15 Summer Desserts So Good, You’ll Forget About the Heat Wave

I’m thankful to pie for being a year-round treat. While its outer layer can vary from a flaky and crispy crust to a buttery graham cracker one, the base is just the canvas for any filling imaginable, from fluffy ice cream to rich chocolate. But come summer, when farmers markets are overflowing with perfectly ripe, sweet, and tart fruit, I want nothing more than to fill my pie base with all the berries and stone fruit I can get my hands on.

But the dessert applications of summer fruit don’t end at pie. Here, we’ve rounded up more than a dozen of our favorite desserts featuring summer fruit—many of them don’t even require turning on the oven. From classics like blueberry pie and blackberry cobbler to a no-bake strawberry pie and a gorgeously sloppy Eton mess, these are our favorite desserts to show off the best of our summer fruit.