🎃🦃The Top 10 Thanksgiving Ingredients You Forgot to Buy 🛒😂
Discover the top 10 Thanksgiving ingredients people always forget to buy at the last minute. From cheddar and cream cheese to canned green beans and rolls, learn what essentials you should double-check before your holiday grocery run. Perfect for planning, hosting, and avoiding Turkey Day stress!
11/26/20251 min read
If you’re heading to the grocery store today or tomorrow... just know you will NOT be alone. 🛒😅Instacart looked at all the last-minute Thanksgiving rush orders, and they found the Top 10 ingredients we either waited too long to buy, totally forgot about, or suddenly realized we don’t have enough of.
Here’s what everyone is scrambling for:
1️⃣ Cheddar cheese – For all the mac-and-cheese and casseroles!
2️⃣ Cream cheese – A must-have for mashed potatoes, casseroles, and cheesecake.
3️⃣ Whipped cream – Because pumpkin pie is NOTHING without it. 🥧4️⃣ Buns & rolls – You can’t buy these too early or they go stale.
5️⃣ Canned green beans – The backbone of green bean casserole.
6️⃣ Butter – You can never have too much butter on Thanksgiving.
7️⃣ Canned corn
8️⃣ Boxed stuffing
9️⃣ Fruity soda – For the kids, mocktails, and non-drinkers.
🔟 Heavy whipping cream
Instacart also checked the non-food side of things. People are panic-buying:🕯️ Candle holders🥄 Serving spoons and spatulas🍰 Cake pans🍷 Extra wine glasses (because yes, you WILL need them)
So if you’re hitting the store… may the odds be ever in your favor. 🛒🫡😂