A comprehensive list of summer dessert recipes including fruit crisps, frozen desserts, no bake treats, pies, ice cream cakes and more. These summer desserts are perfect for barbecues, picnics, potlucks, birthday parties, pool parties and every other warm weather celebration.
Ah, summertime! The sun on your face, flip-flops on your feet, and the smell of barbecues in the air. Sounds amazing right? Sign me up for sure! Speaking of barbecues, do you have a go-to list of recipes you rotate through all the time? You know the same old desserts you make for everything? Change it up a bit with these all-time favorite summer dessert recipes.
We love to use fresh berries and in-season produce for summer desserts. Berries and other summer fruits are cheap and abundant this time of the year. The options to use up berries are endless. These summer dessert recipes will help you with over 50 ideas!
58 Summer Dessert Recipes
No-Bake Desserts
No bake desserts are perfect for when it’s blazing hot outside and you can’t bear to turn on the oven. There are tons of options from decadent chocolate treats to delicious pies, cakes and cookies.
- Berry Cheesecake Salad
- Snickers Crunch Bars
- Chocolate Raspberry Cake
- Cookies N Cream Meltaways
- Creamy Blueberry Pecan Bars
- Snickers Bar Pie
- Rainbow Pie
- Cookie Dough Ice Cream Cake
- Strawberry Pretzel Layered Dessert
- Fresh Strawberry Pie
- Avalanche Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cornflake Cookies
- S’mores Pie
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Dessert
- Pink Lemonade Pie
- Butterfinger Pie
- Pina Colada Bars
Funfetti Cookie Dough Bars - Peanut Butter Nutella Cheesecake
- Berry Icebox Cake
- Cherry Cheesecake Parfaits
- Banana Split Tiramisu Cake
- Very Berry Cheesecake
- Brownie Batter Cheesecake
- Strawberry Cream Pie
- Mini Fruit Pizzas
- Funfetti Cake Batter Dip
- Lemon Raspberry Meltaways
- Strawberry Pretzel Cheesecake Bites
Frozen Desserts
When it’s hot outside, a frozen dessert really hits the spot. The great thing about frozen desserts is that they all can be made in advance, which saves on prep time when you’re planning a party.
- Tiramisu Ice Cream Cake
- Frozen Thin Mint Cheesecake
- Salted Caramel Frozen Banana Bites
- Churro Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Strawberry Lemonade Ice Cream Pie
- Frozen Mint Brownie Dessert
- Frozen Peanut Butter Cup Dessert Pizza
- Strawberry and Cream Dessert
- Golden Oreo Caramel Layer Dessert
- Frozen Hot Chocolate Cheesecake
- Ice Cream Dessert Pie
- Frozen Banana Split Cake
Fruit Crisps
Crisps, crumbles and cobblers are the perfect way to showcase all of the fresh fruit that summer has to offer. Add a scoop of ice cream and you’ve got dessert perfection!
- Mixed Summer Fruit Crisp
- Mango Blueberry Crumble
- Triple Berry Rhubarb Oat Crisp
- Triple Berry Crisp
- Mini Mason Jar Fruit Crisps
- Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp
- Strawberry Crisp
- Blueberry Peach Crisp
- Simple Oat Pecan Blueberry Crisp
Debra says
I want a slice of every single one of these! I am going to have a lot of these to our summer parties!
Bethel Esmillarin says
These 58 dessert would not be only perfect for my summer but for my whole year round! I wouldn’t run out of something to prep 🙂
Nita Okoye says
These recipes are everything! Saving them to try out this summer
Tomi C says
I think I stopped after seeing the Peanut Butter Nutella Cheesecake recipe. OMG! This sounds so good. Definitely bookmarking this page with all these great recipes.
Ricci says
Now we are talking my love language, deserts!! I will definitely be tying a few of these soon!! YUM!!
PAm says
I love desserts! All of these recipes sound really good to me right now.
Heather says
You’ve got me drooling over here. I’m a big fan of good old-fashioned strawberry shortcake and peach cobbler over the summer months.
m says
No-bake desserts are such a great idea for summertime. It is too much work and heat to turn on the oven! Plus my kids can be more involved when it comes to the no-bake part. These all look good, thanks for sharing – I’d love to make some of these in the coming months.
Chubskulit Rose says
When it comes to dessert, I am always biased with those that have fruits in them. So those selection of fruit crisps are the winners for me.
Sue Reddel says
Woah!!! This is truly the most comprehensive summer dessert recipe list I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to get started!
Lisa Favre says
Ok, I am officially drooling. I have the largest sweet tooth ever and I seriously could eat everything from this list.
Amber Myers says
Desserts are my favorite! I need to make some of these with my daughter. We tend to love desserts with berries.
Sarah Bailey says
This is perhaps the most amazing pudding round up! I think I need to start slowly going through each one so I can try them out! YUM!
Doria says
OMG thank you so much for this list! I have to make desserts this weekend and I’ve waited last-minute to decide on what to do. This is so helpful!
Jeanette says
I am so excited that summer is basically here! I love dessert any kind I can get so I will definitely be pinning this and using a lot of these recipes over the summer.
Melissa Chapman says
Fifty eight desserts and they all looked great in their own way. Since I am watching calories I have to stick with the fresh fruit and berry choices and there are so many ideas.
Alli Smith says
Summertime is my favorite season and I love to make simple meals and end with a no-bake dessert. I’ve got my eye on several of these desserts. They all look yummy.