Grilled Peaches with Ice Cream is a perfectly sweet and juicy treat and one of the best summer dessert recipes to use this fantastic fruit from the farmer’s market.
I’m totally and completely obsessed with fresh peaches during the summer months when they are in season. Hands-down, with no hesitation, I can say that a fresh, ripe peach is my favorite fruit of all time.
We love to eat them plain, or even cut up and drizzled with a little heavy cream for peaches and cream.
I make peach pie, peach ice cream, and peach cobbler each summer. But this summer I added a new favorite peach treat to my repertoire – grilled peaches with ice cream!
How to Grill Peaches
Don’t be intimidated to grill your fruit. The heat from the grill brings out the natural sugars in stone fruit and caramelizes the edges.
Grilled fruit is absolutely delicious (we love grilled pineapple as well) and can be added to salads, served alongside proteins, or offered as a perfect summer dessert.
All it takes to grill peaches is a grill, a little oil, and fresh, ripe peaches, preferably the freestone variety rather than cling. The difference between cling and freestone peaches is whether the flesh of the peach clings to or releases from the pit in the center of the fruit.
Freestone is much easier to work with, especially if you are going to be throwing the sliced peach halves on the grill. Although if you only have cling peaches, you can just slice close to the pit and that will work too.
Heat the grill to medium-high heat, then brush the cut sides of as many peaches as you would like with just a little bit of oil to help prevent them sticking to the grill grates.
Arrange the peaches on the grill, cut sides down, then grill for 3-4 minutes, until grill marks start to appear. I like to flip my peaches to cook on the other side for another 3-4 minutes, just until the peaches are warm all the way through and softened.
Then remove the peaches from the grill and drizzle with a little honey before topping with ice cream and devouring. Vanilla ice cream is wonderful, or for something extra special, try this toasted almond ice cream.
This same technique works for any stone fruit – peaches, nectarines, plums, or apricots – whatever looks good at the farmer’s market this week!
Speaking of the farmer’s market, keep scrolling to the end of this post for more farmer’s market inspired recipes from some of my food blogging friends as we celebrate National Farmer’s Market Week this week!
More Fruit Dessert Recipes
- Fresh Strawberry Pie without Jell-O
- Southern Peach Pie Perfection
- Blackberry Swirl Ice Cream
- Strawberry Pineapple Coconut Swirl Popsicles
- Fresh Peach Cobbler à la Mode
- Strawberry Pretzel Icebox Pie
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Grilled Peaches with Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 large ripe peaches sliced in half
- 1 Tablespoon oil
- honey to drizzle over the grilled peaches
- 4 scoops vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Heat a grill to medium-high heat. Brush the cut halves of each peach with oil, then lay them cut side down on the grill and close the lid.2 large ripe peaches, 1 Tablespoon oil
- Cook for 3-4 minutes until grill marks appear, then flip the peaches and cook for another 3-4 minutes until the peaches are warm all the way though and the peaches are soft.
- Remove the peaches from the grill and drizzle with a little honey, then top each peach half with a scoop of ice cream and serve.honey, 4 scoops vanilla ice cream
Notes
Storage & Make Ahead
- Store: Place cooled peaches in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-4 days.
- Freeze: Freeze grilled peaches on a baking sheet, then transfer to a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months.
- Reheat: Warm them in a grill pan, microwave, or on the grill for 2-3 minutes until heated through.
- Make Ahead: Grill the peaches a day ahead, refrigerate, and reheat before serving with your favorite toppings.
What a perfect summer treat! I love peaches (and ice cream!)
If this doesn’t scream summer, I don’t know what does! Looks and sounds delicious! I could eat this every day of the summer…and probably fall 😉
these look so beautiful for the summer! peach season is Oregon is going full steam ahead right now, so I’d love to make these!