Editors’ Collection

Easy July 4th Desserts

Cakes, ice creams, pies, cookies and more easy July Fourth dessert recipes. We have all your Independence Day sweets covered. Discover more easy recipes in our summer recipe collection.

Linda Xiao for The New York Times

Recipes

Fresh Strawberry Pie
Samantha Seneviratne
3614 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,614
45 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Peanut Butter No-Bake Bars
Melissa Clark
836 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
836
20 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Raspberry-Nectarine Icebox Cake
David Tanis
195 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
195
35 minutes, plus overnight chilling
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Easy
Sugar Cookie Bars With Berries
Yossy Arefi
71 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
71
About 1 hour, plus cooling
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Easy
Brownies
Lidey Heuck
2973 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,973
45 minutes
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Mocha Icebox Cake
Yossy Arefi
338 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
338
25 minutes, plus chilling and freezing
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Lemon Icebox Pie
Vallery Lomas
284 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
284
4¼ hours
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Easy
Rocky Road Ice Cream Bars
Lidey Heuck
155 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
155
15 minutes, plus freezing
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Salty Peanut-Pretzel Ice Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
1006 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,006
40 minutes, plus cooling and freezing
or to save this recipe.
Coconut-Pineapple Skewers With Marshmallows
Melissa Clark
69 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
69
15 minutes, plus grill heating
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Fruit Salad
Ali Slagle
473 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
473
20 minutes
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Easy
Strawberry and Ice Cream Sandwiches
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
346 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
346
15 minutes, plus time to heat grill, if using
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Berry Buttermilk Cake
Dawn Perry
2740 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,740
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Raspberry Swirl No-Bake Cheesecake
Yossy Arefi
639 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
639
35 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
No-Churn Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Melissa Clark
411 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
411
3½ hours
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Easy
Strawberry Icebox Pie
Melissa Clark, Nicholas Morgenstern, Priyaporn Pichitpongchai
333 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
333
1 hour, plus at least 18 hours’ macerating and 5 hours’ chilling
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Dulce de Leche Icebox Cake
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
762 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
762
30 minutes, plus 6 hours’ chilling
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Chez Panisse’s Blueberry Cobbler
Molly O'Neill, Lindsey Remolif Shere
8155 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,155
1 hour 15 minutes
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Berries and Cream Sheet Cake
Yossy Arefi
724 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
724
1½ hours, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream Cake
Ali Slagle
773 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
773
20 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake
Ali Slagle
1113 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,113
30 minutes, plus at least 2 hours’ freezing
or to save this recipe.
No-Bake Chocolate Mousse Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
3667 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,667
30 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
824 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
824
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
or to save this recipe.
Fruit Crumble
Genevieve Ko
349 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
349
1¼ hours, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Butterscotch Blondies
Yossy Arefi
1387 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,387
40 minutes
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Cherry Yum-Yum
Vaughn Vreeland
892 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
892
30 minutes, plus at least 4 hours’ chilling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Vegan Peach Crumble
Ali Slagle
504 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
504
1¼ hours
or to save this recipe.
Lemon Cupcakes
Samantha Seneviratne
219 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
219
40 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2183 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,183
45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Strawberry Shortcake
Nancy Harmon Jenkins, "Jane Grigson's Fruit Book"
5847 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,847
About 45 minutes
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Blueberry Crisp
Genevieve Ko
529 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
529
1 hour 20 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
108 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
108
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2345 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,345
30 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Coconut Almond Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
273 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
273
40 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
No-Bake Cheesecake Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
1082 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,082
20 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Raspberry Pie Crunch Bars
Melissa Clark
600 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
600
1½ hours
or to save this recipe.
Berry Clafoutis
Martha Rose Shulman
685 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
685
About 1¼ hours
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Melissa Clark
202 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
202
1 hour, plus at least 3 hours’ cooling and freezing
or to save this recipe.
Best Peach Cobbler
Alex Ward
4200 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,200
1 hour 20 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Summer Fruit Salad
David Tanis
201 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
201
5 minutes, plus optional chilling
or to save this recipe.
Berries and Cream
Yossy Arefi
428 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
428
15 minutes, plus 30 minutes’ macerating
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
984 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
984
1 hour 15 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Old-Fashioned Strawberry Cake
Alison Roman
2140 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,140
45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Blueberry Cornmeal Shortbread Tart
Alison Roman
2236 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,236
50 minutes
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Dump Cake
Naz Deravian
244 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
244
60 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
7Up Sheet Cake
Millie Peartree
193 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
193
1¼ hours
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3444 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,444
45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Easy Brownies
Mark Bittman
4241 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,241
40 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
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