19 Strawberry Desserts That Taste Like Summer (2024)

June 19, 2024 by Zoë François | collections

Does any fruit say summer quite like strawberries? These 19 strawberry desserts will help you make the most of the season of fresh berries!

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Strawberry season is nearly upon us and I can hardly wait to get my hands on those perfectly sweet ruby red berries and make some amazing strawberry desserts. The first couple months of summer are perfect for taking a trip to a farm with pick-your-own strawberries. It’s the perfect weekend outing with kids for frolicking through the rows of plants followed by bringing your little treasures home to make some amazing desserts (and sampling a few sweet berries along the way).

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Strawberry Desserts

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Strawberry Passion Fruit Sheet Cake

Classic, white cake, with a big messy pile of perfect strawberries resting on passion fruit buttercream. It is super easy to put together, but looks like sunshine and happiness, so no one will care that you didn't have to work that hard.

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Strawberry Hand Pies

I stock my freezer with these delicious strawberry hand pies for a fast and easy treat. The pies are sweet and just a little tart, making them perfect little homemade breakfast pastries

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Chocolate Fudge Cake with Strawberry Salsa and Candied Flowers

This warm, super fudgy, chocolate cake recipe is from Chef Neal Fraser and I added a fresh strawberry salsa and lavender ice cream to it.

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Strawberry Fool with Lemon Curd

This strawberry fool is made with strawberry coulis, homemade lemon curd, whipped cream, and a fresh strawberry garnish. What's not to love?

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The gorgeous cake comes from the pages the Cannelle et Vanille cookbook and I added a cranberry relish that has fresh strawberries and pink peppercorns, a lovely compliment to the roasted squash brown butter cake.

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Strawberry Rhubarb Fool Cheesecake

This Strawberry Rhubarb Fool Cheesecake was a happy mistake. You know how they say you learn from your failures? Well, I was going for a tourteau fromage and it went wrong in a big way.

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Strawberry Charlotte Royale

A strawberry Charlotte Royale is a fun recipe if you are looking for something a little different to try. This recipe features Grand Marnier Bavarian Cream and is a regal looking dessert. It isn't as hard to make as it may look, but it does require a little planning ahead, so make sure you prepare accordingly.

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No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake

My version of no-bake strawberry cheesecake is made with nothing but fresh sweet strawberries,cream cheese, real whipped cream,and just the slightest bit of gelatin to keep it standing tall until you bite into it, then it melts in your mouth. No oven required.

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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie (see notes below for pure rhubarb pie)

I love strawberries, but they are a bit too sweet and jammy on their own in a pie. The marriage of rhubarb and strawberries is perfection, because sometimes opposites attract.

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Strawberry Sour Cream Ice Cream

Five tips for creamy ice cream every time and a recipe for my family's favorite strawberry sour cream ice cream.

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Strawberry Shortcake

Fresh, local strawberries need very little to become a spectacular dessert, so I kept thing simple for this strawberry shortcake. I used my son's signature scone recipe for the "shortcake" and it worked perfectly.

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Homemade Jello (Fresh Strawberry!)

This homemade jello dessert is nothing but pure, ripe, sweet strawberries pureed and set with a bit of gelatin in a fun mold. A bowl of perfect strawberries and cream is nice, but when you present this regal dessert, it will take anyone's breath away.

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Lemon-Lime Mousse with Fresh Strawberries

This lemon-lime mousse is tangy, a touch sweet, and light. The fresh strawberries lend a perfect balance of flavor and texture to the dessert.

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Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp

There is really nothing better than the combo of sweet berries and tart rhubarb. This simple strawberry rhubarb crips combines the two flavors perfectly.

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Balsamic Roasted Strawberries

In the spring, strawberries are good, but their sweetness isn't fully developed yet, so I jump up the flavor by roasting them with a bit of aged balsamic and sugar. These balsamic roasted strawberries add a little pop when the strawberries aren't sweet enough.

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4th of July Baked Alaska

Layers of strawberry, blueberry and coconut ice cream, covered in meringue and torched to perfection. A beautiful dessert and no oven required!

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Berry Cobbler with Cheddar Biscuits

The biscuits on this cobbler are made with cheddar cheese for a little sharpness! Blueberries, strawberries, fresh ginger and lemon zest topped it with my sticky biscuit dough. You'd never know this recipe was actually an accident.

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Springtime Crêpes

Crêpes make a great breakfast for a special occasion, and double as a wonderful dessert. For these, I folded lightly sweetened whipped cream into soft chèvre as the filling. I roasted strawberries in balsamic vinegar and quickly cooked the rhubarb in sugar and vanilla.

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Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp with Creamy Strawberry Ice Cream

Anything with sweet, juicy strawberries and freshly picked rhubarb is a tasty summer treat. This strawberry-rhubarb crips with strawberry ice cream packs all the flavor you want from summer harvests.

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  1. Omg these look delicious! I will probably make the strawberry cheesecakes for my daughter’s birthday party, except will add edible glitter to the tops from https://www.thesugarart.com/ – check them out actually, they have vegan products!

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  2. I made your blueberry cheesecake, it was excellent.

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