Holidays & Occasions Memorial Day 20 Last-Minute Desserts To Make for Your Memorial Day Cookout By Grace Haynes Grace Haynes Associate Homes Editor Grace is the Associate Homes Editor at Southern Living. She covers a variety of topics for print and digital, from design and flower arranging to cottage gardens and pets. Before moving to the Homes team, she joined Southern Living as a copy editor.Off the clock, find her strolling through Birmingham neighborhoods looking at houses and snapping photos of colorful front doors. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on April 21, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Joy Howard Memorial Day celebrations with your family and friends this year should be all fun and no stress. Lucky for you, there is no need to sweat it if you've waited until the last minute to decide what dessert to make for a backyard barbecue, pool party, or lakeside gathering that you'll be attending this Memorial Day. These quick and easy last-minute Memorial Day recipes can come together in a breeze on the day of your patriotic celebration. There are even several options that don't even require you to turn on the oven for baking and a few of these easy recipes only require a handful of ingredients to pull together. From fruity pies like our No-Bake Strawberry Pie to chocolaty treats like Cream Cheese Brownies and many more, these summery desserts are sure to be crowd-pleasers. Looking for more inspiration? Check out this collection of no-bake desserts you'll want to make all season long. 01 of 20 Strawberry Icebox Cake Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Melissa Gray; Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford Recipe: Strawberry Icebox Cake With this dessert recipe, you can turn just five ingredients into a showstopping cake 02 of 20 Egg Custard Pie Antonis Achilleos Recipe: Egg Custard Pie Whip this pie together quickly with the help of refrigerated pie crust. 03 of 20 Cakey Strawberry Cobbler Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Cakey Strawberry Cobbler Desserts made in a 13- x 9-inch baking dish are ideal for cookout crowds. 04 of 20 Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Jennifer Causey Recipe: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies You can never go wrong whipping together a batch of chocolate chip cookies. Plus, you probably already have most of the ingredients on hand in your kitchen. 05 of 20 Strawberry-Lemonade Cupcakes Photographer: Jennifer Causey Food Stylist: Melissa Gray Prop Stylist: Heather Chadduck Hillegas Recipe: Strawberry-Lemonade Cupcakes Turn the box of cake mix in your pantry into 24 summer-ready cupcakes. 06 of 20 Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Caitlin Bensel Recipe: Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Pull together a refreshing ice cream cake in just 20 minutes and with six ingredients. 07 of 20 Mixed Berry Slab Pie Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen Recipe: Mixed Berry Slab Pie This pie is not only patriotic in color, but making it on a sheet pan instead of in a regular pie plate make sure there is plenty to go around. 08 of 20 Cream Cheese Brownies Micah A. Leal Recipe: Cream Cheese Brownies Upgrade homemade brownies with a cream cheese mixture. 09 of 20 No-Bake Strawberry Pie Joy Howard Recipe: No-Bake Strawberry Pie There's no oven required to pull together this pretty pink strawberry pie. 10 of 20 Homemade Cookies-and-Cream Ice Cream Caitlin Bensel Recipe: Homemade Cookies-and-Cream Ice Cream Wow your guests by pulling this homemade ice cream out of the freezer when dessert time comes around. 11 of 20 Key Lime Pound Cake Jen Causey Recipe: Key Lime Pound Cake This tropical take on pound cake requires just 15 minutes of hands-on time. You can focus on preparing the rest of the meal while it's in the oven. 12 of 20 Chocolate Delight Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Christine Keely Recipe: Chocolate Delight This dessert is easy to pull together the night before or morning of your Memorial Day gathering. Just allow at least 2 hours for chilling. 13 of 20 Real Banana Pudding Jennifer Davick Recipe: Real Banana Pudding Homemade banana pudding is a no-fuss dessert that's welcome at any summer gathering. 14 of 20 Lemon-Lime Poke Cake Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis Recipe: Lemon-Lime Poke Cake Reserve the whipped topping to add right before serving. 15 of 20 Fresh Peach Cobbler Southern Living Recipe: Fresh Peach Cobbler Grab some fresh peaches and combine them with some pantry staples for a classic summer dessert that will please any crowd. 16 of 20 Strawberries-and-Cream Sheet Cake Photo: Hector Sanchez Recipe: Strawberries-and-Cream Sheet Cake This easy-to-make sheet cake delivers not only a pretty presentation but also enough servings to feed for a larger crowd. 17 of 20 Lemon-Almond Bars Hector Manuel Sanchez Recipe: Lemon-Almond Bars These best-loved bars will fly off the dessert table. 18 of 20 Chewy Peanut Bars Hector Manuel Sanchez Recipe: Chewy Peanut Bars All you need is a microwave to whip up these quick-fix chocolate-peanut butter bars. 19 of 20 Easy Blackberry Cobbler John O'Hagan Recipe: Easy Blackberry Cobbler This delicious summer dessert comes together in less than hour and only calls for six ingredients. 20 of 20 Blackberry-Peach Cobbler Bars Hector Sanchez; Styling: Heather Chadduck Recipe: Blackberry-Peach Cobbler Bars Two of our favorite summer flavors come together in a grab-and-go version of a classic dessert. 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