Roasting strawberries concentrates their natural sugars for a sweeter, deeper and richer strawberry flavor! The berry juices transform into a deliciously thick syrup with floral vanilla notes.
These jammy and easy-to-make roasted strawberries are a deliciously versatile summer condiment. Enjoy them warm or chilled. Serve them over your favorite yogurt or ice cream or yogurt, stir them into oatmeal, slather them on pancakes, waffles, crepes, or French toast and so much more.
If you can slice strawberries and turn on an oven, you can make this recipe!
The heat tenderizes firm, under-ripe fruit and the subtle use of aromatic ingredients, like vanilla and maple syrup and a squeeze of lemon, breathes new life into even the blandest of berries, turning them into the delightful summer fruits.
Why this Recipe Works
- Quick & easy! Toss all ingredients together and roast.
- Sweeten any strawberry without adding extra sugar. The heat concentrates their natural sugars for a sweeter, deeper and richer strawberry flavor. No extra sugar necessary with this method.
- Breathe new life into underripe or bland berries. The heat sweetens and the subtle aromatics will brighten and transform even the blandest of berries,
- Recipe is versatile. Quantity can be halved or doubled. Sweetener, spices and herbs can easily be swapped out.
- Multi-use recipe: Eat them on their own or use them as a topping. See all the serving suggestions below. The possibilities are endless!
Roasted strawberries are just as versatile as raw berries, and it's up to you whether to enjoy them warm or chilled.
SIMPLICITY AT IT'S VERY BEST! The juices from the roasted strawberries combine with the maple syrup to create a strawberries syrup that are greater than the sum of its parts.
How to Make these Roasted Strawberries:
Pre-heat oven. Slice strawberries. Toss with maple syrup (or other sweetener of your choice) on baking sheet until evenly coated; add spices and a pinch of salt. Let the oven do the rest of the work and enjoy!
Cooks Tip: don’t crowd baking sheet.
Please enjoy these step-by-step pics.
Roast Strawberry Serving Suggestions
Some suggestions are: yogurt, ice cream, oatmeal, pancakes, waffles, cakes, crepes, cheesecakes, biscuits, toasts and more.
1st up: when I sliced the strawberries vertically
2nd up: when I sliced the strawberries horizontally:
Cooks Tips:
- When possible, buy organic and local strawberries.
- Store fresh strawberries: store in a paper lined, airtight container, 3-7 days in the fridge.
- The recipe can be doubled or tripled, just be mindful not to crowd the baking sheet.
- Leftover roasted strawberries will keep for up to 5 days in the fridge.
Roasted Strawberries
Ingredients
- 2 pints fresh strawberries 1.5 pounds or about 4 cups sliced
- 1-2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey, date syrup, sugar, or another sweetner of your choice
- 1 vanila bean or 1 tablespoon of vanilla bean paste
- 1 cinnamon stick optional
- 3 fresh thyme sprigs optional
- pinch kosher salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 F degrees.
- Rinse and hull strawberries. Leave tiny ones whole, halve or quarter the rest so they’re all roughly the same size and cook at about the same rate. Add strawberries to a baking dish.
- Add maple syrup (or sweetener of choice), vanilla, cinnamon sticks and thyme (if using or other spices of choice) to baking dish with strawberries. Toss to coat strawberries evenly.
- Bake for 20 min, stirring once along the way.
- Enjoy straight out the oven or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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Notes
- When possible, buy organic and local strawberries.
- Store fresh strawberries: store in a paper lined, airtight container, 3-7 days in the fridge.
- The recipe can be doubled or tripled, just be mindful not to crowd the baking sheet.
- Leftover roasted strawberries will keep for up to 5 days in the fridge.
Want More Strawberry Recipes?
Sweet and savory - here are all the juicy strawberry recipes worth making.
- Strawberry Salsa - Sweet, savory, spicy. Jalapeño, ginger, lime, fresh herbs. You'll be double-dipping.
- Strawberry Burrata Salad - Creamy burrata, croutons, balsamic. A very Cali panzanella. 20 minutes.
- Watermelon Gazpacho with Strawberries - Watermelon, strawberries, tomato, jalapeño. The prettiest cold soup of summer.
- Strawberry Snack Cake - Jam in the batter, berries on top. Breakfast, dessert, everything in between.
- Strawberry Olive Oil Cake - Ricotta, cornmeal, balsamic-glazed strawberries. Good at any hour.
- Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp - The easiest rhubarb bake. No pie dough required.
- Strawberry-Rhubarb Galette - All the drama of a pie, none of the stress.
If ya tried it, I'd love to hear - leave a comment below and tag me on IG, @danielagerson, so I can see too!
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I can't wait to try your recipe for roasted strawberries! It sounds like the perfect topping for desserts
Thanks so much Chef Dennis! These roasted strawberries are so delicious and there are indeed so very many uses for them! Please let me know what think after you make them... I'd absolutely love to hear :).
I have never had roasted strawberries, but that will soon change. These look so good and I can think of so many ways to enjoy them!
Thank ya so very much Anne! Super stoked for ya to try roasted strawberries... I think you'll love them :)! And there are indeed so very many ways to enjoy them!
