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Whether you’re hoping to serve something patriotic or a cold dessert, this round up has all the best 4th of July Desserts!
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Our Favorite Fourth of July Desserts
There isn’t a more American dessert than a slice of classic Apple Pie Recipe with a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream. With that said, there are so many other delicious desserts you can serve on the 4th of July to celebrate American Independence.
Enjoy the fireworks and fun with a little something sweet! Any of our 4th of July desserts are sure to hit the spot.
Why we love them:
- Patriotic touch. The red, white, and blue theme of the desserts adds a festive and patriotic element to your Fourth of July celebration!
- Seasonal produce. Many of the recipes feature fresh summer fruits, allowing people to enjoy the flavors of the summer season.
- Crowd-pleasing. From classic apple pie to colorful Fruit Tarts, these July dessert recipes are sure to add to the joy of the celebration.
Tips for Fourth of July Desserts
- How much to make. Make enough for each guest to be able to have 1-2 servings of dessert. Also, plan to have at least 2 dessert choices for every 10 guests.
- Once you start adding dessert choices you will only need to make sure there’s enough for people to have two dessert servings and not a piece of each dessert.
- Keeping desserts cold when outside. Place desserts in a cooler with ice, or a block of dry ice until you’re ready to serve it.
- Only bring out/serve what you will eat and keep the rest in a cooler until needed.
- When placing the dessert out on a table, fill a tray/bowl with ice cubes and nestle the dessert right on top.
Make it Festive
Though there is a list of patriotic-colored desserts, you can easily serve other desserts on or in a patriotic-themed dish to make them more festive.
- Frosting. Food coloring can make frosting and other white-based desserts 4th of July themed.
- Fruit. Red, white, and blue fruits provide the colors of American Independence. I often see fresh berries arranged in the shape of an American flag on top of cakes, pies, cheesecakes, or a simple Fruit Salad Recipe.
- Red. strawberry, raspberry, red grapes, or cherries
- White. white melon, golden honeydew, banana, sliced apple, sliced pear, or white peaches
- Blue. Blueberries, blackberries, or dark purple grapes
Best 4th of July Desserts
Whether it’s a chilled dessert for a hot summer day or a classic American treat, there is a wide variety of options to suit different tastes and occasions.
1 4th of July Poke Cake Recipe
2 Dirt Cake Recipe
3 Cream Puff Cake Recipe
4 Strawberry Shortcake Recipe
5 Fruit Pizza
6 Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
7 Chocolate Lasagna
8 Oreo Ice Cream Cake Recipe
9 Banana Pudding Cake Recipe
10 Triple Berry Pie
Patriotic Desserts
Bring the stars and stripes or red, white, and blue flair with our favorite patriotic desserts! Make a patriotic Fruit Pizza with a sugar cookie crust or any of these tempting treats.
11 4th of July Poke Cake Recipe
12 Red White and Blue Cake
13 American Flag Cake
14 4th of July Rice Krispies Treats
15 4th of July Cookies
16 Dessert Parfait Recipe
17 Dessert Kabobs Recipe
18 Strawberry Shortcake Kabobs Recipe
19 Patriotic Trail Mix Recipe
20 Strawberry Icebox Cake Recipe
21 Angel Food Cupcake Recipe
22 Fruit Tart Recipe
23 Mini Fruit Tarts Recipe
24 Angel Food Cake Recipe
25 Strawberry Sheet Cake Recipe
Easy 4th of July desserts
Tasty doesn’t mean difficult. We have a variety of easy dessert recipes that are simple and delicious!
