These 20+ Picnic Desserts are just what you need for the best picnic yet! After all, what is a spring or summer picnic without a sweet treat?
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These 20+ Picnic Desserts are convenient to pack, to transport, and are completely delicious! No melting buttercream, and no knives required. You'll find yourself planning more picnics so you can make them all!
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When planning a picnic dessert, there are a few things to consider:
- Convenience: This is essential! When going on a picnic, you don't want to have to worry about bringing a big serving dish with you. You don't want to worry about keeping your dessert chilled. You don't want to worry about packing a knife! Each of the recipes I've included here fit the bill, and pack well for your trip to the beach or park!
- Food Allergies and Special Diets: As with all gatherings, you may have folks at your picnic who have food allergies, are vegan, etc. Definitely ask your fellow picnic-goers if they have any restrictions on what they may eat so that you can accommodate them!
Picnic Dessert Recipes
Here are 20+ Picnic Desserts for your next picnic! With so many recipes to choose from, you'll have to go on more picnics and try them all!
Cookie Recipes
Cookies are easy to make, and easy to transport, making them perfect picnic fare!
Sprinkle Cookies with Browned Butter
These Sprinkle Cookies are thick, chewy, and delicious! The deep, rich flavor of browned butter and festive sprinkles make these cookies a year-round favorite!
Check out this recipe!
Lemon Sugar Cookies
These Lemon Sugar Cookies are simple, lemony perfection!! Crisp on the edges, chewy in the middle, and with fantastic lemon flavor, you won't be able to stop at one!
Check out this recipe!
Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies are crisp at the edges, soft and chewy in the center, and absolutely delicious! With a little tweak to my go-to recipe, you don't need eggs to make perfect chocolate chip cookies!
Check out this recipe!
Strawberry Shortbread Cookies
These Strawberry Shortbread Cookies have fantastic strawberry flavor thanks to freeze-dried strawberries in both the cookies and the strawberry glaze! With these cookies you can have a taste of summer year-round! Recipe can be used to make slice-and-bake shortbread or cut-outs--it's up to you!
Check out this recipe!
Honey Cookies
These Honey Cookies are tender and chewy, with the floral flavor of honey! Drizzled with a honey vanilla bean glaze, these cuties are simple and delicious!
Check out this recipe!
Dark Chocolate Madeleines
These Dark Chocolate Madeleines are tender and suuuuper chocolatey thanks to bittersweet chocolate and black cocoa powder! I should have called them Midnight Madeleines!
Check out this recipe!
Date Pinwheel Cookies
These Date Pinwheel Cookies have a buttery brown sugar dough filled with swirls of dates and pecans. These babies are crisp, chewy, crunchy, and gooey all in one bite!
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Strawberry Jam Cookies
These Strawberry Jam Cookies are melt-in-your-mouth vanilla bean thumbprint cookies filled with strawberry jam, then drizzled with vanilla bean glaze! So versatile and delicious, you'll find yourself making them for every occasion!
Check out this recipe!
Coconut Pecan Cookies
These Coconut Pecan Cookies are crisp at the edges and chewy in the center with the stellar flavor team of browned butter, coconut, and toasted pecans! Perfect for picnics, potlucks, or a random Tuesday night!
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Dirty Chai Cookies
These Dirty Chai Cookies are crisp and chewy with the warm, spiced goodness of chai paired with a hint of rich espresso. They're so cozy and comforting!
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S'mores Cookies
These S'mores Cookies are soft, chewy graham cookies sandwiched with chocolate ganache and toasted homemade marshmallow cream!
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Brown Butter Sugar Cookies
These Brown Butter Sugar Cookies elevate your average sugar cookie with the nutty, caramelized flavor of brown butter! So simple and scrumptious, they may just become your new favorite cookie recipe!
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Raspberry Cookies
These Raspberry Cookies are soft, chewy sugar cookies bursting with raspberry flavor! The gorgeous pink color and wonderful flavor are from freeze-dried raspberries--not a drop of food color here!
