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The 50 Most Popular Summer Recipes of 2025
Hi everyone! Can you believe we’re already weeks into summer? I’ve seen way too much talk about Halloween lately—it’s only July, you all!
We still have some of the hottest, sunniest days ahead, so let’s make the most of them—and lean into all the fresh, vibrant recipes we wait all year to enjoy. I share this post every summer, though this year’s roundup is coming in a little later than usual! Like many of our seasonal collections, this one has become something I really love putting together. It’s always fun to look back at all the recipes we’ve cooked, baked, and fallen in love with since 2012—so many amazing dishes and memories.
And can you believe it? This October will mark 13 years of Half Baked Harvest. It’s kind of wild to think that my mom and I have been building this site—and this business—for over a decade, one recipe at a time. I’m so excited by how far we’ve come and everything still to come.
Below you’ll find everything from fresh appetizers to easy summer mains to all the sweet, fruity desserts.
If you want to see our previous summer recipe posts, here they are! Summer 2019, summer 2020, summer 2021, summer 2022, summer 2023, and summer 2024. Enjoy!
Back on Sunday with a new Favorites post! See you then!
The 50 most popular summer recipes
appetizers/salads/sandwiches/dinners
Simple Roasted Sungold Cherry Tomato Pasta
Dill Pickle Salt and Vinegar Chicken Salad
Tomato Cheddar Chicken and Rice Bake
3 Cheese Prosciutto Peach Pizza
Lemon Basil Zucchini Pasta Alfredo
Pull Apart Cheeseburger Sliders
20 Minute Ginger Pineapple Chicken Stir Fry
Skillet Creamed Street Corn Chicken
20 Minute Sticky Ginger Sesame Pineapple Beef
Skillet Corn and Chipotle Chicken Tortilla Bake
Charred Tomato Basil Chicken Florentine Pasta
One Pan Chipotle Honey Chicken and Rice
Baked Crunchy Hot Honey Chicken
Garlic Butter Creamed Corn Chicken
Spicy Chipotle Honey Salmon Bowls
One Skillet Street Corn Chicken Enchilada Bake
20 Minute Korean Beef Sesame Noodles
Roasted Tomato Ricotta Pasta with Crispy Prosciutto
One Pot 30 Minute Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta Bake
Grilled Lemon Herb Chicken Avocado Orzo Salad
Souper Creamy Lemon Butter Cheesy Zucchini Orzo
Greek Chicken Chopped Salad with Lemon Tahini Vinaigrette
Cheesy Zucchini Chicken and Rice Bake
Simplest Zucchini Parmesan Pasta
Easy Sheet Pan Tomato Herb Pizza
30 Minute Pineapple Chicken with Coconut Rice
Roasted Tomato Basil and Feta Orzo
Marinated Cherry Tomatoes with Burrata
One Pot Lemon Butter Ricotta and Zucchini Pasta
Lemon Chicken Skewers with Creamy Feta Sauce
Crispy Salt and Vinegar Smashed Potatoes
One Pot Lemon Basil, Corn, and Ricotta Pasta
Honey Mustard Pretzel Chicken and Avocado Bacon Salad
Corn, Tomato, and Avocado Pasta Salad
Tomato, Peach, and Burrata Salad
Sheet Pan Jalapeño Pineapple Shrimp Tacos with Cilantro Garlic Sauce
Easiest One Pan Caprese Pesto Orzo Bake
Skillet Creamy Cajun Chicken Lazone with Herby Corn
Sheet Pan Cheesy Poblano Corn Enchiladas
20 Minute Florentine Butter Chicken with Burst Cherry Tomatoes
Spicy Garlic Lemon Butter Shrimp with Corn Polenta
Spicy Pesto and Cheese Stuffed Zucchini Involtini
Skillet Creamed Street Corn Chicken
Pesto Peach Chicken in White Wine with Burrata
Pesto Chicken and Avocado Bacon Salad Wraps
Picnic Style Pesto Turkey and Avocado Bacon Sandwich
Sweets
Toasted S’mores Ice Cream Sandwiches
Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tart Bars
Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Icing
No Churn Creamy Strawberry Ice Cream
Nonnie’s 6 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake
Blackberry Lavender Naked Cake with White Chocolate Buttercream
Simple Blueberry Basque Cheesecake
Old School Easy Brown Sugar Peach Cobbler
Easy Strawberry Ice Cream Cake
Easy Ginger Blackberry Peach Cobbler
Cinnamon Maple Brown Butter Blackberry Peach Crisp
