These Are Most Popular Thanksgiving Side Dishes In Every State

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving side? For me, it’s all about the mashed potatoes. I remember at my first Thanksgiving with my now-husband and his family, I was absolutely APPALLED that no mashed potatoes were in sight. Yes. Not a single tater was mashed on their Thanksgiving table.

Our relationship almost ended then and there. Luckily, I muddled through (thank you, pinot grigio), and now when we spend Thanksgiving with his family, I bring the potatoes! (This is my favorite recipe, BTW. You can thank me later).

As my mashed potato-less Thanksgiving proves, not everyone serves up the same side dishes. In fact, the menu seems to vary depending on where you live. Google created a list of the most popular Thanksgiving side dish in each state, based on unique searches in 2017—and the results are interesting.

Not surprisingly, stuffing is a top contender. Folks in California, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut (where they add sausage) can’t get enough of it!

Save your pumpkin pie when you go to Arkansas—they prefer sweet potato pie. Pecan pie is the top choice for people in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. Floridians say no Thanksgiving is complete without a corn souffle. In a similar vein, Iowans love corn casserole.

Michiganders crave roasted Brussels sprouts, while New Yorkers are all about the acorn squash. And here’s a shocker—you might think that folks in Idaho would pick potatoes as their favorite side, but no dice. It’s all about the sourdough bread for them.

There are some unique picks on the list as well. In Arizona, they love pumpkin rolls, which I must admit, I had never even heard of. Turns out, it’s a rolled pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting inside. Here’s a recipe if you want to try this Arizona favorite.

People in Maine love mashed squash, and this another one that I hadn’t heard of before, but from recipes I read online (like this one from Erren’s Kitchen), I am drooling!

As luck would have it, I am sort of alone in my love of mashed potatoes. Only the good people of Wisconsin share my passion.

Without further ado, here is the entire list of the most-Googled Thanksgiving side dish in each state of the U.S.:

1. Alabama: Squash casserole
2. Alaska: Green beans
3. Arizona: Pumpkin roll
4. Arkansas: Sweet potato pie
5. California: Stuffing
6. Colorado: Pecan pie
7. Connecticut: Sausage stuffing
8. Delaware: Butternut squash
9. Florida: Corn souffle
10. Georgia: Squash casserole
11. Hawaii: Sweet potato
12. Idaho: Sourdough bread
13. Illinois: Sweet potato casserole
14. Indiana: Roasted sweet potatoes
15. Iowa: Corn casserole
16. Kansas: Yams
17. Kentucky: Broccoli casserole
18. Louisiana: Yams
19. Maine: Mashed squash
20. Maryland: Collard greens
21. Massachusetts: Butternut squash
22. Michigan: Roasted brussel sprouts
23. Minnesota: Thanksgiving sweet potatoes
24. Mississippi: Cornbread dressing
25. Missouri: Thanksgiving rolls
26. Montana: Cranberry sauce
27. Nebraska: Sweet potatoes
28. Nevada: Pecan pie
29. New Hampshire: Homemade stuffing
30. New Jersey: Butternut squash soup
31. New Mexico: Pecan pie
32. New York: Acorn squash
33. North Carolina: Corn pudding
34. North Dakota: Sweet potatoes
35. Ohio: 7 layer salad
36. Oklahoma: Cornbread dressing
37. Oregon: Ambrosia salad
38. Pennsylvania: Candied sweet potatoes
39. Rhode Island: Stuffing
40. South Carolina: Cornbread dressing
41. South Dakota: Ambrosia salad
42. Tennessee: Mac and cheese
43. Texas: Broccoli rice casserole
44. Utah: Yams
45. Vermont: Butternut squash
46. Virginia: Corn pudding
47. Washington: Green beans
48. West Virginia: Broccoli salad
49. Wisconsin: Garlic mashed potatoes
50. Wyoming: Sweet potatoes

Whatever sides accompany your turkey this year, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!