Food and Recipes Desserts 18 Blueberry Dessert Recipes for A Sweet Summer By Mary Shannon Wells Mary Shannon Wells Mary Shannon is a Digital Associate Editor and has been on the Southern Living team since 2017. She helps run the brand's social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok, where she's happily behind the scenes. When she's not ruffling feathers with an etiquette poll via Instagram Stories, she's writing content for the website and assisting in various print projects like gift guides and home stories.She grew up in Mobile, Alabama, which she insists is home to the country's first Mardi Gras (not New Orleans) and now lives in Birmingham with her husband and rescue pup Rocky, whose name is unrelated to The University of Tennessee (Roll Tide). Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on July 23, 2019 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Summer is here, which means our fridges are constantly bursting with the season's bounty. Whether from a U-Pick farm or local farmers' market, fresh berries are one of our favorite summer ingredients. Even though blueberries make a delicious snack or morning oatmeal topper, we love to include blueberries at dessert, too. These blueberry desserts are the tastiest way to use up your stock of blueberries if you went a little overboard at the market this week. Whether you're making a fresh blueberry tart for a new neighbor, bringing blueberry crunch bars to the church potluck, or enjoying a cozy blueberry cobbler with your family after a weeknight dinner, these easy blueberry desserts are major crowd-pleasers. Kids will love our blueberry desserts like popsicles, hand pies, and cupcakes, but you can serve dressier desserts like meringue with blueberry compote or whiskey pie with tipsy blueberries for your adults-only summer dinner party. These blueberry desserts are our favorite ways to enjoy fresh summer berries, with cool icebox pies, pretty cakes, and comforting cobblers. 01 of 18 Black-and-Blue Buttermilk Tart Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Black-and-Blue Buttermilk Tart This make-ahead dessert is just the cool—both in temperature and quality—finale your summer party needs. You're going to want to use the buttery cracker crust for every pie you bake after trying it. 02 of 18 Petite Blueberry Cheesecakes Photo: Jennifer Davick Recipe: Petite Blueberry Cheesecakes No one can fight over who got the biggest slice when dessert is already pre-portioned into adorable mini cakes. Bonus: The cheesecakes can be made and frozen up to a month in advance, which is what we call a busy hostess win. 03 of 18 Red Velvet-Berry Cobbler Jennifer Davick Recipe: Red Velvet-Berry Cobbler Top this colorful cobbler with scoops of Homemade Cream Cheese Ice Cream for a personal touch that won't go unnoticed. 04 of 18 Red, White, and Blue Poke Cake Jennifer Causey Recipe: Red, White, and Blue Poke Cake Southern cooks know the easiest way to achieve the dreamiest cake texture is to poke it! 05 of 18 Blueberry-Cornmeal Cake Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Blueberry-Cornmeal Cake You can serve this fresh blueberry-studded cake from brunch to dinner, so it's the perfect, "What can I bring?" dish for any summer gathering. 06 of 18 Red Velvet Ice-Cream Cake Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Red Velvet Ice-Cream Cake Talk about a standout! This decadent layer cake will blow the competition away at the Fourth of July dessert table (not that it's a competition, but if it were, you'd win). 07 of 18 Blueberry-Lemon Crunch Bars Photo: Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl Jones Recipe: Blueberry-Lemon Crunch Bars If you want to stand out from the stacks of fudge and classic chocolate chip cookies, this crumbly, fruity bar is the perfect dessert to bring to the summer potluck. 08 of 18 Blueberry-Cheesecake Ice-Cream Pie Hector Manuel Sanchez Recipe: Blueberry-Cheesecake Ice-Cream Pie Icebox pies are a hallmark of Southern desserts, and this one is so refreshing for those hotter-than-hot summer days. 09 of 18 Cornmeal Cookie Berry Shortcakes Photo: Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Cornmeal Cookies Berry Shortcakes Each component of this adorable dessert can be made ahead to help you out as you prep for company. 10 of 18 Triple Berry Sonker with Dip Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl Jones Recipe: Triple Berry Sonker with Dip If you've never heard of a sonker, it's time to get acquainted with this cobbler-like dessert (and its creamy vanilla sauce, "dip") with origins in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 11 of 18 Sour Cream Flag Cake Southern Living Recipe: Sour Cream Flag Cake It doesn't get more patriotic for Independence Day than a flag cake made with fresh summer berries, but you can make this easy sheet cake all summer long and arrange the topping any way you like. 12 of 18 Berry Cobbler with Pecan Sandie Streusel Alison Miksch Recipe: Berry Cobbler with Pecan Sandie Streusel Instead of a traditional lattice crust or old-school drop biscuits, switch up your cobbler toping with this crunchy, sweet surprise. 13 of 18 Lemon-Buttermilk Icebox Pie Hector Sanchez; Food Styling: Erin Merhar; Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas Recipe: Lemon-Buttermilk Icebox Pie A cool filling surrounded by a timeless graham cracker crust and finished off with a beautiful lemon-blueberry topping? We've found your "looks impressive but is so easy" dessert of the summer. 14 of 18 Plum-Berry Cornmeal Sheet Cake Photo: Alison Miksch Recipe: Plum-Berry Cornmeal Sheet Cake Sheet cakes have long been the easiest way to serve dessert to a crowd, and this pretty cake is studded with all your favorite summer fruit. 15 of 18 Red, White, and Blue Popsicles Jennifer Causey Recipe: Red, White, and Blue Popsicles Make this ice cream truck-favorite right at home with a recipe that the kids will go crazy over. 16 of 18 Red, White, and Blue Cheesecake Bars Linda Pugliese; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Red, White, and Blue Cheesecake Bars If you need a big-batch (we're talking massive-batch) dessert for your Fourth of July get-together, you can't go wrong with this fruity cheesecake recipe that's easy to serve. 17 of 18 Berry Cobbler Recipe: Berry Cobbler Our slow cookers have never let us down, even when it comes to dessert. This recipe lets you focus on the main dish and still serve a delicious, beautiful finale. 18 of 18 Whiskey Pie with Tipsy Berries Hector Sanchez Recipe: Whiskey Pie with Tipsy Berries If you're attending an adults-only cookout, bring an adults-only dessert your friends will love. We recommend serving it with a healthy scoop of vanilla ice cream. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit