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

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1080 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,080
50 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Peach Crumble Slab Pie
Melissa Clark
1093 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,093
2½ hours, plus 1 hour's chilling
or to save this recipe.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Kim Severson, Chris Kimball
3304 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,304
35 minutes
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Fudgy Nutella Brownies
Yossy Arefi
1362 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,362
45 minutes
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Peaches and Cream Pie
Lidey Heuck
1625 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,625
40 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
or to save this recipe.
Banana Pudding
Sam Sifton
1299 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,299
1 hour
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3227 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,227
1 hour plus at least 24 hours' chilling
or to save this recipe.
Summer Berry Buckle
Melissa Clark
3143 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,143
1 hour
or to save this recipe.
Apple Sheet Cake With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Yossy Arefi
1431 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,431
45 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2209 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,209
1 hour
or to save this recipe.
Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3643 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,643
About 1 hour
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Lemon Sheet Cake With Raspberry Whipped Cream
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1326 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,326
1½ hours
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