The perfect picnic needs a few sweet treats to complete the day, and these 24 fruity recipes are some of the best spring desserts. Each one is packed with fresh flavor and will travel well in your picnic basket. From zesty lemon bars to sweet strawberry muffins, pick out a few recipes and get ready to enjoy some seriously yummy desserts under the spring sun.
Lemon Brownies
If you love lemon, you will want to try these easy lemon brownies with lemon glaze! Made with fresh lemon, white chocolate, and a hint of vanilla, these delicious brownies are baked to gooey perfection and then topped with a tangy, finger-licking lemon glaze. They are like a chewy cross between brownies and lemonade!
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Strawberry Muffins
Sweet, light, and packed with fruity flavor, these strawberry muffins are the perfect addition to your breakfast or brunch menu. This easy strawberry muffin recipe uses fresh strawberries and a hint of vanilla flavor to create a delicious and versatile muffin that the whole family will love. And they only take 30 minutes to bake!
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Lemon Ricotta Cookies
Brighten up your world with a burst of citrusy bliss with this easy-to-make and delectably delicious Italian lemon ricotta cookies! With their soft melt-in-your-mouth texture and perfect balance of tangy to sweet, these lemon cookies are a true delight!
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Mini Blueberry Muffins
Moist mini Blueberry muffins are the ultimate cute small dessert or perfect portable breakfast, the best blueberry desserts in my view. Furthermore, this easy mini muffin recipe is made from only a few easy-to-find ingredients, and a full batch takes less than 15 minutes to bake. The only issue is how many of them you'll want to eat.
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White Chocolate Covered Strawberries
White chocolate-covered strawberries make the perfect dessert or sweet treat! Fresh strawberries are dipped into molten white chocolate; every bite gives you a taste of delicious ripe berries and sweet chocolatey goodness.
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Lemon Blueberry Cookies
These soft, chewy lemon blueberry cookies are perfect for your spring dessert table! This recipe takes citrusy lemon-flavored sugar cookies, packs them with fresh, juicy blueberries, and drizzles them with a homemade lemon glaze made from fresh lemon. They are too irresistible to have just one!
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Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Danish
This easy Philadelphia cream cheese puff pastry Danish tart recipe will be the talk of the table at your next fancy breakfast party or brunch! Made with flaky puff pastry, cream cheese filling, and fresh berries, they aren't just tasty but absolutely beautiful. If you have been looking for the perfect puff pastry with cream cheese filling recipe to turn heads and satisfy the taste buds, look no further!
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Puff Pastry Apple Turnovers
These turnovers are as easy to make as they are lovely to eat. Made with just a handful of simple ingredients, including fresh and tart Granny Smith apples, this flaky dessert is one of the easiest ways to satisfy your apple pie cravings. This turnover is one of the best quick and easy apple dessert recipes.
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Baked Blueberry Donuts
These are the Ultimate baked blueberry donuts with a blueberry glaze that is bursting with lovely natural blueberry flavor! The donuts are crazy moist and delicious, and on top of the glaze, they are also filled with blueberries, you will love them!
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Raspberry Muffins
These mouthwatering raspberry muffins are super light, moist, and packed with fruity flavor! Made with fresh raspberries, they are a nutritious and colorful addition to your breakfast or dessert table. This easy raspberry muffin recipe is also a breeze to make and ready in just 30 minutes!
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Raspberry Pistachio Cookies
These delicious raspberry pistachio cookies offer an enchanting combination of fruity brightness and nutty richness. White chocolate chips folded into the cookie base blend wonderfully with the chopped pistachios and fresh raspberry halves. For that reason, each bite delivers a true balance of flavors and a contrast of textures.
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Raspberry Brownies
These gooey raspberry brownies offer a delectable fusion of rich chocolate and tangy raspberry flavors. To create this dessert, a dense and perfectly moist, fudgy raspberry-filled brownie base is topped with freeze-dried raspberry dusting. Of course, this gives the dessert ample fruity goodness in every bite.
