In the Autumn and Winter I love making warm and comforting chocolate, pumpkin, and apple desserts, but in the Spring and Summer I love all things cold and fruity. No bake recipes are another bonus during the hot summer months to keep the heat out of the kitchen.
I’ve combed through my site to share some of my favorites from each category—fruity, cold, and no bake. I’m sure you’ll find several summer dessert recipes that will become your favorites as well!
Keeping desserts cold when outside:
The best way to keep your desserts cold when outside it to keep it in a cooler with ice, or a block of dry ice, until you’re ready to serve it.
Only bring out/serve what you will eat. Keep the rest in a cooler until needed.
If you’re placing the dessert out on a table one way to help keep it cold is to fill a tray/bowl with ice cubes and nestle the dessert right on top.
See individual recipe posts for more specific tips, tricks and storage information.
No Bake Desserts
No Bake summer Desserts
No Bake: What’s not to like about a no bake treat?! You don’t have to heat up the kitchen with a hot oven and you can still have delicious desserts. From chocolaty oat bars to sweet strawberry shortcake, you’ll be able to find something to satisfy your sweet tooth.
DessertNo Bake Cheesecake Recipe
This NO BAKE cheesecake is the perfect recipe for summer. With a delicious graham cracker crust, and a creamy vanilla cream cheese mixture, you can top it with anything - like these sugared strawberries! Everyone goes crazy over this easy no bake cheesecake recipe!
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!
Super quick, simple and yummy NO-BAKE Cookies - one of our favorite recipes! { lilluna.com } Made with cocoa powder, peanut butter, vanilla, and quick oats!!
No Bake Oreo Cheesecake is a cool and creamy dessert with a crisp Oreo crust, and a rich cookie-filled cheesecake base. Made in 15 minutes, no oven required!
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.
Fruity Desserts: Some of my favorite Arizona summer fruits include peaches and strawberries. Some other delicious summer season fruit include blueberries, blackberries, apricots, and cherries. Though you may be able to find these fruits during other months of the year, when you buy in season you get them at their best. They are farm fresh and buying in season means you’re spending less.
DessertStrawberry Pie Recipe
Strawberry Pie is the perfect springtime dessert! Fresh strawberries piled high, coated in strawberry jello, and placed in a buttery crust.
Pineapple upside down cake with a delicious caramelized pineapple and cherry topping. This classic dessert is so soft and moist, filled with the perfect amount of pineapple flavor!
This Triple Berry Pie isn't only easy but is fresh and delicious! This fruity dessert has an amazing berry pie crumble on top and is perfect all year long.
A delicious homemade pie with a fresh peach filling and flaky crust! Serve this peach pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a mouth watering dessert.
A soft vanilla cake-like crust perfectly combines with a light layer of whipped cream cheese frosting. Top it off with fresh strawberries for delicious strawberry shortcake bars!
These Banana Cupcakes are so SOFT and have a delectable hint of cinnamon. They are also topped with a delicious cinnamon cream cheese frosting, making them irresistible in every way!
These strawberry cupcakes are the real deal! Fresh strawberries mixed into the batter, delectable cream cheese frosting on top, and sprinkled with toasted coconut. SO divine!!
This 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.
This super moist and delicious Lemon Sheet Cake recipe topped off with a tasty lemon buttercream frosting is our new favorite dessert, and it's perfect for feeding a crowd!
DessertStrawberries and Cream Angel Food Cake Recipe
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!
Chilled Desserts: There are just a few weeks in the dead of summer when the heat of the day continues even when the sun has gone down. On these days, a cold treat is a must if you want to venture outside. Whether you’re swimming by the pool or having an evening chat on the patio, these desserts will hit the spot.
DessertIce Cream Sandwich Cake Recipe
Prep this ice cream sandwich cake in 5 minutes! It's perfect for hot summer days and your kids will LOVE it. Chocolate ice cream sandwiches topped with whipped cream and crushed Oreos!
Lemon Icebox Pie is a classic Southern dessert that's perfect for summer. It has crunchy graham cracker crust, and a deliciously creamy, tangy, lemon flavor.
Frozen Peanut Butter Pie consists of a graham cracker pretzel crust, frozen peanut butter filling, and a chocolate, pretzel, peanut butter cup topping.
Grasshopper Pie - A delicious, cool dessert perfect for summer time - A mixture of cool whip, pistachio pudding, mint extract, on top of a yummy Oreo crust!
Total Time: 10minutes
5 from 1 vote
DessertOreo Ice Cream Cake Recipe
This Oreo Ice Cream Cake makes for the perfect no bake dessert during warm summer months. Best of all, it only takes 5 simple store bought ingredients! No one can resist the layers of crushed Oreos, Cookies and Cream Ice Cream, Hot Fudge, Cool Whip, and MORE Oreos!
This luscious lemon lasagna consists of 4 tasty layers, including a Lemon Oreo crust, cream cheese layer, lemon pudding layer and topped with whipped cream!
This Banana Pudding Poke Cake has all the flavors of banana cream pie, just in cake form. With layers of banana cake, pudding, cream, bananas, and vanilla wafers, it's sure to be a hit!
The BEST Cream Puff Cake ever!! A cake version of the popular cream puff, it has a puffy crust, pudding and whipped cream layers and often drizzled in chocolate.
My name is Kristyn and I’m the mom of SIX stinkin’ cute kids and the wife to my smokin’ hot hubby, Lo. My mom’s maiden name is Luna, and I’m one of the many crafty “Lil’ Lunas” in the fam. On this site I like to share all things creative - from recipes to home decor to gifts and home decor ideas. Welcome!
