Looking for the perfect dessert to finish off a summer meal? Try one of my favorite grilled desserts! These tasty treats are easy to whip up after grilling your main course. Who needs to bake when you can grill your dessert?

You can throw the fruit on the grill while it’s still hot, then wrap them in foil until it’s time for dessert. To me, the lightly smoky flavor of grilled fruit is one of my favorite treats! Topped with a little vanilla ice cream, it tastes restaurant style with very little effort. Here are my favorite grilled dessert recipes to try this summer.

Pro Tips For Grilling Fruit

• Pick ripe but firm fruit. Overripe peaches and pineapple will juice too much and might not survive. If a peach dents under your thumb, save it for a peach smoothie.
• Oil the cut sides. A quick brush of oil keeps fruit from sticking.
• Use the cool side for foil packets. Direct heat is great for searing the cut side of fruit; indirect heat for foil-packet desserts.

Want an easy grilled side dish that requires no effort? You can truly “set it and forget it” with these grilled potatoes in foil. Throw the potatoes and onions in a foil packet and concentrate on the rest of the meal. In 30 minutes, they’re done!

My classic grilled potatoes recipe comes out crispy like French fries, but you have to parboil them first and then baby them on the grill. Grilled potatoes in foil are something different altogether. They come out moist and creamy, flavored with herbs and butter and taste just like the ones you grew up eating (at least, to me!).

Got your grill fired up and want to make a simple grilled side dish? Try these grilled peppers! Bell peppers are one of our favorite vegetables to grill because they are simply incredible. Throw them on the grill and they come out charred, smoky, tender and sweet.

You won’t believe how flavorful these are! This is my favorite method for grilling peppers that we’ve been using for years. I finally wrote it down so you can share in the magic, too.

No Grill Basket? Make One Out of Foil

Don’t have a grill basket? No problem! Here’s the grill basket we use, if you’re looking to purchase one. Or, you can make a make-shift grill basket out of aluminum foil! This helps so that the smaller vegetables don’t fall through the grates. Here’s what to do:

• Fold a large piece of aluminum foil in half and prick several holes in it with a fork.
• Fold up a 1-inch rim around the edge to make a makeshift tray. This isn’t required, but it’s helpful to keep all the veggies in the tray. Then you can use it like you would a grill basket!

Dietary Notes

This grilled peppers recipe is vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, and gluten-free.

To be honest, I was skeptical when I first heard the idea of cottage cheese pancakes. But after making this recipe dozens of times, I’ve become a convert. These protein-packed pancakes deliver nearly double the protein of regular pancakes while using only half the flour!

Using small curd cottage cheese melts into the batter and makes an tender interior that actually tastes like French toast! Each pancake has almost twice the protein than a classic recipe, and my entire family loves them. I’ve made this recipe so many times and it’s become one of the highest rated recipes on this website!

Dietary Notes

This cottage cheese pancakes recipe is vegetarian. For gluten-free, use gluten-free 1 for 1 flour or oat flour.