Pick one of our festive topping ideasfrom crumbled streusel to a cookie-lined crustto dress up this iconic Thanksgiving dessert.
you might improve a basic pumpkin pie with either toppings or some clever additions.
Read on for the best toppings for your favorite pumpkin pie recipe.
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These upgrades also work on a store-bought pie, allowing you to make it your own.
(Guests don’thaveto know where it came from.)
Break out the cookie cutters and decorate with pie crust cutouts.
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For extra credit, add food coloring to the crust dough to mimic fall colors or match your tablescape.
Sprinkle on Coconut
Coconut pairs wonderfully with the warm spicescinnamon, ginger, and nutmegin pumpkin pie.
Or make caramel sauce on your ownno candy thermometer required!
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Want to upgrade your caramel sauce even further?
Top It With Ice Cream
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Who doesn’t love pie a la mode?
Top your pie with a scoop of your favorite flavor.
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Vanilla, caramel, coconut, cinnamon or chocolate all pair beautifully with pumpkin pie.
A swirl of whipped cream cheese in pumpkin pie filling creates a striking marbled lookand tastes great, too.
Here’s how:
But who needs a pie when you’re free to have abite-sized dessertinstead?
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you’re able to also make somepumpkin swirl cheesecake bars.
Take it one step further with meringue topping.
To make candied nuts:
Isn’t that easy?
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Pair With Chocolate
Pumpkin and chocolate are a match made in dessert heaven.
(The usual leaf shapes add a perfect fall touch to the dessert plate.)
While the two look identical, they taste quite different:
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