Great Canadian Thanksgiving Desserts

This recipe for the most famous dessert square in Canada is brought to you from British Columbia’s Nanaimo Museum. How cool is that? Find more great Canadian desserts for your upcoming potluck.

Let’s get real, we don’t wait for the holidays to enjoy a good lemon meringue but it’s still such a nostalgic treat. Anna Olson’s torched marshmallow meringue topping takes it to the next level.

A throwback Christmas recipe, you may just want to bring back the mincemeat pie as a holiday staple. If you’ve never had it, rest assured, it doesn’t actually contain any meat. The sweet and spiced filling is packed with apples, raisins, currants, cranberries and candied ginger.

Whether you’re pro-raisins or purely a pecan fan, impress the dessert lovers in your life with an incredibly indulgent cheesecake, topped with a sticky, caramel butter tart filling and salty, crunchy pecans. Swap in nuts for raisins if that’s more your jam.

Don’t be fooled by the nutritional value of whole wheat pie dough in this recipe — Anna says that it makes for a perfectly brown crust that stays crispy under the heavy pumpkin filling.