Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Fruit Dessert Recipes 20 Summer Fruit Desserts You Can Make With Five Ingredients (or Less!) By Frances Kim Frances Kim Website Frances is a freelance writer for MarthaStewart.com. Editorial Guidelines Updated on May 1, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Jonathan Lovekin The perfect way to end a warm summer day is with a deliciously fruity dessert. With juicy peaches, sweet strawberries, and fragrant melons all ripe for the picking, it's no wonder that they're the main attraction in a number of our favorite treats. Whether paired with cheese and honey or tucked into a tart, these fruit-forward dessert recipes require minimal ingredients but deliver big in terms of taste. Sometimes the simplest dishes are the tastiest—and that's exactly the approach we like to take when it comes to summertime desserts. With fewer ingredients and steps, more focus is put on the fruit. Let summer berries, melons, peaches, cherries, and more shine with these easy dessert recipes. They all call for zero oven time, feature five (or less!) ingredients, and require minimal prep. 01 of 20 Peach-Shaped Mango Sorbet Surprise guests with sorbet masquerading as a favorite summer fruit. Mango sorbet has a particularly convincing color. Scoop it into a dish, and top with a clove and lemon verbena leaves. Small mint or basil leaves also work well. View Recipe 02 of 20 Dark Chocolate-Dipped Cherries Raymond Hom Make the most of cherry season by dipping the little beauties in dark chocolate. Then move on to our super simple Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, a classic you already know and love. View Recipe 03 of 20 Farmer Cheese with Grilled Peaches Joesph Delo Peaches take on a delightfully caramelized taste after grilling. Place them atop soft farmer's cheese, honey, and basil for a delicious dessert. View Recipe 04 of 20 Pound Cake with Peaches and Cream Store-bought pound cake is one of our go-to dessert shortcuts. Here, we layer slices with fresh whipped cream and juicy summer peaches. View Recipe 05 of 20 Refreshing Melon-Sorbet Float Aaron Dyer Put a healthy dairy-free twist on an ice cream float by combining frozen melon balls, lemon or coconut sorbet, and fresh mint, then topping with seltzer or club soda. View Recipe 06 of 20 Prune Plums with Mint Ricotta Lightly sweetened, mint-flecked ricotta cheese is the perfect partner for tart Italian prune plums. View Recipe 07 of 20 No-Churn Raspberry Frozen Yogurt The Morrisons Frozen raspberries, plain Greek yogurt, sweetened condensed milk, lightly sweetened whipped cream, and fresh blueberries come together to make this no-churn frozen yogurt. View Recipe 08 of 20 Strawberries with Creme Fraiche and Sugar Jonathan Lovekin All of the ingredients for this delicious treat are in the name of the recipe. Sweet, simple, and perfect for a warm summer night. View Recipe 09 of 20 Watermelon Ice Campari and lemon juice add a welcome dash of tartness to this sweet iced dessert. View Recipe 10 of 20 Tea-Scented Melon Steep wedges of your favorite melon in jasmine green tea, honey, and fresh mint to make this cooling, aromatic dessert. View Recipe 11 of 20 Strawberry Aperol Sorbet Naho Kubota The Italian aperitif Aperol has a pleasant bitterness that's the perfect foil for sweet summer strawberries in this oh-so-simple sorbet. We wouldn't say no to a scoop of Rose Raspberry Sorbet or no-churn Mango Lime Sorbet, either. View Recipe 12 of 20 Spiked Fruit Cup Jen Causey Is this cocktail hour or dessert? Toss summer fruit with sugar, basil, lime juice, and your choice of white rum, gin, or cachaça. View Recipe 13 of 20 No-Churn Peach Sherbet Marcus Nilsson No ice cream maker is needed to make this no-fail two-ingredient sherbet. Pair it with our equally easy Blueberry Buttermilk Sherbet. View Recipe 14 of 20 Honeyed Fig and Melon with Blue Cheese and Almonds Christopher Baker End your next dinner party with the ultimate summer cheese plate. We're talking blue cheese, fresh figs, juicy cantaloupe wedges, and toasted almonds, all drizzled with honey. View Recipe 15 of 20 Watermelon Pops You can't go wrong with one-ingredient popsicles. All you have to do is freeze puréed watermelon. Want more ice pop recipes that keep it under five ingredients? We've got all kinds of flavor options: honeydew and cream, raspberry-cantaloupe, watermelon-strawberry, mango-parsley, banana-berry-buttermilk, coconut-mango, very berry, and nectarine-strawberry. View Recipe 16 of 20 Cherry Spoon Sweets Looking for a nutritious, kid-friendly dessert? We've got you covered with this combination of thick Greek yogurt and stewed cherries. Transition to our Orange Peel Spoon Sweets when fall rolls around. View Recipe 17 of 20 Peach Melba Spoom David Prince Spoom is a frozen meringue that tastes like a fluffier version of sorbet, and it's an absolutely delectable way to showcase summer peaches and raspberries. View Recipe 18 of 20 Lemon-Raspberry Semifreddo Johnny Miller Semifreddos are partially frozen desserts, which means they're just the thing for a heat wave. The stripe of fresh raspberry purée sets this lemon curd version apart. View Recipe 19 of 20 Watermelon and Coconut Sorbet Parfaits Cutting fruit and scooping ice cream are the only skills you need to make these sensational parfaits. Finish with a sprinkling of lime zest and toasted coconut. If you're in the mood for cheese, try our four-ingredient Mango-Lime Ricotta Parfaits instead. View Recipe 20 of 20 Berries with Buttermilk and Honey Hans Gissinger Blitz cold buttermilk with ice and honey in the blender until frothy, then serve the frosty mixture with mixed berries and fresh mint. The result is so refreshing. 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