21 Berry Desserts for the 4th of July that’ll make you want to sing
The vivid reds and blues of good berries are one step away from pure red, white, and blue awesomeness, making berry desserts a true natural when you’re looking for a slice of pure Americana.
It’s pretty cool that the 4th falls smack dab in the middle of the height of berry season. Whether you’re looking for pies, berry sweet rolls, easy ice creams, or cakes, there’s a berry dessert recipe in here for using up your favorite berries!
Whatever size gathering you have planned for the 4th, all of these berry desserts are perfect for feeding a crowd while also taking advantage of plump juicy berries. If you’re lucky enough to live somewhere where you can pick fresh berries, all the better. If the best you can get is frozen berries, no worries; you’ll find something here, too! Either way, your 4th of July will be better for trying out one of these deliciously colorful bakes.
Berry Desserts for the 4th of July worth
These berry desserts are so good, you’ll want to be decked out in your best red, white, and blue to match. Grab a sparkler and a slice of one of these desserts, and you have a perfect Summer day.
American Flag Slab Pie: Mixed berries make it easy to serve a crowd
Made in a sheet tray, this pie easily feeds 20 people generously or more making it the perfect pie for summer backyard BBQs, 4th of July, or church picnic. The extra flaky cream cheese pastry as the base is the perfect tangy foil to the rich floral notes of the berries!
Raspberry Almond Blueberry Wreath Bread is celebration on a plate
Soft sweet roll dough painted with stripes of red white and blue, then rolled up and cut before braiding into a glorious wreath. This sweet roll bread is basically the 4th of July on a plate all on its own.
Raspberry Swirl Ice Cream to beat the Summer heat
Refreshing raspberries whizzed up into a swirly, creamy almond ice cream with delicious toasted almonds. Double your berry delight by adding a scoop of this to your favorite berry pie.
Fruit Pizza Sugar Cookies are the colorful Summer dessert you crave
With a soft sugar cookie base topped with easy cream cheese icing and berries of your choice, these fruit pizza cookies will be a cheerful, colorful end to any summer get-together.
Baked Blackberry Glazed Donuts
Simple to make baked donuts get a technicolor berry glaze for a bright happy donut that you can make in minutes. Add some red white and blue sprinkles for the 4th of July and you pretty much have a party on a plate.
Blackberry crumble ice cream is pure heaven for blackberry lovers
With chunks of crunchy streusel and swirls of blackberry jam and whole blackberries, this gorgeous ice cream is best sitting outside fighting off the June bugs.
Lime blackberry sweet rolls
Nothing says summer like blackberry limeade, and these zingy cousins of cinnamon rolls bump up all those refreshing flavors and put them in a delicate sweet roll full of floral berry goodness.
Lemon Blueberry Snacking Cake: not too sweet and incredibly portable
This little cake is stuffed with juicy berries and tender from buttermilk without being too sweet. Sturdy and infinitely packable, you can double the recipe and bake it in a 9×13 for a super portable cake that’ll feed a bunch.
Lemon blueberry rolls: big blueberry flavor for Summer
Take a cinnamon roll and fill it instead with bright lemon sugar, blueberry jam, and whole blueberries, these bright sunny rolls make for a homey berry dessert. Even better? My easy make-ahead dough lets you put together these rolls in no time.
Lemon Blueberry cookies are beautiful and taste like pure sunshine
Picking blueberries isn’t complete without getting your hands stained in blue purple juice, and these cookies with bold swirls of the same color will remind you of just that. If I had to pick one berry cookie to eat, it’d be this one.
Raspberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake for a cozy afternoon
A moist afternoon sour cream coffee cake topped with cardamom streusel and raspberries with a ribbon of jam on the inside. Double the recipe and bake it in a 9×13 to feed a crowd.
Lemon Raspberry Rolls: big beautiful brunch rolls
Filled with raspberry jam and whole berries with zingy lemon cream cheese frosting, these raspberry rolls are perfect for Spring and Summer or any time you want to have something bright and sunny for brunch.
Make these adorable mini strawberry tarts now
Sugar cookie shells filled with luscious vanilla pastry cream and chopped strawberries, topped with a strawberry slice. These cutesy tarts are a perfect 2 bite dessert for Spring or Summer get togethers.
These lemon buttermilk strawberry mini cakes are secretly easy
Adorable strawberry mini cakes with lemon buttermilk cake and sandwiched with whipped cream and strawberry slices. Don’t let the looks fool you–these are easy peasy to build and a super fun recipe to bake with your kids. If you’ve just picked some fresh berries, they will really shine in this recipe!
Perfect berry crisp is the easiest and best Summer dessert
This strawberry crisp is pure summer joy: fresh juicy berries and lightly sweet crumble topping in a homey dessert that’s best enjoyed at a picnic table with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. That it couldn’t be easier to make or be as good as it is is all the better for you!
Overnight Strawberry Jam Rolls are the morning hack you need
The best coffee shop has nothing on these rolls, making super soft strawberry filled buns that look far more complicated than they are to make. The make-ahead dough makes it even easier for you to make the rolls when you want.
Strawberry Crumb Cake with marzipan filling to feed a crowd
A simple yeasted sheet cake is filled with a sophisticated marzipan filling spiked with Frangelico and topped with cardamom streusel. You can hardly ask for a better cake to feed more people on the cheap that has more of a dramatic look.
Easy Strawberry White Chocolate Blondies (Perfect Summer Dessert)
These blondies look gorgeous on a plate, though they won’t be there for long. Chewy with sweet chunks of white chocolate and bright double strawberry flavor, these are irresistible treats. If you want to bump up the Independence Day flavor, swirl in blueberry jam along with the strawberry for a red, white, and blue bar par excellence.
Strawberry Crumb Cake Cookies are worthy of the best berries
There’s little better than a slice of strawberry crumb cake, or so I thought before I made these cookies. With strawberry jam swirled throughout soft sugar cookies then topped with crumble topping and fresh strawberry slices, there is so much to love in these amazing summer cookies.
Buttermilk Strawberry Donuts for the days you’re want something girly
Pink donuts with tender buttermilk and chunks of bright strawberries will help you take on the morning looking through rose-colored lenses. Make these along with the blueberry donuts and you’ve got the perfect sweet July 4th breakfast.
Mini Blueberry Donuts: when you want a cute treat
Tiny blueberry donuts are even more fun than mini blueberry muffins. With a fresh blueberry glaze and a hint of rose, these bright floral donuts are going to make you smile bigtime.
