35+ Red, White & Blue Desserts for 4th of July

This Independence day cake features a U.S. flag on top making it excellent for an Memorial day or Independence day celebration. This flag cake couldn’t be easier to bake! 

It has a wonderfully fluffy lemon base that may easily be transformed into an orange, almond, or coconut cake. It's easily my favorite non-chocolate cake recipe.

However, if you’re a chocolate lover, I have a great sour cream chocolate pound cake recipe for you to use for this or any Fourth of July desserts. Patriotic and delicious, there's no better center piece for your summer celebration.

Here’s an easy recipe to make for your fourth of July celebration. Traybake sponge cake with a silky smooth cream cheese icing and garnished with blue, red, and white sprinkles for that  patriotic touch. 

Both the sponge and the cream cheese frosting have a subtle vanilla flavor and are absurdly simple to make with only a few ingredients. This sponge cake is incredibly moist and has a silky vanilla cream cheese icing. As far as yellow cake desserts go, this homemade traybake is unrivaled in its simplicity and ease of baking.

Try this no-bake Americana-inspired dessert for your next 4th of July shindig. Featuring layers of cookie crust, creamy cheesecake filling, and jello, this red, white, and blue jello cheesecake is perfect for sharing with family and friends at holiday potlucks, BBQs, and cookouts.

Those colors will surely fill your heart with pride, loyalty, and comfort. But more than that, this easy, light, and fluffy patriotic cheesecake will fill your belly with gladness and satisfaction. The possibilities to decorate it are endless too: whipped cream, sprinkles, fresh fruit, white chocolate shavings, ruby chocolate candy melts... let your imagination run free!

Instead of a traditional red, white, and blue cake, try a flag poke cake. Who doesn’t love a moist white cake with cheesecake pudding throughout? Nobody - so this July 4th, make this delicious and refreshing cake for your family or event.

This flag cake requires only a few simple ingredients, is easy to make and can be prepared ahead of time. Celebrate the Fourth of July or Memorial Day with this tasty and patriotic red, white, and blue dessert.

This stunning red, white, and blueberry roulade is sure to be the highlight of any celebration. Plus, it's even easier than it appears.

Featuring a very simple but delicious vanilla cake with whipped cream filling and tons of fresh blueberries, the trick to making this cake so awesome is popping it in the fridge to chill before serving. It becomes easier to cut and the vanilla flavors become more pronounced.

This red white and blue bundt cake features beautiful red, white, and blue swirls for a show stopping treat. It’s excellent for all of your summer holiday partying (or if you just happen to really like red, white, and blue!).

Simply layer the differently-colored batters, place the bundt into the oven, and voila! The cake batters move all on their own during the baking process, making those pretty swirls. 

The bundt itself is a buttery vanilla cake that is kept moist by the use of buttermilk in the recipe. The sour lemon glaze put on top is the ideal complement to the cake - if you love lemon desserts, you’ll surely enjoy this.

These delectable and beautiful bundt will be the hit of your Fourth of July BBQ. It’s the easiest 4th of July dessert recipe of this bunch, simply using boxed cake mix, food coloring, and ready-to-use frosting. 

The various layers are simply accomplished with a few drops of food coloring into white cake batter; there's no need to swirl them around. This is an easy treat to commemorate the Independence Day or any other patriotic holiday, and everything in between!

If you're seeking a typical American cake recipe, this is it! It's a fantastic cake with all the proper colors for the Fourth.

The white cake mix is soaked with cheesecake pudding before being covered with Cool Whip, which adds an extra creamy and light feel to the mixture! Simple flavors help this Fourth of July dessert go a long way - this poke cake is as delicious as it is delightful to look at.

This scrumptious strawberry mousse cake using just whipped cream and fresh strawberries is probably the easiest dessert you can make. This strawberry mousse is rich, creamy yet light and airy, thanks to the liberal use of whipped cream. 

Gelatin acts as a stabilizer for the mousse, with fresh strawberries in jelly adorning the top. Everything sits prettily over a graham cookie crust - this strawberry mousse cake is just what you need to have a sweet summer. 

