We’ve pulled together 25+ of the Best Lemon Desserts for all of the lemon lovers out there. From lemon cooler cookies and lemon curd to no bake lemon desserts and lemon breakfast sweets, you will find new recipes to make all year long.
Jump to:
Best Lemon Desserts
When life gives you lemons, make one of these 25+ Best Lemon Dessert Recipes. They are all made with fresh lemons and are all loaded with luscious lemon flavor.
Whether you are in the mood for a creamy lemon curd dessert, Lemon Blueberry Muffins, or something fun like our adorable Lemon Cream Cookie Cups, you are sure to find a new favorite recipe.
Lemon Cookies
Glazed Lemon Cookies
These light and fluffy Glazed Lemon Cookies are lemony, soft, and topped with a delicious lemon glaze. They’re made with fresh lemon juice and zest and have the perfect balance of sweet and sour.
Lemon Cooler Cookies
This Lemon Cooler Cookie recipe is super tender and full of nostalgic lemony flavor. They are buttery, sweet and covered in a powdered lemonade mixture just like the originals.
Lemon Meltaway Cookies
These quick and easy Lemon Meltaway Cookies are so tender that they literally melt in your mouth. They’re topped with a tart and creamy lemon glaze that makes them completely irresistible.
Lemon Oreo Cookies
These homemade Lemon Oreo Cookies are soft, chewy, and a perfectly refreshing spring or summer treat. Each cookie sandwich is filled with velvety smooth lemon cream cheese frosting made from fresh lemons.
Lemon Bars
Classic Lemon Bars
This classic Lemon Bars Recipe has a thick, creamy lemon curd filling baked over a buttery shortbread crust. These easy Lemon squares are delicious and always a crowd favorite.
Creamy Lemon Bars
These Creamy Lemon Bars combine a buttery graham cracker crust, velvety smooth cheesecake, and perfectly tart lemon filling. They’re the perfect warm weather dessert for any occasion.
Lemon Sugar Cookie Bars
These Lemon Cookie Bars are an easy treat with an intense lemon frosting. They are perfectly chewy, sweet, and tart and great for just about any occasion.
Lemon Curd Desserts
Lemon Curd
This delicious homemade Lemon Curd is light, creamy, tart, sweet and only takes about 10 minutes to prep. Spread it over scones, spoon over ice cream or even use as a simple filling for pies, cakes, trifles and more.
Lemon Curd Cookie Cups
These adorable Lemon Bar Cookie Cups are made with soft sugar cookie dough and homemade lemon curd. A bit like bite-sized lemon pies, they are the perfect sweet treat to serve at baby showers, weddings, and summer parties.
Lemon Cream Cookie Cups
These Lemon Cream Cookie Cups are melt-in-your-mouth delicious and so easy to make. They’re full of lemon flavor and perfect for serving at baby showers, summer BBQs, or weekend brunch.
Lemon Raspberry Parfait
This Lemon Raspberry Parfait is like springtime in a glass. It’s light, bright, creamy and bursting with fresh raspberries, lemon curd, whipped cream and graham crackers in every bite.
Lemon Cake Recipes
Lemon Bundt Cake
This recipe for Lemon Bundt Cake is the ultimate dessert for lemon lovers. Flavored with fresh lemon zest and lemon extract, it’s moist, tender, and utterly delicious.
Lemon Poppyseed Cake
This Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake is light and fluffy, perfectly sweet, and studded with crunchy poppy seeds. It’s a simple, classically delicious cake to make whether you are expecting guests or just want something sweet.
Lemon Poppyseed Bread
This classic, glazed Lemon Poppy Seed Bread is soft and tender and bursting with bright lemon flavor. We add plenty of poppy seeds to this simple recipe for an amazing flavor and texture.
Lemon Raspberry Bundt Cake
This Lemon Raspberry Bundt Cake is light and fluffy, absolutely bursting with lemon and raspberries, and is super simple to make. Topped with a pretty pink lemon raspberry glaze and served with fresh whipped cream and berries, you’ll be in bundt cake heaven.
