15 Easy Desserts You Can Make With Frozen Fruit
They’re refreshing and naturally sweet.
Aren’t fruit desserts the best? It’s so easy to highlight and enjoy their natural sweetness. Plus, they all taste so darn good with a scoop of ice cream! Either way, when they're in season, there's nothing better than summer desserts bursting with fresh flavor, like a berry dessert or a peach dessert that requires an extra napkin or two (in the best way possible).
But here's the thing: You don't always need fresh fruit on hand. There are plenty of frozen fruit desserts that not only taste just as good, but in some cases, taste even better than fresh. That's because fruit is frozen at its peak freshness, so you have a better chance at getting the best flavor possible. Bonus: If you’re looking for a frozen dessert to beat the heat, you’re already a step ahead!
Now, not all fruit desserts can be made with one-to-one swaps. If a recipe doesn't specifically call out frozen fruit, make sure you read the recipe notes to see if you can tweak it. When in doubt, avoid using frozen fruit when fresh fruit is required to decorate or appear in nice slices or whole like a fruit tart. Or just refer to this list! These 15 dessert recipes use frozen fruit or allow it to be easily swapped in, so you can have sweet goodness straight from your freezer any time of year.
Blueberry Crumble Ice Cream Sundaes
If you like blueberry crumble, wait until you take a bite of this! You don’t even need to thaw the blueberries to make syrup. Then layer with ice cream and a pecan-oat crumble in a tall glass and top with whipped cream.
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Cherry Pie Ice Cream
Aren’t these the cutest? Make a sweet-tart filling with frozen cherries and swirl it into vanilla ice cream. Then scoop it into mini pie crusts for a fun and flavorful dessert.
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Strawberry Shortcake Milkshake
You can easily swap frozen strawberries for fresh in this cold sip, plus there’s no need to chill them after they macerate. Blitz them up with vanilla ice cream and shortbread cookies for the ultimate milkshake.
Mango Pie
You can make this no-bake dessert even easier if you use frozen mango. That's because it comes pre-chopped, so you can skip the steps of peeling and pitting the mangoes!
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Homemade Dole Whip
Frozen pineapple is the key to making the homemade version of one of the most popular desserts at any Disney theme park. And are you ready for this? It only takes three minutes of prep time!
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Peach-Raspberry Crisp
You'll find a lot of crisps, crumbles, and cobblers on this list. That's because frozen fruit often loses its shape and releases more juices, but all that gets covered and enjoyed even more when baked.
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Strawberry Sorbet
Another excellent vehicle for frozen fruit is a frozen dessert! Sorbets are meant to highlight the intense flavor of a fruit, so what's better than fruit that's frozen at its peak?
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Blackberry Cobbler
There are a few ways to make cobbler. This version is cake-like and tender. If you use frozen berries, let them thaw and then pat them dry before you sprinkle them over the batter.
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Cherry Crumb Pie
If you want to make anything with cherries out of season, frozen is the best way to go. Bonus: It’ll save you the hassle of needing to pit two pounds of cherries for this pie.
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Rhubarb Crisp
Rhubarb has such a short season! But you can get the flavor of late spring all year if you defrost some frozen rhubarb and make this crisp. Try it with strawberry ice cream!
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Mango Sorbet
Use frozen mango chunks and skip the ice cream maker. All you have to do is whiz them in a food processor with agave syrup and lime juice for this refreshing treat.
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Cherry Crisp
Do you want to pit six cups of cherries by hand or would you rather let frozen ones defrost and have the work done for you? If you answered the latter, you're a step ahead for this dessert.
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Strawberry Cobbler
The key to nailing the texture of this cobbler when using frozen strawberries is to let them thaw completely and drain the liquid in a colander before proceeding. No soupy cobbler here, just maximum flavor!
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Cherry Sherbet
In the land of frozen desserts, somewhere between dairy-free sorbet and intensely rich ice cream lives sherbet. It also happens to be an excellent location to place a pound of cherries!
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Peach Dumplings
The secret to these dumplings comes from a can of lemon-lime soda! But of course, they wouldn't be peach flavored without some frozen peach slices, too.
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