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Banana Mini Muffins
What better way to use over-ripe bananas than super moist banana mini muffins? What's more, this easy mini dessert recipe has less than 10 ingredients and takes under 30 minutes to make. I love to throw in some chopped walnuts or pecans before baking for some added crunch.
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Lemon Cookies
These tangy, glazed lemon cookies are just what you need to add some brightness and citrusy flavor to your dessert table! In this homemade, old-fashioned lemon cookies recipe, I use fresh lemon zest and juice to create delicious lemon sugar cookies. I then top them with a zesty lemon glaze made entirely from scratch. Once you've had a bite of these, you may never go back to the traditional chocolate chip cookies again!
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Raspberry Crumb Bars
These easy to make Raspberry Crumb Bars are buttery, sweet, and impossible to eat just one of! If you’re a fan of picnics in the park and tall glasses of sweet tea, these crumb bars are calling your name. Make this summertime classic dessert today!
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Lemon Bars with Graham Cracker Crust
Lemon Bars with a Graham Cracker Crust are the best summer dessert! The creamy lemon filling is made with just 4 ingredients poured over a crisp graham crust. It's so fast to prepare that you can have it baking in your oven in just 10 minutes!
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Strawberry Fudge Recipe
Packed with white chocolate and strawberries, this Strawberry Fudge Recipe with sweetened condensed milk is the perfect spring or summertime dessert!
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Strawberry Shortcake in a Jar
Whether you’re looking for portable mini desserts for Mother’s Day, summer picnics, showers, potlucks, summer BBQs, cookouts, and spring gatherings, or you just want a strawberry and whipped cream-based dessert, you can’t go wrong with this strawberry shortcake recipe.
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Mini Strawberry Upside Down Cakes
Take advantage of juicy and flavorful summertime strawberries! These Mini Strawberry Upside Down Cakes are a berry-filled take on pineapple upside down cake that are perfect for summertime!
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Lavender Lemon Bars
These Lavender Lemon Bars are a sweet twist on traditional lemon bars! Homemade lavender sugar is used in the crust and filling to add a light lavender flavor. They’re tangy, sweet, and refreshing!
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Mini Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Mini Strawberry Rhubarb Pies are a perfectly-portioned way to make the most of strawberry season! A sweet-and-tart homemade strawberry and rhubarb pie filling is encased in flaky refrigerated pie crust—and to keep things petite, they’re made in muffin tin cups.
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Strawberry Chocolate Truffles
The creamy smooth chocolate and strawberry filling is paired with a crushed freeze-dried strawberry coating providing a delightful little crunch as you take a bite. These simple Valentine's Day truffles use only 5 ingredients and are so easy to make!
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Lemon Poppyseed Mini Bundt Cakes
These mini lemon poppyseed mini bundt cakes are the perfect treat that can be whipped up quickly and effortlessly. With the addition of lemon zest, the cakes are not only incredibly moist but also just as flavorful. Additionally, these little delights only take an hour from start to finish, making them an easy dessert option for any time the craving strikes.
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Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
Can’t decide between cheesecake and cookies? This easy Spring strawberry cheesecake cookie recipe is a chewy cookie with cheesecake inside. And amazing strawberry flavor too. Say what? It may sound impossible but believe me; it is a lot easier than you think.
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More From Spatula Desserts
These are the best mascarpone desserts to make, ranging from the classics to the more unusual. If you have some Italian mascarpone cheese in your fridge, you should certainly try making one of these mascarpone desserts.
Go to the recipes: Best Mascarpone Desserts
Best Chocolate Chip Recipes
These are the best recipes with chocolate chips for when you need that extra chocolatey fix. Whether you are looking for recipes for leftover chocolate chips or just need a bit of extra chocolate in your life, I've got you covered.
Go to the recipes: Recipes with Chocolate Chips
This article was originally published as Best Potluck Desserts at Spatula Desserts.
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