It’s time to celebrate with red, white, and blue, and here are our 15 Best 4th of July Dessert Recipes for a festive way to add some tasty treats to your patriotic celebration.
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Cookouts, music, sparklers, flags, fireworks, and delicious summertime Independence Day desserts are all part of celebrating America’s birthday. We love our tasty treats, but there is nothing better than a great red, white, and blue flag cake or colorful cookies decked out in patriotic sprinkles.
Read along for my favorite patriotic treats and July dessert ideas. ❤️🤍💙 I think you will love them all, and don’t forget they can be made for Memorial Day too!
Table of contents
- 4th of July Sugar Cookie Bars by One Hot Oven
- Red, White & Blue Thumbprint Cookies by One Hot Oven
- 4th of July M&M Cookie Bars by One Hot Oven
- Red, White & Blue Ice Cream Sundaes by One Hot Oven
- 4th of July Sugar Cookies by Swirls of Flavor
- White Chocolate No Bake Cheesecake Pie by Restless Chipotle
- Fireworks Sugar Cookies by The Monday Box
- Easy Red, White and Blue Trifle Jars by Boulder Locavore
- 4th of July Sprinkle Cookies by One Hot Oven
- Red, White Blue Jello Cups – One Hot Oven
- 4th of July Cupcakes by Swirls of Flavor
- Patriotic Jello Poke Cake by Restless Chipotle
- Red, White and Blueberry Mug Cake by The Monday Box
- Jello Mold With Cream Cheese by Amira’s Pantry
- Blueberry Flag Shortcake by Fitty Foodlicious
- More favorite One Hot Oven recipes
4th of July Sugar Cookie Bars by One Hot Oven
Celebrate with these soft, chewy red, white, and blue 4th of July Sugar Cookies for a colorful patriotic dessert. Make an easy cookie dough and bake, then add a sweet, creamy frosting to these bars. I love finding pretty patriotic sprinkles for that colorful bling.
Red, White & Blue Thumbprint Cookies by One Hot Oven
These tasty Red, White & Blue Thumbprint Cookies are all dressed up with the prettiest patriotic colored sprinkles and icing for a festive celebration.
4th of July M&M Cookie Bars by One Hot Oven
Nothing is better than chocolate chips and crunchy M&Ms baked into these soft, chewy Fourth of July Cookies, perfect for festive celebrations. 4th of July desserts need to be simple, like this recipe that bakes in 30 minutes.
Red, White & Blue Ice Cream Sundaes by One Hot Oven
The best thing for dessert in the summer is scoops of vanilla ice cream on the 4th of July. Make a batch of this no-churn Red, White, & Blue Ice Cream filled with patriotic-colored M&M’s.
4th of July Sugar Cookies by Swirls of Flavor
With just four basic kitchen ingredients and some patriotic food colors, you can celebrate our country’s birthday with our 4th of July Sugar Cookies. Easy to make, our colorful cookies are fun for kids and especially delicious too! Perfect for a July picnic.
White Chocolate No Bake Cheesecake Pie by Restless Chipotle
This easy, no-bake cheesecake pie has just 5 ingredients plus a graham cracker crust and infinite variations. It takes less than 10 minutes to make!
When you need a delicious festive dessert that doesn’t take much effort, this is a great recipe to have in your collection!
Fireworks Sugar Cookies by The Monday Box
Thanks to those who defend and protect our country, we have the freedom to celebrate our country on July 4th. My adopted soldier won’t be home to celebrate this year, so I sent him a patriotic celebration in a box, including Fireworks Sugar Cookies. Sparkling with sugar and swirled with red, white, and blue, Fireworks Sugar Cookies burst with sweet sugar cookie flavor!
Easy Red, White and Blue Trifle Jars by Boulder Locavore
4th of July desserts make the holiday all the more fun. Easy Red, White and Blue Trifles are fresh, light, and portable for all your holiday outings!
Made with angel food cake and fresh blueberries, and a delicious cherry lime sauce. Don’t forget the whipped cream on top.
You can even make one berry trifle for a simple dessert just for you!
4th of July Sprinkle Cookies by One Hot Oven
Let’s get all Red, White, and Blue and celebrate July 4th with cookies and sprinkles. I love colorful sprinkles and these patriotic 4th of July Red, White & Blue Cookies are bursting with color, but they also have a delicious surprise red middle layer.
Red, White Blue Jello Cups – One Hot Oven
Looking for a fun and festive dessert to serve at your next Memorial Day or Fourth of July party? Look no further than these red, white, and blue jello cups. Don’t forget the cherry in the middle! I think jello desserts make the best cool treats for hot July days.