Feel free to bring it to any patriotic soiree you're attending; simply mix in fresh blueberries with the strawberries in jello.

I love paleta recipes, and these red, white, and blue popsicles are ideal for an American holiday weekend! With the warm weather all around, everyone would welcome these frozen delicacies with open arms.

They're incredibly simple to make, using only a few nutritious ingredients. And you can sweeten it with whatever you like, but I prefer natural sweeteners, so I love that they can easily be made dairy-free, vegan, and paleo.

Celebrate summer's brilliant hues with these delightful and patriotic red, white, and blue popsicles! They are not only visually appealing, but also a healthier alternative to store-bought popsicles.

This red, white and blue dessert idea is perfect for your patriotic celebrations this summer! Knickerbocker glory is a creamy, dreamy dessert that's been around since the early 1900s.

It's basically a fruit-filled sundae with fruit syrups, served in a tall glass with whipped cream, and a cherry on top. While its affiliation to a country is widely thought to be British, it was created in the USA. It makes a brilliant patriotic dessert when using strawberries, vanilla ice cream, and blueberries for a red, white, and blue treat!

Best of all, it's a fully customisable dessert. The recipe simply serve as a guide, so you can be as creative as you can adding toppings such as using ruby chocolate to complement the fruity berries or go full on chocolate flavor with craft chocolate shavings, raw chocolate, or sauces like a homemade hot fudge and so on. 

Outdoor summer barbecues and get-togethers are in full swing right now. These popsicles are made with wholesome ingredients like Greek yogurt, stevia, and lots of summer berries that are full of polyphenols and other antioxidants.

Just take a look at how cute these sparkling frozen treats are with star sprinkles. It’s such a pretty and yummy way to cool off this summer! And perfect for the holiday in all their red, white and blue glory.

This list needs more chocolate recipes, so these cherry chocolate crinkles are a welcome addition. Fruits are such a familiar chocolate inclusion and the cherries in these chewy, chocolatey cookies are the bomb!

Cherry jam goes into a cookie batter and then chocolate chunks are folded in. Feel free to substitute chocolate for any type of chocolate you prefer, like dairy-free chocolate. So so good. I’d definitely make a batch of red and blue crinkles for the occasion.

These cookies are your winning dessert contribution for your July 4th picnic! They’re richer in texture than your typical sugar cookie recipe, and definitely more festive than even maple chocolate chip cookies.

You’ll love the festive blue color and the “fireworks” of color from the sprinkles. Plus the flavors are reliable, because they’re from a boxed cake mix. These patriotic cookies are a unique addition to any dessert table. 

These delicious macaron cookies will be the talk of your Independence day cookout. Summertime is often the sangria season and these berry sangria macarons are so apt for this time of the year. Sangria in a cookie!? Sounds like my kind of cookie.

Berry sangria macarons have the same flavor as the drink they're named after. These macaron shells include strawberries and blueberries, while the filling is a velvety white wine buttercream. Each bite will taste like sangria! 

These festive fireworks cookie bars are a dream to make. They’re soft and gooey, and loaded with m&ms, white chocolate chips, and macadamia nuts. Even if you're a novice baker, you can easily whip up a batch of these cookie bars with flair. Simply mix all the ingredients together in one bowl, adding your choice of mix-ins last.

Then you can opt for all three – m&ms, white chocolate chips, and chopped salted macadamia nuts, or any combination of those. The flavors of milk, dark, or blonde chocolate work well here too, so do as you please. 

I bet you, you’ll be making these Fourth of July treats all summer long! 

These festive 4th of July cookies are adorned with red, white, and blue sprinkles and candies! Kids and adults alike will love these charming patriotic cookies. 

It's a mashup of your favorite m&m cookies, chocolate chip cookies, and funfetti cookies all mixed into one epic cookie. It's wonderfully chewy with a fun little crunch. 

Nothing beats an easy and cute dessert! So gather your favorite red, white, and blue candies and sprinkles, and let's bake up some adorable Fourth of July desserts that will stand out on the potluck table.

Hey pie people, this one’s for you. This American flag pie is made from fresh, ripe, and juicy strawberries and blueberries (summers finest!) in a homemade buttery, flaky golden pie crust.

