22 Best Cherry Recipes

Cherry Recipes are well loved any time of the year AND for any meal of the day! We love cherry dessert recipes but what about for cocktails and dinner ideas too? We’ve got them all.

Cherries are always a favorite any time of the year. Whether fresh in season or frozen and thawed there are so many delicious ways to eat them.

We’ve pulled together a collection of best recipes both sweet and savory that are delicious any time.

Cherry Recipes any President Would Love

Presidents Day honors the birthday of George Washington, the first President of the United States, though his actual birthday is on February 22. The recognition of his birthday has been awarded with a rolling national holiday celebrated the third Monday in February annually. Abraham Lincoln’s (16^th President) birthday is February 12^th so in my mind it’s a group celebration.

We’ve all heard the story about George Washington chopping down the cherry tree, right? I dove in to learn more when making a Cherry Bounce liqueur recipe in honor of his birthday in the early days of Boulder Locavore. I won’t disclose any spoilers but suffice it to say it seemed a good time to share an entire collection of cherry recipes covering sweet, savory and drinks too.

Best Cherry Recipes

To make recipes with fresh cherries in them, save yourself some time by using a cherry pitter!

President’s Birthday Cherry Pie:  A good old fashioned Cherry Pie. One looks says it all. Make it with our best All Butter Pie Crust.

President’s Birthday Cherry Pie

A classic Cherry Pie recipe great any time of the year.

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Cherry Pie Filling

This easy recipe for homemade cherry pie filling is simple and delicious. Fresh sweet cherries (or frozen and thawed) are used. Use anywhere you would use canned pie filling. It tastes better than canned too!

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Cherry Bounce:  A delicious homemade liqueur dating back to George Washington; cherries, bourbon and sugar, mixed and left to side for up to three months. Believe me, it’s worth the wait!

Cherry Bounce

Three simple ingredients combine to sit making an irresistible cordial that dates back to George Washington's time. It's delicious after a few weeks and more so after a few months which was the original method.

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Cherry Bars: Simple, scrumptious, chewy bars filled with, you guessed it, cherries!

Cherry Bars

These easy Cherry Bars have a buttery shortbread crust, topped with a cherry, coconut and walnut filling. This vintage recipe is perfect all year long for every occasion from President's Day to the Christmas cookie platter.

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Sour Cream Cherry Cake:   I discovered this vintage cake recipe from the 1930s in a pack of recipes I purchased on eBay. We reinvented it staying true to the original flavors but giving it a modern update. The original recipe is made as is in this Easy Cherry Cake which we added a whipped cream topping to.

Cherry Sour Cream Cake

Light sour cream cake with cherry pie filling and cherry flavored frosting makes any day feel like a celebration. Perfect for special occasions or when a special dessert is in order.

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Easy Cherry Cake

This easy, fast Cherry Cake recipe only takes four ingredients! It mixes up in minutes IN the baking pan too. It's moist and fully of cherry flavor.

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Cherries Jubilee Recipe with Vanilla Ice Cream

Cherries Jubilee is a classic flambeed dessert making a wonderful boozy cherry sauce to top vanilla ice cream or other desserts. It's a sight to behold and makes any meal extra special. Easy to make!

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Cherry Crisp

Cherry Crisp is an easy, relaxed dessert full of sweet cherries and a nutty oat streusel. It's quick to make and bakes in about 30 minutes. It can be made with cherry pie filling, fresh cherries or frozen cherries!

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Chocolate Cherry Cake

Moist, light Chocolate Cherry Cake is easy to make from scratch! Full of rich chocolate flavor and pieces of cherry it's always a favorite.

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Mummy Cherry Pies

These adorable Mummy cherry hand pies are perfect for Halloween. Easy to make and ghoulishly great. Remove the googly candy eyes and they are perfect any other time of the year too!

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Cherry Cream Cheese Pie

This delicious no bake creamy pie is the easiest dessert you'll ever make. It tastes like cheesecake and and take 15 minutes to make!

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Cherry Chipotle Glazed Bone-In Spiral-Cut Ham:  Sweet, salty and spicy meet in a trifecta of flavors great for a rustic weekend dinner or for a holiday main dish.

Cherry Chipotle Glazed Ham

This luscious glaze will turn your Easter or Christmas ham into a holiday favorite! The sweet, smoky, spicy glaze elevates the juicy ham to another level! 

