Are you ready for a fun and festive 4th of July, these Red White and Blue Desserts are here to help you celebrate this summer holiday. It’s hard to believe that July is right around the corner. Have no fear I’m here to help you with your Red White and Blue Desserts Recipes.
I searched far and wide and came up with the Best 4th of July Dessert Recipes you will ever make. There is a wide range of desserts on this list, some are red, white and blue themed and others are just summery and delicious. I mean, there’s no rule that every dessert has to be red white and blue on the 4th of July right?

Best 4th of July Dessert Recipes
While you are getting your plan together for your 4th of July party, take sometime to check out this list of delicious 4th of July recipes. It doesn’t matter if you are having a family cookout, pool party or fireworks in your own these recipes are bound to make your party more festive and delicious.
Table of contents
- Best 4th of July Dessert Recipes
- Red White and Blue 4th of July Dessert Recipes
- Patriotic Funfetti Cake – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
- Chocolate Dipped Waffle Cones – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
- How to Make Chocolate Covered Banana Pops – July 4th Rockets
- Berry-licious Cheesecake Fruit Salad
- Cupcakes – Red, White and Blue with Buttercream Frosting
- Berry Trifle with Angel Food Cake – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
- Cupcakes – Red, White and Blue with Buttercream Frosting
- Air Fryer Pizookie
- Marshmallow Popcorn Cake
- Patriotic Fruit Cookie Pizza – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
- 4th of July Trail Mix – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
- Red White & Blue Poke Cake – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
- Red White and Blue Swirl Cheesecake
- Mini Red White Blue Bundt Cake
- Chocolate Dipped Oreos – 4th of July Dessert Recipe
- 4th of July Cookies – Patriotic Cake Batter Cookies
- Jello Layered Cake – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
- Sugar Cookie Cheesecake Cups
- 4th of July Dessert Recipes- Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich
- Patriotic Poke Cupcakes
- 4th of July Dessert Recipes Jello Pretzel Dessert Recipe
- Other Delicious 4th of July Dessert Recipes
- Best Ever Lemon Raspberry Loaf Cake
- Strawberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad
- More 4th of July Dessert Recipes
Red White and Blue 4th of July Dessert Recipes
Patriotic Funfetti Cake – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
This homemade funfetti Patriotic Cake recipe from scratch is the best dessert for Memorial Day, Independence Day, or just a fun summer treat. Combined with homemade frosting and patriotic sprinkles, it’s certain to be a hit!
The best part about making funfetti cake from scratch is that it not only tastes great, but it’s simple to make. I love that this cake is so flexible. You can mix and match your sprinkles because on the holiday or event.
Chocolate Dipped Waffle Cones – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
The best part of the 4th of July holiday is treating yourself to sweets! These easy Chocolate Dipped Waffle Cones are amazing and the perfect way to celebrate! Why skimp on dessert when you can take charge and make this?
The hardest part of this recipe is choosing which flavor of ice cream you want to put inside your waffle cones.
How to Make Chocolate Covered Banana Pops – July 4th Rockets
How to Make Chocolate Covered Banana Pops shows you how to create and decorate bananas on a stick, frozen or not, to look like July 4th banana rockets or whatever you desire!
Berry-licious Cheesecake Fruit Salad
This cheesecake fruit salad recipe is loaded with four different berries, cream cheese, and whipped cream. It’s a sweet, tangy dessert salad perfect for any occasion.
Cupcakes – Red, White and Blue with Buttercream Frosting
These cupcakes that are red white and blue are tender, moist, and so delicious. Topped with white buttercream frosting, these red and blue cupcakes are the perfect patriotic cupcake recipe to make for Independence Day.
Berry Trifle with Angel Food Cake – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
This Patriotic Berry Trifle with Angel Food Cake is the best of both worlds. Sweet in-season berries with creamy and delicious filling? YUM! My mouth is watering just thinking about this simple red, white, and blue dessert.
It’s getting hot outside and this Berry Trifle is just what you need to cool off. No need to spend hours making a special dessert for your summer party, this Patriotic Berry Trifle takes only about 30 minutes, and is so refreshing on a hot summer day.
Cupcakes – Red, White and Blue with Buttercream Frosting
These cupcakes that are red white and blue are tender, moist, and so delicious. Topped with white buttercream frosting, these red and blue cupcakes are the perfect patriotic cupcake recipe to make for Independence Day.
Air Fryer Pizookie
This Air Fryer Pizookie is the perfect combination of cookie flavor with a pizza look. Each bite is perfectly portioned with loads of chocolate flavor! This air fryer pizookie recipe is sure to add joy to your home. Air fryer pizookies are served warm and gooey in small pie tins or ramekins and topped with ice cream and so much more.
