5 Plant-Based Desserts from One Green Planet’s Ultimate Thanksgiving Cookbook

The holiday season is almost upon us, which means it’s also time to indulge in delicious food. These yummy treats are full of fall flavors, and will be featured in our Thanksgiving cookbook, Gratitude: Plant-Based Recipes to Create your own Thanksgiving Tradition.

Included in this festive cookbook will be pumpkin desserts – pies, cakes, puddings, and cookies – but there will also be pears, cranberries, apples, warm spices, and chocolate!

We also highly recommend downloading the Food Monster App  — with over 15,000 delicious recipes it is the largest plant-based recipe resource to help you get healthy! 

1. Pumpkin Pie Bars

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These easy vegan, gluten-free pumpkin pie bars by Alison Corey are made with an oat and almond flour crust and a pumpkin coconut milk filling, topped with a decadent coconut whipped cream and sprinkled with pumpkin pie spice. It’s a must-have on your Thanksgiving table this year!

2. Cinnamon Apple Hand Pies

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These Cinnamon apple hand pies by Anupama Paliwal are pretty easy and simple to make. Plus, they taste awesome. Eating them is a sensual experience in itself because they are buttery, flaky, crisp on the outside, and luscious and sweet inside. Once the hand pies are baked, brush them with a little butter and a generous sprinkle of powdered sugar, then chopped almonds and a spoonful of leftover pie filling. Trust us, you won’t regret adding pie filling on top — it just tastes so divine. Feel free to serve it along with a scoop of ice cream. No matter how you eat them, they are just YUM.

3. White Chocolate Pumpkin Cookie Dough Balls

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This White Chocolate Pumpkin Cookie Dough Balls recipe by Gabrielle St. Claire screams fall, has aesthetic appeal, can be thrown together in no time, can easily be made in bulk, requires minimal ingredients, is non-vegan approved, and is a game-changer! A delicious, bite-sized snack full of your favorite fall flavors.

4. Apple Pear Cranberry Gingerbread Crisp

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This gluten-free, vegan Apple Pear Cranberry Gingerbread Crisp by Tara Sunshine is the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas feast, or holiday potluck. It’s super easy to make and tastes as delicious as it looks! The bonus is, it’s so healthy that you can serve it for dessert — and then enjoy leftovers for breakfast the next morning! So you may need to make a double batch!

5. Salted Caramel Chocolate Mousse

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This Salted Caramel Chocolate Mousse by Holly Jade is quick and easy to make and tastes divine! It would be perfect as a special dessert, or even for after a holiday dinner!

Gratitude: Plant-Based Thanksgiving Cookbook

No other holiday captures the spirit of home cooking the way Thanksgiving does. This is why you need the ultimate Thanksgiving cookbook, One Green Planet’s Gratitude: Plant-Based Recipes to Create your own Thanksgiving Tradition! In the cookbook, you’ll find our 100 most popular plant-based Thanksgiving recipes like Soft Baked Pumpkin Doughnuts, Spiced Apple Cake with Cashew Frosting, Sweet Potato Chocolate Pudding with Nut Crumble Topping, Cinnamon Apple Hand Pies, and hearty entrees like Roast Root Vegetable Stack With Dukkah, Vegducken: Butternut Squash Stuffed With Eggplant, Zucchini, and a Mushroom Lentil Stuffing, and Seitan Roast With Sausage and Pear Stuffing and Apple Cider Gravy and so much more!