4th of July Cupcakes by Swirls of Flavor
Our 4th of July Cupcakes are an easy-from-scratch recipe for vanilla cupcakes. Topped with a homemade buttercream frosting, decorated with red, white, and blue stripes, and topped with a cherry, they are a perfect Fourth of July dessert!
Patriotic Jello Poke Cake by Restless Chipotle
So Pretty! Patriotic, red-white-blue Jello Poke Cake is quick and easy to make with fun red and blue gelatin streaks and whipped white chocolate topping. Great for beginning cooks. You can even start with a white cake mix.
Red, White and Blueberry Mug Cake by The Monday Box
This July 4th, celebrate Independence Day with a patriotic dessert that is cooked and ready to enjoy in just one minute! Eaten as a mug cake or turned out onto a plate, Red, White, and Blueberry Mug Cake is an individual serving of patriotic funfetti cake bursting with sweet cherry and blueberry pie filling. Americana in a mug!
Jello Mold With Cream Cheese by Amira’s Pantry
A festive jello mold recipe, one of the best jello recipes with cream cheese you can make. A luscious cream cheese sweet gelatin layer hugged by strawberry jello and topped with fresh fruit. A delicious, no-bake, easy dessert with the wow factor you need.
Blueberry Flag Shortcake by Fitty Foodlicious
Blueberry Strawberry Flag Shortcake is an all Americana recipe that can be made again and again throughout the year. My classic Fruity Flag Shortcake is an ode to the amazing country we live in and an ode to shortcake fans all around!
I hope you found some delicious All-American 4th of July recipes to try. We made sure all these recipes are simple to make because who has time to be in the kitchen all day when you have a backyard barbecue and fireworks to watch?
More favorite One Hot Oven recipes
We are in the middle of summer, which means it’s strawberry, raspberry, and peach season, and I have some great recipes for you.
- Easy Peach Pandowdy is full of fresh summer peaches topped with a flaky pie crust.
- Make these Strawberry Curd Tarts for a delicious bite-sized dessert that is perfect for a special occasion or an any-day treat.
- This Strawberry Chardonnay Gelee is an easy dessert to make and deliciously refreshing.
- Frozen desserts are perfect to make when it’s hot outside. Try this No-Bake Strawberry Raspberry Cheesecake Mousse for a special treat. It’s so simple to make.
- This Raspberry Chiffon Cake is so pretty in pink. Filled with fresh raspberries in the cake and the icing, this cake makes a stunning dessert.
Patriotic sprinkles are the best part of July recipes, and these sprinkles are like the perfect ending to a sweet treat.
Don’t forget the food coloring so you can get that perfect shade of patriotic red or blue. I love the set for all the colors.
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Have a glorious day with your friends and family.
First published: June 17, 2022, Last updated: June 16, 2023, for better readability.
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About Jere’ Cassidy
From learning to cook on a farm in Indiana to culinary school in California, my passion for food is never-ending. Turning on my oven to bake something for friends and family is my happy place. I am glad to be sharing sweet and savory family-friendly recipes for your cooking and baking inspiration.
What a great list of desserts that are perfect for 4th of July recipes. Love all the patriotic colors! Thanks for the roundup!
My gosh, how amazing and tempting all the recipes are! So hard to choose one, lol I want to eat all of them. Thanks!! Happy 4th July
Love all these 4th of July desserts, it is my son’s birthday so we always like to celebrate with American themed food!
Happy Birthday to your son, a July 4th boy!!!!
Omgosh, so many good recipes in this post. I’m going to make the trifle for sure, it looks amazing. I’m excited.
These look awesome!! There’s a dessert for everyone on this list.
Wow these all look so beautiful! I know what I am making for 4th of July desserts now!
All of these look so delicious but I especially love the thumbprint cookies! I will have to try this year for sure! I love themed desserts.
I have quite a fondness for thumbprint cookies. They are quick to make and always have a delicious filling.
Lovely collection of recipes. Everythings looks beyond delicious. And so festive. I saved a few recipes. Can’t wait to give them a try!
What a fabulous collection of recipes! They all look so delicious! The colors are so bright, vibrant, and beautiful!
These are all such great options! They look delicious and so fun to make. I’m going to be trying your thumbprint cookies recipe and maybe even the blueberry flag shortcake!
Thank you for taking the time to share all of these amazing recipe ideas! Now to choose which one to make!
So many great ideas here, love all the bright bold colours.
What a great list of blue red and white recipes! And they seem very easy to make!
Such a great variety of recipes to celebrate the Nation. Thank you for sharing!
Great collection of recipes!! They are all so colourful – I can’t decide which to make first! Love that most of them could be easily adapted for Canada Day (because that is where I live!!).