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During the summertime, we love making fruity, frozen, and no-bake desserts! This collection of summer desserts includes all of our favorites!

A collage of summer desserts.

Summer Sweets to Love!

In those hot summer months, we love cold and fruity desserts! No-bake treats are also a bonus to keep heat out of the kitchen.

There’s nothing better than a chilling treat to enjoy during our summer parties and BBQs. We’ve rounded up our favorite summer desserts – ones we make all season long, like our frozen Ice Cream Sandwich Cake or our campfire-perfect Peach Cobbler! We even have a few unique favorites like cheesecake Strawberries and Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes! You’ll find desserts perfect for formal parties as well as backyard cookouts.

From Oreo shakes to lemon cake, there are plenty of cool treats you’ll love!


Our Top 10 Summer Desserts

1 Jello Poke Cake

Jello Poke Cake
Total Time: 3 hours 50 minutes

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Jello poke cake is cool, creamy, and perfect for any get-together. With a cake mix shortcut, it's extra easy and preps in minutes!
5 from 682 votes
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2 Oreo Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Oreo Ice Cream Cake Recipe
Total Time: 5 hours 10 minutes

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Oreo Ice Cream Cake makes for the perfect no-bake dessert during warm summer months. Best of all, it only takes 5 simple ingredients!
5 from 249 votes
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3 Dirt Cake Recipe

Dirt Cake Recipe
Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes

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This deliciously addictive dirt cake recipe preps in minutes for a cool, creamy, family-favorite treat perfect for Oreo lovers!
4.99 from 179 votes
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4 Easy No Bake Cookies

Easy No Bake Cookies
Total Time: 9 minutes

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Deliciously chewy easy no bake cookies are ready to enjoy in under 10 minutes – no oven required for this tasty chocolate treat!
4.98 from 76 votes
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5 Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Recipe

Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Recipe
Total Time: 6 hours 5 minutes
Oreo studded Ice Cream Sandwich Cake is cool, creamy, and refreshingly delicious. It is perfect for hot summer days!!
5 from 68 votes
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6 Angel Food Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Angel Food Ice Cream Cake Recipe
Total Time: 9 hours 15 minutes

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Angel Food Ice Cream Cake is creamy, light, & refreshing, made from layers of angel food cake and your favorite ice cream flavor. A scrumptious treat, chilled to frozen dessert perfection!
5 from 16 votes
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7 Lemon Lasagna Recipe

Lemon Lasagna Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

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This luscious Lemon Lush consists of 4 tasty layers, including a Lemon Oreo crust, cream cheese layer, lemon pudding layer and topped with whipped cream! 
4.97 from 161 votes
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8 No Bake Cheesecake

No Bake Cheesecake
Total Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
This quick and easy no-bake cheesecake is ideal for summer and can be topped with fresh strawberries or your favorite toppings!
5 from 27 votes
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9 Fruit Pizza

Fruit Pizza
Total Time: 30 minutes

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Fruit pizza is an all-time favorite that starts with a sugar cookie crust and is completely customizable with your favorite fruit.
5 from 22 votes
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10 Easy Peach Cobbler

Easy Peach Cobbler
Total Time: 45 minutes

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This easy peach cobbler recipe takes 5 minutes to prep and is buttery and delicious. It is our FAVORITE peach dessert!
4.99 from 975 votes
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11 Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake
Total Time: 20 minutes

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Strawberry shortcake is one of the easiest desserts you'll ever make!! Just 4 ingredients and 20 minutes for a light summer dessert.
5 from 97 votes
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12 Easy Tres Leches Cake

Easy Tres Leches Cake
Total Time: 4 hours 45 minutes
This easy tres leches cake uses a tasty shortcut (a cake mix!) to create one delicious, chilled dessert that feeds around 20 people!
5 from 28 votes
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13 Rice Krispie Treat Recipe

Rice Krispie Treat Recipe
Total Time: 10 minutes

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Gooey rice krispie treats are made in minutes. This classic recipe is so scrumptious you can't eat just one!!
5 from 34 votes
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14 Dessert Parfait Recipe

Dessert Parfait Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
A Dessert Parfait is a creamy combination of a delicious fluffy pudding and fresh fruit. They are simply heavenly!
5 from 18 votes
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15 Dessert Kabobs Recipe

Dessert Kabobs Recipe
Total Time: 10 minutes
Dessert Kabobs are a simple and delicious way to serve several "mini" treats at once. They are perfect for parties, BBQs and every day!
5 from 11 votes
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16 Strawberry Shortcake Kabobs

Strawberry Shortcake Kabobs
Total Time: 40 minutes
Strawberry shortcake kabobs are a simple version of a classic. A cake mix and quick vanilla candy coating make this an extra easy treat!
5 from 15 votes
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17 Cherry Dump Cake Recipe

