The Best Blueberry Sauce Recipe (2024)

Blueberry sauce recipe is simple to make and so delicious. Serve this on cheesecake, pancakes and more for a decadent treat.

Blueberry Sauce Recipe:

In just a few steps, you can have the most amazing blueberry sauce. It is so delicious and flavorful. The blueberries are the star of the recipe and you can really taste the difference.

Store bought seems to be loaded with excess ingredients and lots of sugar. I love knowing exactly what is in the recipe and it tastes better too. Homemade Blueberry Sauce taste amazing.

This recipe is so easy and cheaper than store bought blueberry sauce. You will save money and get to enjoy the best blueberry sauce! We put this on ice cream, waffles, pancakes and cheesecake.

How do you make Blueberry Syrup from scratch?

This simple Blueberry Syrup is easy to make with simple ingredients. You can use fresh or frozen blueberries. This is great recipe to use up blueberries that might be going bad.

Place ingredients in a sauce pan and heat to a low boil. Then add in corn starch and water to thicken the sauce. That is how simple it is to make.

In less than 5 minutes you can impress your family with this Homemade Blueberry Syrup. This syrup is perfect drizzled over your morning pancakes. Homemade syrups isn’t hard to make, you will be surprised with very little time you can make them.

Homemade blueberry sauce ingredients:

• Fresh Blueberries
• Granulated Sugar
• Water
• Lemon Juice
• Cornstarch

How to make Blueberry Sauce for Cheesecake:

• Combine Ingredients – In a small saucepan, combine the blueberries, sugar, ½ cup water and lemon juice.

• Heat and Mix ingredients – Next, heat over low-medium heat to low boil and stir frequently.

The Best to Thicken a Berry Sauce:

• Whisk Cornstarch and Water – In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water.
• Add to heated blueberry mixture – Slowly whisk cornstarch mixture into blueberries, being careful not to break blueberries.
• Heat and Stir – Cook for 3-5 minutes or until thick and desired consistency on high heat.
• Remove from Heat – Cool completely. Store in airtight container in refrigerator

How to Store Leftover Blueberry Sauce:

Once cooled, pour the sauce into an airtight container. We prefer to use a simplemason jar. You probably already have several in your cabinet.

If not, you can order one of thesepint size mason jarsand keep it in the fridge. I like this set because it comes with different sizes and labels.

More Ways to Use Homemade Blueberry Sauce:

We love making Homemade Blueberry Sauce because of the many ways we can use it. My family likes it served warm. These are some of our favorites:

• Spoon over Cooked Oatmeal
• Make a Yogurt Parfait
• Top your favorite Ice Cream
• Drizzle over Homemade Waffles and Pancakes
• Top a Slice of Cheesecake or angel food cake

Can you Freeze Blueberry Sauce?

Yes, you can freeze blueberry sauce.

• Make sure to allow the blueberry sauce to cool to room temperature.
• Spoon blueberry sauce in an air tight container. Since the blueberry sauce has a dark color, it is possible that it might stain your container.
• I like to leave about ½ inch space between the top of container and the syrup.
• Close the container and place in the freezer.

Try Blueberry Sauce for Pancakes:

This sauce is absolutely amazing on pancakes. The kids love this and often will ask for this instead of syrup. It is also delicious on french toast.

They love to drizzle blueberry syrup and powdered sugar and whipped cream. Yum!

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Blueberry Sauce Cheesecake Topping

This homemade blueberry sauce makes a delicious topping for cheesecake. It is so decadent and really amazing.

We love this recipe for No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake in a Jar.You can easily substitute blueberries instead of strawberries. It is so delicious.

The sauce is good on just a slice of plain cheesecake. Top with this tasty blueberry sauce and you have seriously taken dessert to the next level. It is so good.

Can I Make Blueberry Sauce without Sugar?

Yes, you can make blueberry sauce without sugar. The sauce will have a slight tarte flavor and it could be thinner. If you are trying to cut back on sugar, you might trying using a little less.

You can also use a sugar substitute such as honey or stevia. Some recipes even call for adding orange juice, sugar and lemon zest.

Print thisHomemade Blueberry Sauce Recipe below:

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