Just looking at that photo is making me salivate and dream of chomping on a slice of pie right now. It’s simply a delicious and fancy dessert for the Fourth of July that you’ll want to make time and again.

For stunning Fourth of July desserts, we turn to summer berries. The flavors and colors of fresh juicy summer berries in a delicious tart shell are just perfect for any patriotic celebration.

The delicious, colorful, berry fruit tart can be made with a grain-free crust, or with a dough or graham cracker crust. The filling is simply lemon curd and cream cheese. Not too sweet, not too tart, with a very adaptable recipe, this scrumptious tarts aims to please.

If you’re on a low histamine dessert kick right now, these creamy coconut berry bowl will be just the thing to serve for the 4th. This appears to be one of the simplest "recipes" ever, but there is a method to making this low histamine dessert bowl better than what you would normally mix up. 

The recipe shares it all. You’re only six ingredients and 5 minutes away from getting this patriotic-hued treat on the table.

Ditch the sticky, melty mess of traditional snow cones in favor of these Oreo Truffles for the Fourth. Oreos and cream cheese mix to make a creamy and luscious filling, which is then covered in silky almond bark and finished with crunchy sanding sugar!

These snowcone Oreo truffles combine all of your favorite Oreo flavors with the delectable additions of cream cheese and almond bark, making every bite a piece of heavenly bliss.

These “snow cone” Oreo balls require only four ingredients, 10 minutes of hands-on work and no freezing required. They’re the perfect bite-sized summer treat ideal for gatherings or as a fun snack, and everyone who tries them is sure to enjoy them.

If you’re looking to bake fantastic Fourth of July desserts without having to turn on the oven, I've got you covered! Red, white, and blue bars boast of a wonderfully creamy cheesecake filling, a thick graham cracker crust, and are topped with blueberries and raspberries to form a US flag design.

This is such a FUN, nationalistic dessert; I love the use of summer berries. It looks and tastes delicious, and they’re definitely gorgeous.

This Fourth of July fruit pizza features a simple sugar cookie base, a creamy cheesecake topping, and a burst of fresh berries. This patriotic dessert is both tasty and festive, making it ideal for any July 4th, Memorial Day, or summer celebration. 

You can make it using all-purpose flour, but it's also been tested with two gluten-free flours. Add a delicious splash of red, white and blue to your table with this delightful dessert pizza. 

These red velvet whoopie pies come from a boxed mix with instant pudding and frosting in a tub. The red, white and blue colors make it a shoo-in for Memorial Day or a Fourth of July gathering.

You can certainly make any type of frosting you're an expert at making, but if you want to save time, just do as the recipe does. You can make it more fun by adding funfetti sprinkles, or if you're a chocolate lover you can add some chocolate chips in the cake filling.

These whoopie pies are so fun and easy to make - for easy Fourth of July desserts that are a no brainer for any type of celebration, make whoopie pies!

If you’re a fan of funfetti cake, this funfetti dip is where it’s at. You get all that cake batter goodness in a 5-ingredient, 5-minute, no-bake dessert dip. No turning on the oven whatsoever.

This patriotic red, white, and blue funfetti dip, also known as dunkaroo dip, makes cake batter taste like it's never been better! Everyone will enjoy dipping graham crackers, vanilla wafers, pretzels, pepero and any other low-calorie snacks into it - perfect for an interactive dessert bar at your next Fourth of July celebration.

These overnight oats take only 5 minutes and 5 ingredients to prepare. While the fundamental overnight oats taste quite bland, you could try adding a tablespoon of cocoa powder to make it chocolaty and top with pomegranate seeds and blackberries for a red, white, and blue breakfast.

These are made without chia seeds, and ready to serve in under an hour. They're also quick and delicious to make on a regular basis, and pretty enough to serve in individual jars for a 4th of July fete. 

This dessert salad is all about the stars and stripes, complete with red, white, and blue sprinkles. It’s a no bake dish that is ideal for any summer celebration, including Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, picnics, and potlucks! 

