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Easy Camping Peach Cobbler: 4-Ingredient Dutch Oven Dessert

Whip up this simple, sweet peach cobbler using just four ingredients. It's the perfect no-fuss dessert to bake over coals on your next camping trip.

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Added August 12, 2026
Source: completelydelicious.com
Easy Camping Peach Cobbler: 4-Ingredient Dutch Oven Dessert
Prep: 5 min
Cook: 20 min
Serves: 8
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

  • •4 cups Fruit (fresh, frozen, or canned)
  • •1/2 box Vanilla cake mix
  • •1 cup Lemon-lime soda
  • •2 tablespoons Unsalted butter
  • •1 tablespoon (optional) Granulated or coarse sugar
  • •for serving (optional) Whipped cream

Equipment

  • • Cast iron dutch oven
  • • Lid lifter
  • • Campfire or charcoal briquettes
  • • Tongs
  • • Dutch oven liners (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1Prep your dutch oven and cooking space by greasing it with nonstick spray or butter.
  2. 2Combine the cake mix and lemon-lime soda in a bowl to make a cobbler batter.
  3. 3Add the fruit to the bottom of the dutch oven, spoon the batter over it, and place butter slices on top.
  4. 4Arrange charcoal briquettes: place 15 underneath and 30 on top of the dutch oven lid.
  5. 5Rotate the pot and lid halfway through cooking to ensure even baking.
  6. 6Check after 20 minutes; it's done when the fruit is bubbling and the topping is golden brown.
  7. 7Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

Camp tips

  • • Mix the cake mix and soda before adding to prevent dry pockets in the cobbler.
  • • This recipe can be made in the oven for a traditional baked version.
  • • Feel free to choose any fruit you like.

Food safety & trail facts

Calories:
211

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