9 Fresh, Frozen and Canned Cherry Recipes

Big, fat, sweet cherries are hard to rival. When they are juicy and ripe and the cherry juice drips down your chin, that’s what summer is made of. But I don’t just limit my cherry consumption to summer. I can them and freeze them so I can use them in some of the following recipes all year long.

Cherry Pineapple Dumb Cake – It’s like all the best things about pineapple upside down cake and dutch oven cobblers all rolled into one. {Pin it for Later}

Grandma’s Cherry Cola Jello Salad – I grew up eating my grandmother’s jello salad creations at every holiday meal and they were awesome. Guaranteed to go quick, this recipe rocks! {Pin it for Later}

How to Can Cherry Pie Filling – Canning this makes pie-makin’ so simple. Throw a can of this in a pie shell and BOOM. Sweet cherry pie. {Pin it for Later}

Cherry Jam – I love to pour this over my hidden stash of vanilla ice cream I have tucked away in the freezer! This stuff is delish. {Pin it for Later}

Cherry Vanilla Chocolate Chip Ice Cream – Monkey Boy loves this stuff. In his opinion, I can’t make it fast enough! I have to agree with him. I love this ice cream, too! And as a bonus, you can use frozen cherries instead of fresh. {Pin it for Later}

Sweet Cherry Cobbler – Would you judge me if I told you I’ve served this and only this to my family for dinner? {Pin it for Later}

Amaretto Cherries This recipe was sent in by a reader and I’m so glad she shared it. Mmm mmm good! {Pin it for Later}

Homemade Cherry-Pistachio Nougat – Don’t be afraid of this recipe. I was at first, but it was way easier than I thought it would be. Now I have plans to make it every Christmas! {Pin it for Later}