Baked Brie with Honey, Fig, and Thyme

Impress your guests with warm melted Brie that’s wearing its best Thanksgiving look with fig butter, honey, lemony thyme, and crunchy walnuts! A perfect appetizer for my Romantic Thanksgiving Dinner menu, this bite is sure to get everyone ready for the big meal! Keep reading for more on my Baked Brie with Honey, Fig, and Thyme!

Baked Brie with Honey, Fig, and Thyme

It’s November, and when the clock strikes 12 on Halloween night, all my thoughts turn to the holidays. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because I love a full day that is all about the food! I have thrown all sorts of Thanksgiving meals–intimate Thanksgiving for 2, an Italian inspired meal for 10, a Southwestern turkey with chipotle sweet potatoes, a classic Thanksgiving for 20, a meal where a kids dish is a must. While I love a traditional recipe that I know will always be a hit, I also think Thanksgiving is the perfect time to change it up! A good combo of favorites and new ideas is the way to go.

In the run up to Thanksgiving this year, I am so excited to be sharing my very special Romantic Thanksgiving Dinner, which serves 2-4. Think relaxing by the fireplace with your loved one or a small group of friends. Cozy blankets, warm sweaters, and the smell of rosemary wafting from the kitchen this Thanksgiving. I’m keeping these dishes elegant and stress free for the perfect Romantic Thanksgiving Dinner!

I’ll also be pairing each dish with a romance novel I loved from 2025! No better time to complete your 2025 TBR with some amazing romance novels you may have missed this year!

To kick things off, I love this Baked Brie with Honey, Fig, and Thyme for an elegant and inviting appetizer. Who doesn’t love warm cheese? And when you dress it up with savory fig butter, sweet honey, and crunchy walnuts, you get a mouthwatering combination.

My Baked Brie with Honey, Fig, and Thyme couldn’t be simpler to assemble, which makes it a perfect Thanksgiving appetizer. After you spend all that time prepping the actual meal, no way do you want to get caught up with a complicated appetizer. Keep it as stress free as possible. And Baked Brie is the kind of appetizer that’s so easy but is a total crowd pleaser and looks extremely impressive.

Set this out an hour before dinner just to get everyone’s appetite’s going. It’s perfect because it’s small–no one wants to eat so much at the appetizer table that they lose their desire for the big meal!

How I Make My Baked Brie with Honey, Fig, and Thyme

This is so so easy, it’s barely a recipe. Preheat your oven and prepare a baking sheet with a sheet of parchment paper. Then place the Brie wheel on the baking sheet. Spread the fig butter on top of the Brie, then drizzle with honey. By the way, you could try hot honey here, I think that would be divine. Sprinkle with thyme leaves, which are very roughly chopped. And sprinkle with chopped walnuts. You can also switch out the walnuts for pecans or chopped hazelnuts–they would be delicious as well! Then bake for 10 minutes until warm. Transfer to your serving plate and serve with apples, crackers, grapes, olives would be nice here too. Your guests will go crazy over this, and it was so easy!

Romance Recipe Pairing

Pair the Baked Brie with Honey, Fig, and Thyme with It’s A Love Story by Annabel Monaghan! I loved this book this year because it has a sweet enemies to lovers story and there’s a big, loving family on our hero’s side–perfect for Thanksgiving!