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Tangy and refreshing, lemonade is a summertime classic that deserves to be enjoyed beyond the beverage category. These brightly colored lemonade desserts rely on the drink’s perfect balance of sour and sweet to bring impressive flavor. Cookies, cakes, pies, and even mousse get infused with lemonade in these 15 summery recipes.
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Lemonade Pie
The best part about this cheesecake isn’t the creamy lemonade filling or crispy crust. It’s that it’s a no-bake recipe, meaning that all you have to do is stir and let it sit in the fridge for a few hours before serving.
Strawberry Lemonade Ice Pops
You only need two ingredients, frozen lemonade concentrate and frozen strawberries, to whip up these tart ice pops. “This was so good, we had leftover mix so I filled up some ice cube trays with it and put them in a glass of regular lemonade,” says LECOLEMAN.
Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
White cake mix is pepped up thanks to tasty lemonade concentrate and egg whites to create a fluffy texture. “Decorate with lemon slice candies or your other favorite cupcake decorations!” says Allrecipes member Laura.
Lemonade Dip
Peyton Beckwith
“This lemonade dip is tart, sweet, fluffy and creamy. With only 4 ingredients, it’s ready in minutes. Serve it with fresh fruit or simple cookies, like vanilla wafers or graham crackers.” —Natalie Gravois
Lemon Cheese Ball
“Cheese ball” may not fall into the category of dessert for most, but this sweet recipe will change your mind. Cream cheese pairs up with confectioners’ sugar and lemonade concentrate to make a sweet and tart dish. Serve with graham crackers, ginger snaps, or animal crackers.
Lemonade Cake
“Use this cake recipe with lemon-flavored gelatin mix, lemon cake mix, and lemonade concentrate to make a lemony, lemony, lemonade cake!” says Allrecipes community member Patty Silva.
Pink Lemonade Pie
This classic icebox pie combines sweetened condensed milk, pink lemonade concentrate, and whipped topping for an unbelievably fluffy and light filling. Want it extra pink? Several reviewers suggested adding a drop or two of red food coloring for that rich pink color.
Chilled Lemonade Dessert
A cross between ice cream, mousse, and cheesecake, this delectable dessert is the perfect balance of creamy and lemony. Serve a scoop of it with fresh fruit, in a waffle cone, or even spooned into a pie crust.
Lemonade Pie
“This was so light and refreshing,” says reviewer BAKERYBUFF. “It is the easiest pie I’ve ever made and is very quick to prepare. ”
Lemonade Cake
Can’t decide between cake or ice cream? This recipe won’t make you choose. Vanilla cake is layered with pink lemonade ice cream in the middle before being coated in a lemony frosting.
Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes
Lemon-flavored gelatin mix is the secret ingredient to these tangy cupcakes. “When I asked my son what he thought, he replied, ‘This is the best cupcake I’ve ever had!'” says Allrecipes member Shellie.
Pink Lemonade Cookies
Add a burst of color of fresh citrus flavor and delicate pink color to these cookies with pink lemonade concentrate.
Ida’s Lemon Mousse
Lemonade concentrate is whisked until fluffy with whipped topping and lemon flavored Jell-O mix. For an extra fun dessert presentation, follow Allrecipes member STEPHFUNE’s advice: “I scooped lemons out and served the mousse inside the lemons!”
Creamy Lemonade Soft-Serve Ice Cream
“I was trying to make lemonade ice pops, and they didn’t quite harden,” says Allrecipes member Yoly. “I scooped them into a bowl, and this is the result: Creamy, lemony, sweet, and tart soft-serve ice cream.”
Lemon Icebox Pie with Frozen Lemonade
Photographer: Kelsey Hansen / Food Styling: Holly Dreesman / Prop Styling: Gabe Greco
“My husband’s grandmother used to make a lemon icebox pie similar to this for all of our summer get-togethers,” says Allrecipes community member Rhonda Brock Fuller. “He played around, and came up with a much simpler and quicker version with frozen lemonade.”
Raspberry Lemonade Pie
“Delicious! The combination of sweet and sour is amazing!” —Benjamin Tin