Make Your BBQ Unforgettable with These 26 Crowd-Pleasing Desserts!
A barbecue isn’t just about the savory dishes—desserts play a big role in making the meal memorable. Whether you’re hosting a summer cookout or just enjoying some outdoor grilling with friends and family, having a selection of tasty desserts can take your BBQ to the next level. In this article, we’ll share some fantastic dessert recipes that are perfect for any BBQ. From fruity treats to decadent sweets, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. So, get ready to impress your guests with these easy and delicious BBQ desserts!
Banana Pudding Brownies
These banana pudding brownies are layered with banana brownie batter and vanilla wafer cookies and swirled with homemade vanilla pudding. They taste just like a bowl of banana pudding in brownie form!
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Chocolate Puff Pastry
If you love chocolate as much as I do, you will certainly want to try this easy chocolate puff pastry recipe! With just two main ingredients, this simple recipe takes store-bought puff pastry to the next level by rolling in decadent chocolate chips. The result is a soft, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate pastry with a flaky outer shell and a creamy chocolate interior. It is perfect for both breakfast and an after-dinner dessert!
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Raspberry Swirl Cake
Raspberry Swirl Cake is a deliciously moist cake with a generous ribbon of raspberry through the middle. Lightly sweet, it works as a bundt cake dessert or coffee cake.
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Get the recipe: Lemon Ice Box Cake
Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake
If you are a fan of Creamsicles, you are going to want to make this No Bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake this summer. You will find a delicious Nilla Cookie crust with layers of orange creamy cheesecake filling. Perfect for summer picnics and BBQ’s.
Get the recipe: Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake
Pina Colada Pie
Pina Colada Pie is exactly what you need this summer season! With this easy coconut pineapple pie, you’ll be the star of every summer BBQ. A crunchy graham cracker crust and creamy pineapple rum filling, are topped with homemade whipped cream and maraschino cherries. This no bake pie is sure to put a smile on everyone’s face!
Get the recipe: Pina Colada Pie
Peach Cobbler Cookies
These peach cobbler cookies are basically peach cobbler in cookie form! Each chewy brown sugar cookie is filled with a cinnamon peach cobbler filling and topped with brown sugar crumble and vanilla glaze. These peach cookies are the perfect summer treat!
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Gluten Free Chocolate Tart
Gluten free and full of chocolate flavor this Chocolate Tart is perfect for holiday entertaining. Serve it with whipped cream and lots of pomegranate arils.
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Key Lime Bars
These Easy Key Lime Bars are delicious. The buttery graham cracker crust adds just the right amount of sweetness and crunch, which makes these the perfect dessert!
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Brown Sugar Sponge Cake With Fresh Fruits And Cream
Introducing a quick and easy recipe for a mouthwatering brown sugar sponge cake with fresh fruits and cream. This super moist sponge cake is the perfect treat for any occasion. The combination of the rich and caramel-like flavor of brown sugar, coupled with velvety luscious cream and refreshing fruits, creates a delightful harmony.
Get the recipe: Brown Sugar Sponge Cake With Fresh Fruits And Cream
Rustic Blueberry Galette
Blueberry Galette is the edgier, less intimidating, more forgiving, easier to serve….but equally scrumptious cousin of the more common blueberry pie. The “free-form” nature of the crust means that no pan is required. Instead, it is baked directly on the baking sheet and lies flat, ready to slice.
Get the recipe: Rustic Blueberry Galette
Oreo Chocolate Cake
This Oreo Chocolate Cake combines Oreo’s iconic crunch and creaminess with rich chocolate. A decadently moist chocolate loaf cake with Oreo cookies baked into the top, ready in an hour.
Get the recipe: Oreo Chocolate Cake
Red Velvet Muffins
These heavenly red velvet muffins topped with a light and creamy cream cheese frosting are incredibly moist, super fluffy, and simply scrumptious! With all the same rich flavor of a red velvet cake and a dash of magic with my secret baking tricks, this recipe is the ultimate handheld version of the beloved classic!
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Tiramisu Cups
Short on time, but love Tiramisu? Sometimes, we all need a shortcut. So, try my easy version of tiramisu cups; it’s another one of my favorite easy no-bake desserts for a BBQ that comes together in 15 minutes and only uses a few simple ingredients. Furthermore, individual tiramisu parfaits look cute in serving glasses (and no one has to share).
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No Bake Twinkie Cake
This No Bake Twinkie Cake recipe is a quick and easy dessert that’s perfect for any occasion. It layers soft Twinkies with fresh bananas, creamy vanilla pudding, and juicy pineapple, all topped with a generous spread of whipped topping and crunchy pecans. It’s a fuss-free, refrigerator-chilled treat that’s sure to be a hit with friends and family.
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Mexican S’mores
This isn’t the s’mores of your childhood–it’s even better! It’s the perfect simple dessert for any night of the week and even more fun to serve at parties.
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Boozy Tequila Margarita Cake
If drinking margaritas all summer long is your thing, then you’re going to love this Boozy Tequila Margarita Cake recipe. It’s a bundt cake with frozen margarita mix blended into the batter for an unbelievably moist cake that’s bursting with flavor, then it’s finished with a thick tequila glaze.
Get the recipe: Boozy Tequila Margarita Cake
Flower Cookies
These four-ingredient flower cookies are surprisingly simple to make! They’re rich, buttery, and melt-in-your-mouth, with a simple shortbread base. Adding edible flowers to the cookies was inspired by Sophie’s collection of 1970s cookbooks, where it’s featured many times.
Get the recipe: Flower Cookies
Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Cake
Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Cake is a deliciously light and subtly sweet treat with juicy blueberries in every bite. Coated with sumptuous cream cheese frosting, this cake is moist, soft, and perfect for holidays, weekends, or just because.
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Oreo Cookie Cake
Oreo cookie cake is a giant gooey cookie stuffed with Oreos and decorated with buttercream frosting. This fun dessert comes together in 40 minutes and is everything you love about a cookie in cake form!
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Lemon Ice Box Cake
If you’re looking for an easy no bake dessert you can’t go wrong with this creamy lemon icebox cake recipe! It’s made with lemon Oreos and a creamy lemon filling that will make all the lemon lovers happy! Best of all, it only takes about 10 minutes to prep!
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Chocolate Caramel Rice Krispie Treats
Salty sweet and so delicious these Chocolate Caramel Rice Krispie Treats will be a hit at your next party. Made easily in one bowl with no baking required.
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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Pie
A chocolate and peanut butter dream combo! This Reese’s pie has a graham cracker crust, creamy peanut butter filling with Reese’s peanut butter cups, topped with cool whip and drizzled with chocolate and peanut butter. It’s decadent, delicious and always a huge hit!
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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Perfectly soft and tender these Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies will make you swoon. They are easy to make with Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 Baking Flour and loaded with chocolate!
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Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tarts
Hokkaido baked cheese tarts are the ultimate rich and creamy Japanese desserts with crunchy shortcrust tart base and distinct sweet and savory cheesy filling. Pâte Sablée aka Sweet shortcrust pastry tart filled with a combination of creamy, sweet, and savory dairy and cheese products such as heavy cream, Philadephia cream cheese, and parmesan cheese. You will love it, one of the best finger desserts for summer!
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Southern Peach Cobbler
This foolproof peach cobbler recipe has just the right amount of baking powder and liquid, resulting in a perfect texture and a truly delicious Southern peach cobbler that doesn’t have the texture of cake.
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Lemon Bars
These tangy lemon bars are the ultimate treat. They have a simple shortbread crust, fresh lemon curd, and a dusting of powdered sugar.
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