Cherry Dump Cake Recipe
Total Time: 40 minutes

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Studded with pops of fruit and crunchy walnuts, this cherry dump cake recipe is a perfect last-minute dessert!
5 from 4 votes
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18 Blueberry Dump Cake

Blueberry Dump Cake
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

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3 ingredient blueberry dump cake has a buttery topping and a bright fruit filling. Just dump, bake, and serve with vanilla ice cream!
5 from 17 votes
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19 Peach Dump Cake Recipe

Peach Dump Cake Recipe
Total Time: 55 minutes

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Three ingredient peach dump cake is quick, simple, and utterly tasty. It is warm, gooey, and perfectly peachy!!
4.98 from 495 votes
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20 Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries Recipe

Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries Recipe
Total Time: 10 minutes

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Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries are filled with a sweet cream cheese filling and topped with crushed graham crackers for a quick, easy treat!
5 from 22 votes
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21 Brownies and Cream Fruit Trifle Recipe

Brownies and Cream Fruit Trifle Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes
Chocolatey Brownies and Cream Fruit Trifle is utterly decadent. It's a perfectly easy and stunning dessert to share!!
5 from 6 votes
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22 Mud Pie

Mud Pie
Total Time: 20 minutes

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This mud pie only takes minutes to make, for a cool and creamy easy summer dessert!
5 from 33 votes
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23 Oreo Pie Recipe

Oreo Pie Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
No-bake Oreo pie is a quick and easy dessert perfect for any time of the year. It comes together in 15 minutes!!
5 from 3 votes
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24 Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake Recipe

Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes

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This Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake is the perfect cool and refreshing dessert. Yellow cake with strawberry gelatin poked throughout, topped with a delicious whipped topping and fresh strawberries.
5 from 89 votes
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25 Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies Recipe

Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies Recipe
Total Time: 48 minutes
Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies use 5 ingredients to make one chewy, delicious cookie! They are a favorite go-to cookie.
5 from 20 votes
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26 Scotcheroos Recipe

Scotcheroos Recipe
Total Time: 20 minutes

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A long-time family FAVORITE, this chocolate peanut butter scotcheroos recipe whips up in minutes for a quick, easy, no-bake dessert.
4.97 from 411 votes
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27 S’mores Puppy Chow Recipe

S’mores Puppy Chow Recipe
Total Time: 7 minutes
S'mores Puppy Chow is deliciously portable and made in minutes. It's easily one of the best grab-and-go treats!
5 from 4 votes
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28 Sand Pudding Cups Recipe

Sand Pudding Cups Recipe
Total Time: 10 minutes
Crumbly and creamy sand pudding cups are a tasty beach inspired treat. Enjoy a quick and easy sandy escape perfect for sharing!!
5 from 15 votes
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29 Peanut Butter No Bake Cookie Recipe

Peanut Butter No Bake Cookie Recipe
Total Time: 41 minutes
Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies combine two cookie classics – No Bake Cookies + Peanut Butter Cookies. The combo of the two make a delicious, simple cookie recipe that is perfect for anyone who loves peanut butter treats.
4.92 from 24 votes
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30 No-Bake Cheesecake Bars Recipe

No-Bake Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Total Time: 4 hours 25 minutes
No-Bake Cheesecake Bars are just the right amount of sweet, with a buttery graham cracker crust. Top them however you like—fruit, chocolate sauce, or caramel and sea salt!
4.86 from 14 votes
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31 Oreo Fluff

Oreo Fluff
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

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Oreo fluff is a creamy, dreamy dessert filled with crushed Oreos for a no-bake dippable dream that's ready in only 10 minutes!
5 from 133 votes
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32 No Bake Chocolate Oat Bars

No Bake Chocolate Oat Bars
Total Time: 2 hours 12 minutes
Simple and delicious no bake chocolate oat bars are a great layered dessert to enjoy any time of year without heating up the house!
4.98 from 82 votes
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33 Strawberry Shortcake Trifle Recipe

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle Recipe
Total Time: 10 minutes

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Light and fresh Strawberry Shortcake Trifle takes minutes to assemble, which makes it great for entertaining!
5 from 68 votes
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34 No Bake Snickers Cheesecake Recipe

No Bake Snickers Cheesecake Recipe
Total Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
Snickers cheesecake is a no bake dream. It is cool and refreshing with the perfect amount of rich chocolate and peanut flavor!
5 from 12 votes
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35 No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe

no bake chocolate cheesecake bar on white plate
No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe
Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes
Easy, No Bake chocolate cheesecake bars are deliciously creamy with a crunchy Oreo cookie crust. They only take 15 minutes to make!!
5 from 24 votes
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36 No Bake Oreo Cheesecake