Fresh strawberries, blueberries, small marshmallows, and a creamy cheesecake filling combine to create a delicious salad that everyone will appreciate. It’s not the healthiest salad around, but it’s one of those awesome, easy 4th of July desserts that you’ll want to make for a large party. 

Rainbow layered jello is unbelievably fun to make and eat. You can change up the colors and flavors to suit any occasion throughout the year, but it's a sure winner for your Fourth of July celebration.

Beautiful vibrant colors to look at, amazing smooth texture with every bite of fruity goodness dancing in your mouth. Unleash your inner child with this fun and easy finger jello dessert.

Don't close your 4th of July dessert rolodex just yet - this is one patriotic treat for the 4th of July you shouldn't miss: strawberry and blueberry panna cotta.

With its delicate sweetness, smooth texture, and berry goodness, this Italian no bake dessert should be a no brainer for any Fourth of July fete. Sweet, creamy with a bit of tang from the summer fruits, it's very easy to make and you can prepare it in advance. 

Molded Jello salad is a cheap and easy dessert option for all of your summer gatherings. Decked in patriotic colors, it’s also ideal for potlucks and outdoor barbecues celebrating the Fourth, Memorial Day or Labor Day. 

It’s a light and refreshing dessert that isn’t easily perishable, making it ideal for the hot weather - this Jello salad is both aesthetically pleasing and delicious. 

This recipe works with both fresh and frozen fruit with only about 20 minutes of hands-on time; the refrigerator does the rest. Best of all, this tasty 4th of July jello dessert is popular among both children and adults.

These Strawberry Cheesecake Bites are the perfect blend of creamy, crunchy, and fruity flavors - they're super indulgent but contain no refined sugars. 

Featuring a no bake, no fuss recipe, it's one of the easiest desserts to make. Simply spread cream cheese over the biscuits and top with strawberries, blueberries and some nuts for an easy dessert for July Fourth. 

For added flavor, you can drizzle a bit of honey or sprinkle some cacao nibs or sugar-free chocolate chips on top of the dried strawberry. Easy peasy!

Easy fruit salads like this are excellent summer desserts, and since they're decked in red, blue and white, they're perfect for Independence day and Memorial Day too. This recipe has no mayo or dairy products that can spoil in the heat, so they're great single-serve desserts to take to barbecues.

Strawberry blueberry salad cups feature berries tossed together salad style in a citrus-y sweet dressing. It’s lightly sweet with bursts of fresh fruit, pockets of mini marshmallows for softness, and a fantastic citrus poppy seed sauce that ties it all together.

Whip up this easy red white and blue trifle for Memorial Day weekend or the 4th of July! The beautiful layers and simple ingredients make this a go-to celebration dessert.

The different layers are easily achieved with summer’s juiciest berries, angel food cake, and homemade whipped cream. Then the whole bowl is topped with more fruits that are cut or arranged as stars. It's an easy yet elegant dessert that feeds a crowd.

These decadent mini cheesecakes are individual-size variations of classic New York cheesecakes. These mini cakes are incredibly creamy, layered with buttery graham cracker crust and then perfectly portioned in individual ramekins.

There's no dryness or cracking in this recipe thanks to the instant pot's steam-cooking environment, and they're ready to chill in a little over 30 minutes. these single-serving desserts also freeze beautifully which makes them great to prep ahead of time. Top this petite dessert with homemade berry compote, chocolate sauce, or homemade gianduja, and enjoy!

This easy watermelon pizza is a refreshing, and undeniably healthy summer dessert. Naturally sweet, cold, and colorful, there's just so many amazing flavors in this red dessert that makes it perfect for your Fourth of July celebration. 

You get juicy watermelon, fresh berries, mint, and a tangy cream cheese frosting drizzle! Best of all, you can make this amazing dessert in 15 minutes. 

If you're looking for something simple to make this Fourth of July, look no further than this easy flag s'mores dip! This flag  dip is the perfect Fourth of July dessert. It's cute, patriotic, made with only two ingredients, and done in 15 minutes!

Layer chocolate chips in the bottom with red and blue colored marshmallows, and bakes in the oven for 10 minutes. This delicious red white and blue dessert is best served with some graham cracker squares or other fondue dippables.