25 Fun Camping Desserts to Sweeten Your Outdoor Adventure
Easy camping dessert recipes! These fun campfire treats are the perfect way to end the day at your campsite.
When you’re planning for a fun camping adventure …
… the last thing you want to stress about is the food!
You want to relax, explore, and reconnect with nature and your family and friends.
But planning your camping food can be tricky.
The recipes need to be easy to make, but delicious enough that everyone will actually eat them.
I’ve got you covered!
I put together a list of fun camping dessert ideas that even the pickiest eaters will love.
These easy (and delicious) campfire dessert recipes are affordable, and simple to make in advance or cook over the campfire or grill.
I’ve included lots of creative dessert ideas, including skillet recipes, unique twists on classic s’mores, and easy make ahead options.
You’ll absolutely love these unique sweet treats, and they’ll help you plan your whole camping menu, so get back to enjoying the experience.
Okay, let’s dive into these fun campfire desserts!
(☀️ Looking for more delicious summer recipes? Try one of these amazing camping breakfasts or campfire dinners, unique kabob recipes, easy summer appetizers, simple picnic food ideas, crowd-pleasing cookout side dishes, or fun summer charcuterie boards!)
Easy Camping Desserts
Campfire S'mores Nachos
S’mores Nachos are the best! All that melted chocolate and gooey marshmallow combined with graham crackers are just the best camping dessert ever.
And you can easily whip up a whole batch of s’mores for a group with this fun recipe.
Oreo Skillet Brownies
Fudgy Oreo Skillet Brownies are loaded with oreo chunks, and chocolate chunks, have a delicious crinkly top, and are ready in under one hour!
They stay fresh for days, and make enough to share too.
Banana Boats
Banana Boats are one of the easiest desserts to add to your cookouts or campfires! Full of ooey gooey marshmallow, chocolate, and banana, you can cook them on the BBQ or campfire for a fun and versatile dessert.
Campfire Chocolate Cake
If you love chocolate, you’ll love this campfire chocolate cake. It’s a rich and decadent dessert to make over the campfire.
There’s nothing better than enjoying a slice of chocolate cake while sitting around the campfire in the great outdoors!
Easy S’mores Bark
S’mores and camping go hand in hand, but campfires are banned at many state and national park campgrounds.
But you make this S'mores Bark in advance to bring with you, no fire required!
Campfire Cones
Campfire Cones are a great alternative to the messy s'mores!
Stuffed with chocolate, marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, and anything else you have on hand.
Ice Cream In A Bag
Add a cool twist to your camping desserts with this Ice Cream in a Bag recipe!
With just a few simple ingredients, you can enjoy freshly made ice cream right at your campsite.
Campfire Charcuterie Board
This Campfire Charcuterie Dessert Board is a great way for everyone to enjoy a variety of delicious and flavorful treats while enjoying the outdoors.
Snack platters and boards just make any event feel like a celebration.
Walking Desserts
Get ready to satisfy your sweet tooth with these walking desserts!
The dessert version of the walking taco, everyone will have so much fun putting together different combinations of toppings.
Smores Dip
Instead of making individual s’mores, make a delicious S’mores dip in a cast iron skillet over your campfire.
Everyone can Dip graham crackers, cookies, pretzels, etc in. It’s SO good!
Campfire Apple Crisp Foil Packets
Easy, fruity campfire dessert lovers, this one's for you! Apple Crisp Foil Packs are full of sweet juicy apples, cinnamon and granola.
Campfire Dessert Pizza
Campfire Dessert Pizza is so fun and easy to customize the sweet toppings.
Topped with marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers, it’s the perfect way to end a day in the great outdoors.
Easy S'mores Snack Mix
S’mores Snack Mix is a fun and delicious treat that the whole family will love!
Made with Golden Grahams cereal, mini marshmallows, chocolate bars, and crunchy chocolate-covered pretzels, you have the perfect snack ready for your next road trip or camping adventure!
Apple Pie Spice Campfire Donuts
These Apple Pie Spice Campfire Donuts are perfect to enjoy with a cup of cider around a campfire or bonfire on cool days.
You can cook them on a stove top, over the campfire, or on the grill. You just need to be able to get your oil hot enough.
Campfire Whiskey Peach Cobbler
Campfire Whiskey Peach Cobbler is so easy to make with just a few simple ingredients and fresh peaches.
You can wow your camping family when you whip up this amazing dessert.
S'mores French Toast
Decadent S’mores French Toast has chocolate and crushed graham crackers, then topped with some perfectly gooey torched marshmallows.
All the amazing flavors of s’mores, it’s perfect for breakfast OR dessert!
Campfire Oranges
Add a new sweet treat to your camping experience with these Campfire Cinnamon Rolls, featuring gooey and delicious cinnamon rolls baked right inside orange peels.
Chocolate Chip Caramel Skillet Cookie
Decadent salted caramel is layered between the perfect chocolate chip cookie dough to create an insanely delicious dessert, all in one skillet.
S'mores Bars
The beauty of these S'mores Bars is that they are portable.
That means you can bring your s'mores with you, instead of having to make a campfire!
Fluffer Nutter Camping Cookies
Fluffer Nutter Cookies are perfect for camping! They are thick and hearty, with tons of sweetness from marshmallows.
They won’t melt in the heat or crumble in your backpack, are filled with protein, and they can easily be made ahead of time to bring outdoors.
Patriotic Blondies
Patriotic Red White and Blue Blondies are rich and chewy with a slightly gooey center and buttery brown sugar vanilla flavor.
They only require 15 minutes of hands-on prep time, so whip up a batch to bring summer camping.
Cast Iron Skillet Popcorn
Cast Iron Skillet Popcorn is the perfect way to make popcorn at your campsite.
No burnt popcorn here and it is infinitely better than microwaved popcorn. If you haven’t tried it yet, you are missing out!
Chocolate Strawberry Dessert Kabobs
Chocolate Strawberry Dessert Kabobs are made on skewers, really giving that camping cookout feel.
Use storebought chocolate donut holes rather than baking your own cake pops, and you’ll have them assembled in minutes!
Lemon Brownies
Chewy, soft, and fudgy Lemon Brownies are always a crowd favorite.
Made with a box of cake mix and topped with a lemon glaze, they only have a few ingredients, and come together fast.
They’re the perfect treat to make ahead and bring camping.
Tropical Trail Mix
This tasty Tropical Trail Mix is made with coconut chips, dried mango, banana and pineapple, and yogurt clusters, along with roasted cashews.
The coconut and pineapple offer a tropical taste and the protein-enriched yogurt clusters offer a creamy sweet element that contrasts with the salty cashews.
Perfect for a quick breakfast or snack on the go!
Ready to try some fun camping desserts?
I hope this list of campfire sweet treat ideas has given you tons of inspiration for fun desserts to try on your next camping trip.
Skip the plain ol’ s’mores a night or two, and whip up one of these amazing recipes instead!
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