30 Blackberry Recipes to Make All Summer Long (2024)

Your Guide to Successful Summer Berry Picking

Blackberry-Oregano Pie

This blackberry recipe is stunning on the outside, but the real magic happens beneath the crust, where a jammy combination of fresh blackberries, lemon juice, cornstarch, and fresh oregano work together to create a fragrant summer dessert.

Blackberry Skillet Cake

Blackberries are a juicy sweet topping for this easy snacking cake. They cook on the bottom, so you could technically call this a blackberry upside-down cake.

Blackberry-Cantaloupe Salad

Pair blackberries with ripe cantaloupe and add ginger, mint, and lime zest for this colorful and refreshing summer fruit salad.

Blackberry-Bay Leaf Jam

Blackberries make a wonderful jam—and adding bay leaf is an inspired touch. It gives the deeply fruity and sweet spread a subtle herbal note.

Blackberry Tie-Dye Pops

Simply purée blackberries in your food processor, stir in lemon or lime juice, and swirl them with vanilla yogurt to make these frosty treats. The hard part is waiting for them to freeze. (Make them the day before you want to enjoy them.)

Blackberry and Ginger Trifle

This five-ingredient summer dessert starts with store-bought pound cake and fresh blackberries. You make a ginger syrup to brush on the pound cake, then layer cubes of cake with fresh berries and whipped cream.

Blackberry-and-Sage Shrub

Sip on this tart, big-batch mocktail recipe made with an entire pound of blackberries, sugar, fresh sage leaves, and two kinds of vinegar.

Blackberry Forest Cake

A combination of cake flour and Dutch-processed cocoa powder form the base for this light and fluffy blackberry cake recipe. It's layered with black currant simple syrup, chocolate ganache, whipped cream, and fresh berries.

Spiked Blackberry-Marjoram Limeade

Relax with this tart blackberry recipe. It calls for the juice of two limes and fresh marjoram leaves, which has a delicate earthy and citrus flavor similar to thyme.

Blackberry Buckle

Not quite a cobbler, crisp, or a cake, this blackberry recipe is one-of-a-kind. It's a family-friendly dessert that can be made directly in a cast-iron skillet.

Mango and Blackberry Salad With Mozzarella and Frisée

Sweet summer fruit like mangoes and blackberries pair so well with creamy mozzarella cheese and wild frisée lettuce in this colorful salad that serves four.

Plum-and-Blackberry Cornmeal-Almond Crumb Bars

The combination of juicy plums and tart blackberries shine in these buttery, crumbly bars. They're just the thing to serve at a backyard barbecue or picnic.

Mustard-Rubbed Pork with Blackberry-Mustard Sauce and Spiced Oven Fries

A little something savory to add to your blackberry recipe repertoire, these mustard-rubbed pork medallions with blackberry-mustard sauce are the ideal combination of sweet and savory.

Blackberry Ice Cream

Chill out with homemade blackberry ice cream that offers a sweet-tart scoop on a hot summer's day.

Blackberry-Plum Smash With Basil

Here's a bright summery co*cktail you'll love. It's made with lemon soda, fresh basil leaves, and a lovely pairing of plums and berries.

Pavlova Wreath With Berries and Crème Fraîche

Formed in the shape of a wreath and adorned with mixed fresh berries, this pavlova is exactly what we want to serve for a special occasion.

Berry Layer Cake

Swirls and twirls of a two-toned purple buttercream top a moist yellow cake studded with fresh blueberries. The frosting gets its intense hue and fruity flavor from black raspberry jam and is topped with plenty of fresh blackberries, black raspberries, and blueberries.

Blackberry-Raspberry Hand Pies

These blackberry pastries are simple and rewarding to put together. They're portable for picnics and they taste great!

Blackberry-Oat Bran Muffins

Moist buttermilk muffins studded with blackberries and oat bran ensure you start your day with a healthy (and delicious!) dose of fiber.

Plum Blackberry Galette

A rustic galette impresses when you bring it to the table but it's really one of the most forgiving desserts you could put together. Any combination of stone fruit and berries tossed with sugar, butter, and a squeeze of lemon yields delicious results.

Blackberry-Swirl Pound Cake

Purée fresh blackberries with a little sugar to create the fruity filling that's swirled throughout this sour cream pound cake. Try warming slices of cake on the grill and serve with dollops of whipped cream for a memorable dessert.

Blackberry Crisp

Orange juice and zest add a fresh twist to this blackberry crisp. If you prefer, you can use a combination of berries in this dessert.

Mixed Greens Salad With Sugared Walnuts, Blackberries, and Feta

A leafy green salad can seem boring, but not when you add fresh blackberries, feta cheese, and walnuts. Then it becomes a dish you want to make and eat.

Jam and Blackberry Tart

Kirsch-kissed blackberry-raspberry jam—said to be called "old bachelor's jam" because it is simple to make and comforting to eat—sweetens the fresh blackberries and toasted almonds in this summer tart. The cornmeal pâte-brisée crust has a pleasing crunch and beautiful golden hue.

Best Berry Cobbler

This blackberry cobbler is topped with simple biscuit dough that lets the berries shine. A dash of cinnamon rounds out the flavor of the fruit.

Blackberry-Mint Julep

Blackberries make a stunning addition to a julep. They offset the drinks signature sweetness and tint it a gorgeous shade of purple.. Another twist: this take on the classic bourbon co*cktail is blended with—rather than served over—ice, creating a slushy texture.

Apricot-Blackberry Puff Pastry Tart

Apricots and blackberries come together seamlessly in this delicious tart. It uses frozen puff pastry to cut down on prep time.

Pork Medallions With Blackberry Chutney

Pork pairs wonderfully with blackberries, as evidenced by this delicious main that's ready to eat in just 45 minutes.

Genoise Roll With Lemon-Blackberry Semifreddo

Only a handful of ingredients—one of which is, of course, blackberries—go into this elegant dessert recipe.

Gluten-Free Blackberry-Cornmeal Muffins

These cornmeal muffins make good use of juicy, sweet-tart blackberries.