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Good morning friends! Summer has officially begun and that means lots of entertaining; bbq’s, trips to the beach and picnics. Picnics are an easy and impromptu way to celebrate little and big occasions, simply grab your blanket, beverages, snacks, sandwiches, bug spray and plop it all into a basket and you are ready for the fireworks, a family dinner or even date night with your husband.
For me the most important part of any occasion is dessert. Â You cannot have a celebration or a gathering without a sweet treat, at least not at my house. Today I am going to share my favorite sweet treats to make to take along to your next picnic.
Today I am joining 7 amazing ladies to share our ideas on picnicking, everything from food, to desserts and more.
Here are just a few of my all time favorite picnic treats.
Brownies
Brownies are perfect for picnics, because they are easy to transport and you can customize them to suit the taste of your guests, you can make them plain, with frosting or stuffed with caramel, peanut butter or whatever else you like.
Pies
Leave your pie pan at home and take along some  Blueberry Hand Pies, these are made with store bought pie crest(Trader Joes’s ), and can be customized with any of your favorite summer fruits.
Bars
Bar “cookies” are another easy to make and transport treat and these Raspberry Almond Shortbread Bars are so good you will want to make extra to have on hand for all of your summer parties. I always make extra and freeze them.
Cheesecake
Instead of one large cheesecake why not make a pan of bars, just make sure to keep them cool if you are planning to be out all day.
Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake Bars
If want a change from fruit bars try these Almond Cheesecake bars.
Cookies
You can never go wrong when you bring cookies to a picnic, especially  Chocolate Chip Cookies.Â
Cereal Treats
Rice Krispy treats, Scotcheroos, and S’mores Cereal Treats are no bake treats that won’t heat up the house and are always a crowd pleaser.
Cake and Cupcakes
If you have room in your basket a Snack Cake or cupcakes is good for a crowd. I like to add jimmies and sprinkles to make them a little more festive and special for the kids.
I hope that you enjoyed my sweet picnic treat ideas and that the next time you are headed out for a day at the park you try one of these recipes. Please take a minute or two and visit my friends and check out all of their great ideas for having an enjoyable and delicious picnic.
Have a wonderful day and don’t forget to share your sweet or savory picnic food ideas in the comments.
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Elizabeth these all look amazing! We are having friends for dinner tomorrow night for the first time in what feels like a million years and I’ll have to make one of these yummy treats, now to decide which one. Those brownies look to die for and so do the cheesecake bars. Thank you for sharing!
Oh these all look SO good! I especially love the little pies (basically the only way I eat fruit! :)). Beautiful post!
Wow…Elizabeth, you are talking MY language! I am going to pin every single dessert. Thanks for joining us.
i should never read a blog when I am hungry! Seriously, wonderful suggestions
And I am on a diet! But now, I want to go on a picnic with my husband. Going on the list!
Elizabeth, I loved all these ideas and of course no one wants a picnic without a little sweet treat. I had no idea you had so many great recipes on your blog! I am saving so many of these and know my guys would love them too. Lovely doing this with you all. I think I am going to have to order one of these cute picnic baskets. x kim
Elizabeth! Those caramel stuffed sea salt brownies!! Yum! Making those for my next picnic!!
Annie those brownies are fabulous! As is the cookbook that they came from.
I had a feeling your picnic ideas would include fabulous dessert ideas!! You know I hate to bake but a bar I can handle!! This was so clever. My poor husband loves sweets . He would dye for any one of these!!
Blueberry hand pies! Yay for all, but those are picnic perfect.
All of these recipes look so good!
LEAVE IT TO YOU TO DO THE SWEET PART!
ALL LOOK STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL!
I hope you are getting packed up and have an idea where you are headed!
I would imagine most of your treats would FREEZE OK?
Have you tried that?
These all look delicious! I love small individual dessert
Good suggestions!
Those blueberry hand pies are making my mouth water!!
Awesome ideas…and now I’m hungry! Thanks for sharing!
Shelley
Yum! Definitely craving a dessert now. Love all the picnic supplies you linked too.
All this wonderful has reminded me that I haven’t had breakfast yet – my stomach is growling. I took my husband on a picnic for his birthday and he loved it. Thanks for sharing all of this, I’ll be pinning for future reference.