Or maybe in addition to pumpkin pie…because there might be family riots if that pie isn’t on the dessert table. We can’t have that.

Enough chit chat. I bring you the most delicious Thanksgiving desserts turned into CUPCAKES!!!

*If you would like to pin this round-up, please pin the collage at the beginning of the post! If you would like to pin the individual recipes, please click through to the site where they are posted and pin from the original post! Thank you for reading and pinning!*

Sweet Potato Pie or Casserole Cupcakes!

Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes by Chef Lindsey Farr

Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes with Homemade Marshmallow Frosting | Everything you love about sweet potato casserole in an adorable cupcake!.
5 from 2 ratings

Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes {Homemade Marshmallow Frosting}

These delectable Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes have a spiced sweet potato cake, a brown sugar pecan topping and a generous swirl of homemade marshmallow frosting!
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Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes with Homemade Marshmallow Frosting | Everything you love about sweet potato casserole in an adorable cupcake!!

Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Spiced Buttercream by Spicy Southern Kitchen

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Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Spiced Buttercream

Quick and easy Sweet Potato Cupcakes topped with a spiced buttercream. Move over pumpkin! Sweet potatoes are in the house. These cupcakes make a great fall dessert.
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Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Toasted Marshmallow Frosting by Taste and Tell

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Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Toasted Marshmallow Frosting

Forget the casserole and go straight for dessert! These moist, spiced sweet potato cupcakes are topped with a marshmallow frosting, and then toasted to give them that familiar Thanksgiving flavor.
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Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Maple Marshmallow Frosting by Overtime Cook

Overtime Cook sweet potato cupcakes with marshmallow frosting.

Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Maple Marshmallow Frosting

Sweet Potato Cupcakes topped with Maple Marshmallow Frosting are flavorful, moist and so unique!
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Apple Pie Cupcakes!

Apple Pie Cupcakes  by Spoonful of Flavor

Spoonful of Flavor Apple Pie Cupcakes with Vanilla bean Frosting.

Apple Pie Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream

These Apple Pie Cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting are the perfect fall treat. Apple pie filling is layered inside a ring of sweet vanilla frosting for a taste of homemade apple pie in cupcake form!
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Apple Pie Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream by Beyond Frosting

Beyond Frosting Apple Pie Cupcakes.

Apple Pie Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream

These Apple Pie Cupcakes are the perfect fall dessert! Made-from-scratch brown sugar cupcakes are filled with an ooey-gooey homemade apple pie filling, then topped with a light and creamy maple buttercream frosting!
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Beyond Frosting Apple Pie Cupcakes

Apple Pie Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream by Life Made Sweeter

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Apple Pie Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream

Apple spiced cupcakes stuffed with an apple pie filling, topped off with salted caramel buttercream frosting and caramel drizzle.
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Apple Pie Cupcakes by Inspired Taste

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Apple Pie Cupcakes

A fun and easy apple pie cupcake recipe made with cinnamon roll dough, spiced apples and a crumble topping. How can it go wrong?
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Caramel Apple Cupcakes!

Caramel Apple Cupcakes by Chef Lindsey Farr

Caramel Apple Cupcakes on marble cake stand.
4.20 from 5 ratings

Caramel Apple Cupcakes

These Caramel Apple Cupcakes are a moist cinnamon cake filled with a spiced apple compote and are frosted with an easy salted caramel buttercream!
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Caramel Apple Cupcakes

Caramel Apple Cupcakes by The Baker Mama

Baker Mama Caramel Apple Cupcakes.

Caramel Apple Cupcakes

Spiced apple cupcakes covered with gooey caramel and crunchy nuts for fun and tasty Caramel Apple Cupcakes. A fall treat!
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Baker Mama Caramel Apple Cupcakes

Caramel Apple Cupcakes by Your Cup of Cake

Your Cup of Cake Caramel Apple Cupcakes.

Caramel Apple Cupcakes

However, as pretty as I can get my cupcakes, that’s how ugly my caramel apples turn out every year. These cupcakes are the solution!
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Caramel Apple Cupcakes by Taste of Lizzy T’s

Taste of Lizzy Caramel Apple Cupcakes.

Caramel Apple Cupcakes

Caramel apple cupcakes are soft cupcakes flavored with apples and caramel in both the cupcake and the buttercream frosting. Decorate the top with apple slices and drizzle with caramel for a pretty look.
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Taste of Lizzy Caramel Apple Cupcakes

Caramel Apple Cupcakes by Cincy Shopper

Cincy Shopper Caramel Apple Cupcakes.

Caramel Apple Cupcakes

Cake mixed with caramel, apples and oh goodness the nuts! YUM!
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Caramel Apple Butter Cupcakes by The Snappy Gourmet

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Caramel Apple Butter Cupcakes

Caramel Apple Butter Cupcakes recipe with Caramel Apple Cream Cheese frosting, a great dessert for fall, Halloween, or even Thanksgiving! Such a fun gourmet cupcake recipe!
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Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, or any combination thereof Cupcakes!

