47 Summer Desserts That’ll Sweeten Even the Hottest Days

Open the summer desserts file, and you’ll find everything from best-of-season fresh fruit, simply cut and served on a platter, to a decadent icebox cake, to silky tofu pudding, to all manner of ice creams. This is a time for ease and delight—and ease and delight you shall have. There will be BBQ-friendly sheet cakes. There will be fresh peach pies. There will be chocolate weed brownies. (Ease and delight, remember?) Basically, there will be anything you want there to be, as long as it’s no-fuss and tempers that steamy summer heat. Here are our best summer desserts for your ease, delight, and pleasure.