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    19+ Best 4th of July Desserts (Easy & Simple!)

    Modified: Jun 17, 2025 · Published: Jun 29, 2023 by Karissa Parrish · This post may contain affiliate links

    Bring on all of your favorite red, white, and blue desserts with these 19 best 4th of July desserts. Not only are these easy and simple recipes that will add fun to your Independence Day celebrations, but you'll find no bake desserts, pies, and so many s'mores!

    19 best 4th of July dessert recipes.

    Summertime means family, food, and 4th of July celebrations. With the biggest holiday of the summer, I wanted to share with you my crowd pleasing 4th of July desserts.

    Peak berry season is in full swing come late June and into July, which means the best strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries are available and ready to be used in your easy summertime baking recipes.

    Jump to:
    • 19 Easy 4th Of July Desserts
    • 1. 4th Of July Rice Krispie Treats
    • 2. Mini Strawberry Pies
    • 3. The Best S'mores Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • 4. Blueberry Crumble Bars
    • 5. Strawberry and Cream Cupcakes
    • 6. Easy Strawberry Glaze Pie
    • 7. Blueberry Pie with Graham Cracker Crust
    • 8. Mini Blueberry Pies
    • 9. S'mores Rice Krispie Treats
    • 10. Simple Coconut Cream Pie Bars
    • 11. Blueberry Cupcakes with Blueberry Buttercream
    • 12. No Bake Chocolate Pudding Pie
    • 13. Blueberry Lemon Cookies
    • 14. Mini Blueberry Cheesecakes
    • 15. Mini S'mores Pies
    • 16. Mini White Chocolate & Strawberry Cheesecakes
    • 17. Banana Split Cake Recipe
    • 18. Soft and Chewy Mini M&M Cookies
    • 19. S'mores Cupcakes
    • More Fun 4th of July Desserts

    As a home baker with a busy toddler running around, I made sure to include in this list easy and on the go desserts like these individual blueberry hand pies and my personal favorite, red white and blue rice krispie treats.

    With so many of these desserts, you can easily add festive 4th of July sprinkles to any of the cakes and cupcakes.

    Plus, using fresh fruits like blueberries and strawberries will add that red white and blue color naturally to your desserts.

    19 Easy 4th Of July Desserts

    4th of July Rice Krispie Treats with red white and blue sprinkles.

    1. 4th Of July Rice Krispie Treats

    Level up your classic Rice Krispie treats by adding red, white, and blue sprinkles. Perfect for your Fourth of July dessert table! Plus, all you need are 6 ingredients and you don't even have to turn on your oven.

    Mini strawberry pies with white flowers in the background.

    2. Mini Strawberry Pies

    These mini pies are made in a muffin pan and have a lattice pie crust on top. The buttery pie crust is homemade and is filled with a fresh strawberry filling!

    The best s'mores cookies stuffed with graham cracker pieces, chocolate chips, and a large marshmallow in the middle.

    3. The Best S'mores Chocolate Chip Cookies

    I have yet to eat a chocolate chip cookie that I didn't like. Now, add s'mores flavors to one and you've got the ultimate summertime cookie! Ooey gooey marshmallow, graham cracker crumbs, and chocolate chips.

    Blueberry pie bars with a shortbread crust and blueberry filling.

    4. Blueberry Crumble Bars

    These taste like a blueberry pie but in bar form! Both the crust and topping is a buttery shortbread mixture that has a blueberry pie filling in the middle. I make these every year for the 4th of July and they're always a crowd pleaser.

    A bite taken out of a cupcake that is filled with a strawberry cream.

    5. Strawberry and Cream Cupcakes

    These are vanilla cupcakes that have fresh strawberries folded into the batter. They're filled with a strawberry cream filling and are topped with a whipped cream frosting!

    Strawberry pie slice with whipped cream and a red ceramic pie plate.

    6. Easy Strawberry Glaze Pie

    This strawberry pie screams 4th of July celebration. It has an all-butter pie crust that's filled with a sweet strawberry filling! I added whipped cream to mine to make it extra special.

