Best Camping Food Ideas for Kids and Families

This is a fun twist on the traditional Chex Mix recipe and an alternative to trail mix. Great make ahead recipe for camping food that needs no refrigeration and no cooking!

This classic egg salad recipe works as one of your make ahead camping meals great for breakfast, lunch or dinner camp meals. Great to eat alone or even as a tortilla roll up. Be sure to store it in your cooler!

This is a baked dessert, but it's good camping food ideas for making in a dutch oven over the camp fire, too!

This corn casserole recipe in the crockpot is easy at home, but you can transition it to a camping recipe side dish and make it in your dutch oven over the fire.

SUPER EASY no cook camping recipe! Some people like to eat this black bean and corn salad alone, but we like to eat it with tortilla chips or pita chips like a black bean and corn salsa. Great for camping food ideas for vegetarians or camping food that doesn't need refrigeration, too!

Spaghetti in a hot dog bun is an easy pasta recipe kids love and easy to eat during camp. It's easy for camping food ideas for large groups because it's spaghetti and toasted hot dog buns - that's it!

These ham and cheese sliders recipe are usually baked in the oven. But, again, this is an easy recipe to adapt for easy dutch oven campfire recipes.

Fried biscuits are fun camping recipe (and easy recipe)! You can eat them for breakfast, as a dinner roll, or even shake them in cinnamon sugar as a camping dessert recipe.

Throw these in your dutch oven, put on the campfire and play some games until this green beans and potatoes recipe is done. They are good dinner campfire meals or a side dish.

One of my favorite camping dessert or camping treat. Prepare the fruit salad before and store it in the cooler until ready to spoon it into the waffle cones. Quick and easy recipe or camping snacks for hungry kids!

Camping in the summer can be hot! This infused strawberry water is the perfect summer drink for kids and helps your kids get hydrated!

Sun tea is fun to make on a camping trip because you add the tea to water and let the sun do the rest. Be sure to read through the notes to understand the possible dangers of sun tea before making this camping drink recipe!

Scrambled eggs are an easy breakfast (add a tortilla and transform it to a breakfast burrito) or as easy camping food ideas for lunch and dinner.

This pico de gallo made from scratch is easy to throw together at the last minute or even as a make ahead camping recipe. Great to eat with tortillas, tortilla chips, with sandwich wraps, or even with your eggs as camping food ideas breakfast.

I love this for kids food ideas while camping! Make ahead dirt pudding in pint jars, store them in the cooler, and then add the gummy worms when you arrive. Fun for camping themed food ideas!

Want to kick things up a notch in your campfire dutch oven? Surprise everyone with this sweet but savory cornbread with butter and honey. Great for camping breakfasts or camp dinner sides.

This is another crockpot recipe that can easily be adapted to campfire cooking. If you're wondering what are good meals for camping or one pot meals for camping, this is it!

This recipe for crock pot sweet potatoes soup is a family favorite and great makes camping food ideas on a budget (especially cooking for a large crowd)! Throw it in the dutch oven and play a few camping games while it cooks! Tastes great with a side dish of the pumpkin skillet corn bread.

Even in the summer, some camping nights can be chilly. Bring along the ingredients to make this homemade hot chocolate that everyone will love.

Need kid friendly camping food ideas or camping food ideas without fire? This make ahead recipe is light, cool, and refreshing! Be sure to keep it in the cooler!

What list of camping food ideas and recipes would be complete without a smore recipe?