42 Easy Cherry Recipes to Enjoy All Year Long
Looking for easy cherry recipes? Here are some of the easiest cherry recipes that you can make with every day pantry ingredients.
Dark sweet cherries are one of my favorite fruits. In the summer months, whenever the grocery stores run sales on Bing cherries, I always stock up. There is something so delicious about fresh summer fruit!
Cherries are my son’s favorite fruit, too. He will happily sit with a large bowl of juicy cherries and eat his fill. We would love to have a cherry tree of our own, but don’t live in the right climate for that. So, every cherry season, we enjoy them as much as we are able while they are fresh.
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My son, Nathan, is the reason I invested in a cherry pitter. A friend actually gave us a Pampered Chef cherry pitter that she had never used. Whoa. THAT was a game changer for cherry season! If you don’t have a cherry pitter yet, you need to buy one. Seriously. This OXO cherry pitter is very similar to the Pampered Chef one I have (and cheaper too).
The nice thing about a good cherry pitter is that it can pit multiple cherries at once, which saves a lot of time when you are baking – or canning cherries. If you have little kids, a cherry pitter is the easiest way to serve cherries and not worry about the seeds. Invest in a cherry pitter. You will be so glad you did!
On the few occasions we don’t finish a big bowl of cherries quickly, I will pit the cherries and freeze them to bake with later. That sent me on a search for cherry recipes that I wanted to bake.
In honor of delicious cherry season, I have compiled a list of easy cherry recipes. We love cherries at our house, but I am also a busy mom who prizes easy recipes made with regular ingredients. That is what you will find below. No complicated recipes with hours of prep. Just simple cherry recipes you bake and enjoy quickly.
You can make many of these recipes in peak season with fresh cherries, or you can make them all year long with frozen cherries or canned cherry filling. Now the hardest question is simply choosing which cherry recipe to bake first!
Easy Cherry Recipes for Breakfast
Easy Cherry Muffins | Little Sunny Kitchen
Cherries for breakfast? Why not? These easy muffins use regular pantry ingredients and fresh cherries.
Cherry Coffee Cake with Streusel Topping | Pear Tree Kitchen
Here’s an easy cherry coffee cake recipe that you can serve for breakfast. I love any cake with streusel topping!
Cherry Coffee Cake | This Delicious House
Here’s another cherry coffee cake recipe. Coffee cakes make for such an easy breakfast!
Cherry Danish | Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons
Make this easy cherry danish by starting with store-bought puff pastry. Finish them off with cherry pie filling and a powdered sugar glaze.
Cherry Turnovers | I Wash You Dry
Here’s another recipe using canned cherries and puff pastry – to make turnovers!
Cherry Almond Scones | Delightfule Made
Is there anything better than the a cherry and almond extract flavor combination? These flaky scones combine both flavors and are topped with a cream cheese glaze.
Cherry Overnight Oats | Chel Sweets
I’ve started enjoying overnight this past year, and love the idea of adding fresh bing cherries for an easy, make ahead breakfast. I will definitely be trying these soon!
Easy Cherry Desserts
Double Crust Cherry Crisp | Well Plated by Erin
I think the best part of a crisp is the oatmeal crisp topping – so a double crust? I’m sold! Make this easy crisp with fresh sweet cherries for a delicious dessert.
Black Forest Brownies | Barley & Sage
If you like black forest cake, try these black forest brownies swirled with a sweet cherry sauce and topped with a homemade whipped cream (or ice cream!).
Cherry Upside Down Cake | Natasha’s Kitchen
The layer of cherries on the bottom / top of the cake is caramelized with brown sugar making for a uniquely sweet upside down cake. This is a fun variation on the typical pineapple upside down cake.
Cherry Chocolate Chip Blondies | Averie Cooks
Fresh cherries and gooey chocolate chips make a sweet summer cookie bar treat.
Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies | The Travel Bites
These chocolate chip cookies add dried, tart cherries for an amazingly easy and delicious cookie.
Cherry Crumb Bars | Just So Tasty
I love when you can double dip on recipes. In these cherry bars, half of the dough is used for the crust and the other half for crumb topping with fresh, pitted cherries layered in the middle.
Cherry Brownies | House of Nash Eats
This is a homemade brownie recipe mixed with fresh sweet cherries. Yum!
Cherry Bars | Spaceships & Laser Beams
You start this easy cherry recipe with a vanilla cake mix and layer in a canned cherry pie filling for these cherry pie bars.
These cherry pie bars include oatmeal in their base and topping, but it is a firmer bar that you can cut to serve. They would also be delicious with a scoop of ice cream on top.
