12 Summer Dessert Recipes
Make the most of fresh summer flavors with a dozen warm-weather treats to add to your repertoire.
Orange Creamsicle Smoothie
Ambitious Kitchen
Refreshing orange creamsicle smoothie that tastes just like the summer treat you grew up on.
Fig and Almond Cake
The New York Times Cooking
Figs are baked into an almond batter for this rustic cake to have with coffee or tea.
Strawberry Crumble Ice Cream
Mike Bakes NYC
This no-churn ice cream recipe doesn’t require an ice cream maker. Combine a few simple ingredients together, fold in a homemade strawberry sauce & a buttery brown sugar crumble, and you have a delicious, ready-to-eat ice cream after 6-8 hours of freezing.
Easy S’mores Dip
Hip Foodie Mom
Completely indulgent and yummy, this is the perfect quick dessert to make at home and share with friends and family.
Georgia Peach Crisp
Taste
If you are looking for a dessert that will garner umms, ahhhs, and more yums than you can imagine, this peach crisp is your ticket.
The Best Mint Chip Ice Cream Recipe
Serious Eats
No mint leaves can match the charged blast of a slug of mint extract, but fresh mint ice cream has an unbeatable roundness of flavor you just can’t find in a bottle.
Key Lime Pie Is the Queen of Summer Desserts
The Cookbook for All
This Key lime pie is as refreshing as it is nostalgic—finished with fresh whipped cream, and fresh berries if you have them on hand.
Rhubarb Custard Cake
Bon Appetit
Make sure you leave the stalks whole, as chopped rhubarb is more likely to be swallowed up by the batter and sink to the bottom.
Watermelon Mint Popsicles (Three Ingredients)
Jessica in the Kitchen
Summer heat + refreshing + anything mint = match made in heaven.
Summer Berry Pavlova
JamieOliver.com
Piled high with fresh seasonal fruit, this pavlova recipe is an absolute summer show-stopper.
Meyer Lemon Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust
Food52
What is the magic of a Meyer, you ask? Well, it’s like a lemon, but not. It’s like an orange, but not. It’s somewhere in between – not quite as tart as the lemon, not quite as bold as the orange, but a pleasant in-between.
Mango Sago (Coconut Tapioca Pudding)
Nom Nom Paleo
Mango sago, an Asian-inspired tropical chilled treat, combines creamy coconut tapioca pudding and sweet and tangy mango chunks in an irresistible paleo and vegan-friendly dessert.