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

Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Lidey Heuck
345 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
345
15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Easy
S’mores
Tanya Sichynsky
229 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
229
30 minutes
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Easy
Easy No-Bake Pistachio Cheesecake
Melissa Clark
222 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
222
5 to 7 hours
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Easy
Blueberry Spoon Cake
Clare de Boer
574 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
574
1 hour 5 minutes
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Easy
Poundcake and Strawberries
Sam Sifton
280 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
280
2 hours
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1596 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,596
15 minutes
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Easy
Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
711 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
711
About 2 hours
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Strawberry Pudding Cake
Christian Reynoso
355 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
355
45 minutes
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Easy
Hawaii-Style Sherbet
Ligaya Mishan, Neale Asato
381 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
381
20 minutes, plus at least 14 hours’ freezing
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Easy
Grilled Vanilla-Ginger Pineapple
Martha Rose Shulman
187 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
187
25 minutes
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Creamy Peach Pie Bars
Melissa Clark
974 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
974
1 ½ hours, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Strawberry Poke Cake
Priya Krishna, April Anderson
390 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
390
1 hour 45 minutes, plus chilling
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Brownies With Coffee and Cardamom
Nargisse Benkabbou
473 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
473
1 hour
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Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Eric Kim
147 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
147
40 minutes
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Strawberry Eton Mess
Samantha Seneviratne
815 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
815
20 minutes
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Fruity Ice Cream Sodas
Melissa Clark
91 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
91
20 minutes
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Easy
Easy Banana Bread
Lidey Heuck
1366 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,366
1 hour 25 minutes
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Strawberry Parfait
David Tanis
228 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
228
15 minutes
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Easy
Coconut Pie Bars
Melissa Clark
274 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
274
1 ½ hours, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Texas Sheet Cake
Genevieve Ko
1222 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,222
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Edna Lewis’s Peach Cobbler
Kim Severson, Edna Lewis
1018 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,018
1 hour 45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Frozen Key Lime Pie
Jennifer Steinhauer, Nora Ephron
4222 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,222
15 minutes, plus 3 hours for freezing
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
1884 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,884
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Jesse Szewczyk
560 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
560
1½ hours
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Lemon Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
1390 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,390
1 hour 30 minutes
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Peanut Butter Pie
Samantha Seneviratne
1184 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,184
50 minutes, plus chilling
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Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
Ligaya Mishan, Maria Kitsopoulos
447 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
447
2 hours 30 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite, Jacques Torres
18416 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
18,416
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Nathalie Dupree’s Liberty Cobbler
Nancy Harmon Jenkins
617 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
617
About 1 hour 15 minutes
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Pistachio-Lemon Bars
Molly O'Neill
3538 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,538
45 minutes
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Easy
Strawberries With Swedish Cream
Mark Bittman
418 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
418
10 minutes
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Easy
Ice Cream Sandwiches
Samantha Seneviratne
854 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
854
35 minutes, plus cooling and about 8 hours' freezing
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Easy
Magic Cookie Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
2092 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,092
1 hour
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Blueberry, Almond and Lemon Cake
Yotam Ottolenghi
9373 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,373
1½ hours, plus cooling
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One-Ingredient Banana Ice Cream
The New York Times
4540 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,540
6 hours 10 minutes
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Easy
Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake
Alex Witchel, "The Junior League at Home"
2256 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,256
45 minutes
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Crunchy Berry Almond Crumble
Melissa Clark
532 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
532
1 hour 15 minutes
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Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2194 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,194
1 hour
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1076 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,076
50 minutes, plus chilling
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Field Day Poundcake
Jennifer Steinhauer, Denise Moseley
1746 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,746
1 hour and 45 minutes
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Strawberry Sorbet
Amanda Hesser, Ruth Rogers, Rose Gray
1202 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,202
10 minutes
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Sugared Shortbread
Melissa Clark, Amy Casey
2480 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,480
1 hour
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Simplest Grilled Peaches
Sam Sifton
693 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
693
10 minutes
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Summer Berry Buckle
Melissa Clark
2992 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,992
1 hour
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Sour Cream Cheesecake With Vanilla Bean
Amanda Hesser
567 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
567
1 hour 10 minutes
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Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
993 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
993
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Watermelon Popsicles
Mark Bittman
636 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
636
15 minutes, plus freezing
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Easy
Blueberry Polenta Upside-Down Cake
Nigella Lawson
1632 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,632
1 hour
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Easy
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