Thanksgiving’s Humble Dessert Staple Gets Pricey: A Pie Can Cost $150
A $150 apple custard pie
Mishie’s apple custard pie features a crust made with Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and filling swirled with apple cider caramel. Gold leaf tops sour cream rosettes, and the largest, 12-inch version costs $150.
New York magazine named it the best pie to order this Thanksgiving. Its elaborate ingredients and decoration place it far from the simple pies early American bakers made.
Premium ingredients, careful preparation
In San Francisco’s Chinatown, pastry chef Melissa Chou is selling a 10-inch Thanksgiving pie for $120. It pairs toasted wildflower honey custard with a delicate Italian pastry crust. The pie is topped with a beeswax-infused sabayon, adding another distinctive element to its preparation.
Hamptons prices draw reaction
In the Hamptons, Lena Kristy offers brown butter apple streusel and cranberry pecan pies for $80 each. Both include jam from her shop, Jamagansett. Kristy’s $100 salty blueberry pie went viral over the summer. After it prompted snark, she reduced its price to $80.
Key points
- Mishie’s 12-inch apple custard pie costs $150.
- Melissa Chou’s 10-inch honey custard pie is priced at $120.
- Lena Kristy’s two Thanksgiving pies cost $80 each.
- Kristy lowered her salty blueberry pie’s price after it drew snark.