31 Picnic Desserts for Your Next Outdoor Feast
When we think about planningpicnic food, we’re often focused on the main event and sides, but picnic desserts have a way of overshadowing all the other elements of any outdoor meal. Let’s be honest: Even yourbest potato salad有困难与自制的蛋糕镶嵌with berries or the surprise appearance of a container of salted-butter chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Below, you’ll find our go-to desserts for a picnic, including handheld pie bars, sheet-pan brownie thins, cupcakes, and whoopie pies. Check the weather, grab yourpicnic blanket, and call some friends to join you.
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Photo by Max Milla1/31Butter Toffee Bars
Bar cookieslike these brickle bars make great picnic desserts—they’re handheld, easy to transport, and guaranteed to disappear before it’s time to lug your picnic basket home. This simple recipe from Nick DiGiovanni’s new book,Knife Drop, works well with Heath toffee bits.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova2/31Salted-Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Epicurious editor Emily Johnsonmessed with a family classicwhen fine-tuning this cookie recipe. The result has a deeply nutty caramel flavor that we love.
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Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boystova3/317UP Cake
Doesfizzy soda really make a differencein this classic Southern cake? We did some tests to find out.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell4/313-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Invited to a last-minute picnic and not sure what to bring for dessert? Theseeasy cookiesare the answer.
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Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Liberty Fennell6/31Blackberry Pie With Lattice Crust
Juicyblackberriessimply make the best summer pie around.
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9/31Easy Coffee Cake
A picnic brunch is not complete without this quick and easy coffee cake, which leans onmelted butterfor richness.
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Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich12/31Sesame Chocolate Rye Breakfast Cookies
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Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Susan Ottaviano, Prop Styling by Stephanie De Luca14/31Blueberry Muffin Cake
Grab some localblueberriesand make this summery cake with minimal prep time and zero fuss.
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Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Sue Li21/31Tahini Rice Crispy Treats
All the cooking happens on the stovetop here, and you need just a handful of ingredients to make theseno-baketreats.
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Photo by Alana Kysar and Brooklyn Dombroski23/31Butter Mochi
Nothing pleases a crowd like a slice of this delightfullybouncy-chewycake.
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Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Aneta Florczyk26/31Blackberry and Dried Apricot Slab Pie
Chopped dried apricots are plumped up in a bit of wine before joining the filling for this pie. It’s baked on a sheet pan—nopie panrequired.
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By Holly Wulff Petersen27/31Pistachio-Cherry Cake
Maybe a picnic isn’t the time for messing withfrostingand multiple layers. But itisthe time for deeply flavorful cakes that make the most of summer produce, like this one from cookbook authorBenjamina Ebuehi.
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Christopher Testani30/31Strawberry-Lemon Lattice Pie
Wide strips of dough make for an easy lattice on this summerfruit pie. Thin slices of lemon add dimension to the filling.
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