35 Best Peach Dessert Recipes for Summer

This old-fashioned cobbler is a classic from-scratch dessert that pairs fresh or canned peaches with a simple batter and a generous sprinkle of cinnamon. The peaches are briefly cooked with sugar and salt to bring out their juices, then spooned over batter poured into a pan of melted butter, creating those irresistible golden layers as it bakes. It is an easy, cozy dessert that is great year-round.

This dump cake recipe is super easy. It only uses three ingredients: undrained canned peaches, yellow cake mix, and butter. It has that cozy peach cobbler feel, but with far less prep, which makes it especially handy when you need a quick dessert. Serve it warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream for an easy crowd-pleaser.

These cookies turn the flavors of a classic cobbler into a creative, bakery-style dessert. They feature cinnamon cookies filled with a quick stovetop filling made with fresh peaches, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and vanilla. They are finished with crumble and an optional glaze. They are a great pick when you want something impressive-looking that still includes make-ahead options for the filling, dough, and crumble.

This pie is a customizable summer dessert that lets you choose between a double crust, lattice top, or crumb topping. The filling combines peaches with sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice, and cornstarch. The recipe works with fresh, frozen, or well-drained canned peaches, making it practical year-round. It is an easy, classic dessert that would be especially lovely for summer parties and holidays.

This cake is a wonderful shortcut dessert because it starts with yellow cake mix but gets lots of fresh fruity flavor from chopped peaches and peach nectar or juice. The cake is topped with a cooked brown sugar caramel icing that pours over the top and sets into a crackly, fudge-like finish when chilled. That caramel frosting is really what makes this one stand out, giving the cake a rich Southern-style twist. Since it serves a crowd, it's a great choice for potlucks or any summer get-together.

These muffins work just as well for dessert as they do for breakfast or brunch. It features a buttery, cake-like muffin packed with peaches, brown sugar, cinnamon, and allspice. The batter uses pantry staples plus sour cream or yogurt for moisture, and the peaches are folded right in. A brown sugar cinnamon streusel adds a crisp, crumbly topping, and the optional vanilla icing gives them an extra sweet finish. The recipe works with fresh or frozen peaches and freezes well, which makes it especially handy for making ahead.

These easy peach dumplings are a clever shortcut dessert that wraps peach wedges in crescent roll dough, then bakes them in a buttery cinnamon sugar sauce with lemon-lime soda poured around the edges. The result is soft and gooey on the bottom, crisp on top, and very similar in flavor to peach cobbler, but with much less effort. The recipe can be made with fresh peaches when they are in season or canned peaches when you need something extra simple. Since the prep is quick and the oven does most of the work, this one would be a great last-minute dessert for family dinners or casual summer get-togethers.

This no-bake summer dessert layers buttery graham cracker crumbs, a cream cheese and whipped cream filling, and plenty of sliced fresh peaches for a light, creamy treat. It is assembled in layers, then chilled. It can be made up to a day ahead, which is always a bonus for entertaining. This is a great choice any time you want something peachy without turning on the oven.

These bars combine a buttery crust and crumble topping with a filling made from fresh peaches, sugar, cinnamon, cornstarch, and lemon juice. The dough is pressed into the pan for the base, the peach mixture is spread over the top, and the remaining crumb mixture is clumped and scattered over the fruit before baking until lightly browned. An optional almond icing adds a sweet finishing touch. The bars can also be served warm with vanilla ice cream. They are perfect for potlucks and cookouts since the recipe makes a big 13x9-inch pan, travels well, and keeps for days in the refrigerator.

This old-fashioned peach ice cream is a rich, creamy homemade version that starts with a custard base and gets plenty of peach flavor from macerated peaches and their juices. The recipe uses sugar to draw liquid from the peaches, then adds that flavorful juice to the custard before churning. The peaches are only pulsed a few times, so the finished ice cream still has little bits of fruit throughout, and the vanilla keeps the flavor simple and classic. It takes more effort than a quick no-churn dessert, but it's like a great homemade summer treat when you want something old-fashioned.

This crisp pairs a juicy peach filling with a buttery oat streusel packed with brown sugar, cinnamon, and chopped pecans. It delivers all the cozy flavor of peach pie without the extra work of making a crust. The recipe comes together in about an hour from start to finish and is the kind of easy summer dessert that would be perfect served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

This easy bread pudding is a comforting baked dessert made by combining sliced peaches with a simple mixture of eggs, milk, butter, and sugar, then tossing everything with cubes of day-old bread. The homemade caramel sauce drizzled on top gives it a rich, sweet finish.

These hand pies are a quick shortcut dessert that turns refrigerated pie crust and canned peach pie filling into easy treats. They are finished with a simple glaze. This recipe keeps things easy with just a few ingredients while still delivering classic peach pie flavor in a portable form. Since they come together quickly, they would be great for parties, cookouts, or an easy summer dessert tray.

This upside-down cake is a from-scratch dessert with a moist cake layer, a quick caramel-like topping, and a beautiful layer of peaches arranged in the pan before baking. The recipe uses a mix of all-purpose and whole-wheat pastry flour, along with honey and sugar, giving it a slightly lighter spin than many traditional cakes. Fresh raspberries are added for a tart contrast.

