This Map Reveals The Most Popular Thanksgiving Pie In Every State & One Isn't Even A Real Dessert
There's nothing quite like finishing a long Thanksgiving meal with an enormous slice of pie. But not every Thanksgiving dinner around the country will have the same selection of pies. It all really depends on your family traditions and where you live. So to illustrate our country's wide-ranging pie preferences, Google created a map that shows the most popular Thanksgiving pies in each state based on what people are searching for online. And it's fair to say there are a few surprises.
First off, not every state loves a dessert pie. Shocking, we know. The most popular pie in some states, like Kansas and Oregon, is actually savory. Kansas is keeping things crunchy with a Frito chili pie, and people in Oregon love tucking into a tamale pie. Pennsylvania is the only state repping shoofly pie.
Another shocker is Google listing sweet potato pie in the savory category; it unsurprisingly reigns supreme in the Southeast. Since sweet potato is a root vegetable, we'll go ahead and give Google a pass for the time being. In addition to Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, other states that will be cutting into a slice of sweet potato pie this Thanksgiving are Delaware and Maryland.
Overall, fruit and custard pies are the most popular type of pie across the map, although the specific type varies. Among the custard favorites are key lime pie, pumpkin pie, and cream pie. And cherry pie and apple pie are at the top of the list of fruity faves.
Google also released a map of the most popular baked goods in each state, incorporating pies and other desserts like cookies and cake.
New York, surprisingly, has been looking for cornbread recipes lately, and New Mexico has been hyped on pretzels. Going into Thanksgiving, Maryland is getting ready to make hot milk cake, and Alaska is all about sourdough charcoal bread.
Michigan and Kansas have been keeping it old school with their baked good searches lately: The leading term is simply "bread."
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