Whether you’re looking to dig into the best pear desserts to try and impress your family or you just want some pear dessert ideas to keep in your back pocket for a holiday or gathering, this is the ultimate pear dessert list!
Check out the easy pear desserts, including pear pies and tartlets, or try your hand at some of the more intricate desserts made with pear so you can learn new techniques in the kitchen.
Pears are some of the most delicious dessert ingredients, and you might be surprised how versatile they can be and the sheer number of pear desserts that you can come up with.
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Best Pear Desserts
These are the best pear desserts, including desserts with pears like pear tarts, pear ice cream, and even pear cake!
Pear Tart Bars with Goat Cheese Crumble
Fall bars with a shortbread crust, topped with both mashed and sliced pears, and a sweet goat cheese crumble.
Easy Pear Crisp Recipe
Tender, cinnamon-spiced pears are baked with a buttery oat topping to create this easy and delicious homemade Pear Crisp.
Vegan Spiced Pear & Almond Cake
This vegan pear cake is light, fluffy and super moist. It's the perfect dessert for beginners, looks beautiful and has a delicious hint of cinnamon, maple and lemon.
Spiced Pear Donuts
Baked to fluffy perfection, these spiced pear donuts are easy to make and covered in a delicious brown sugar glaze.
Baked Pears
Baked pears, an elegant dessert with fruit's warm, sweet flavor, and the crunch of walnuts and pecans plays together like pear-fect harmony.
Easy Pear Cobbler
It has a bottom layer of sweet, juicy, fresh pears that are smothered with an amazing tender biscuit topping! A fantastic fall dessert I'm sure you'll want to repeat often during the season.
Slow Cooker Butter Pecan Pear Cake
This Slow Cooker Butter Pecan Pear Cake is a moist and light cake with butter pecan flavor bursting in each bite paired with tender pears throughout.
Pear Fritters
Why do apples get all the love? These Pear Fritters are just like the apple-based classic, but they're packed with juicy pears and a sweet pear icing drizzle!
vegan chocolate hazelnut pear pie
This Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Pear Pie is like the best combination of chocolate pie and fruit pie! Sweet pears are combined with dark chocolate and toasted hazelnuts for a winning flavor profile.
vegan ginger pear bundt cake - The Baking Fairy
This Vegan Ginger Pear Bundt Cake is super simple to make, and so delicious. This soft cake is packed with fresh pear pieces and crystallized ginger for a taste of fall!
Pear ice cream
This homemade caramelized pear ice cream with ginger is fresh and delicious. With rich brown sugar caramel and warming ginger it's packed with seasonal flavors.
Puff Pastry Pear Tartlets
These Puff Pastry Pear Tartlets are a delicious, quick and easy Winter dessert recipe. Combining Puff Pastry, a homemade Pear Compote and fresh Pears slices, these Mini Pear Tarts are perfect for breakfast, afternoon tea or a sweet snack!
Easy Pear Compote
This super easy Spiced Pear Compote made with Cinnamon, Ginger and no processed sugar is a delicious and healthy Winter sauce to enjoy over pancakes, oatmeal, yogurt, cakes and desserts - or simply on its own!
Spiced Pear Muffins
These easy Spiced Pear Muffins make a delicious Fall and Winter sweet treat to enjoy for breakfast, afternoon tea or dessert. Ready in 35 minutes only, the spiced muffins are packed with fresh pear chunks and finished with a cinnamon sugar topping.
Dutch Pear Pie
This Dutch Pear Pie is a warm, wonderful pie filled with Fall's other sweet, juicy and often overlooked fruit. It's delicately spiced with grated nutmeg and topped with a buttery-sweet streusel crumb topping.
Pear and Caramel Yogurt Trifle
This Pear and Caramel Yogurt Trifle combines layers of pound cake with caramel yogurt, fresh pears, peanut brittle, and caramel sauce.
Seckel Pear & Pistachio Scones
Lovely whole grain gluten-free vegan scones for an elegant winter breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Seckel pear & pistachio scones are perfect paired with a warm mug of coffee or tea.
Slow Cooker Pear Butter (No Peeling, No Added Sugar)
Smooth, creamy, and naturally sweet, this Slow Cooker Pear Butter recipe is so simple and easy to make! No peeling or added sugar needed, just a combination of your favorite pears cooked down in your crockpot for a perfectly thick, sweet, and aromatic spread full of autumn spices, that's gluten-free, vegan, paleo, and allergy-free! Ideal for canning, gifting, and eating!
Pear & Walnut Cake with Honey Buttercream
This Pear & Walnut Cake with Honey Buttercream is incredibly moist and packed with flavor. The perfect way to kick off the Fall season!
Spiced Apple Pear Pie
This Apple Pear Pie makes for an incredible dessert for Fall. It's made with slices of sweet apples and pears mixed with warming spices and baked in an all-butter pie crust. It's the ultimate cosy twist on the American classic.
Easy French Pear and Chocolate Ganache Tart
Pear and chocolate tart is an easy to make French classic dessert. An indulging chocolate ganache along with juicy pears on top of a pie crust, so simple and yet so delicious!
Gluten-Free Pear and Raspberry Cake
Simple to make and delicious to eat, this lovely Gluten-Free Pear and Raspberry Cake is moist and full of flavour. Enjoy it with a pot of tea or coffee or as a dessert with a dollop of cream and some fresh raspberries.
Spiced Caramelized Pear and Walnut Bread with Cinnamon Streusel
The most delicious Fall treat! This Spiced Caramelized Pear and Walnut Bread with Cinnamon Streusel is moist, perfectly sweet, and deliciously spiced. It's honestly just SO. GOOD.
Pear and Salted Caramel Pie
What could possibly be more satisfying than the combination of salted caramel, baked pears and the perfect pie crust? This Pear and Salted Caramel Pie recipe has become my go-to for any event or craving.
Small Batch Pear Ginger Jam (No Pectin)
This easy Pear Ginger Jam requires only 4 ingredients and no pectin. Brimming with the fresh flavors of fall, you won’t find a more delicious ginger-spiced pear jam anywhere.
Poached Pear Gingerbread Cake
An elegant sunken pear cake meets a warming gingerbread cake in this vegan Poached Pear Gingerbread Cake. It’s an absolute showstopper that will wow your friends and family at the holidays!
Salted Caramel Mascarpone Pear Tart
This salted caramel mascarpone pear tart is decadent and fit for any special occasion, with the silky smooth salted caramel mascarpone filling in a toasted pecan crust and topped with sliced fresh pears.
Ginger Pear Muffins with Honey (Healthy Breakfast Treat)
These honey pear muffins feature crystallized ginger for extra flavor and a bit of a kick! They're lightly sweetened and perfect for fall baking.
Pear Cranberry Crumble Pie
This pear cranberry pie with an oatmeal streusel topping might just take center stage at your Thanksgiving table. Sorry apple pie, but I think I found a new favorite pie to serve. This is also a sneak peak to my cookbook that is coming out!!!
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