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20 Retro Summer Dessert Recipes

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Check out these easy, delicious, cool summer dessert ideas, including easy, no-cook, no-bake, fun desserts that are perfect for hot summer days.

They’re most likely your Grandma’s Favorite Summer Desserts (and will become everyone else’s favorite summer desserts too).

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Why You’ll Love These Summer Desserts

  • Easy – You’ll love these delicious summer dessert recipes, because they area easy to make, many requiring you to only mix and chill.
  • No Bake – Many of these summer recipe require no baking at all. You don’t even need to turn on an oven! Just mix and refrigerate or freeze so these summer desserts are nice and cool on a hot summer day.
  • Fresh Summer Produce – There’s nothing better than fresh summer fruit mixed into these delicious summer desserts.
  • Feed a Crowd – Many of these summer desserts, like bars, and pies, will feed a crowd.

Summer Fruit Recipes

Summer Desserts with Strawberries

Strawberry Crumb Bars
These easy Strawberry Crumb Bars, with a buttery crust, sweet strawberry filling, and crunchy butter crumb topping, make wonderful dessert bars. Whether you use juicy fresh berries or a bag from the freezer, they are perfect for an afternoon snack, party, or potluck year-round.
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Copycat Shoney’s Strawberry Pie Recipe
This classic Strawberry Pie is bursting with fresh, juicy strawberries and a sweet, glossy glaze. Inspired by the beloved Shoney's Strawberry Pie, this strawberry dessert features a homemade, flaky, buttery crust filled with vibrant strawberries and a simple, jello-based filling that sets beautifully. It's light, refreshing, and the perfect way to showcase peak-season strawberries.
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Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Recipe
Someone holding a waffle cone with two scoops of Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream.
You are going to love this decadent Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream! It's rich, sweet and creamy, and great on warm sunny days.
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Strawberry Margarita Pie
Strawberry Margarita Pie is an easy freezer dessert, made with a pretzel crust, and a smooth and creamy strawberry filling that is like ice cream but it's a pie instead.
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Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes Recipe
Side view of Strawberry Lemonade Cupcake with Frosting swirled on top and garnished with a slice of lime.
Light, moist, and fluffy, these Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes combine lemon and strawberry flavors into a perfect cupcake for any occasion.
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Summer Desserts with Blueberries

Strawberry Blueberry Pie Recipe
This Strawberry Blueberry Pie with a flaky crust, juicy berry filling, and buttery oat crumb topping makes an amazing summer dessert for July 4th, Memorial Day, or any day!
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Homemade Blueberry Hand Pies Recipe
These Blueberry Hand Pies are the perfect little pockets of joy-flaky, golden pastry filled with a sweet, juicy blueberry filling that bursts with flavor in every bite. Whether you enjoy them warm from the oven or packed up for an on-the-go treat, these hand pies are as adorable as they are delicious. They're simple to make, fun to eat, and ideal for picnics, lunchboxes, or anytime you're craving a homemade fruity dessert with minimal fuss.
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Blueberry Yum Yum Recipe
A slice of Blueberry Yum Yum cheesecake with a crumbly graham cracker crust, topped with whipped cream, fresh blueberries, and a mint leaf, served on a plate with a fork.
Blueberry Yum Yum is a no-bake layered blueberry dessert with a Biscoff cookie crust, cream cheese layer, blueberry pie filling layer, and a whipped cream layer, topped with fresh blueberries and cookie crumbs.
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Blueberry Crumb Pie Recipe
A slice of Blueberry Crumble Pie with a golden, crumbly topping sits on a stack of two white plates. Fresh blueberries and a pie dish are visible in the background.
The crisp streusel topping adds an irresistible texture to this homemade blueberry pie that pairs beautifully with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Sugar Coated Lemon Blueberry Cookies Recipe
A plate filled with golden, homemade lemon blueberry cookies, each dotted with whole blueberries. In the background, a bowl of fresh blueberries sits on a yellow table surface.
These Sugar Coated Lemon Blueberry Cookies are a burst of sunshine in every bite! Soft and chewy with zesty lemon flair and juicy fresh blueberries, they're rolled in granulated sugar for a delightful crispy edge. Perfect for a quick treat or sharing with friends, this easy recipe blends tart and sweet into cookie perfection. Bake up a batch and watch them disappear!
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Summer Desserts with Cherries

