Summer’s here—let the barbeques begin! With all the great picnics and backyard get-togethers to go to, you’ll want to have all your favorite tasty desserts to bring. Enjoy these sunny sweet recipes with friends and family and they’ll be begging for more!

Luscious Lemon Cupcakes
This is an easy recipe because it's half homemade and half store bought. Either way, the taste is the best of both worlds.

Ingredients:
1 box of lemon cake mix

Lemon Cream Frosting:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (at room temperature)
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups confectioners' sugar

1. Prepare the lemon cake according to the directions on the box, except pour the batter into cupcake pans, lined with paper cups.
2. To make the cream frosting, beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer until soft. Slowly add the vanilla extract, sugar, lemon zest and juice into the mixer and keep beating until creamy.
3. After the cupcakes have cooled, you can put on the frosting. They have to be cool, otherwise the tops will peel off when you try to spread the frosting, because the warmth melts it.
4. To make the cupcakes look nicer, sprinkle yellow sprinkles on top. Yum!

Power Fruit Smoothie
This is great with any meal or for a quick and easy breakfast. They're cold, refreshing and a great way to get your daily servings of fruit.
Ingredients:
1 banana
1/2 cup of raspberries, blueberries and strawberries
A cup of your favorite flavored yogurt
1/4 cup of pineapple or orange juice
1 tbsp of honey
1 tsp of vanilla extract
Ice cubes

1. Peel and slice the banana.
2. Put all ingredients into a blender and blend on high speed until it looks smooth. You can add more juice if you don't like it too thick.
3. Pour the smoothie into glasses and drink up!

Fruit-sicles
These are so easy and taste so good, you won't believe you didn't think of this before!

Ingredients:
Your favorite fruits (recommended- grapes, bananas, strawberries, watermelons)

1. Take your fruit, say grapes, and stick little toothpicks through them.
2. Place them on a small sheet of aluminum foil and then store in your freezer for a couple hours.
3. Take them out and enjoy!