Lemon bars or a lemon pound cake.

Cupcakes.

Date squares.

I second the pound cake especially if you have a bundt pan. A lemon bundt pound cake with some icing drizzled over the top looks good and tastes great.

I love lemon bars, thus I "liked" them. :)

Maybe something with fruit? I would do small strawberry shortcakes with bowls of sliced strawberries and whipped cream.

Fruit pizza!

I love lemon bars, too, but just offered another suggestion.

I was going to say cupcakes as well. Maybe do a couple of varieties of flavors or some cute decoration on them so they’re fun. I realize the sundae is out because of the ice cream but it was too cute not to post. (Or maybe white frosting could substitute the ice creame) These are all from Pinterest.

OMG those cupcakes Lukkk,

Those fishy cupcakes are CUTE!!

White chocolate strawberry cupcakes posted above. Yum!!!

Those are fantastic cupcake ideas, lukkiirish! I'm lusting for the salt and caramel ones, but the little hamburgers, the fishing ones, the fishies and the campfire are all just too cute.

I always make monkey bread if asked to bring a dessert. It always goes over well. Sometimes ill do chocolate covered strawberries or truffles. My mom makes all her pies in bar form for potlucks,so pumpkin or cherry or apple pie bars, glazed of course.

Texas Sheet Cake (its chocolate) or Banana Sheet Cake. Or check Sally’s Baking Addiction. Lots of great recipes there. I especially like any of her cookies. I recently made the oatmeal scotchies and they were fantastic.

Peach cobbler? or does it have to be a finger food

Thank you everyone! Yes, I would prefer it to be a finger food, but lemon bars and cupcakes would definitely work!

Make a "from scratch" angel food cake and take a bowl of mixed berries to serve with it. Easy, peasy....

Individual Pavlovas with stewed fresh berries and homemade whipped cream. That will solve the issues with the gluten free crowd as well as the nut people!

You can make the Pavlova and the berries in advance (days), store the meringue shells in an airtight manner.

cream puffs are really easy to make

For a "do" -- I often do a Texas sheet cake (chocolate) sans nuts and a white Texas sheet cake. They're easy and it's something for everyone. Recipes are easily found on line but I'll be happy to share mine if you desire.

Blueberry cheesecake bars.

If you want to make something a little different, try lime bars instead of lemon...more like a key lime pie as finger food.

If alcohol isn't a problem, one bundt cake I make that is always a big hit at our picnics is Harvey Wallbanger Cake. There are versions for from scratch on line too, though I usually buy the cake mix.

If you want something chocolate, these chocolate snowflake cookies are soft and dark and very tasty.

Just saw this yesterday and they look good and easy.

https://www.facebook.com/RecipesWatch/videos/1410391442395718/

I'm not much of a desserter but I always love a savory snack and this is one of my favs. Room temp is fine, doesn't need to be hot. I've never served it to anybody who didn't like it.

Roselin's Spinach Topped French Bread

1 10 oz pk chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry

1/2 tsp garlic powder

2c shredded Cheddar Cheese

2c shredded Mozzarella cheese

1/2c butter, melted

1 loaf French Bread cut in half lengthwise

Combine first 5 ingedients in a large bowl; stir well. Spread mixture evenly on bread halves. Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake uncovered at 350 for15 minutes or until cheese melts.

Yield: 8 servings

From America's Best Recipes

RL

Jelly rolls.............I make mini ones. I cut the sheet in half and then roll up on the same towel so they come out in bite-sized pieces.

Janie, while not dessert, that sounds fabulous...great for a hot party appetizer! (I mean the appetizer is hot...not necessarily the party though! )

Why thank you Annie. I have another similar recipe with olives that is also well liked. Hmmmm, let's pour the wine!

Why is it that as soon as someone says no nuts, all that come to mind are recipes with nuts???

Me too, Annie. I was about to suggest a Coca-Cola cake, because you bake it in a 9 x 13 pan which is good for a crowd, but it has pecans in the icing.

I was thinking of the russian tea cookies...made with hazelnuts...or the almond puff pastry which is so delish, but obviously made with almonds...or the apple cinnamon walnut bundt cake...duh.

Carrot cake or german chocolate cake in a 9 x 13 pan. easy to cut any size you want.

P. S. I wouldn't worry about nuts as long as you label dessert as containing nuts. More people can eat it than not and there will be other desserts there without nuts.

P.P.S. when bringing dessert I often try to make something for gluten-free people..............stuffed strawberries, flourless chocolate cake, meringue kisses with mini chocolate chips.

All of these are great ideas! Thanks! I love the idea Spinach Topped French Bread. And a sheet cake sounds yummy too. My stomach is rumbling now!

Right now it's hard to beat a fresh blackberry cobbler and it's extremely simple to make. I just made 15 for our garden club sale. They sold out in the first hour. It can be cut into squares in the pan when cool.

I love chocolate Texas sheet cake. There's a BBQ place near here and they have it cut into big squares for sale. I occasionally buy one and divide it into small pieces and have a little treat every once in a while.