Marshmallow Popcorn Cake
This 4th of July Popcorn cake is the perfect mix of sweet and salty. Not only is this popcorn cake recipe simple to make, it is also festive and fun.
Let’s make a 4th of July popcorn cake! This is the perfect dessert to bring to any party or make for your family. It is a fun cake and festive too! If you have leftover popcorn, this is the perfect way to use it up. My family loves this recipe and asks for it often.
Patriotic Fruit Cookie Pizza – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
Patriotic Fruit Cookie Pizza is simple to make, tastes delicious and is a festive dessert. Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza is bound to brighten up your table.
Fruit Cookie Pizza is a sweet sugar cookie dough crust, topped with a creamy cream cheese fruit dip, and then decorated with fresh bananas, strawberries, blueberries, and a sprinkle of white chocolate chips.
4th of July Trail Mix – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
Red White and Blue Trail Mix recipe is homemade sweet and crunchy cereal coated in white candy coating and loaded with festive M&Ms, and salty pretzels. Soft mini marshmallows too. This 4th of July Snack Mix is going to be a hit at your party.
This recipe is always one of my go to 4th of July recipes. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts about this 4th of July Trail Mix.
Red White & Blue Poke Cake – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
This Red White and Blue Poke Cake is a fun and festive 4th of July Poke Cake and great for your holiday party. This Red White and Blue Poke Cake starts with a soft cake base, then filled with creamy vanilla pudding, and topped with a layer of sweet whipped topping and fresh berries.
This 4th of July Poke Cake makes for the perfect dessert for a holiday table. This poke cake is sweet and refreshing and is simple to make. This 4th of July Poke Cake recipe will wow your friends and family and have them asking you to make it again and again.

Red White and Blue Swirl Cheesecake
Red White and Blue Swirl cheesecake is a sweet graham cracker crust filled with creamy red, white and blue swirled cheesecake. This 4th of July dessert is not only fun but also tasty. This 4th of July of Cheesecake will liven up your holiday table.
It’s hard to believe that the 4th of July is almost here. I’m getting ready for your annual family pool party by working on my menu plan for the meal. This Red White and Blue Swirl Cheesecake is definitely making an appearance at our family gathering. I love using a cold dessert for the summer holidays because it’s a great way to beat the heat.
Mini Red White Blue Bundt Cake
Mini Red White and Blue Bundt Cakes are super easy to make but so festive and fun. These mini bundt cakes are bound to be the life of the party. They will liven up the dessert table and make for a tasty treat.
I have been on a mini dessert kick. Being able to make individual-sized portions is so fun. I don’t know about you but having smaller-sized desserts helps stop me from wanting to eat an entire cake.
Chocolate Dipped Oreos – 4th of July Dessert Recipe
These Chocolate Dipped Oreos are the best. Fast and simple and perfect to grab and enjoy as you’re walking around, too! Looking for an easy dessert for the 4th of July? These Chocolate Dipped Oreos are the best.
I’m a fan of all things Oreos. Vanilla, chocolate, double-stuffed…you name it and I’ll eat it. I pretty much think that Oreos are one of the best cookies out there. And that’s saying a lot.
4th of July Cookies – Patriotic Cake Batter Cookies
4th of July Cookies are soft and chewy cookies that taste so sweet. These delicate cookies are so festive and fun. My fourth of July cookie recipe makes the best Cake Batter cookies that you have ever tasted. So get ready to sit back and watch the holiday fireworks explode in the air and eat these tasty fourth of July cookies while you sit around, relax and enjoy the show.
I’m counting down the days until the 4th of July. I love to kick back with my family and watch the fireworks and take in all the festivities of the day. There’s no better way to spend a hot summer’s day than in the pool and grilling.
Close the day with a beautiful firework display and these oh so soft and delicious cake batter cookies.
Jello Layered Cake – 4th of July Dessert Recipes
Jello Layered Cake is a festive and fun individual dessert that makes for a beautiful and delicious dessert table. I love how this Red, White and Blue layered dessert turned out. It was such a fun and tasty treat to celebrate the 4th of July.
Get ready to beat the heat with this Jello Layered Cake recipe. One of my favorite things about this recipe is that not only is it simple to make but it’s also budget friendly. There’s no need to stay at the stove all day to make a delicious dessert. It doesn’t take long to put these festive and fun layered desserts together so that you can spend more time with your family.
Sugar Cookie Cheesecake Cups
These Sugar Cookie Cheesecake Cookie Cups are like their own little gift basket of goodness. Every single cheesecake bite is filled with creamy cheesecake and fresh berries! You’ll love these mini cheesecake desserts!
