Best Holiday Pies and Tarts
Here are The Best Holiday Pies and Tarts to come out of my kitchen, suitable for a celebration! The perfect indulgence for any holiday!
Whether you’re looking for Thanksgiving Recipes or Christmas Recipes, pies are a wonderful way to cap off a holiday meal!
Why You Must Make
- Chocolate is always requested when it comes to dessert for family gatherings. So it’s probably no surprise that a number of our favorite holiday pies are laden with chocolate.
- Pies are not an everyday dessert but, instead, reserved for special occasions like Thanksgiving and Christmas. So it’s best to use a tried and true recipe worthy of a celebration.
- There are numerous varieties and flavors of pies, so there will certainly be one that your family will love.
I’m the lone family member who swoons after a bite or two of coconut cream or pecan pie, but I can only rotate those into the mix every few years. Double-crusted fruit pies are crowd-pleasers, too, whether apple, raspberry, or blueberry.
I love searching for new inspiration each year, like this post on Favorite Thanksgiving Pies! What’s your favorite pie?
Best Holiday Pies
This Homemade Apple Pie has a sweet, fall-spiced apple filling and a tender flaky crust combined to make the best autumn and holiday pie!
Bourbon Pecan Pie belongs on your Thanksgiving menu. It’s pure Americana and the perfect way to celebrate!
This Banana Cream Pie Recipe is made with a buttery pastry crust, an exquisite vanilla custard, sweet banana slices, and whipped cream swirls to garnish.
The Classic French Silk Pie is a rich, luscious, and unforgettable chocolate dessert. You’ll become a fan after only one bite. Guaranteed!
Fudge Topped Chocolate Ice Cream Pie - That Skinny Chick Can Bake
This ice cream pie is perfect for summer holidays and celebrations, though my crew would eat it in the dead of winter! Made with a cookie crumb crust, chocolate ice cream, and a jar of fudge sauce, it’s super easy to throw together! The only hard part is waiting for it to refreeze!
This Freeze and Bake Blueberry Pie can be baked immediately or check out my best tips for how to freeze now, then bake later!
With a chocolate crust, chocolate mousse, and white chocolate mousse, this Triple Chocolate Mousse Pie is a chocolate lover’s dream!
Lattice Topped Raspberry Pie - That Skinny Chick Can Bake
Raspberry Pie is an ideal summer dessert. You’ll love a slice topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
This impressive Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe with lemon custard and a sweet, billowy meringue topping is nestled in a buttery pastry crust.
This dreamy Black Bottom Chocolate Mousse Pie has a pastry crust, layers of chocolate ganache, mousse, whipped cream, and chocolate curls.
This Homemade Pumpkin Pie is a tasty adaptation of the famous Libby’s pumpkin pie on their canned pumpkin labels. No other pie will suffice when it comes to my family!
This scrumptious Key Lime Pie with Graham Cracker Crust is one blissful citrus dessert! Sweet, tart, and creamy, each bite will make you swoon!
This dreamy Dark Chocolate Satin Pie has a fudgy custard topped with a cloud of whipped cream and a mound of ripe berries!
This Creamy Lemon Tart is bursting with lemon flavor and is incredibly luscious and tasty!
This French Silk Tart with an Oreo crust has the most luscious, silky, and decadent chocolate filling!
Frequently Asked Questions
Tarts differ from most pies since they traditionally only have a bottom crust, and straight sides and are baked in a tart pan with removable sides. Pie plates have sloped sides and can have a single or double crust. If you’re short on time, a tart is often a speedier alternative!
There are one-crust pies, double-crust pies, lattice-topped pies, deep dish pies, cream pies, chiffon pies, hand pies, and no-bake pies.
Pies can be filled with fruit, nuts, custard, cream fillings, and even savory fillings like a chicken pot pie.
More Holiday Pies and Tarts:
Any of these amazing pies would be great Thanksgiving Recipes and Christmas Recipes, or anytime you’re craving a yummy pie!
- Holiday Pie Recipes from Saving Room for Dessert
- Perfect Pie Crust from I Wash You Dry
- 8 Must Bake Pie Recipes for Your Holidays from Bless This Mess
- Apple Crisp Pie from Inside BruCrewLife
- Coconut Cream Pie
- Chocolate Cream Pie with Graham Cracker Crust
- Grasshopper Pie
- Milk Chocolate Tart
- More of the Best Dessert Recipes
- More Delicious Pie Recipes
Pie-Making Essentials:
- Rose Levy Beranbaum’s Rose’s Perfect Pie Plate with Recipe Booklet (SO pretty on the table!)
- KitchenAid 11-Cup Food Processor (quickest way to make pie crusts)
- Slipat Non-Stick Silicone Commercial Size Baking Mat (I roll out my pie crusts on this mat)
- French Rolling Pin
Does your family expect a pie on Thanksgiving? What desserts are a tradition at your house???
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29 Comments on “Best Holiday Pies and Tarts”
Thanks for all this great ideas. Once looks better than the next. For some reason today I’m in the mood for the chocolate ones! I’m drooling.
If you had me over for dinner what on earth would I choose, coconut cream or pecan pie. Wait there was lemon meringue too…just too many choices. ????
There are so many delicious choices or where to begin… I guess we will start at the top of the delicious list and work down from there. All fantastic ideas. Wishing you a super weekend.
What a gorgeous round-up! Pies are a favourite in my house too, but I only have one person to please! Coconut cream is a favourite too.
What an amazing collection of holiday sweets! I want to taste each of them, Liz.
A collection of pies for the ages, it’s difficult to pick a favorite but I’m going to have to go with the mile high lemon Meringue pie ????. I think I’m in love ????
I wish I could try all these! They all look fantastic!
Your pies look ahhmazing! Such a delicious holiday collection!
I want a slice of ALL of them! What an amazing collection of pies, it’s hard to pick a favorite!
Fabulous round-up!
I don’t know which recipe I want to try first!
Love that you’ve included traditional and not so traditional pies for the holidays. Something for everyone.
Your pies are all gorgeous! Chocolate is always a favorite of mine – but they all look so good – hard to know where to start 🙂 Thanks Liz!
Raspberry is my all time favorite pie!
Pinning that Banana Cream. I’ve been looking for just the right recipe.
Awesome i will defiantly try this on Christmas and hopefully it will be as good looking as yours.
Thank you
Lola A. Kyles
It’s definitely time for me to up my pie game. Sadly, apple and sweet potato are the only two in my stash. Thank you for these delicious suggestions. I made sure to pin this so I don’t lose it.
What a great collection of pies, I’d love a slice of that blueberry one. Fruit pies all the way for me 🙂
I’m with your family on loving chocolate but I’ll join you in a slice of coconut cream pie anytime!
These look amazing! Great collection of recipes!
I’m definitely a fruit pie kinda gal, but I would definitely go for that fudge-topped chocolate ice cream pie in a jiffy!
I think I need to make all of these!!
What a wonderful line of pies. I would have a hard time to pick one of those pies would be my favorite, they all look delicious!
If I skip dinner, can I have a slice of each 🙂
wooah Liz!! I am impressed. You really have a great collection of pies on your blog. I have saved the apple pie (it’s gorgeous looking) and the chocolate ice cream pie with fudge.
Oh my, you’re reminding me Christmas is near! Great job, Liz! xoxo
I want to sample them all!! Happy Thanksgiving Liz and Family!!
Oh my. I wouldn’t know which to take a big spoonful of first!
Yes please! I’d love a slice of all of them:@) Of course my boys asked for apple…