In minutes you’ll have the easiest Thanksgiving dessert ever — and maybe the most scrumptious too with these Pumpkin Pie Parfaits!
I’ve got three little whipped cream addicts on my hands. It’s no mystery why considering the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. Whenever my mom served pie during the holidays (usually pumpkin, chess and/or pecan) she would hand out each slice with a huge dollop of cool, creamy, fluffy whipped cream on top. Nothing out of a tub, can or jar, mind you. She made the real stuff, and as soon as I was able to hold a hand mixer I would butt my way in next to her to learn how to make the perfect batch. Real organic whipped cream is always worth the extra few minutes it takes to prepare it.
These adorable Pumpkin Pie Parfaits are like a pumpkin cheese cake made with layers of cream cheese, crushed graham crackers, and of course, heavenly whipped cream.
Three major reasons why I love this dessert:
1. Kids 4 and up can do almost every step of this recipe on their own.
2. It can be prepared 24 hours in advance, so all you need to do after dinner is pull the jars out of the fridge and serve.
3. It’s a ton of fun plunging your spoon into the jar and cutting through the luscious layers of this incredible treat!
When I think of fall and the holidays, pumpkin and pumpkin spice is my first thought. We’re always making some sort of pumpkin something this time of year like Pumpkin Waffles, Vegan Pumpkin Pancakes or even a traditional Maple Pumpkin Pie. The possibilities are endless!
If you want a special fall or Thanksgiving dessert that will put a smile on everyone’s face, this is almost certainly the one.
Pumpkin Pie Parfaits
Ingredients
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 cup whipped cream cheese, or non-whipped at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 2 sleeves graham crackers, crushed (about 2 1/2 cups)
- 10 8-ounce mason jars
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, cream cheese, pumpkin pie spice and brown sugar with an electric mixer until thoroughly combined, about 2 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, or in the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the heavy cream and powdered sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Layer the parfait ingredients into mason jars in this order: graham crackers, pumpkin cream cheese mixture, whipped cream. Continue to layer to fill the jar, at least 2 layers of each ingredient.
- Serve chilled.
Oh my gosh, Chloe looks so cute and you and the parfait look as beautiful as ever!
These are absolutely adorable and delicious, as well! However, the recipe had just enough for four eight-ounce Ball jelly jars. I am not sure how it would make enough for 10 jars as the recipe states.
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I have made this twice now, once to test out and again tonight to take to a work pot luck tomorrow. The first time I ran out of pumpkin filling, but had tons of graham crackers and whipped cream left. This time I doubled the pumpkin filling but left everything else the same. I must have used too much of the pumpkin in my first layer because I ran out again and had to really spread it thin in my second layer and ended up junking up lots of the crumbs layer! I put it into a 9×13 foil pan that can be thrown away after, and this time I had just enough whipped cream and used one sleeve of crumbs for each graham layer. Despite my challenges, my son and I both loved this!
I’ve recently cut white sugar out of my diet, so I’m going to try this with some subsitutions.. Maple syrup in the whip cream (I tried this on thanksgiving and it was amazing!), but for the pie part I’m not sure if coconut sugar or agave would be better… any thoughts? The graham crackers are going to take a little more digging..
Orange and navy for me. I would like to think that me and my walker can be a courtny version of fabulous. It’s great for my health, takes very little time with a little planning. I don’t want to cringe when I pass a mirror. I hope that people think ” She may be grey and wrinkly but she has style.
I made these for dessert the other night and they were a big hit! Kids and husband loved them:) Thanks for sharing!
I didn’t have mason jars so I just put it all in one large trifle dish. It was beautiful and so delicious!!
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