    Blueberry pie slice with a fork sticking straight up in it.

    7. Blueberry Pie with Graham Cracker Crust

    This is hands down my favorite blueberry pie recipe. It's no bake, which means you don't even have to turn on your oven. The sweet blueberry pie filling sits on top of a buttery graham cracker crust for the ultimate bite.

    Mini blueberry hand pies that are circle shaped.

    8. Mini Blueberry Pies

    These mini pies are super easy to make with store bought pie dough. The blueberry filling bursts with each bite! These would be perfect to serve after your 4th of July dinner and easy for the kids to walk around with.

    S'mores rice krispie treats with chocolate chunks and mini marshmallows on top.

    9. S'mores Rice Krispie Treats

    These are no bake Rice Krispie treats that are filled with s'mores flavors! They include chocolate chunks, mini marshmallows, and graham cracker crumbs. Any s'mores dessert screams 4th of July to me!

    Coconut bars on a piece of parchment paper.

    10. Simple Coconut Cream Pie Bars

    I absolutely love these coconut pie bars. They have a shortbread crust and the coconut filling is a homemade coconut pudding that has so much coconut flavor. You could easily top these bars with raspberries and blueberries!

    Soft blueberry cupcakes with blueberry frosting on top.

    11. Blueberry Cupcakes with Blueberry Buttercream

    These blueberry cupcakes are soft, moist, and filled with fresh blueberries. These are not muffins, but rather a delicate vanilla cupcake that's bursting with sweet blueberries.

    Chocolate pudding pie slice on top of a brown plate with a fork taking a bite out of it.

    12. No Bake Chocolate Pudding Pie

    Always a popular recipe during the summer, this no bake chocolate pudding pie sits on top of a buttery graham cracker crust. You can never go wrong with a chocolate dessert, especially on a holiday!

    Soft and chewy lemon blueberry cookies with a lemon glaze on top.

    13. Blueberry Lemon Cookies

    These are a no chill cookie that is filled with lemon juice, lemon zest, and fresh blueberries. They're also topped with a lemon glaze. These cookies are loved by fellow home bakers!

    Stacked mini blueberries with blueberry pie sauce on top.

    14. Mini Blueberry Cheesecakes

    These bite-sized cheesecakes have fresh blueberries in both the cheesecake filling and on top. And of course that buttery graham cracker crust pairs so well with the fresh berries!

    A bite taken out of a chocolate mini pie with graham cracker crumbs.

    15. Mini S'mores Pies

    Don't feel like having a bonfire this 4th of July? Make these bite-size s'mores treats to enjoy during the fireworks. They're even topped with a toasted marshmallow that you can make in the oven!

    Mini white chocolate cheesecakes with strawberry sauce on top.

    16. Mini White Chocolate & Strawberry Cheesecakes

    Here is another simple and handheld dessert. These are white chocolate cheesecake bites that are topped with strawberries. Feel free to add fresh blueberries on top for that red white and blue color!

    A banana split cake with cherries and sprinkles on top.

    17. Banana Split Cake Recipe

    I love this banana split cake for celebrations! It has banana cake layers that's filled with strawberries and is covered in a whipped cream frosting. It's then topped with chocolate ganache, colorful sprinkles, and of course, cherries.

    Chocolate chip cookies with mini chocolate chips and mini m&ms in it.

    18. Soft and Chewy Mini M&M Cookies

    Use red white and blue m&ms to create this fun and festive 4th of July cookie. It's a chocolate chip cookie that has both mini chocolate chips and mini m&ms in it.

    S'mores cupcakes with a marshmallow filling, chocolate frosting, and a chocolate dipped marshmallow.

    19. S'mores Cupcakes

    These s'mores cupcakes are graham cracker flavored with a marshmallow filling, chocolate frosting on top, and a chocolate dipped marshmallow. All of the flavors of a s'more can be tasted!

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    1. Karissa Parrish says

      June 18, 2025 at 11:45 am

      This is a great list of simple and easy desserts to make for the 4th of July! I make the blueberry pie bars every year!

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