60 Sweet and Festive Pecan Desserts

Recipe: Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Browned Butter Frosting

Switch up your holiday cake rotation with this dreamy three-layer cake. A tip from the test kitchen: When browning the butter for the frosting, pour the butter into a bowl as soon as it turns golden brown, or it will continue to cook and get too dark.

Recipe: Spiced Pecan Pie Bars

If you’re preparing Thanksgiving for a crowd, swap out the Pecan Pie for these portable, pre-portioned Pecan Pie Bars.

Recipe: Pecan Snowball Cookies

Rolled in powdered sugar, these Pecan Snowball Cookies look like they've been coated with a fresh dusting of snow.

Recipe: Pecan Pralines

Make a batch of these indulgent candies and they’ll have disappeared by the end of the weekend.

Recipe: Pecan Tassies

A cross between a cookie and a slice of pecan pie, these cute-as-a-button tassies will be the star of the holiday cookie swap.

Recipe: Mini Pecan Pies

The spirit of Thanksgiving distilled into tiny bite-sized pie crusts.

Recipe: Cranberry-Apple Pie with Pecan Shortbread Crust

This Apple Cranberry pie is so fresh and versatile, we’re cooking it all fall long.

Recipe: Chocolate-Caramel Cookie Cups

These precious cookie cups are the best bite-sized dessert for your party spread.

Recipe: Oxbow Bakery Pecan Pie

You can’t go wrong with the classics. If you really want to impress at Thanksgiving this year, bring this perfect pecan pie.

Recipe: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown butter and pecans add new dimension to the classic chocolate chip cookie in this indulgent recipe.

Recipe: Kentucky Bourbon Pie

Make Derby day every day with this decadent pie that combines chocolate, bourbon, and pecans.

Recipe: Carrot Cake Cheesecake

A base layer of carrot cake meets a fluffy stripe of cheesecake topping in this best-of-both-worlds dessert.

Recipe: Utterly Deadly Southern Pecan Pie

Once you’ve made a pecan pie in a cast-iron skillet, you may never go back to a pie plate. Simply press a refrigerated pie crust into the skillet, sprinkle with sugar, top with the pecan mixture, and bake. Serving it in the skillet is also easy and makes the dish even more Southern.

Recipe: Bourbon Chocolate Truffles

Roll these chocolate truffles in crushed pecans and gift them to your neighbors, your friends, or just about anyone!

Recipe: Tropical Carrot Cake

Warm spices like cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger combine with pineapple and coconut in this Hummingbird-carrot cake fusion.

Recipe: Coconut Pound Cake

Use a ridged Bundt pan to achieve the gorgeous shape of this unique pound cake.

Recipe: Millionaire Pie

This pink pie will be the belle of the ball at your next potluck.

Recipe: Mini Bananas Foster Sticky Buns

These sticky buns may technically be breakfast, but they’re so divine, we’ll eat these for dessert, too.

Recipe: Banana Nut Shortcake

Toasting the pecans brings out their earthy sweetness, complementing the light whipped cream and banana toppings.

Recipe: Buttery Toasted Pecans

Once you taste these simple pecans, you’ll want to keep a bowl of these nuts on your countertop at all times.

Recipe: Overnight Eggnog-French Toast Casserole

This extravagant French toast bake will feed a crowd—it’s perfect for holiday mornings or family brunches.

Recipe: Seven-Layer Cookies

Graham crackers, coconut, pecans, chocolate, and butterscotch all mingle together in these decadent vintage cookies.

Recipe: Hummingbird Pancakes

A twist on the beloved hummingbird cake that we can pass off as breakfast? Count us in.

Recipe: Coconut Dream Bar

Pecans form the crust for this dreamy tropical bar that can be eaten on-the-go.

Recipe: Tenntucky Blackberry Cobbler Sundaes

It’s creamy, it’s crunchy, and it’s absolutely decadent. This sundae hits all the right notes.

Recipe: Pecan Pancakes with Caramel Apple Topping

This sheet pan pancake is the best way to feed a hungry holiday morning crowd.

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Cinnamon Roll Casserole

Once you’ve put pecans in your cinnamon rolls, you’ll never go back to the plain kind.

Recipe: Buttermilk-Pecan Pralines

Buttermilk adds a creamy, smooth shine to these classic Southern candies.

Recipe: Fruitcake Bark

Tired fruitcake is completely transformed in this utterly snackable (and giftable!) chocolate bark.

Recipe: Coconut-Butter Pecan Sheet Cake

Sheet cake is our favorite way to serve dessert to a crowd—and if there are leftovers, we bet you can find some way to make them disappear.

Recipe: Mama's German Chocolate Cake with Coconut-Pecan Frosting

You’ll be requesting this indulgent layered chocolate cake every year for your birthday.

Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Magic Cake

They call this cake magic for a reason. With surprising layers and flavor combinations, this cake is a standout on any spread.