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Rich Chocolate Cherry Brownie Pots

Rich Chocolate Cherry Brownie Pots have a decadent consistency of lava cake with pockets of thick cherry filling.  The homemade cherry pie filling may be made the day prior and stored, sealed, until making the brownie pots.  

The cherry pie filling portion of the recipe may also be doubled to used traditionally to fill a pie crust!

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Chocolate Cherry Instant Pot Cheesecake

This easy rich, creamy cheesecake has the flavors of a Black Forest cake crossed with cheesecake. So easy to make in the Instant Pot.

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Cherry Strawberry Custard Pie {clafoutis}:  A luscious custard pie (crustless) with loads of strawberries and cherries. To the French, a clafoutis. A rustic dessert that is easy to make but out of the ordinary.

Cherry Strawberry Clafoutis (French crustless custard pie)

Cherry Strawberry Clafoutis is a perfect relaxed dessert for summer dining. This crustless French custard pie is easy to make and delicious! Using fresh cherries and strawberries the fruit provide the main sweetness for the pie.

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Bourbon Orange Soda Cherry-Vanilla Ice Cream Floats:  Who says ice cream floats are only for kids? A boozy cocktail-meets-dessert recipe you’ll love. I think George Washington would approve of this cherry recipe.

Bourbon Orange Soda Cherry-Vanilla Ice Cream Floats

The blending of bourbon, orange and cherry flavors make these boozy adult floats a fun surprise for any occasion. Mocktail version included in the Notes.

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Brined Boneless Pork Loin Roast with Rhubarb-Cherry Port Sauce:  I almost can’t imagine any additional words to describe the perfection of this dish. Succulent pork with an out-of-this-world ‘mouth feel’. The sweet, sophisticated sauce is the finishing touch.

Brined Boneless Pork Loin Roast with Rhubarb-Cherry Port Sauce

Brining a pork roast ensures a succulent result without concern about drying out as pork can do. The method produces pan juices as well which can be spooned back over the slices of the roast. The Rhubarb-Cherry Port sauce adds beautiful and sophisticated flavors to the moist pork that everyone is sure to love. The bulk of the total time is 12 hours of brining before cooking which is passive time.

Baked Brie with Cherry Preserves and Almonds

Baked brie is a simple and elegant appetizer that is quick to prepare. Baked just until soft, the cherry preserves offer a sweet contrast to the cheese flavor and the almonds give great texture.

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Cherry Blueberry Cloud Pie: Based on a vintage recipe this creamy pie is loaded with cherries and blueberries on top. It’s unlike any other pie you’ve had and could not be more patriotic in appearance.

Cherry-Blueberry Cloud Pie

For those like me at altitude, the word ‘meringue’ strikes fear in the heart of the most skilled baker. Meringues for us are a commitment and endurance test. Hang in and do it; the end result is worth it! If you choose to make this without fresh fruit, the original recipe specified a 1 pound can of pie cherries which is equivalent to 2 cups.

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Cherry Chocolate Chip Pie:  This frozen pie is a marshmallow filling pie flavored with cherry chocolate (bar) turned into chips. It’s fresh flavor make it a great choice all year round.

Cherry Chocolate Chip Pie

This vintage pie recipe is light and airy. Using cherry chocolate pairs two classic flavors although any chocolate can be used. This chiffon pie can be refrigerated after making or frozen for a cool delicious dessert.

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Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler: I feel quite confident were slow cookers around in the 1700’s George would have been begging Martha to make this easy cobbler version. Everything is done in the slow cooker. It DOES require you stir it once. That’s not too much to ask, is it?!

Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler

Homey, rustic slow cooker cobbler is easy to make and even easier to eat!

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No Bake Vanilla Bean Pots de Creme with Fresh Cherry Sauce:  Creamy pudding bursting with vanilla flavor topped with a fresh cherry sauce. Don’t serve it to guests though. They’ll be knocking on your door every night after hoping you might be serving it again.

{No Bake} Vanilla Bean Pots de Creme with Fresh Cherry Sauce

This no bake version of the French classic dessert Pots de Creme (or 'pots of cream') is light and creamy. Though traditionally made chocolate in flavor, this vanilla bean version is a perfect match with seasonal, fresh cherries made into a luscious sauce (frozen cherries thawed may be substituted).

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