Cherry Almond Pie
 Recipe
A slice of cherry almond pie on a spatula held above the rest of the pie.
Flaky crust, sweet cherry filling, and a touch of almond extract make this easy dessert taste like it came straight from a bakery. It's made with canned cherry pie filling and refrigerated crusts for ultimate ease-perfect for busy bakers who still want a wow-worthy pie.
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Summer Desserts with Watermelon

Watermelon Pie Recipe
A watermelon pie with a pink filling in a graham cracker crust, topped with whipped cream dollops, watermelon slices, and mint leaves, sits on a light blue surface with plates, utensils, and extra watermelon nearby.
Watermelon Pie is a light, refreshing dessert that screams summer! Made with sweet watermelon-flavored Jell-O, fluffy Cool Whip, and a graham cracker crust, this easy pie is perfect for cookouts, potlucks, or anytime you need a cool treat. The bright pink color and creamy texture make it as pretty as it is delicious.
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Summer Desserts with Lemon

Lemon Cool Whip Cookies Recipe
Overhead view of Lemon Cool Whip cookies
Lemon Cool Whip Cookies are easy 4-ingredient lemon cookies made with lemon cake mix, Cool Whip, an egg, and powdered sugar!
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Lemon Sour Cream Pie Recipe
A slice of creamy Lemon Sour Cream Pie with whipped topping sits on a white plate, accompanied by a halved lemon, another pie slice, and part of the Sour Cream Lemon Pie in the background. Silver forks and a yellow napkin complete the scene.
This Sour Cream Lemon Pie blends a tart lemon flavor with a creamy sour cream twist in a deep dish frozen pie crust, chilled to perfection for a refreshing, tangy dessert. It's an easy, no-bake filling treat that's sure to impress!
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Frosted Lemonade (Copycat Chick Fil A Recipe)
Side view of a glass of Chick Fil A Copycat Frosted Lemonade with a blue and white napkin in the back with a bowl of lemon sliced behind that.
A sweet and tart creamy lemon shake that uses only 4 ingredients is an easy copycat recipe of Chick Fil A Frosted Lemonade!
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Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake
A slice of Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake with crumb topping and white icing is served on a white plate, garnished with fresh blueberries and mint, with lemons and a bowl of blueberries in the background.
Indulge in the delicious Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake, perfect for breakfast or dessert with rich flavors and a buttery topping.
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Cool Mexican Summer Desserts

Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
sopapilla cheesecake bars on a blue plate with red background.
These Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars, inspired by the Mexican dessert called sopapillas, have a sweet, creamy cheesecake filling tucked between 2 crescent roll pastry sheets, and are topped with butter, cinnamon, and sugar and drizzled with honey.
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Carlotta de Limon
A close-up of a creamy layered dessert slice with cookies or biscuits inside, held on a spatula. The background is blurred with hints of greenery and colorful spots.
This easy icebox cake is the perfect spring or summer dessert.  No baking, just layers of creamy goodness over cookies, then refrigerate or freeze for a deliciously refreshing dessert. 
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Churros Cheesecake Recipe
A slice of creamy pumpkin cheesecake with a swirl of whipped topping sits on a white plate, with more cheesecake in the blurred background.
Ultimate baked churros cheesecake-tall, creamy, and layered with cinnamon sugar and dulce de leche. Not bars-just real, full-size cheesecake bliss for Cinco de Mayo and beyond!l
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Mexican Mosaic Jello (Gelatina de Mosaica)
Colorful mosaic gelatin dessert squares with chunks of red, green, orange, and blue gelatin set in a creamy white base, arranged on a white serving plate. A fork and part of a plate are visible nearby.
Mexican Mosaic Jello is a fun, colorful, and pretty multi-colored gelatin dessert that resembles a cathedral window. Cubes of different colored jello are mixed in with a white tres leches (3-milk) gelatin, which makes the white background for the dessert.
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There you go! You’ve made it through the list of 20 Summer Dessert Recipes including summer desserts with fresh fruits, ones that are no bake, and some that feed a crowd on a hot summer day. Which ones are your favorites?

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