No Bake Oreo Cheesecake
Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes
No bake Oreo cheesecake is cool, creamy, and loaded with cookies and cream flavor for the ultimate easy dessert!
4.97 from 32 votes
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37 Strawberry Icebox Cake Recipe

Strawberry Icebox Cake Recipe
Total Time: 10 minutes
Strawberry Icebox Cake is simple, light, and full of fresh summer berries. It whips up in minutes and will disappear in seconds!
5 from 16 votes
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38 Vanilla Pudding Recipe

Vanilla Pudding Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes

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After making this simply delicious vanilla pudding recipe you’ll never go instant again! It’s rich and creamy – a favorite treat!
5 from 5 votes
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39 Frozen Strawberry Dessert Recipe

Frozen Strawberry Dessert Recipe
Total Time: 6 hours 10 minutes
Frozen Strawberry Dessert is cool, creamy, and delicious. Topped with whipped cream and fresh strawberries, it's the perfect summery treat!
5 from 15 votes
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40 No-Bake Strawberry Nutella Cheescakes Recipe

No-Bake Strawberry Nutella Cheescakes Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Decadent No-Bake Strawberry Nutella Cheesecakes are simple to make and for an easy chocolatey dessert perfect for special occasions!
4.67 from 3 votes
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41 Buckeyes Recipe

Buckeyes Recipe
Total Time: 43 minutes

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Buckeyes combine peanut butter and chocolate for a perfect bite. With only 5 ingredients they are easy and delicious!
5 from 7 votes
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42 Chocolate Caramel Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

Chocolate Caramel Rice Krispie Treats Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 13 minutes
Deliciously decadent Chocolate Caramel Rice Krispie Treats are a new chocolatey twist on the classic treat!
5 from 30 votes
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43 Nilla Wafer Banana Pudding

Nilla Wafer Banana Pudding
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

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Layered Nilla Wafer banana pudding steals the show with its light banana flavor and contrasting creamy and crunchy textures!
4.94 from 81 votes
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44 Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
Total Time: 4 hours 45 minutes

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Fresh and creamy homemade vanilla ice cream is a simple four-ingredient dessert that is incredibly delicious!
5 from 19 votes
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45 Chocolate Pudding Recipe

Chocolate Pudding Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes

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This simple creamy chocolate pudding recipe is easy to make at home for a deliciously decadent dessert you can't help but love!
5 from 1 vote
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46 Lemon Icebox Pie

Lemon Icebox Pie
Total Time: 6 hours 50 minutes

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Deliciously creamy and tangy lemon icebox pie is a classic chilled Southern dessert that's perfect for summer!
5 from 28 votes
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47 Banana Pudding Cake Recipe

Banana Pudding Cake Recipe
Total Time: 40 minutes

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With only 10 minutes of prep, banana pudding cake has all the flavors of banana cream pie, just in cake form. It’s sure to be a hit!
4.99 from 90 votes
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48 Cream Puff Cake Recipe

Cream Puff Cake Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes

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Smooth + rich Cream Puff Cake is a take on the popular cream puff dessert. Drizzle it in chocolate for a perfect bite!
4.99 from 156 votes
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49 Strawberry Shortcake Bars

Strawberry Shortcake Bars
Total Time: 3 hours 30 minutes

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Chilled strawberry shortcake bars are a light and easy twist on a classic dessert with simple steps and lots of fresh berry flavor.
4.98 from 70 votes
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50 Fruit Tart Recipe

Fruit Tart Recipe
Total Time: 50 minutes

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This sweet, buttery Fruit Tart is perfect for spring and summer parties, holidays, or get-togethers. It's simple, yet beautiful!
5 from 27 votes
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51 Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe

Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe
Total Time: 45 minutes

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Bright and citrusy lemon meringue pie is a classic! With a creamy custard and spongy meringue, it is also a family favorite.
5 from 3 votes
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52 Chocolate Tres Leches Cake

Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
Total Time: 4 hours 45 minutes
Chocolate tres leches cake is a chocolate twist on a classic Mexican dessert. This chilled treat is rich and decadent!
5 from 28 votes
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53 Blueberry Pie Recipe

Blueberry Pie Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

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Fresh homemade blueberry pie is sweet, tart, and bursting with juicy berries. It's a favorite summer treat!
5 from 6 votes
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54 Easy Banana Cream Pie Recipe

Easy Banana Cream Pie Recipe
Total Time: 2 hours

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This easy banana cream pie recipe is filled with layers of banana encased in a rich, creamy, vanilla custard, atop a flaky pie crust!
5 from 26 votes
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55 Lemon Cupcakes Recipe

