If you're searching for new dessert ideas, fresh blackberries are the perfect addition to your recipes. I’ve gathered some delicious options that use these juicy fruits in a classic pie, a comforting cobbler, a refreshing ice cream, and a refreshing ice tea. Each of is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and impress everyone at the table!

While fresh blackberries are the best, frozen will work for all of these recipes.

Homemade Blackberry Pie with Double Crust

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This Blackberry Pie is a true Southern classic that combines the best of traditional desserts. With a thick, juicy filling that holds its shape and a perfectly flaky double pie crust, it’s the kind of pie that makes you feel right at home. The lattice top adds a touch of rustic charm, a little trick makes it super easy, and the end result is more than worth it.

This Blackberry Pie is the kind of dessert that feels like a cozy hug from your grandma. It’s got that traditional vibe, with a filling that’s just the right balance of sweet and tart. The best part? It holds its shape beautifully, thanks to the thickened filling that cuts into perfect slices without too much extra juice.

What really sets this pie apart is the double crust. It holds the pie together beautifully while soaking up just enough blackberry juices to keep things from getting too soggy. The lattice topping is classic, and while it might seem like a lot of work, it’s worth the effort. The filling bubbles up just enough to peek through the lattice, giving you a hint of the juicy blackberry filling waiting underneath.

I cheated a bit with this pie and didn’t make an actual lattice work design with the crust. Instead you can simply place the pie crust strips over each other without weaving them. It still looks rustic and is much simpler.

What You'll Need for Blackberry Pie:

• 1 double crust pie dough
• ¾ cup sugar
• 5 tablespoons tapioca flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 4 cups blackberries
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons butter cut into pieces
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon demerara sugar

Cast Iron Skillet Blackberry Cobbler

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You’re going to love the rich, fruity flavors of this easy-to-make Blackberry Skillet Cobbler. Perfectly baked in a cast-iron skillet, this dessert combines juicy blackberries with a soft golden brown cake on top that’s perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. You can prep it in just 15 minutes and enjoy as soon as it comes out of the oven.

This is such an easy recipe; you can make it before the oven pre-heats! If you love a fresh fruit cobbler but also like cake, combine the two in one pan! This recipe is basically a dump cake. Make up the batter, pour it into the pan, and add cups of blackberries. As it cooks, the cake rises and enfolds the blackberries. It’s topped off with Demerara sugar for a sweet crunch in every bite.

I make this in a cast iron skillet, and I think it makes all the difference. I love using cast iron because it naturally lends itself to creating crispy edges, so adding the butter to the bottom of the skillet really takes it over the top. You can make this in a deep dish pie pan or an 8 x 8 baking dish, it just takes a little longer to cook than in an iron skillet.

You’ll know this beauty is done when a cake tester comes out clean, the top is golden brown, and it springs back when you touch it. Serve it with vanilla ice cream, or pour some heavy cream over the top, which is how my grandma always served cobblers.

Desserts don’t have to be complicated to be amazing, and this old fashioned blackberry cobbler proves my point. It’s impossible to mess up, you won’t make everything in your kitchen dirty and naturally fresh fruit combined with a simple cake create a dessert that you’ll be making on repeat.

What You'll Need for Blackberry Cobbler:

• 8 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup flour
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoons brown sugar
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups blackberries

Homemade Custard With Fresh Blackberries

Cool down this summer with a creamy homemade blackberry ice cream recipe made with one of the season’s greatest berries. The custard-style base is gently cooked with egg yolks, sugar, and milk, then mixed with a homemade blackberry purée for punchy berry flavor in every bite.

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To get all the best of the blackberries, you can’t just add them to the ice cream, you’ll want to concentrate them. First cook the berries down with a little sugar, strain all the juice out, and then add the fruity syrup to a fabulous custard.

Refreshing Blackberry Iced Tea

It's not summer in the South without some blackberry iced tea! If you love sweet tea and fresh blackberries, make this homemade iced blackberry tea and sip on a splash of fruity indulgence. This tea recipe is perfect for the hot summer months and is almost easier to make than to open up a can of the premade stuff.

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The secret to getting a lot of blackberry flavor, is to cook the berries to extract all their juice. By adding blackberry juice to the tea, you get lots of blackberry flavor and don’t have to worry about the seeds.

What You'll Neeed for Blackberry Iced Tea:

• 4 cups unsweetened Iced Tea
• 3 cups blackberries
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 4 cups water

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