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Hazelnut Espresso Shortbread
These Hazelnut Espresso Shortbread combine the flavors of rich espresso and toasty hazelnuts in a buttery, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookie! You can enjoy them plain or give them a decadent finish with some chocolate.
Check out this recipe!
Lemon White Chocolate Cookies
These soft and chewy Lemon White Chocolate Cookies are bright, zesty, and irresistible! Sweet, tart, and packed with white chocolate chips, they'll become a new family favorite!
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Earl Grey Cookies
These Earl Grey Cookies combine buttery shortbread with the delicate, citrusy notes of Earl Grey tea! These comforting cookies are perfect alongside a cup of tea for any occasion, from a fancy tea party to a simple afternoon treat.
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Brownie and Bar Recipes
When considering desserts that transport easily, in addition to being delicious, of course brownies and bars made the list!
Oatmeal Brownies
These fudgy Oatmeal Brownies have a buttery, crisp oatmeal crust! A recipe tried-and-true from my childhood, and a regular occurrence at my house during the holidays!
Check out this recipe!
Buttermilk Brownies
These old-fashioned Buttermilk Brownies are soft and cakey thanks to buttermilk! Super chocolatey and simple to make, these brownies are the perfect addition to any occasion!
Check out this recipe!
Chocolate Cherry Brownies
These Chocolate Cherry Brownies are fudgy dark chocolate brownies with fresh cherries and chunks of dark chocolate! Whether you're looking for a sweet addition to a special occasion or simply craving a treat to enjoy with a cup of coffee, these brownies are easy to make and impossible to resist!
Check out this recipe!
Lemon Blondies
These Lemon Blondies are rich and zesty with the perfect balance of sweet and tart! Made with nutty browned butter and topped with lemon cream cheese glaze, this soft and chewy blondie recipe is a keeper!
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Blondie Brownies
These Blondie Brownies are two desserts in one! The browned butter blondie layer is topped with a fudgy brownie layer for the ultimate treat! I drizzled a few of mine with homemade salted caramel sauce for a truly decadent dessert, but these are so rich and delicious they don't really need it!
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Cake Recipes
Cakes can be a little trickier to transport, but each of these can be sliced and wrapped ahead of time to get them to your picnic location! Also, none of these cakes have any buttercream involved, so no worries about melted frosting!
Blueberry Angel Food Cake
This Blueberry Angel Food Cake is light and fluffy with serious blueberry flavor thanks to freeze-dried berries! And can we talk about that color??
Check out this recipe!
Peach Cobbler Pound Cake with Bourbon Glaze
This Peach Cobbler Pound Cake is a delicious cinnamon-peach pound cake with a gooey brown sugar top, drizzled with a vanilla bourbon glaze! This cake is serious comfort food!
Check out this recipe!
Blackberry Lemon Bread
This Blackberry Lemon Bread is a moist, flavorful lemon bread studded with fresh blackberries and topped with the most gorgeous blackberry glaze!
Check out this recipe!
Caramel Apple Angel Food Cake
This Caramel Apple Angel Food Cake is a light, fluffy apple angel food cake drizzled with a caramel glaze and homemade salted caramel sauce, then topped with cinnamon apple chips!
Check out this recipe!
Raspberry White Chocolate Loaf Cake
This Raspberry White Chocolate Loaf Cake is a tender white chocolate pound cake topped with a scrumptious raspberry glaze! The flavors are so amazing you'll find yourself taking seconds!
Check out this recipe!
Strawberry Angel Food Cake
This Strawberry Angel Food Cake is light and fluffy with serious strawberry flavor thanks to freeze-dried berries! Also delicious using blueberries, with the bonus of a showstopping purple color!
Check out this recipe!
Lavender Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze
This Strawberry Lavender Pound Cake is so tender thanks to kefir (or buttermilk!), delicately flavored with lavender, and topped with strawberry-vanilla bean glaze! Pound cake perfection!
Check out this recipe!
I hope you found some picnic desserts that you're going to take along with you on your next picnic! Going on a picnic is a treat in itself, but even more so with a little something sweet at the end!
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