Campfire Cooking: Easy Recipes, Cooking Techniques & Tips

There are so many methods to make awesome camping food. When you want to add the most excitement to meal creation, you have to choose campfire cooking! Not only do you end up with yummy culinary creations, you get to build, maintain and relax near a crackling fire with mesmerizing dancing flames too.

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Our Most Popular Campfire Recipes

We have tons of campfire recipes to inspire you to make awesome campfire meals. Here are some of our most popular ideas.

1. Campfire Corn On The Cob

Nothing is better than campfire grilled corn on the cob in the summer! It is easy, fun and delicious! You cook it in the husk on a campfire grill grate directly over the coals in your fire pit.

2. Pie Iron French Toast

Dip you bread into a simple egg mixture and cook it in your pie iron over hot campfire coals. This breakfast is a real crowd pleaser.

3. Campfire Stew

After beef chuck roast simmers over low heat you can cut it with a butter knife. We use bacon, vegetables including potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, garlic, and, dried herbs like rosemary, parsley, thyme to create amazing flavor in this fork-tender stew.

4. Bacon Wrapped Grilled Cheese

You can make this sandwich using a cast iron skillet or griddle. Watch our VIDEO to see how easy it is to create this indulgent meal.

5. Campfire Chili

This is one of my favorite camping dinner recipes. Meat, beans and spices simmer over hot coals to create this award-winning chili. It goes really well when paired with our Dutch Oven Cornbread.

6. Chicken Souvlaki Pitas

After marinating chicken pieces you can thread them onto skewers or just grill them over grates to make these Mediterranean chicken gyro sandwiches.

7. Make Ahead Thai Campfire Chicken

If you want to just “dump & cook” at the campsite, try some of our delicious make ahead camping meals. You prep these freezer meals at home, then, defrost and cook at camp.

8. Grilled Flat Iron Camping Steak

This flat iron steak is made really tender with a simple homemade marinade made with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, salt and cayenne pepper. The nice thing about camping grill recipes is that they easily transition to a propane grill if you need to change your menu because of open flame restrictions when camping with camp fire bans.

9. Camping Nachos

Try these loaded meatless nachos if you want to enjoy one of the best camping snacks!

10. 4 Ingredient Banana Pancakes

These simple pancakes are almost as easy as opening a bag of trail mix for breakfast. From start to finish, they’ll be on your table in 15 minutes, so, you can just leave the trail mix for your hike! Check out all of our delicious and easy camping breakfast ideas.

11. Campfire Donuts

Refrigerator biscuit dough is the secret to making these amazingly tasty fresh donuts in just minutes.

12. Rich & Creamy Campfire Hot Cocoa

Ditch the pre-made powder if you want a special treat! Cool weather camping experiences don’t feel complete without a warm cup of hot chocolate and this one is velvety smooth.

13. Cajun Chicken Foil Packets

This is one of our flavor-packed keto camping food ideas that features chicken, sausage and low-carb veggies.

14. Campfire Hobo Stew Recipe In Foil Packets

Making individual packs of stew means each camper can use ingredients they like and avoid those they don’t.

15. Shrimp And Asparagus Foil Packs

This is a sort-of fancy meal made with simple ingredients. Shrimp and asparagus are flavored with a little white wine (or chicken broth), Cajun seasoning, garlic, butter, salt and black pepper to create a delicious 20-minute meal.

16. Campfire Chili Cheese Fries

Frozen fries never tasted so good! And, you won’t believe how easy it is to make them!

17. Dutch Oven French Toast

You don’t have to make individual slices of French toast if you make this casserole version.

18. Mac And Cheese

This ooey, gooey, cheesy hot dish is great when served with a simple grilled meat.

19. Dutch Oven Campfire Goulash

Try this goulash if you want yummy comfort food. If you like campfire cooking in the summer, you’ll LOVE winter campfire cooking! You stay warm and cook your meals all at the same time. Check out our favorite winter camping recipes for your next cold-weather menu plan.

21. Campfire Smores Recipes

You can’t cook over a campfire without having s’mores for dessert at least once during your trip! You can certainly enjoy the traditional toasted marshmallow sandwiched between two graham crackers with a chocolate bar. But, why not get creative with ingredients like caramel sauce, berries, white chocolate coconut candy bars, fruit and different types of cookies? We’ve put a twist on these classic sweet treats that kids and adults will love!

22. Camping Smores Dutch Oven Brownies

Try a new spin on a classic campfire dessert with these s’mores brownies!

23. Pineapple Upside Down Cake

This is always our choice for our family summer birthday camping trip!

24. Blueberry Cobbler

When blueberries are in season, THIS is the dessert you need to make!

25. Chocolate Lava Dutch Oven Cakes

These little individual cakes are baked in cupcake liners. That keeps them moist and easy to serve.