I love a good dessert with a surprise hidden in the middle. There’s nothing quite like biting into a delicious treat and discovering extra goodness just waiting in the middle. Best of all, these mini bite-sized cookie cheesecake cups are loaded with a fresh fruit taste that provides the perfect balance of sweetness.
4th of July Dessert Recipes- Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich
This cookie ice cream sandwich recipe is the perfect thing for 4th of July or any time of year. This ice cream cookie sandwich is literally ice cream smushed between two amazing HOMEMADE cookies. The flavor of this dessert is unlike anything you’ll get at the store. Just wait until you try them!
Why settle when it comes to making a delicious dessert for Independence day? There are so many reasons why I love this cookie ice cream sandwich recipe, all coming to the conclusion that it’s amazing and awesome to eat.
Patriotic Poke Cupcakes
Stop everything that you’re doing and grab the simple ingredients for these Patriotic Poke Cupcakes. Simple, delicious, and perfect for the 4th of July!
I LOVE cupcakes. All kinds, all day. The reason being? It’s a simple reason to enjoy a dessert that I literally don’t have to share. Does that make me selfish? Maybe…but after years of making desserts and having people ask me for a bite, I’m drawn to making cupcakes because everyone can have their own.
4th of July Dessert Recipes Jello Pretzel Dessert Recipe
This Jello pretzel dessert is a throwback to childhood dessert memories that many of us have. This Jello pretzel dessert recipe is a new twist on the classic with strawberry or raspberry jello, a cream cheese layer and pretzel crust.
This strawberry pretzel dessert recipe, or raspberry, is super easy and so tasty. Just wait until you try it!
It’s the perfect twist for celebrating July 4th or truth be told, any holiday or excuse will do and it doesn’t matter what you want to call it—just make it and enjoy every bite! In any flavors or fruits you desire. Now how cool is that?
Other Delicious 4th of July Dessert Recipes
Now, that you seen my favorite Red, White and Blue recipes it’s time to check out some other recipes that are just as yummy but are not Red, White and Blue themed. Have no fear I promise even though they are not festive, they are still oh so tasty and crowd pleasers.
Best Ever Lemon Raspberry Loaf Cake
This tart and sweet raspberry lemon loaf recipe simply makes the best ever lemon raspberry cake using fresh raspberries and a bright lemon flavor. This tasty summer dessert or lunchtime snack will easily become one of your favorites!
Easy Strawberry Pie
Easy Strawberry Pie is delicious and filled with fresh strawberries. This easy pie only takes about 40 minutes from start to finish. My favorite thing about this recipe is that it requires only six ingredients, and I’m willing to bet you already have most of them in your pantry.
I grew up not far from my Shoney’s. Every Sunday morning, my parents would load all of us kids into the car, and we would eat at Shoney’s. We looked forward to that breakfast meal every week.
Strawberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad
This strawberry cheesecake fluff salad is a rich, creamy, sweet, and tangy dessert that’s perfect for summer. It’s loaded with fresh strawberries!
Krispie Chooclate Peanut Butter Balls
We, well especially me, loves all things peanut butter. These Krispie Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls are so easy to make and so addictive! They always disappear so fast and truth be told I know I am the problem! We love and can’t get enough of them around here.
Fruit Yogurt Bark
Wondering how to make Yogurt Bark? How to Make Yogurt Bark is the best frozen yogurt bark recipe with greek yogurt or without, berries, kiwis, chocolate, nuts or your favorites. A sweet treat or a great way to start the day!
Is there anything wrong with feeling like you’re having a sweet treat early in the day? This frozen yogurt bark makes me FEEL like I’m having dessert for breakfast when it’s really not the case.
Mini Pound Cakes with Strawberry Glaze
Get ready to love this Mini Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze recipe. The mini pound loaf is a simple dessert that gives everyone their own individual pound cake. And it tastes great, too!
While mini pound cake with strawberry glaze may not get the old heart racing, these mini loaf cakes can brighten up anyone’s day. Fast and easy to bake, they’re the cutest treats ever! Smothered in the most delicious strawberry glaze and topped with colorful sprinkles, they’re a feast for the eyes and make your taste buds sing. If you are looking for a way to make these more festive you could add some red, white and blue sprinkles to the top.
Best Soft Chewy Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
If you’re looking for a cream cheese sugar cookie recipe that literally melts in your mouth, you’re going to be head over heels for these Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies. Not only are they what everyone loves and craves but now you can skip buying them at the store and make your own cream cheese sugar cookies instead!
This is what cookie dreams are made of. I literally dream of this cookie recipe all year long. And while I know that I could easily make them on my own anytime that I want, there is just something festive and fun about having them. For your 4th of July Dessert recipe you can add some red, white and blue forth of July sprinkles.