Pumpkin Pecan Pie Cupcakes by Chef Lindsey Farr

Toasted Pecan Pumpkin Cupcakes Maple Caramel Frosting.
4.80 from 5 ratings

Pumpkin Pecan Pie Cupcakes

A soft, moist pumpkin cake is lightly spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, mace and ginger; topped with a brown sugar toasted pecan crumble prior to baking; filled with a pecan pie filling; and frosted with a brown sugar bourbon cream cheese frosting!
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Pumpkin Pecan Pie Cupcake with Bourbon Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes by Six Sisters Stuff

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Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

These Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes have all the delicious flavor of pumpkin pie in a cupcake! We love the homemade soft pumpkin cake topped with fluffy buttercream frosting. These cupcakes will be a hit at your next holiday party!
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 Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcakes by Half Baked Harvest

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Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcakes with Butter Pecan Frosting

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcakes with Butter Pecan Frosting.…pecan pie, but in cupcake form and so good.
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Pecan Pie Pumpkin Cupcakes by Yummy Crumble

YummyCrumble Pecan Pie Pumpkin Cupcakes.

Pecan Pie Pumpkin Cupcakes

I took my favorite pumpkin cupcake recipe and after baking, filled them with an easy pecan pie filling.  I just baked the pie without the crust.  After all, we just need the good stuff.
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Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing by Life, Love and Sugar

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Fluffy Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

You can’t possibly taste these cupcakes and tell me they’re not perfection. Just look at how soft and fluffy they are with that moist cake and the super smooth dollop of frosting on top! These fall-spirited treats are flavored with pumpkin puree as well as a classic combination of warm pumpkin spices.
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Pecan Pie Cupcakes by The Cupcake Project

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Diving into these maple pecan cupcakes from the top, you’ll be met with butter pecan buttercream frosting that tastes exactly like butter pecan ice cream – so much so that you may be tempted to put it in a bowl and eat it with a spoon.  
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Or you can turn the pumpkin pie upside down with these Maple Cupcakes with Pumpkin Pie Frosting by Amy’s Healthy Baking

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Maple Cupcakes with Pumpkin Pie Frosting

Easy, lightened-up cupcakes filled with fall flavors! Sweet, cozy & the perfect comfort food treat. Just wait ’til you try that creamy frosting!
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Don’t forget the Apple Cobbler!

Apple Cobbler Cupcake with Pumpkin Pie Frosting (I know, right?!) by  The Cupcake Project

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Apple Cupcakes

These apple cupcakes are favorites every fall in our household. They are like eating an apple cobbler in cupcake form!
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Miscellaneous Awesome Cupcakes…Because they don’t totally fit the theme but they were too cute to leave off!

Cinnamon Sugar Almond Cupcakes by Life, Love and Sugar

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Cinnamon Sugar Almond Cupcakes

If you love cinnamon sugar on almonds as much as I do, you’re going to fall in love with these cinnamon sugar almond cupcakes! Mouth-wateringly sweet cupcakes topped with nutty almonds. Yum!
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Chocolate Fall Leaf Cupcakes by Pint Sized Baker

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You won’t believe how easy these fall leaves cupcakes were to decorate. Yellow and Orange frosting with chocolate leaves are so stunning for your Autumn Party.
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Pint Sized Baker Fall Leaves Cupcakes (32)

Toasted Pecan Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Caramel Frosting by Chef Lindsey Farr

Toasted Pecan Pumpkin Cupcakes Maple Caramel Frosting.
5 from 1 ratings

Toasted Pecan Pumpkin Cupcakes Maple Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

Moist pumpkin cupcakes studded with toasted pecans and topped with a sweet and creamy Maple Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting!
Toasted Pecan Pumpkin Cupcakes Maple Caramel Frosting

Let’s end with my little brother’s favorite pie…CHERRY!

Chocolate Cherry Pie Cupcakes by Yellow Bliss Road

Yellow Bliss Road Chocolate Cherry Pie Cupcakes.

Chocolate Cherry Cake

Sweet cherry pie filling combined with luscious dark chocolate cake mix, all topped with a decadent Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting. Who could ask for more?
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Yellow Bliss Road Chocolate Cherry Pie Cupcakes

Hi, I’m Chef Lindsey!

I am the baker, recipe developer, writer, and photographer behind Chef Lindsey Farr. I believe in delicious homemade food and the power of dessert!

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47 Comments

    1. Thank you for letting me include your sweet potato cupcakes! They look amazing – just like *everything* you bake!

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  2. Lindsey, ok, I LOVE that you shared a CUPCAKE round-up for Thanksgiving!!! Brilliant because cupcakes are just the right size after you’ve stuffed yourself silly with turkey and mashed potatoes. . because even after you’ve eaten for like 3 hrs, you still need dessert. LOVE your Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes!!!!

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    1. That is sooo true, Alice! I always have to take a little breather before dessert too lol! And dessert for me, especially on Thanksgiving, is NEVER optional! Thank you 🙂

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  3. I don’t have words for you…which is a problem considering we’re bloggers! But seriously – every picture and recipe was better than the one before! Beautiful job!

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    1. Thanks, Annie! I run into the no-word problem quite frequently…too frequently. All I can think to say it omgsogoodmusttry!

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  5. I’ll take one of each, please! So much delectable goodness. Thank you so much for including my recipe!

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  6. Thanks for including my cupcakes! Wish I had looked at this AFTER lunch. 🙂 Now I’m hungry because all the cupcakes look delicious!

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  7. Oh my heavens! I need these cupcakes in my life!! They all look amazing! Thanks for the inspiration. 🙂

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  8. What a great roundup of cupcakes, Lindsey! All of these are seriously making me drool. Pinning a bunch!

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