Everyday Cooking Convenience Cooking Frozen Food Fruit 15 Fantastic Dessert Recipes to Use Up Your Bags of Frozen Fruit They're delicious anytime—no matter the season. By Sarah Zorn Sarah Zorn Sarah Zorn is a professional food writer, born, raised, and currently living in Brooklyn. She has over a decade of experience in content management for multiple food and e-commerce brands. Her work has been featured in USA Today, Yahoo, Allrecipes, TODAY, ELLE, Esquire, Epicurious, Eater, and more. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Published on February 23, 2025 Close Photo: DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS Key Takeaways Keeping bags of flash-frozen fruit in your freezer is an easy and affordable way to enjoy seasonal produce year-round.Our favorite dessert recipes to make with frozen fruit include strawberry cake, blueberry peach crisp and berry shortcake. You don’t have to wait until May to enjoy a ripe, scarlet strawberry or August to sink our teeth into a sweet, juicy peach. That's the great thing about the freezer. It's the most effective way to preserve fruit's peak season freshness, so you can continue to enjoy it all throughout the year. When you've always got baggies of flash-frozen fruit on hand, you're only minutes away from bakery-worthy pies, cakes, and cobblers. Here are 15 desserts made with frozen fruit that prove fresh isn't always best. 01 of 15 Strawberry Trifle Aimee B. This towering English-inspired layered trifle looks fussy and fancy, but it couldn't be easier to prepare. The only prep involved is layering chunks of cake, dollops of instant pudding, frozen strawberries and whipped topping into a tall glass dish—then digging right in with an extra-large spoon! View Recipe Save 02 of 15 White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Ideal for special occasions (or just because you deserve a truly spectacular treat), this elegant cheesecake is drizzled with ribbons of ruby red raspberry sauce. View Recipe Save 03 of 15 Blueberry Peach Crisp "This peach blueberry crisp is topped with a crumbly oat and cinnamon topping," says Allrecipes Member Meg&Mom. "It is packed with juicy peaches and blueberries. Serve this delicious home-style dessert with vanilla or cinnamon ice cream." View Recipe Save 04 of 15 Cherry Blueberry Pie mary_o Believe it or not, there are frozen blueberries in this double-crusted, blue ribbon-worthy pie. They're folded into a velvety filling of plump canned cherries. View Recipe Save 30 Easy Baking Recipes With 5 Ingredients or Less 05 of 15 Strawberry Cake and Frosting MG This pleasingly pink cake is positively bursting with full-on strawberry flavor and is topped with peaks of creamy frosting. If you have fresh berries on hand, use them for a beautiful decoration. View Recipe Save 06 of 15 Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake Dotdash Meredith Food Studios A favorite in Allrecipes Community Member D. Newman's family for over 30 years, this blueberry-studded baked treat makes for "one really delicious and really unhealthy Sunday coffee cake." And when better than the weekend to give yourself a break from calorie counting? View Recipe Save 07 of 15 Five-Minute Ice Cream Dotdash Meredith Food Studios This dessert requires just three minutes and a blender or food processor. Enjoy it right away for a velvety frozen treat, or pop it in the freezer for dessert down the road. View Recipe Save 9 Best No-Churn Ice Cream Recipes You Can Make Without a Fancy Machine 08 of 15 Egg-White Crepes Deb C Made with whole-wheat flour, skim milk, and egg whites, these crepes are lighter than your basic pancakes and the berry-filled centers are sweetened with powdered sugar. View Recipe Save 09 of 15 Perfect Berry Shortcakes Does making shortcakes sound complicated? These crumbly, buttery biscuits don't require a food processor, pastry cutter, cookie cutter, or rolling pin, and they are the perfect vehicle for clouds of whipped cream and spoonfuls of crushed, frozen fruit. View Recipe Save 22 Delicious Spring Recipes That Use Frozen Strawberries 10 of 15 Raspberry Icebox Cake abapplez If ever there was a dessert made for a hot day, it would be this icebox cake. Frozen raspberries are congealed in a layer of Jell-O. A marshmallow topping comes together quickly to create a fluffy, sweet companion to the tart gelatin layer. Keep this one ice-cold. It'll quench your thirst for something cooling and something sweet. View Recipe Save 15 Vintage Icebox Desserts You'll Want to Make Forever 11 of 15 Cranberry Upside-Down Sour Cream Cake abapplez Have a bag of cranberries that have been in your freezer since Thanksgiving? No need to hold onto them until next November to make sauce. This sour cream–enriched cake is a delicious treat to make year-round. View Recipe Save 12 of 15 Blueberry Gingerbread It'll feel like Christmas any time of year when the house fills with the spicy, molasses-rich aroma of freshly baked gingerbread. The loaf is dotted with the unexpected, lively addition of tender frozen blueberries. View Recipe Save 13 of 15 Very Best Blueberry Cobbler! Lx Xl A cakey crust floats atop juicy, sweet blueberries that are baked until they release all their flavor and sweet juices into a syrupy mixture. Grab that pack of frozen blueberries from the freezer, and give yourself a taste of summer no matter the month. View Recipe Save 14 of 15 Strawberry Torte "This cake was incredible," says reviewer Mrs Sweetie. "I made it for some very picky eaters and every one of them LOVED it. They even said it was better than a similar cake from a famous New York bakery!" View Recipe Save 15 of 15 Easy Batter Fruit Cobbler DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS Frozen berries and a pancake-like batter join forces to produce a dessert that takes just minutes to put together. "Short of serving store-bought ice cream, you won't find a simpler dessert than this fruit cobbler," says Allrecipes Community Member Ben S. View Recipe Save 20 Dessert Recipes That Always Work More Inspiration Dotdash Meredith Food Studios 9 Recipes for Using Up Frozen Mango These Two-Ingredient Frozen Desserts Are the Simplest Treats Ever Our Entire Collection of Fruit Desserts Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit