Dutch Oven Dessert Recipes

The following Dutch oven dessert recipes are easy and delicious. Campfire cooking couldn't be easier when you use a dutch oven. If you have any recipes you'd like to pass along, we'd be glad to share them with all of our visitors. Check out the recipes below for some great camping desserts, and be sure to check out our cobbler recipes, too!

Family Campsite Dump Cake

This is a wonderful treat after a great day of camping or even for breakfast with your coffee.

Grease a 9" Dutch oven bottom and sides. Spread ingredients, as they are listed below in the Dutch oven.

1 can (1 lb. 5oz.) pie filling (I like cherry)

1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple

1 box yellow or white cake mix (dry)

1/2 Cup chopped nuts

1/2 Cup coconut

1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter, cut into small pieces

Place lid on the pot and bake approximately 40 min in hot coals. You can serve this as dessert after dinner or as coffeecake for breakfast.

Chocolate Turtle Cake

If you like chocolate turtles, then you will absolutely love this cake. It's easy can delicious.

1 Cup Water

10 Oz. Package Miniature Marshmallows

1 Cup Butter (Melted)

1 Package Caramels (10 - 14 Oz.)

1 Cup Brown Sugar

1/2 Baking Soda

1 Chocaolate Cake Mix

1 Cup Pecans

Line 12 inch Dutch Oven with foil or grease well. Mix cake mix with the above ingredients, except the caramels. Pour into Dutch Oven and sprinkle the top with the unwrapped caramels. Cook over low coals for 20 - 25 minutes with lid on. You can also save the pecans and put on top, then put the caramels on top of the pecans.

This recipe was submitted by Dorothy Lamb - Home-Cookin' Gourmet from Cuba, MO

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