These easy camping recipes are perfect for your next camping trip! Camping breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert recipes to cook over the campfire or on your grill!
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Camping food is fabulous, isn’t it? If you’re thinking, “Uhhh… not so much,” you’re probably making the same mistake many of us have by resorting to canned and pre-packaged foods. You can leave those things behind and instead have food that’s just as good as what you make at home – made even better by relaxing with your family around the campfire.
This list of camping recipes includes everything you need to make yummy meals any time of day while you’re camping. From tasty breakfast recipes to start your day, like campfire cinnamon rolls and French toast foil packets, to kid-friendly dinners like walking tacos and campfire cheesesteaks, your family will be well-fed. We’ve even thrown in some dessert recipes that you can make on the grill, open fire, or in the Dutch oven.
Pick a few to try on your next camping trip. You’ll be glad you did!
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Camping Recipes Your Family Will Love
Camping Breakfast Recipes
French Toast Foil Packet from Little Sunny Kitchen: Instead of the usual eggs for breakfast, get your day started with some sweet French toast topped with diced strawberries, walnuts, and cinnamon.
Cast Iron Breakfast Skillet from The Hedge Combers: If you’re watching your carbs, this breakfast skillet is the perfect morning meal to start your day at the campsite. Even those who aren’t being carb-conscious will love the meaty selections with eggs, onions, and tomatoes.
Campfire Cinnamon Rolls from Adventures of Mel: Grill them or make them over the campfire. Either way, you’ll end up with ooey, gooey cinnamon rolls that the whole family will love! Can you think of a better way to wake up? You can even prep the pan of cinnamon rolls ahead of time to put in the cooler, and then all you have to do is bake them at camp.
Campfire Breakfast Pizza from Our Handcrafted Life: This deep-dish breakfast pizza is really more of a breakfast casserole, but it’s a hearty, delicious, and filling way to start the morning. Serve with a side of fruit for a complete meal.
Easy Bisquick Campfire Drop Biscuits from Adventures of Mel: Prep these biscuits ahead or make them on the go. With only two ingredients, this recipe couldn’t get any easier. The fluffy biscuits are perfect to go along with breakfast or with a hearty stew for dinner.
Camping Lunch & Dinner Recipes
Teriyaki Shrimp Foil Packets from Spend With Pennies: Shrimp, crisp-tender veggies, and pineapple are served on a bed of rice in an easy foil packet meal that’s ready in minutes.
Campfire Grilled Chicken Panini from Girl Carnivore: You’ll be the boss of the fire pit when you make these chicken paninis for your campmates. The paninis are made with tender chicken breast, onions, peppers, apples, and cheddar cheese. This recipe will make you love cooking over an open fire!
Camping Hot Dogs from Frugal Coupon Living: Hot dogs, crescent rolls, and skewers or sticks are all you need to make this camping classic. It’s a quick dinner that never fails.
Campfire Walking Tacos from Adventures of Mel: Everyone will love this simple lunch or dinner idea made with ground beef, Doritos, and your favorite taco toppings. Even better, they’re easy to clean up because no plates are involved. That’s a win for any mom while camping!
Grilled Sesame Shrimp and Veggies from Simply Stacie: These simple foil packet meals are easy to prep before your camping trip. You can either bring along a grill to make these or use a rack over the fire to cook them. Either way, they’re delicious!
Campfire Stew from Recipes from a Pantry: You don’t have to be a cowboy to appreciate a tasty campfire stew. It’s a hearty meal after a day of fishing, hiking, and other outdoor adventures. And luckily, no matter how you prefer to cook when camping (over the campfire, in the slow cooker, or the Instant Pot), you’ll find the directions you need for this recipe.
Campfire Bread on a Stick from Vegan on Board: Kids and adults alike love making bread on a stick! The outside of the bread is beautifully browned, while the inside is warm and soft. Eat it straight off the stick or slide the bread off and stuff the center with your favorite jam. Yum!
Campfire Cheesesteaks from Little Earthling: These campfire cheesesteaks are sure to satisfy hungry appetites. The peppers and onions smell so good as they cook, and then you pop everything on the sandwich to cook in a foil packet to melt the cheese and bring the flavors all together.
Grilled Rosemary Potatoes from The Flavorful Cook: Take ordinary potatoes to the next level with this seasoning recipe. The rosemary potatoes are the perfect side dish to your campfire meal.