This crostata is an easy tart that keeps things rustic and relaxed, with fresh peach slices tossed in brown sugar, cinnamon, spiced rum, vanilla, and lemon juice. Everything is tucked into a free-form pie crust. The crust gets brushed with heavy cream and sprinkled with turbinado sugar before baking, which adds extra crunch and caramelized flavor. It's a simple but elegant dessert for peach season.

These feature soft brown butter cupcakes filled with spiced peaches. They are topped with stabilized whipped cream, then finished with fresh peach slices and a sprinkle of cinnamon for a pretty summer look. The recipe is customizable, as you can use either fresh or frozen peaches.

These baked peaches are a simple, healthy peach dessert that lets the fruit stay front and center, with peach halves filled with maple syrup or honey, brown sugar or coconut sugar, cinnamon, and olive oil. The recipe takes just 5 minutes to prep, and the peaches bake until caramelized, so they don't need to be peeled first. This is an easy option when you want something warm, elegant, and low effort. They are wonderful served with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, mascarpone, or even yogurt and granola for a fun brunch-style twist.

This galette is a rustic summer dessert with a buttery, flaky crust and peaches flavored with sugar, cinnamon, flour, and vanilla. The peaches are arranged over the dough, dotted with butter, folded into a free-form tart, then finished with egg wash and coarse sugar before baking until the crust is golden and the juices turn syrupy.

These scones are made with fresh peaches, sliced almonds, buttermilk, and a sweet almond glaze. The dough is cut into wedges and chilled before baking. The glaze can either melt into the warm scones or set on top for a prettier finish. They feel like a great option when you want something a little bakery-style that is still easy to make at home.

This cake is a versatile summer dessert that also works for breakfast or brunch! The batter is made with simple ingredients like flour, butter, eggs, sugar, sour cream, and vanilla, which make the cake light and moist. Most of the peaches are folded into the batter, with the rest scattered over the top before baking, so you get plenty of fruit in every slice.

This peach sorbet is a simple summer dessert made with just peaches, sugar, and lemon juice, and it does not require an ice cream maker. The peaches are blended with sugar until smooth, finished with lemon juice to taste, and then frozen for 6 to 7 hours until scoopable. It's great when you want a cool summer treat that's light, easy, and especially refreshing on a hot day.

This cake has a creamy sour cream base and a crunchy oatmeal streusel topping. The batter is layered with peaches in the middle, then topped with the oat, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter crumble. You can use fresh peaches, canned peaches, or peach pie filling. It's a versatile dessert that would work perfectly for brunch or breakfast, too.

This peach milkshake is a quick and easy frozen treat made with peaches, milk, vanilla ice cream, and fresh peach slices for garnish. Everything is simply blended until smooth, so the process is fast and uncomplicated. Fresh or frozen peaches can be used. It sounds like a fun, creamy summer dessert for when you want something cold on hot days.

This easy no-bake icebox cake is built from layers of whipped cream, graham crackers, and peach pie filling. The assembly is very simple: the layers are repeated until the pan is full, then finished with whipped cream on top. One of the best parts is that it is even better made ahead, since the graham crackers soften in the refrigerator and take on a cake-like texture. With just a few ingredients and no oven required, this sounds perfect for summer parties, potlucks, or any time you need a quick make-ahead dessert.

These grilled peaches are a simple dessert that lets the fruit shine, with the grill bringing out their natural sweetness. The peach halves are brushed with olive oil, grilled cut-side down for about 3 minutes until char marks form, and then served warm. The recipe’s favorite serving idea is to top them with vanilla ice cream and cinnamon-spiced toasted walnuts, which adds a creamy, crunchy contrast to the juicy fruit. It is quick, elegant, and just a little different from the usual baked desserts, and is perfect for summer cookouts.

These peach fritters are bite-sized treats with a crisp exterior and a light, soft center. The batter combines chopped peaches with flour, sour cream or yogurt, milk, egg, butter, cinnamon, sugar, and baking powder, then gets fried until golden brown. They are finished with a simple sugar glaze for extra sweetness. The recipe works with fresh, frozen, or canned peaches. They can be made in under 30 minutes, which makes them a fun option when you want something quick and homemade.

These easy peach turnovers use store-bought puff pastry, so they don't require the extra work of making dough from scratch. The filling is a simple mix of diced peaches, brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Each pastry is folded into a triangle, brushed with egg wash, and topped with sanding sugar before baking. It uses just a handful of ingredients and can be made with fresh, frozen, or canned peaches. They feel like the perfect summer dessert because they are quick to assemble and easy to serve.

This cheesecake is a rich, showstopping dessert that combines creamy cheesecake with the flavors of peach cobbler in one layered dessert. It starts with roasted peaches coated in butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon, then adds those peaches and a crumble layer into the center of a classic cheesecake with a graham cracker crust before topping the finished dessert with even more roasted peaches. The recipe is definitely more involved than a simple peach dessert, but that extra effort gives it a beautiful presentation that would stand out at a party or special summer gathering. It's the kind of dessert to make when you want something especially decadent for a crowd.