25 Easy Sweet-As-Pie Cherry Desserts
These sweet cherry desserts 🎵taste so good make a grown man (or really, anyone) cry. 🎵
Cherries are really the reason for the summer season. I've been known to hog an entire bag of Flathead Lake cherries to myself one Montana summer, until being caught (literally) red-handed by friends. We can't get enough of the sweet-tart fruit, and will even top my ice cream sundaes with more Maraschino cherries than is probably appropriate (oops).
Cherry pie is an obvious classic in my dessert-making rotation, so delicious that whole songs are based around it. Our classic cherry pie is enough to make any grown person cry, and we, of course, have a bourbon-laced cherry old fashioned pie that should also make its way to your BBQ table.
Not all cherries are the same, and we love to spend summer trying as many varieties as we can. Bing are the most prevalent variety, known for their sweet-yet-acidic flavor and dark skin. Rainier are less acidic than Bing cherries and have a beautiful rosy peach blush with a sweeter, slightly tart, flavor profile.
And then there are sour Morello cherries. Morellos are the true queen bees of the cherry family. Perfectly jammy in a pie, they're actually nicknamed "pie cherries". They're pretty acidic though, so they need to be combined with sugar to achieve that supreme jamminess. Often found in groceries stores jarred in syrup, Morello cherries are one of our favorite varieties for pies, cakes, and topping homemade ice cream.
Need even more cherry-inspired recipes? We love mixing up Cherry Bomb Mimosas and a Cherry Sazerac Shirley Temple for a spiked spin on a classic.
Cherry Pie
This picture-perfect cherry pie goes great with a damn fine cup of coffee. Agent Cooper would approve.
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Cherry Dump Cake
Dump cakes: horrible name, but stupid easy and delicious. We love topping them off with slivered almonds to make this semi-homemade dessert a stunner.
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Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
One of our favorite spins on a classic chocolate chip cookie, now with a pop of sweet-tart maraschino cherries!
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Cherry Puff Pastry Pies
No cherry-pitter? No problem. Frozen cherries + store-bought puff pastry = best cherry pie shortcut ever.
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Cherry Clafoutis
Super creamy and custardy, this clafoutis is like the lovechild of flan and cake. You'll wish all desserts had healthy doses of amaretto in them.
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Black Forest Cake
This black forest cake could not be easier. We brush cherry syrup and kirsch between each layer for a rich, decadent touch before topping with a whipped frosting.
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Cherry Cobbler
This easy cherry cobbler is adorned with a buttery, buttermilk biscuit topping. The cherries create their own sauce while baking, but hold their shape well and stay nice and tart.
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Muffin Tin Cherry Pies
Correct us if we're wrong, but when desserts are this cute and tiny, they're even more delicious.
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Cherry Jam
Cherry season is always too short, so we love preserving them a little longer with this jam. Sure, you can put it on toast, but we love using this for topping thumbprint cookies or in between a layer cake.
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Spumoni Ice Cream Cake
Six pints of ice cream and magic shell to top it off? This ice cream cake makes us want to make Italian-hands at it, it's that good.
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Chocolate-Covered Cherries
The secret to these effortless chocolate cherries? Adding almond extract to the coating before dipping in melted chocolate.
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Cherry Old-Fashioned Pie
The addition of bourbon and orange zest brings a boozy punch to classic cherry pie.
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Ambrosia Salad
We love bringing this kitschy, retro fruit salad to all our summer barbecues. This is not your grandma's ambrosia!
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Sweet 'N Salty Chocolate Bark
The pop of tart dried cherries and salty pretzel pieces go perfectly in this bittersweet dark chocolate dessert.
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Fruitcake
Fruitcake is an iconic holiday dessert that doesn't get the love it deserves. Freshly baked, fruitcake is surprisingly DELICIOUS, thanks to warm spices, dried fruit, and crunchy nuts.The glaze can be optional, but is a helpful sweet addition.
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Healthier Oatmeal Cookies
Healthy cookies can be tricky to figure out, and this one was no exception. We went through rounds and rounds of testing. We're proud to say that what we landed on is a really good COOKIE – not a granola bar that's just shaped like one.
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Kitchen Sink Sundae
A 28-ingredient ice cream sundae that couldn't be easier to assemble (and eat)?! Be still, our hearts.
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Boozy Cherry Bombs
Fun and festive! We love switching up the sprinkles and chocolate on these boozy bombs for any and all holiday occasions.
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Shirley Temple Cake
This stunning, retro cake will transport you back to your childhood. Serve with the iconic drink itself, the Shirley Temple!
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Chocolate Merlot Cupcakes
One of our favorite uses for leftover red wine (if there is any). Got more? Freeze it into ice cubes to blend up into frozen sangria!
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Mackenzie Filson is a food writer and contributing digital food producer at Delish. Her favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate-pine. If wine was an astrological sign she'd be a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. She's never met a bag of Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos she didn't eat in one sitting.
