Come Thanksgiving, you can never have too many pies! Choose from easy, traditional favorites like pumpkin, apple, pecan, and sweet potato, or go for something unexpected, such as coconut-key lime, pear custard, or chocolate mousse tart.

Here it is, the ultimate recipe for the one pie that defines Thanksgiving. Solid-pack pumpkin puree is seasoned with pumpkin pie spice and whipped with eggs, brown sugar, and half-and-half to make the rich, smooth custard filling of the perfect pumpkin pie.

This is a classic recipe for that timeless fall favorite, apple pie. Use firm apples to make this pie, such as Empire, Cortland, Granny Smith, Gala, Winesap, or a combination of several varieties.

Just as essential as apple and pumpkin to the Thanksgiving dessert offerings is rich pecan pie. The pie should cool completely before you cut into it, so it's best made a day ahead.

Melt semisweet chocolate into hot cream and stir in a splash of rum to make the filling for this easy pie. Top it with macadamia nuts and whipped cream just before serving.

This traditional sweet potato pie features an easy press-in graham cracker crust. The custard filling is spiced with just a little bit of allspice, letting the rich sweet potato flavor shine through.

This pear and almond-cream tart is based on a traditional French preparation, which calls for poaching pears. This recipe uses canned pear halves for ease of preparation.

This icebox pie is an easy solution to Thanksgiving dessert. Rather than the usual baked custard filling, it gets its silky texture courtesy of cream cheese and gelatin. Plus, the only baking involved is for the graham cracker crust.

To make chef Emeril Lagasse's interpretation of this down-South favorite, scatter chocolate chips and toasted pecans over the pie crust, then pour the sweet filling over the top. You can use store-bought crust to save time.

Raisins are interspersed with thin wedges of Granny Smith apple in this crowd-pleasing pie. Sprinkle the brown sugar-sweetened crumb over the pie halfway through baking so it becomes perfectly browned and slightly crisp.

Update classic key lime pie with a coconut-milk filling and a sprinkling of toasted shredded coconut atop billowy whipped cream.

Maple syrup and lemon zest give a nuanced sweetness to the filling of this tart. Fold fresh breadcrumbs into the pumpkin custard before baking for a unique texture.

Bourbon adds a little kick to the chocolate filling of this tart. This recipe calls for the shortcut of a store-bought refrigerated pie crust.

This recipe uses a combination of coconut milk and whole milk to create the creamy filling. Instead of the usual whipped cream topping, garnish the pie with toasted shredded coconut to let the custard star on your Thanksgiving dessert table.

The crisp crust of this tart is made with crushed ice-cream cones. The easy chocolate filling is made by melting bittersweet chocolate with heavy cream, and then folding whipped cream into the mixture once cool.

Yogurt and cream are sweetened with honey and thickened with gelatin to make a cool, creamy filling for a gingersnap-walnut crust. This recipe uses dried plums for the poached fruit topping, but you could also use dried pears, apricots, cherries, cranberries, or peaches.

It only takes 20 minutes to put this apple tart together. A glaze of apple or apricot jelly brushed over the top adds a sheen to the finished tart.

A chocolate cookie crust is coated with a semisweet chocolate, which adds an extra layer of rich flavor and keeps the crust from getting soggy. The maple-sweetened pumpkin custard filling can be made with homemade sugar-pumpkin puree or canned pumpkin.

The buttery texture of ripe pears combines beautifully with vanilla custard. The easy filling is whipped up in the blender.

The traditional Thanksgiving sweet potato pie gets star quality from a topping of pecans in a caramel sauce. This pie might just bring pecan-pie lovers to the sweet-potato side.

The luxurious chocolate filling of this tart is amazingly easy to make: simply melt bittersweet chocolate in hot cream, and stir in vanilla extract. The shortbread crust is enriched with almonds and subtly perfumed with orange or lemon zest.

This pumpkin pie features an extra-rich, cinnamon-spiced filling. The whipped-cream topping is stabilized with gelatin so it stays high and fluffy, making it possible to assemble the entire pie the day before Thanksgiving.

Cheddar cheese is mixed right into the pie crust, adding a savory tang to classic apple pie. This pie can be made a day before Thanksgiving.

This rich pie is a coconut triple threat: there is shredded coconut in the macaroonlike chocolate wafer crust, in the rich and creamy custard filling, and in the nutty toasted topping. Cutting into this pie is sheer coconut joy.

This beloved Southern-style Thanksgiving dessert is made extra-delicious with the addition of dark chocolate. The filling needs time to set, so this pie is best baked a day in advance.