Lemon Pound Cake
This easy Lemon Pound Cake Recipe is super moist with a dense crumb and intense lemon flavor. Topped with a sweet and sour lemon glaze, it’s simple, classic and perfect for any occasion.
Lemon Blueberry Cakes
Mini Lemon Blueberry Bread
These mini lemon loaves are packed with fresh blueberries and a zesty lemon flavor that's sure to satisfy your sweet tooth. It's perfect for a quick breakfast or a midday snack.
Lemon Blueberry Bread
This yummy Lemon Blueberry Bread is soft, moist, super simple and topped with a sugary homemade lemon glaze. It’s the perfect breakfast treat, afternoon snack or even dessert.
Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
This easy Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake is packed with lemon flavor, and wild blueberries and topped with a delicious lemon glaze. It’s sweet and tangy, super moist, and an easy recipe to make for any occasion.
Lemon Breakfast Recipes
Lemon Blueberry German Pancake
This Lemon Blueberry Dutch Baby recipe is the perfect weekend breakfast treat. The crepe-like pancakes puff in the oven staying fluffy on the inside with a delicious golden brown crust.
Lemon Blueberry Breakfast Scones
These Lemon Blueberry Scones are a delightful brunch or afternoon snack. They are crumbly and moist, proving that lemons and blueberries are a match made in heaven!
Lemon Blueberry Breakfast Cake
This Lemon Blueberry Breakfast Cake is a delicious, seasonal breakfast treat. The soft and tender cake is full of blueberries, flavored with buttermilk and fresh lemon zest, and has a light sugar crust. This blueberry breakfast cake is a classic breakfast recipe.
Lemon Sweet Rolls
This Lemon Sweet Rolls recipe is light, fluffy and slathered in lemon buttercream frosting. They make the perfect sunshiney breakfast alternative to cinnamon rolls that taste great all year long.
Lemon Blueberry Muffins
These Lemon Blueberry Muffins are soft, fluffy, buttery, and topped with a sugar-crusted top or a yummy streusel crumb. This quick and easy recipe uses Greek yogurt, fresh lemons and plenty of blueberries to make the best homemade muffins that always turn out perfect.
No Bake Lemon Desserts
No Bake Lemon Cheesecake
This easy No Bake Lemon Cheesecake has a tangy sweet cream cheese filling with a buttery graham cracker crust. Made with real lemon, it’s the perfect refreshing summer recipe that won’t heat up your kitchen.
Lemon Cheesecake Fruit Dip
This creamy, dreamy Lemon Cheesecake Fruit Dip is made with simple ingredients and takes just 10 minutes to prep. It’s tart and sweet, light and fluffy, and perfect for serving at potlucks, backyard BBQs, baby showers, or as an after-school snack.
More Easy Lemon Recipes
Lemon Syrup
This Lemon Syrup Recipe is naturally flavored with fresh lemon juice and lemon zest. It’s the perfect syrup recipe for Lemon pancakes, waffles, Fresh toast, or ice cream.
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
This quick and easy Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting is bright, creamy, and refreshing. Use it to add tart lemon flavor to cupcakes, layered cakes, cinnamon rolls, and so much more.
More Of The Best Dessert Recipes
- Apple Pie
- Zucchini Coconut Cake
- Caramel Apple Crisp
- Blackberry Crisp
- Key Lime Pound Cake
- Peaches and Cream Pie
- Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
- Old Fashioned Pineapple Cake
- More Dessert Recipes
- More Summer Recipes
If you’ve tried this recipe, please rate it and leave a comment on this post. I love hearing feedback from you. It helps me and other readers too! If you love Pinterest, feel free to leave a comment and photo there too. Also, if you like to share, use the hashtag #thecarefreekitchen on Instagram and tag me @thecarefreekitchen so I can find you and give your post some love. You can also find me on Facebook at The Carefree Kitchen. Thank you!!
Here are over 25 of the Best Lemon Desserts for you to try when you are in a mood for a luscious lemon recipe. They are all recipes with fresh lemons and super easy to make.
Leave a Reply