Recipe: Salted Chocolate Matzo Madness Toffee

Take a crack at this Southern spin on a traditional Passover treat. But it’s not only relegated to the holiday. In fact, you can make this sweet snack year-round using saltine crackers for a crispy, salty base that makes the chocolate and pecans pop in your mouth. So do yourself a favor and indulge!

Recipe: Sweet Potato Casserole Hotcakes

Make these flapjacks the day after thanksgiving or a few months after, when you’re still dreaming of Nana’s sweet potato casserole.

Recipe: Pecan Pie Bars

These chewy, bite-size bars require just 20 minutes of prep time.

Recipe: Upside-Down Caramelized Apple Cake

You’ve heard of pineapple upside-down cake, but have you ever tried swapping in apples? Spoiler alert: it’s delicious.

Recipe: Banana Pudding Cheesecake

Banana pudding and cheesecake, all in one bite? We must be dreaming.

Recipe: Amy Grant's Banana Nut Bread

When you have company, always have a loaf of this favorite breakfast or dessert bread on hand.

Recipe: Rum-Glazed Sweet Potato Cakes

These miniature cakes are just oh-so-cute! Plus, you can never go wrong with a little rum glaze.

Recipe: Double-Chocolate Pecan Pie

Amp up your pecan pie this holiday season with a double dose of chocolate.

Recipe: Hummingbird Bundt Cake

No Southern dessert spread is complete without some variation of the Hummingbird cake, and this one is in Bundt form.

Recipe: Pumpkin Roll

Serve this elegant pumpkin roll with chocolate-dipped pecans for a festive touch.

Recipe: Pecan-Peach Cobbler

Two Southern favorites, pecans and peaches, come together in this ultimate summer dessert.

Recipe: Sweet Potato Soufflé

This inventive way to incorporate sweet potatoes into a dessert will impress all the dinner party guests.

Recipe: Butterscotch-Toasted Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal cookies are healthy, right? The butterscotch-pecan combination in this cookie is something we can get behind.

Recipe: Pig Pickin' Cake

There’s no better way to finish off a Southern Pig Pickin' or cookout than with this signature cake.

Recipe: Peach Crisp

A crisp peach crumble is the effortless dessert of the summer, and pecans add new dimension to this carefree treat.

Recipe: Brown Butter-Maple-Pecan Blondies

The brownie’s blonde sister gets a serious makeover with brown butter, maple, and pecans.

Recipe: The Ultimate Carrot Cake

This carrot cake’s thick layers and sweet-and-savory brown sugar-cream cheese frosting earn it high praise. Top with candied carrot curls for extra flair.

Recipe: Fudgy Flourless Chocolate-Pecan Cookies

These crisp-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside cookies are so much richer than their short ingredient list lets off.

Recipe: Pumpkin-Spice Bundt with Brown Sugar Icing and Candied Pecans

This Bundt cake has all the flavors of fall, and it’s picture-perfect for a Thanksgiving dessert spread. A tip from the test kitchen: For the smoothest texture and most impressive presentation, make sure the icing is still warm when you spoon it over the cake.

Recipe: Putt’s Butter Pecan Sundae

Putt Wetherbee knows how to do sundaes. This one has homemade toasted-pecan ice cream and a praline sauce that’s richer than rich.

Recipe: Mini Pecan Monkey Bread Loaves

This caramel-drizzled monkey bread can be enjoyed any time of day. To lessen your load, make this recipe a day ahead, store in the refrigerator overnight, and bake when you’re ready to serve.

Recipe: Toasted Coconut-Pecan Cupcakes with Coconut-Cream Cheese Frosting

Coconut and pecans are the dessert pairing we never knew we were missing. These cupcakes would be an easy-to-serve dessert for a large holiday party.

Recipe: Chocolate-Pecan Mousse Tart

You can make and freeze crust ahead of time; thaw in your refrigerator overnight before preparing the filling.

Recipe: Pumpkin-Pecan Streusel Pie

Create the chunky texture by leaving those extra-big blueberry-size pieces in the Pecan Streusel Topping mix.

Recipe: Pecan Pound Cake

A drizzle of lemon-infused Citrus Glaze gives this creamy nut-filled cake a sweet finish.

Recipe: Decadent Cream Puffs with Praline Sauce and Toasted Pecans

It may be tempting to use a stand mixer for the cream puff batter, but it pays to mix by hand. You need to see when the mixture is smooth and shiny, which will prevent overmixing. Top with Praline Sauce.

Think a bourbon ball is a bourbon ball is a bourbon ball? Think again. Try coating them in spiced toasted pecans for a sweet-salty variation and you'll be a convert for life.

• Recipe: Pecan Bourbon Balls

Recipe: Butter Toffee-Pecan Layer Cake

The inviting swirls of brown butter toffee frosting topping this cake are so inviting, you’ll have to resist the temptation to cut into the cake before the party guests arrive.