Cherry Clafoutis | Tastes Better from Scratch
Clafoutis is a custard like base with sweet cherries sprinkled throughout. It can be served as a warm fruit dessert or at room temperature.
Cherry Pie Bombs | Spaceships & Laser Beams
This is a quick cherry dessert made with canned biscuits and cherry pie filling and covered with a donut like glaze. Yum!
Homemade Cherry Pie Filling | Crazy for Crust
If you have lots of cherries and want to make your own homemade pie filling, try this easy 5 ingredient recipe made with sweet cherries and lemon juice.
Fresh Cherry Dump Cake | Vintage Kitchen
Most dump cake recipes used canned cherry pie filling, but this one? This one uses fresh cherries to make a delicious dump cake! Just “dump” the cake mix on top of the cherries.
3 Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake | She’s Not Cookin’
This is the traditional dump cake recipe made with cake mix, canned cherries and melted butter. So simple and so good!
Cherry Crisp | Chelsea’s Messy Apron
When you don’t want to go through all the work of making a cherry pie, cherry crisp is an easy dessert option! Serve with with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream for a dessert everyone will love.
Chocolate Covered Magic Bars | Simple Joy
This easy bar recipe features maraschino cherries for these delicious chocolate bars that you can make very quickly!
Cherry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream | The Spruce Eats
If you have an ice cream maker, and love cherries, you will want to try this easy chocolate chip ice cream with fresh cherries stirred into the ice cream.
Cherry Cobbler | Celebrating Sweets
Use frozen or fresh cherries in this cherry cobbler that is actually has a sugar cookie top crust.
Easy Cherry Cobbler | Jo Cooks
This cherry cobbler recipe has a biscuit topping, but still uses fresh cherries to make an easy cobbler.
Cherry Slab Pie | The Comfort of Cooking
If you want to make a homemade cherry pie recipe, without all the fuss, try making a cherry slab pie. Only 3 ingredients needed to make a large cherry pie – perfect for entertaining company.
Heaven on Earth Cake | Insanely Good Recipes
Start with a store bought angel food cake for your base and layer on pudding and cherries for an easy cake recipe.
Easy Mini Cherry Cheesecakes | Sugary Sweets
Cheesecake may not seem like an easy recipe but with only 7 ingredients? These mini cheesecakes really are easy.
Cherry Bundt Cake | The Best Cake Recipes
Every day pantry ingredients are needed for this bundt cake that has lots of maraschino cherries – and then is coated with a cherry glaze to serve.
Maraschino Cherry Cake | The Country Cake
This easy cake starts with a boxed cake mix and yes, maraschino cherries, and then is frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting.
No Bake Cherry Recipes
No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Bars | Simple Joy
If you are looking for an easy cheesecake recipe, try this no bake recipe which makes cheesecake in easy to serve bar form.
Cherry Cheesecake Fluff | Simple Joy
Call it a dessert or a salad…either way, it is delicious! Cherry pie filling is needed for this recipe and then you just stir everything together.
No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Parfaits | Walking on Sunshine
You can still get the taste of cheesecake by making these cheesecake parfaits. The filling ingredients have cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract.
Cherry Limeade | Mocktails.net
When was the last time you had a refreshing cherry limeade from Sonic? With this recipe, you can now make your own at home!
No Bake Cherry Chocolate Chip Pie | Passion for Savings
This easy cherry pie is a perfect summer dessert option because you don’t need to heat up the stove – and still get to enjoy a delicious cherry pie in an oreo crust.
Easy Cherry Sorbet | Kroll’s Korner
You do need an ice cream maker to make this dairy-free cherry sorbet but no oven! A great, refreshing summer dessert option!
No Bake Cherry Delight | This is Not Diet Food
This dessert starts with a graham cracker pie crust and then a cream cheese / cool whip filling layer. Pour your cherries on top of the filling to make this no bake dessert.
Cherry Granita | Keeping It Simple
Have you ever made granita? It’s a frozen dessert but is different from ice cream. Granita starts with a cherry mixture that is pureed and then stirred periodically in the freezer. With only 5 simple ingredients, this is a very easy summer dessert!
No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Pie | Suburban Simplicity
You use a store bought graham cracker crust but make a quick cheesecake that you layer into the pie before topping with canned cherry pie filling. Another easy cherry recipe for the win!
Cherry Oreo Icebox Cake | Inside BruCrew Life
Layer cherries, a no bake cheesecake and Oreos to assemble this easy cake that is refrigerated until ready to serve.
No Bake Cherry Yum-Yum Dessert | Good for Recipes
Start with a graham cracker crust, and then layer cherry cheesecake and cool whip to make a dessert that really is “yum-yum!”
There you have it. Some of the easiest cherry recipes around. Which of these easy desserts will you bake first?