I'm drooling over here! I love ANYTHING with strawberries! This is a great idea for a recipe to use after strawberry picking as well! YUM!!!
Thanks so much for the super sweet feedback Leslie! So stoked to hear my recipe made ya drool :)! And def a great use for just picked strawberries!
Oh my word! I need this in my life! These roasted strawberries look soo delicious.
Ya you do Maggie! So easy to make and soooooo delicious! Stoked to hear ya want these in your life :).
Oh yes! Roasted strawberries are just full of flavour and they go so well with almost anything! My favourite is to simply add them to some yogurt or ice cream, but I will happily eat them on their own!
Absolutely agreed Anna! The heat concentrates the strawberry flavor and they can go on soooooo many different things... or just eaten as is which I love too :).
These were delicious, but I had to roast my strawberries almost 50 min. I promise I didn't cut them too thick, I did it just like in your pictures. It's not a big deal, I just didn't want anyone to feel like they did something wrong..... Just roast them til they're looking like the picture and you'll be in yummy roasted strawberry heaven 😁
Appreciate the feedback Mamma Mera and yes! Exact times may vary slightly and I'm stoked to hear ya took the initiate to roast until they looked perfectly yummy :). Will check cooking times again next time I make them and thanks so much!
I bake with fresh strawberries all the time, but I've never considered roasting them. What a brilliant idea! I bet these would be sooo good with a spoonful of lemon curd.
Yes they would be Julie! Roasted strawberries on lemon curd sounds dreamy now I wanna try that too! And cant wait to hear whatcha think of them :).
These roasted strawberries would be perfect over ice cream, a good creamy, cheese, or pancakes. Love the little bit of thyme in them!
Absolutely agreed Jenni! And thanks so much for the super sweet feedback... really appreciate it :).
This is beautiful! I want to slather this all over a bowl of ice cream. I can’t wait to give this a try!
So super stoked to hear that Amy! And please let me know how it goes after ya make them... I'd really love to hear :).
YES, please! Your roasted strawberries are just gorgeous. I'm drooling over all of your suggestions on what to put them on. Cheesecake? Check! Waffles? Check! Ice Cream? Check! I am ALL about this!
Yesss!!! So super stoked to hear that Michele! And I DEF rec putting them on my cheesecake recipe thats also on my blog! I did that last week and it was absolutely positively dreamy :).
Why have I never roasted strawberries before?!! Gonna need to add this simple recipe to my meal prep this week to add to my oats and yogurt!
Yesssss!!! So super stoked to hear that Lorie! Roasted strawberries are delicious! Perhaps you've had them in pie/galette/crisp for but yes ya can def just roast these beauties themselves and use them in so very many delicious ways! Hope ya loved them with your oats and yogurt :).
I LOVE roasted strawberries! This is such a great idea for switching up the way you eat fruit. Excited to try this recipe! Gorgeous images. Thanks for sharing.
Absolute pleasure Tara and thank ya so much for the super sweet feedback! So stoked to hear ya love roasted strawberries and that you're gonna try this recipe :-):):)!
Oh wow.. that sounds fantastic. What a great idea to use up strawberries from my garden. This will be perfect over ice cream. My kiddo will love this.. so am I. Must make!
That is so rad that you grow strawberries in your garden Natalie! And I really hope your kids love 'em as much as I do :)!
These might be lovely, and I want to try them, but it is deceiving to see so many of the commentors give five star reviews only to read that all of the reviewers only say that they want to use your recipe, or that they know that roasted Strawberries are so good but with no mention of how good your particular recipe is. --- There should be a way for readers to see the difference between "encouraging stars" and "reviewing stars." That is disappointing....
Hi Rainah and I'm sorry to hear about your disappointment with the comments. I understand and appreciate your feedback. Def share it with WordPress! I don't control the comments on here and happily share all this content for anyone that would like to see it :).
Very, very delicious and easy to prepare👍👍
Thanks for the recipe🙏🙏
Absolute pleasure Jacquie + I can make this for ya anytime! You'd love them on top of cheesecake or pancakes or waffles :).
Can roasted strawberries be frozen? Thank you!
Yep! In an airtight container up to 6ish months. Lemme know how your roasted strawberries go :)!
Have you ever macerated them after roasting and then added them into drinks? I think that it would give an interesting twist to a drink like this: https://www.californiastrawberries.com/strawberry-moscow-mule/
Hi Alexa - haven't done that yet but it sounds absolutely delicious! Did you every try it? You inspired me to do so this summer... thank ya :).
Instead of maple syrup I used balsamic reduction. Heavenly, just heavenly.
So stoked to hear that and thanks so much for sharing you variation! Balsamic reduction indeed sounds heavenly :).
Delicious! I’m wondering, have you ever frozen the strawberries after roasting?
I've roasted my strawberry galettes, pies and cakes with no prob at all. Haven't frozen the roasted strawberries yet and think it works just fine.
I have 15lbs of flash frozen strawberries. Can they be roasted?
YESSSS!!! Absolutely for sure and please let me know how they turn out :).