Lighten up your dessert routine with these easy desserts with strawberries bursting with fresh berry flavors! It’s the perfect way to celebrate spring and summer days!
Easy Desserts with Strawberries
We love to use fresh strawberries, especially in the spring and summer when we can get our hands on big, juicy strawberries from local markets.
Strawberries are great snacks and sides for breakfast and lunch. And, you can always toss a few strawberry slices in a bowl and top with a little whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream for an easy dessert.
There are also strawberry recipes for side dishes like fruit salads and other sides like our rainbow fruit salad.
Using Fresh Strawberries
We love using strawberries in desserts during the warm weather because the desserts and light and refreshing. And the bright color of the strawberries brings a brilliance to the desserts you can’t get the rest of the year.
Favorite Strawberry Desserts
If you have a sweet tooth during the summer, strawberry desserts might be a great way to satisfy your craving. Using fresh fruit can really boost a dessert
There are so many easy recipes for the best strawberry dessert. Some use pound cake, angel food cake, sour cream, cream cheese, and even Cool Whip. But the common ingredient is that they all use fresh sweet strawberries and simple ingredients for a delicious dessert! Here are some of our favorite ways to make easy desserts with strawberries. These original recipes are some of the best strawberry desserts!
Strawberry pretzel salad is one of Balancing Motherhood's favorite strawberry dessert recipes. The salty pretzel crust is a perfect combination with the creamy cream cheese center, and topped with fresh strawberries and jello! This tasty treat is loved by adults and kids!
Poke cakes are such an easy summer dessert and this strawberry version is always a huge hit. This fresh strawberry dessert is made with a vanilla cake, then topped with strawberry gelatin and whipped cream, it's a light and refreshing end to a meal.
This no-bake cheesecake in a jar recipe is layered with fresh strawberries, graham cracker crumbs, and whipped cream. It's full of creamy textures and vanilla and strawberry flavor.
Cake mix cookies are an easy recipe that's fast and easy way to bake cookies with just four ingredients! These strawberry cake mix cookies are soft and delicious, topped with a vanilla glaze.
This pie is super easy to make with strawberry gelatin. It's bursting with fresh sliced strawberries that add an amazing pop of color for this family favorite homemade pie.
Chocolate covered strawberries are popular at Valentine's Day, but can be made any time of year that you can get your hands on good, fresh strawberries. It's the perfect way to eat a ripe berry! We teach you how to properly cover them in chocolate to make them beautiful and tasty!
Strawberry Lemon Lasagna is a light and fluffy dessert filled with creamy cheesecake and lemon pudding, with fresh strawberries, and topped with fresh whipped cream. It’s a refreshing no bake dessert full of flavor!
You can make whipped strawberry milk with strawberry milk powder and heavy cream. Whip it up and put it on top of a glass of milk. Then add sprinkles and even a few mini marshmallows. Kids LOVE this drink and it's such an easy strawberry dessert.
Strawberry Tips
- room temperature – strawberries taste best at room temperature. Remove strawberries from the refrigerator one hour before using in a dessert
- frozen strawberries – use fresh berries when you can, but substitute a bag of frozen strawberries when you don’t have access to fresh.
- lemon – use some fresh lemon or lemon zest in your strawberry desserts to add freshness and enhance the fresh strawberry flavor
- ripe strawberries – make sure you’re using ripe berries in your recipes. Overly ripe will likely fall apart and cause the recipe to be mushy or not solidify properly
How do you make strawberries last longer in the refrigerator?
When you get your strawberries, give them a good rinse in tap water. Read how to keep strawberries fresh longer in the refrigerator.
Store them in a container that has a damp paper towel on the bottom. Place the strawberries on top and place in the refrigerator, leaving the top partly open.
When is Strawberry Season?
Strawberry season varies by area of the country.
I grew up and lived most of my life in Florida and our season started in February. I had friends who were strawberry farmers and was always glad to buy a flat of berries from their farm. Big juicy strawberries in February and March is a great way to start the year.
Strawberries are very sensitive and depending on the weather, the crops can stop producing or even be killed off if there’s a frost too soon in the growing season. My Florida friends dealt with this all of the time and spent many all-nighters watering their strawberry fields so they wouldn’t freeze. It makes me appreciate fresh strawberries to this day.
Now that we’re in North Carolina, our strawberry season is in May, but most of the country June is the primary month for fresh strawberries.
How do you tell if strawberries are ripe?
Strawberries are picked just as they turn red and slightly tender to the touch. If they are too firm, they’re probably not ripe enough.
How long do strawberries last?
Strawberries are a tender fruit that you need to eat soon after you bring them home. You can store them in the refrigerator and they’ll keep for about a week. But, don’t let them sit too long or they’ll quickly go soft and will eventually mold.
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