Easy Layered Candy Bark
Easy Layered Candy Bark is a delicious layering of melted chocolate with unlimited toppings like cookies, candy, nuts, etc. While I made this recipe for Valentine’s Day this recipe is so simple to customize by using themed candy like Red, White and Blue M&M’s or Skittles and red, white and blue sprinkles.
Red Velvet Cookie Bars
Red Velvet Cookie Bars are easy and quick to make. Perfect when you need an amazing, decadent, chocolate dessert in a hurry, covered in cream cheese icing!
I always have a box of red velvet cake mix in my home, just so I am able to put this wonderful dessert together in a hurry if I need to. Now that I have made this dessert so many times I am able to make one in less than 45 minutes, from start to finish.
Easy Red Velvet Fudge
Easy Red Velvet Fudge is super smooth, bright, creamy and a totally festive chocolate treat. Perfect as an edible gift or dessert for friends and family.
I always say fudge, fudge and more fudge and you can never have too much! There are endless colors and fudge flavors, that depending on your mood, craving, or what you have around or in your home, you can create the perfect sweet treat, whenever you want!
White Chocolate Cake Popcorn
White Chocolate Cake Popcorn is the perfect delicious sweet snack that everyone enjoys preparing and eating too! I used to believe that you had to struggle and sacrifice in order to create and serve something so wonderful. Now I know better!
Most people cover their popcorn with just white chocolate. I prefer to add a little bit of cake mix to create a wonderful cake flavor, while still enjoying every white chocolate covered bite! Definitely the best of both worlds in my opinion! While I make this recipe using Red and Green M&M’s for Christmas it would be super easy to swap out with Red, White and Blue M&M’s for an amazingly simple 4th of July Dessert recipe.
Chocolate Cake Chex Mix
Chocolate Cake Chex Mix is the perfect, totally addictive, crunchy, sweet, somewhat salty snack or dessert that can be easily customized to suit any holiday, event or personal taste!
This recipe is so versatile and you have so many options. Choose your favorite ingredients, not forgetting the pretzels and the salt they bring to this sweet treat, and you have a different tasty result, every time. This recipe is no bake and all you need is a microwave. Easy Peasy. Want to turn this into a simple 4th of July Dessert recipe? Add in festive sprinkles or just leave them out all together.
Sugar Cookie Fudge
Sugar Cookie Fudge is easy, rich and creamy! Full of sugar cookie flavor, decorated in bright sparkles or sprinkles, perfect as a dessert or edible gift!
Top this Sugar Cookie Fudge with some Red, White and Blue sprinkles and now you have a fun and kid friendly dessert. Be careful leaving this fudge in the heat though, it can soften too much.
More 4th of July Dessert Recipes
Best Strawberry Banana Cake
The Best Strawberry Banana Cake recipe is an easy, super moist cake with strawberries, bananas, walnuts or pecans and the best cream cheese frosting!
This recipe for The Best Strawberry Banana Cake is a definite keeper! The cake is full of flavor and super moist. Leave the pecans off the top of your cake, and sprinkle with sliced strawberries and fresh blueberries for a red, white and blue theme plus a delicious fruity taste.
Grandma’s Fruit Salad
My Grandma’s Fruit Salad is my favorite holiday treat of all time! Using fresh and/or canned fruit this dessert will not disappoint! Just like my grandma used to make!
When I was small this was one of my favorite holiday treats that my grandmother used to make. She always had a few different desserts for us to choose from but I always loved this one the best! I think we all did. I love this his Grandma’s Fruit Salad is cool and refreshing it a perfect dessert for your 4th of July party.
Grandma’s Oreo Cookie Cake
Grandma’s Oreo Cookie Cake recipe or easy cookies and cream cake is great for birthdays, filled with Oreos or your favorite cream cookies, all baked inside!
My husband’s grandmother used to make this Grandma’s Oreo Cookie Cake recipe as a treat whenever she saw him. I believe that’s why my husband loves all cream-filled cookies to this day as they remind him of her! While this recipe isn’t red, white and blue it is oh so delicious and kids always love it.
Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
My grandma’s Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars recipe is amazing. These no bake chocolate peanut butter bars are made with a peanut butter base topped with melted chocolate chips and more! Ready to make some easy peanut butter bars?
My grandmother used to whip this yummy treat up in no time at all. OK, in about 15 minutes, maybe less. This dessert only requires five ingredients. Not including any decorations you choose to use.
I hope that this amazing Red White and Blue Desserts round up helps you get some easy ideas make for your 4th of July celebration. Gather around your family and friends and savor these sweet and festive treats. Nothing makes fireworks better than a tasty dessert.
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