Campfire Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs from This Ole Mom: Life is just better with bacon—even when you’re camping. Add the bacon-wrapped hot dogs to a bun along with your favorite toppings, like mustard and relish, or eat them plain.
Barbecue Chicken Foil Packets from Spend with Pennies: Potatoes, barbecue chicken, green onions, and cheese are all baked or grilled together in foil packets for an easy meal with minimal cleanup. Make this meal your own by adding any other veggies you like, such as zucchini, onions, peppers, mushrooms, and more.
Campfire Mac and Cheese Stuffed Peppers from Girl Carnivore: Forget boring stuffed peppers. This is a next-level recipe that combines bell peppers, brats, and mac and cheese all cooked over the campfire.
Sausage, Potato, and Green Bean Foil Packets from Damn Delicious:Sausage, green beans, potatoes, mushrooms, onions, and Cajun seasoning are packed into convenient foil packets and cooked in minutes over a campfire. This flavorful dish can be assembled ahead of time for quick cooking at camp.
Camping Chicken Foil Dinner from An Oregan Cottage:You’ll get yummy chicken, corn on the cob, and tasty potatoes in one quick and easy foil packet meal.
Campfire Pizza from Spaceships and Laser Beams: This easy pizza recipe is made with chicken seasoned with ranch, bacon, lots of cheese, and fresh spinach. It’s a real crowd-pleaser!
Camping Dessert Recipes
Grilled Banana Dessert from Home Cooking Memories: This is like a S’more that you can feel less guilty about eating because—banana, right? It’s super delicious, though, and kids will get a kick out of eating their dessert out of the banana peel.
Campfire Whiskey Peach Cobbler from Stef’s Eats and Sweets: Nothing will delight your family more on a camping trip than a homemade peach cobbler made over a file in a cast-iron skillet. This recipe calls for fresh peaches, but it’s still very simple with only six ingredients. You’ll love it!
Campfire Cones from Princess Pinky Girl: Campfire cones are a great alternative to S’mores, which can get a little messy. Put your favorite S’more toppings inside the cone, wrap in foil, and cook over the fire. You can even add in some surprising options, like strawberries, bananas, caramel, and more. (These are my boys’ favorite!)
Banana Split S’mores Dip from Home Cooking Memories: Make this yummy dessert dip over the campfire, and you’ll definitely have some happy campers on your hands. Dip graham crackers, vanilla wafers, or pretzels into the dip.
Dutch Oven Zucchini Bread from Learning and Yearning: This zucchini bread, prepared in the Dutch oven, will have your campsite smelling amazing in no time.
These camping recipes all look seriously delicious! Which ones will make the menu on your next camping trip? I can’t wait to try that berry french toast – YUM!
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Pin These Camping Recipes For Later
Camping Recipes
Pin this list of camping recipes to have delicious ideas on hand for your next camping trip!
- French Toast Foil Packet from Little Sunny Kitchen
- Cast Iron Breakfast Skillet from The Hedge Combers
- Campfire Cinnamon Rolls from Adventures of Mel
- Campfire Breakfast Pizza from Our Handcrafted Life
- Easy Bisquick Campfire Drop Biscuits from Adventures of Mel
- Teriyaki Shrimp Foil Packets from Spend With Pennies
- Campfire Grilled Chicken Panini from Girl Carnivore
- Camping Hot Dogs from Frugal Coupon Living
- Campfire Walking Tacos from Adventures of Mel
- Grilled Sesame Shrimp and Veggies from Simply Stacie
- Campfire Stew from Recipes from a Pantry
- Campfire Bread on a Stick from Vegan on Board
- Campfire Cheesesteaks from Little Earthling
- Grilled Rosemary Potatoes from The Flavorful Cook
- Campfire Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs from This Ole Mom
- Barbecue Chicken Foil Packets from Spend with Pennies
- Campfire Mac and Cheese Stuffed Peppers from Girl Carnivore
- Sausage, Potato, and Green Bean Foil Packets from Damn Delicious
- Camping Chicken Foil Dinner from An Oregan Cottage
- Campfire Pizza from Spaceships and Laser Beams
- Grilled Banana Dessert from Home Cooking Memories
- Campfire Whiskey Peach Cobbler from Stef’s Eats and Sweets
- Campfire Cones from Princess Pinky Girl
- Banana Split S’mores Dip from Home Cooking Memories
- Dutch Oven Zucchini Bread from Learning and Yearning
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