FORT GREENE — From traditional pies to chocolate turkeys, you can find the perfect Thanksgiving dessert this year at one of several Fort Greene and Clinton Hill shops.
While most bakeries recommend placing your order ahead of time, many local spots offer pickup as late as the day before Thanksgiving, and even same-day pickup.
Check out DNAinfo’s round-up of neighborhood spots below.
► The Good Batch
936 Fulton St.
Price: $24 to $37
From pies to their signature ice cream sandwiches, The Good Batch offers both classic and unconventional Thanksgiving treats. Get a 9-inch pumpkin pie, with ginger molasses cookie crumble, or a 9-inch apple crumble, made with local apples, for $32 each. The shop will also be baking sweet potato meringue cakes, available in 6 or 9 inches, that come layered with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and topped with a cornflake crumble, starting at $37. This year’s seasonal ice cream sandwich flavor is a soft pumpkin cookie with sweet chai tea butter cream and Blue Marble vanilla ice cream that costs $24 for a dozen. The shop also offers an assortment of seasonal cookies and breads, including a vegan pumpkin bread that you can order by the loaf. Thanksgiving orders can be picked up starting Nov. 14 and as late as Nov. 23.
► Mekelburg’s
293 Grand Ave.
Price: $1.95 to $49.95
Specialty food store Mekelburg’s will be selling holiday pies from Gowanus bakery Four & Twenty Blackbirds this season. Starting Nov. 21, you can pick up a 10-inch pie in bittersweet chocolate pecan, salty honey, salted caramel apple, and brown butter pumpkin flavors. The store is also selling chocolate turkeys in multi-colored foil wrapping for Thanksgiving-day table spreads — from tiny 1-ounce turkeys for $1.95, to a centerpiece-worthy 48-ounce turkey for $49.95.
► The Greene Grape
767 Fulton St.
Price: $42
Choose one (or more) of three classic pies at The Greene Grape, including a pumpkin pie topped with toasted meringue and made with gluten-free gingersnap crust, a maple pecan pie topped with maple custard in a butter crust, and an apple pie made with local apples and caramel, topped with oat streusel in a butter crust. All pies are 9 inches and go for $42. Customers have until Nov. 20 to place an order online. Pies can be picked up in store as late as Thanksgiving Day at 1 p.m.
► Peck’s
455A Myrtle. Ave.
Price: $9 to $45
Order both sweet and savory Thanksgiving goodies this year at Peck’s specialty market. Pie flavors include pumpkin or pecan chocolate chunk and come in the standard 9-inch size. You can also pick up half a dozen mini gougères, mini corn muffins or maple biscuits for $9 to $12. Orders must be placed by 8 p.m. on Nov. 23. Customers are encouraged to drop by or call in to place the orders. The store will be open from 7:30 a.m. to noon for pick-ups on Thanksgiving Day.
► Brooklyn Sweet Spot
366 Myrtle Ave.
Price: $3 to $45
Satisfy your sweet tooth at Brooklyn Sweet Spot, where you’ll find sweet potato and apple pies, as well as peach, blueberry and apple cobblers this season. Pies come in 3- and 9-inch options, and cobblers come in 8-ounce trays or 9-by-13-inch trays. Large pies and cobblers should be ordered 48 hours in advance, but small pies and cobblers are available in-store daily. The store offers delivery through Uber Eats, but customers are encouraged to pick up Thanksgiving pies in store. For a non-traditional holiday dessert, try a spiked eggnog or pumpkin cream cupcake.
► Piece of Velvet
708A Fulton St.
Price: $60 to $130
If pie isn’t your dessert of choice, swing by Piece of Velvet for a customizable Thanksgiving cake. Seasonal flavors include pumpkin spice velvet, pumpkin spice Baileys velvet, caramel apple cinnamon and caramel mocha. Cake prices range from $60 for an 8-inch cake to $130 for a 10-inch cake. Customers can order cakes three days in advance and pick them up at the store.
► Junior’s Cheesecake
386 Flatbush Ave. Ext.
Price: $21.50 to $65.95
Or just skip the traditional pie altogether in favor of one of Junior’s Famous Cheesecakes. Seasonal flavors include pumpkin pie, pumpkin and apple crumb, in 6-, 7-, 8- and 10-inch options. Customers can order online for delivery for an extra $15. Orders can be delivered as late as the day before Thanksgiving, but Junior’s recommends delivery on or before Nov. 18. Cheesecakes should be frozen until the day before Thanksgiving, and then thawed in the fridge. A limited amount of seasonal flavors will be available for in-store purchases.
