Campfire Recipes For Delicious Meals Outdoors

Campfire recipes are delicious and easy-to-make meals that you can cook over an open fire during camping trips. From classic s’mores to hearty foil packet dinners, these recipes bring a delightful taste to your outdoor adventures. These easy campfire recipes are guaranteed to amp up your next camping trip!

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Campfire Recipes to Give the Outdoors the Feel of Home

Enjoy the best of camping snacks with a tasty trail mix while embracing the magic of campfire cooking with sizzling skewers and delicious foil packet recipes. Elevate your camping experience with mouthwatering treats and unforgettable outdoor meals.

Bacon Baked Beans

Want some bacon and baked beans? We’re in! Here’s a classic campfire dish that will surely be a crowd-pleaser.

This is one of those slow-cooker recipes where you simply add BBQ sauce and let it do its thing.

 Roasted Cinnamon Rolls

All you need is a tube of cinnamon rolls, a stick, and a campfire to enjoy this easy roasted cinnamon rolls recipe.

It is great for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Mix it up by using biscuits or rolls for a dinner side dish.

 Cheesy Dutch Oven Potatoes

Grab some potatoes, bacon, cheese, and onions, and soon, you will be salivating over this dish. Make sure to bring your cast iron Dutch oven, too.

If that’s not convenient, you can also make these cheesy potatoes in tin foil over the campfire.

 Sunrise Breakfast Bowl

Take the hassle out of campfire cooking with this easy breakfast dish. Bring together bread, eggs, bacon, and butter, and this breakfast bowl is complete.

 Campfire Muffins & Cinnamon Rolls in Oranges


Get ready to transform an orange into a tasty treat that will surprise the whole family. In this magic trick, you bake a blueberry orange muffin within an orange after it has spent time in tin foil over the fire.

 Biscuit Campfire Donuts



Biscuit campfire donuts are a delightful treat to enjoy while camping. Using store-bought biscuit dough, you can create delicious donuts cooked over the campfire.

Turn your favorite biscuit dough into sweet and satisfying campfire donuts. In just a few simple steps, this dish can be your go-to breakfast on any camping trip.

 Coconut Curry Soup

Camping food hacks are clever and practical tips to make cooking and eating while camping easier and more enjoyable.

Prepare this meal before your camping trip, and throw it in a ziplock bag. When you’re ready to eat, just add water and boil. It’s a simple main dish recipe that tastes like a home-cooked meal.

 Campurritos

You can make this dish before you head out into the woods or prepare it once you have picked your camping spot. Either way, this campurritos recipe makes for a hearty dish that leaves everyone satisfied.

What are campurritos? It is the combination of the words “camping” and “burritos.”

 Campfire Paella

With one pan, you can create this flavorful dish while camping outdoors. Use your favorite protein and spices for the best campfire paella dish.

Quench your fired-up appetite outdoors with this one-dish meal for lunch or supper.

 Hot Whiskey

For cold nights camping, we recommend a drink recipe that will warm your insides. This simple hot whiskey recipe from Jamie Oliver is simply perfect for cold nights outdoors.

It requires whiskey, boiled water, lemon, and clover. Add honey if you want to add sweetness.

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 Curly Dogs

It is not a true camping trip without everyone’s favorite quick campfire recipes – hot dogs roasted over the fire.

Mix it up a bit by wrapping your hot dogs in dinner rolls to create fire-roasted pigs on a blanket. Your little campers will be delighted with this tasty treat!

 Sausage and Fennel Grilled Campfire Pizza


Pizza may not be the most common camping food, but it can be done. You will need dough, sauce, cheese, and your favorite toppings.

Cook a delicious pizza over the fire in a cast-iron skillet and enjoy something better than delivery pizza.

 Mixed Mushroom Hobo Pack


Quick campfire recipes are great for outdoor trips. With parchment paper and foil, you can cook just about anything over a fire.

This delicious mixed mushroom recipe will complement any night in the great outdoors.

 Dutch Oven Caramel Apple Pie


If you want to go all out, give this caramel apple pie a try. It’ll be a tasty treat the whole family enjoys around the campfire. Dutch Oven Caramel Apple Pie is a mouthwatering dessert perfect for camping trips.

 Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Use tin foil to make this pineapple upside-down cake after dinner. This recipe requires just a few ingredients and bakes quickly right in a tin foil packet!

You can also add a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Poundcake S’mores

It’s not a camping experience without campfire s’ mores. Mix it up with this pound cake s’mores recipe.

These easy camping meals will definitely put your campers at ease after a long hike!

 Campfire Chicken Stew

You don’t have to leave all the comforts of home behind when you go camping. With this chicken recipe, you can have a bowl of warm chicken stew heated over the fire.

It will turn into a crowd favorite for supper on your camping trips.

 Lamb Kebabs with Mint Pesto


Looking for a unique recipe to make on your next trek into the woods? Give this lamb kebabs recipe a try.

It is a camping skewer recipe you can’t skip.

 Apple Pie On A Stick

With this apple pie on a stick, you can leave the fork and knife behind for an easy campfire dessert or snack. Apple Pie on a Stick is a delightful camping treat that brings the delicious flavors of apple pie to your outdoor adventures.

 Campfire Cone



Add a little marshmallow, chocolate, and even peanut butter to create this tasty campfire cone treat, a fun take on the classic s’more. No camper can turn away this fancy outdoor snack.

 Campfire Nachos

Nachos are the ultimate camping comfort food. It is quick and easy to prepare and can be served at any time of the day.

If you have a hankering for some good ole Tex-Mex food, follow this campfire nachos recipe!

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Campfire recipes do not have to be limited to burgers and corn on the cob every night. We clearly like to mix things up and try out exciting campfire recipes. Camping essentials are the necessary items and gear you should bring along for a safe and comfortable camping trip.

These are easy campfire meals sure to please on your next camping trip. Plus, if you can master cooking while camping, you will have an invaluable skill when the SHTF.

Master these quick and easy campfire recipes, and you will certainly become the designated campsite chef.

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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on June 2014 and has been updated for quality and relevancy.