26 Peach Cobbler
27 Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Recipe
28 No Bake Strawberry Shortcake Recipe
29 Peach Dump Cake Recipe
30 Blueberry Dump Cake Recipe
31 Nilla Wafer Banana Pudding
32 Easy Tres Leches Cake Recipe
33 Cherry Dump Cake Recipe
34 Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake Recipe
35 No-Bake Cheesecake Bars Recipe
36 Chocolate Sheet Cake
37 Frozen Strawberry Dessert Recipe
38 Dole Whip Recipe
39 Blackberry Cobbler Recipe
40 Frozen Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
41 Butterfinger Pie
42 Lemon Icebox Pie
43 Angel Food Ice Cream Cake Recipe
44 Chocolate Delight Recipe
45 Oreo Pie Recipe
46 Strawberry Shortcake Trifle Recipe
More Fourth of July Desserts
Whip up a layered jello Pretzel Salad or keep it simple with a banana split covered in Hot Fudge Sauce. We love sweets so much the list goes on!
47 Root Beer Float Ice Cream Cake Recipe
48 Strawberry Pie Recipe
49 Apple Pie Recipe
50 Cherry Pie Recipe
51 Lemon Lasagna Recipe
52 Blueberry Delight Recipe
53 Strawberry Shortcake Bars Recipe
54 Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe
55 Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe
56 Lemon Sheet Cake Recipe
57 Cherry Bars
58 Sugar Cookie Bars
59 Cheesecake Cupcakes
60 Blueberry Pie Recipe
61 Lemon Cake Mix Cookies Recipe
62 Key Lime Pie Bars Recipe
63 Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes Recipe
64 Homemade Strawberry Cake
65 Lemon Bar Recipe
66 Key Lime Cake Recipe
67 Fresh Peach Cobbler Recipe
68 Orange Brownie Recipe
69 Peach Bars Recipe
70 White Chocolate Lasagna Recipe
71 Angel Food Cupcake Recipe
72 Sheet Cake Bites Recipe
A Festive Dessert!
Cool, light, and refreshing 4th of July Poke Cake is great for summer holidays! It’s simple, festive and delicious!
Because we love Jello Poke Cake so much, we knew we wanted to make a patriotic version for some of our favorite holidays.
Here is the recipe:
70+ 4th of July Desserts
Ingredients
- 1 box White Cake Mix, plus ingredients on the back of the box
- 1 cup water
- 1 (3-ounce) box Cherry Jell-O
- 1 (3-ounce) box Berry Blue Jell-O
- 2 cups boiling water
- 2 cups water, cold
- 1 tub cool whip, large
Instructions
- Prepare box cake mix batter as directed on box. Pour into greased 9-inch round pans. Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake 27-30 minutes, remove from oven and let cook for 15 minutes.
- Using the end of a fork, poke cake every ½ inch, over both cake rounds.
- Bring to boil 1 cup of water in small pot. Pour cherry Jell-o in water, stir until Jell-o is dissolved. Add 1 cup cold water, and mix well. Spoon liquid over cakeChill for 3-4 hours.
- Repeat process with the berry blue Jell-O. Bring to boil 1 cup of water in small pot. Pour blue Jell-o in water, stir until Jell-o is dissolved. Add 1 cup cold water, and mix well. Spoon liquid over cakeChill for 3-4 hours.
- Remove cakes from refrigerator. To get the cake out, turn pans over, then place on cake stand. Place blue layer down first, spread with whip cream, then place red cake on top, and top with cool whip. Chill until set.Optional- top with red and blue sprinkles.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Delicious Desserts for the 4th!
We hope you’ll love this list of delicious desserts for the 4th of July as much as we do and they are sure to make your holiday get-together extra special!
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Hi Kristyn!
First of all, love all of your recipes!
I was looking for some 4th of July dessert images to use for a fb post and came across one that appears to be an Angel food cake, sliced into 3 layers with whipped cream and berries. It lead me to this vault of glorious desserts, yet it isn’t on the list of 50+ desserts. Is it literally just your Angel food cake recipe listed, but prepared/decorated differently? Thanks in advance!
I think it may be! We have been updating a lot of our posts, so it could have been an old photo of the recipe and when we reshot the recipe, we updated it with new photos.