Editors’ Collection

Desserts for Picnics

Make-ahead cakes, pies, cookies, bars and more dessert recipes to bring to the next summer picnic. Discover more dessert recipes in our summer recipe collection.

Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Monica Pierini.

Recipes

Blueberry Pie Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
2255 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,255
About 1 hour 10 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1097 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,097
50 minutes, plus chilling
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Peach Crumble Slab Pie
Melissa Clark
1102 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,102
2½ hours, plus 1 hour's chilling
or to save this recipe.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Kim Severson, Chris Kimball
3661 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,661
35 minutes
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Fudgy Nutella Brownies
Yossy Arefi
1382 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,382
45 minutes
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Peaches and Cream Pie
Lidey Heuck
1631 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,631
40 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
or to save this recipe.
Banana Pudding
Sam Sifton
1333 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,333
1 hour
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3889 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,889
1 hour plus at least 24 hours' chilling
or to save this recipe.
Summer Berry Buckle
Melissa Clark
3186 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,186
1 hour
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Apple Sheet Cake With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Yossy Arefi
1487 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,487
45 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2281 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,281
1 hour
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3810 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,810
About 1 hour
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Lemon Sheet Cake With Raspberry Whipped Cream
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1354 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,354
1½ hours
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