The Definitive Thanksgiving Pie Ranking

Delta Dental's 1st Annual Pie Ranking Offers Complete Guide to What's Hot & What's Not With Guests This Turkey Day

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Nov 23, 2015, 06:00 ET

If you had to choose one, which of the following types of pies would you most want to eat on Thanksgiving?

OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Let's cut to the chase, pumpkin pie will continue to reign supreme this Thanksgiving. Nearly two in five (37%) American adults have said it's their clear favorite, according to Delta Dental Plans Association's 1^st Annual Thanksgiving Pie Ranking being released today.

The second and third pies are, putting it mildly, distant: apple pie at 16% and pecan at 14%. But more surprisingly, some of the pies that always seem to get a spot in the Thanksgiving desert line-up may just stand a higher chance of joining the rest of the leftovers. Scraping the bottom of the favorability barrel are lemon meringue (4%), blueberry (4%) and strawberry (2%).

While the findings hold pretty steady across all age groups, region and even gender can play a big role in pie preference:

More women than men (40% vs. 33%) prefer pumpkin pie, while men show more of an interest in cherry pie (7% vs. 3%).
More than two in five (43%) Westerners and Midwesterners admit they'd choose pumpkin pie if they had to select one, compared to 31 percent of their neighbors in other regions.
Southerners are three times (18%) as likely to choose sweet potato pie for Thanksgiving as those in other regions (6%). Northerners are more likely to choose apple pie than those residing in other areas (25% vs. 14%).

About the survey: The survey was conducted by Kelton Global between October 26^th and 29^th, 2015 among 1,013 nationally representative Americans 18+. The margin of error is +/-3.1 percent.

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The nonprofit Delta Dental Plans Association, based in Oak Brook, Ill., is the national association of Delta Dental member companies, which collectively make up the nation's leading dental benefits provider, with enrollment of 68 million Americans, including over 120,000 groups. For more information, visit our website at deltadental.com.

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