The 17 Best Sherbet and Sorbet Recipes to Make This Summer (2024)

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1. Salted Coconut Sorbet With Peanuts

• Time Commitment: 5 minutes (+ freezing time)
• Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, dairy-free

A salty-sweet and dairy-free frozen treat that comes together with just a few shelf-stable ingredients? Count us in.

2. Raspberry-peach Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 5 hours 5 minutes
• Why We Love It: <500 calories, paleo

Toss some fresh fruit in the blender, add a drizzle of honey and pat yourself on the back for satisfying your frozen dessert craving with a yummy, low-calorie sorbet made from 100 percent clean ingredients (i.e., no refined sugars or artificial stuff).

3. Creamy California Avocado And Mint Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 8 hours 20 minutes
• Why We Love It: <500 calories

Avocado and mint combine to create a sherbet with the luxuriously creamy texture of ice cream and the refreshing taste of summer.

4. Raspberry Sorbet Rosé Float

• Time Commitment: 5 minutes
• Why We Love It: <15 minutes, vegan

This dreamy combo of sorbet and rose is a decidedly sophisticated, adults-only upgrade to the ice cream floats of your youth.

5. Tropical Calamansi Mango Sorbet Bars

• Time Commitment: 4 hours 35 minutes
• Why We Love It: crowd-pleaser, vegan

Here, calamansi, a tart citrus fruit from the Philippines, pairs up with sweet mango to create a perfectly balanced popsicle that you’ll want to have on (or in) hand all season slong.

6. Amaretto Peach Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 20 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, crowd-pleaser

The amaretto in this recipe does double duty, preventing the sorbet from freezing solid whilst imparting a hint of almond flavor that’s downright divine when paired with ripe summer peach.

7. Frozen Mango Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 2 hours 5 minutes
• Why We Love It: Sugar-free, kid-friendly, vegan

Attention, parents: This frozen dessert is free of refined sugar, packed with vitamins and 100 percent kid-friendly. In other words, you really can have it all.

8. Sugar-free Strawberry Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 2 hours 20 minutes
• Why We Love It: sugar-free, low carb

Score the freshest, ripest strawberries you can get your hands on and pop them in the freezer to make a refreshing sorbet that will satisfy your sweet tooth without spiking your blood sugar.

9. Sugar-free Chocolate Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 20 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, low carb, <500 calories

You’ve been wishin’ and prayin’ for a chocolate fix that doesn’t add an inch to your waistline, and the genius who created this 15-calories-per-serving, rich and creamy sorbet was listening.

10. Watermelon Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 15 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, <10 ingredients

The only thing better than watermelon on a hot summer day is a refreshing bowl of watermelon sorbet that comes together with only one ingredient (and doesn’t require an ice cream maker).

11. Espresso Dark Chocolate Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 16 minutes
• Why We Love It: Vegan, sugar-free

Cold brew was our go-to for getting a caffeine fix during the summer months…and then we discovered this frozen chocolate and espresso concoction, and suddenly everything has changed.

12. Easy Vodka Berry Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 24 hours 5 minutes
• Why We Love It: Special occasion-worthy, crowd-pleaser

Once again, booze saves the day by preventing homemade sorbet from turning into a stone cold disappointment when what you want is a scoopable mouthful of frosty fruit flavor.

13. Easy Holiday Raspberry Sorbet Champagne Mimosas

• Time Commitment: 10 minutes
• Why We Love It: Special occasion-worthy, <15 minutes

Sorbet meets mimosa and the result is a swoon-worthy champagne co*cktail we’ll be serving up all year long.

14. Basil Lime Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 45 minutes
• Why We Love It: Vegan, <10 ingredients

Enjoy this aromatic combination of fresh basil and citrus as a palate cleanser between courses or as a refreshing dessert at any time of day.

15. Honey Lemon Strawberry Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 40 minutes
• Why We Love It: Sugar-free, make ahead

Pink lemonade just got a colder and classier new look…and we’re pretty pleased about it.

16. Prosecco Pineapple Sorbet Floats

• Time Commitment:
• Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, special occasion-worthy

An instant hit at any brunch table, this boozy sorbet float boasts tropical flavor and bubbles, to boot.

17. Piña Colada Sorbet

• Time Commitment: 15 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, make ahead

Because you like piña coladas and pretty make-ahead desserts that promise to woo any and every guest.

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