Blackberry Lavender White Chocolate Scones
4 Ingredient Creamy Fruit Popsicles
Toasted S’mores Ice Cream Sandwiches
Salty Pretzel Banana Pudding Ice Cream Cake
Blackberry Lavender Ice Cream Sandwiches
the best summer drinks
Salted Spicy Watermelon Margarita Popsicles
Frosted Watermelon Rosemary Frosé
Lastly, if you make any of these 50 Most Popular Summer Recipes of 2024, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love hearing from you and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And, of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
The 50 Most Popular Summer Recipes of 2025
This post was originally published on July 10, 2025
Would love to see a dedicated section on just mocktails. As more and more people choose to opt out from drinking alcoholic drinks, I feel like there’s a huge void left to be filled with mocktail recipes that aren’t just a couple juices combined with each other.
Thanks for sharing your feedback, Ben!
Wow! There are so many wonderful and delicious looking recipes here! Thank you so much for putting all of these yummy summer recipes together in one place – what a handy reference. I actually appreciate the large number (and variety) of recipes you’ve put together here. My husband and I spent time together scrolling through the list and picking out our favorites to make. Now we just have to pick which one we’re going to start with!!!
Thank you SO much Kirsten! I’m so glad you loved this post and you appreciate the variety! I always want to make sure I give everyone lots of options to draw inspiration and ideas from to make in their own kitchen! Let me know which recipe you end up trying out! 🙂 xT
Which recipe is the photo at the top of the post? Looks like a peach cobbler but it different than the peach cobbler recipes included in the round up? I’d love a link to the recipe that goes with the top photo! Thanks 🙂
Hey Ellen! Here is the recipe for the photo at the very top of this post! It’s the caramel peach dump cake 🙂 https://fatburn.fit/peach-dump-cake/%3C/a%3E Hope you love it! xT
It doesn’t matter how many recipes there are or how many were stated – they all look great! I just went through quickly and clicked links to everything that looked good for my family and will go through those and decide what to make. Providing so many options is really helpful for me. I’m diabetic so I skipped a lot of the pasta’s and all of the desserts (although the photos do look so good!) but I have to say, a round-up is a round-up and the point is lots of recipes. Thank you so much, Tieghan, for all the options!!
Aw thank you Denise! That is so sweet of you! I appreciate the feedback! 🙂 xT
I’d like to see the number of recipes included in the round up match the number of recipes stated in the title so we know there was some care, thought and effort put into the post and deciding on which recipes are “top 50” or whatever. Counting isn’t too much to expect.
Thank you for this feedback Julie! Have a great day! xT
In response to the question you posed below, I think 15-20 recipes would be ideal. Although the main thing would be having an accurate title – so if it says 50 recipes, only include 50. Just my two cents.
Hey Elle! Thank you so much for this input, I’ll definitely take this into consideration moving forward! Have a great summer! xT
There are over 80 recipes in this ’50 recipes’ post. So overwhelming. Even 50 would be too many.
Hey Kelly! Thank you for this feedback, I appreciate it! Is there a certain number of recipes you’d like to see for these posts? Let me know your thoughts! xT
I think just 10 recipes would be good. Maybe top 10 entrees in one post, top 10 desserts in another post, 10 drinks in another post. Instead of them all being in one huge post. Would be much easier to navigate!
Okay, sounds good! Thank you for the input, I appreciate it! Just wanted to give people lots of variety for options for recipes but I can narrow it down in the future! 🙂 xT