Lemon Cupcakes Recipe
Total Time: 36 minutes
Moist & bright Lemon Cupcakes with a delicious homemade lemon cream frosting are the perfect summer dessert!!
5 from 8 votes
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56 Homemade Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Homemade Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Total Time: 45 minutes

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Our homemade pineapple upside down cake is a family favorite with a secret ingredient that takes this classic to a whole new level!
4.94 from 96 votes
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57 Fruit Pizza Cookie Recipe

Fruit Pizza Cookie Recipe
Total Time: 18 minutes
With a sugar cookie base, Fruit Pizza Cookies are individual-sized versions of a classic favorite. They're fresh and customizable!!
5 from 17 votes
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58 Strawberries and Cream Angel Food Cake Recipe

Strawberries and Cream Angel Food Cake Recipe
Total Time: 40 minutes
Strawberries and Cream Angel Food Cake – a sweet and delicious dessert filled with a creamy layer and topped with strawberries. It’s so simple and so delicious!
4.85 from 13 votes
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59 Brownie Delight Recipe

Brownie Delight Recipe
Total Time: 40 minutes
Brownie Delight is a delicious 4-layer dessert that is cool, creamy and chocolate-y. It is deliciously refreshing!
5 from 10 votes
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60 Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

These Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes are so pretty and perfect for spring or summer. They start with fluffy, moist lemon cupcakes. Then they're topped with strawberry frosting made from fresh berries!
Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Sweet & Tangy Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes start with fluffy, moist lemon cupcakes and are topped with a fresh strawberry frosting!
4.73 from 33 votes
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61 Cherry Pie

Cherry Pie
Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Classic cherry pie is simple and elegant, but it tastes amazing. With fresh berries and a flaky crust, it's perfect for any occasion!
5 from 16 votes
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62 Root Beer Float Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Root Beer Float Ice Cream Cake Recipe
Total Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Root Beer Float Ice Cream Cake is just like a cold and frosty mug of root beer and ice cream, only in cake form!!
4.34 from 3 votes
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63 Strawberry Pie Recipe

Strawberry Pie Recipe
Total Time: 50 minutes

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Strawberry Pie is the perfect springtime dessert! Fresh strawberries piled high, coated in strawberry jello, and placed in a buttery crust.
4.82 from 11 votes
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64 Blueberry Delight Recipe

Blueberry Delight Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
This Blueberry delight recipe is a chilled layered dessert of shortbread, cream cheese, and sweet blueberry topping, all prepped in only 15 minutes!
5 from 16 votes
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65 Lemon Sheet Cake Recipe

Lemon Sheet Cake Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes

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Bright Lemon Sheet Cake with creamy lemon buttercream frosting is a sunny dessert perfect for feeding a crowd!
4.88 from 62 votes
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66 Key Lime Cake Recipe

Super easy key lime cake is bursting with fresh lime flavor and topped with whipped cream. It's a delicious summer cake recipe, and if you love key lime pie - then definitely give this recipe a try. 
Key Lime Cake Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Easy Key Lime Cake is bursting with fresh lime flavor & topped with whipped cream. A yummy twist on a key lime pie!
4.94 from 45 votes
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67 Strawberry Sheet Cake Recipe

Strawberry Sheet Cake Recipe
Total Time: 40 minutes

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Perfect for feeding a crowd, this Strawberry Sheet Cake made with fresh pureed strawberries is especially tasty!
4.96 from 125 votes
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68 Classic Strawberry Shortcake

Classic Strawberry Shortcake
Total Time: 34 minutes
Light and sweet, this classic strawberry shortcake recipe is perfect for summer! It's simple, beautiful, and incredibly delicious.
5 from 7 votes
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69 Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes Recipe

Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes Recipe
Total Time: 30 minutes

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A fun twist on the classic cake recipe, these pineapple upside down cupcakes have the perfect hint of pineapple flavor!
5 from 52 votes
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70 Zucchini Chocolate Cake Recipe

Zucchini Chocolate Cake Recipe
Total Time: 30 minutes
Soft and moist chocolate zucchini cake is deliciously sweet. You'd never guess it's filled with grated zucchini!
4.88 from 16 votes
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71 Cherry Bars

Cherry Bars
Total Time: 43 minutes

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With a hint of almond, a heavenly glaze, and bursts of sweet cherries, these quick cherry bars are the sweetest way to treat a crowd!
4.98 from 47 votes
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2 Comments

  1. Sue says:

    The fruit pizza is a family favorite. My husband especially loved it for fathers day yesterday.

  2. Olivia says:

    I truly love the variety of cool desserts on this site. So much to choose from. I love the flavors of summer.