16 Sorbet Recipes That Prove Just How Easy It Is To Make Your Own at Home

When it comes to frozen dessert, there’s nothing more refreshing than sorbet. Unlike creamier desserts like frozen yogurt or ice cream, sorbet is typically made with a fruit base to create a dessert that’s both sweet, tart and totally mouthwatering. It’s the perfect way to cool down after a hot day and can be made from a variety of different frozen fruits. In fact, sorbet is incredibly easy to make and often requires only a few simple ingredients. Whether you use berries, lemon or frozen mango, this light and fresh dessert is one of the most versatile frozen dessert recipes you can make. Planning a last minute dinner party? Opt for a bowl of homemade sorbet. It’s impressive, elegant and no one will know how simple it is to whip up.

Cool, refreshing, and full of bright flavor, this easy sorbet recipe utilizes three different types of citrus. It’s an easy way to showcase the bounty of citrus season all in one sweet little cup. Tangerines, mandarin oranges and navel oranges are responsible for giving this tasty treat its signature flavor.

The classic, refreshing flavors of a nostalgic summertime drink come together in this recipe. It’s the easiest ever two-ingredient sorbet that can be made in just over an hour. The trick to saving time and effort? It's made in a food processor rather than an ice cream machine.

Though sorbets are typically associated with fruit flavors, this unique recipe proves that chocolate can be part of the fun, too. A little bit of brewed espresso helps punch up the cocoa with a bit of bold flavor, so it’s icy and smooth with strong richness.

This tropical dessert couldn’t get any easier and requires only three ingredients including orange juice concentrate, frozen pineapple chunks and fresh banana. No complicated equipment required—the smooth and creamy dessert comes together in your food processor. It’s fresh, refreshing and ready in under two hours.

This floral, herbal hibiscus sorbet is flavored with spices and citrus that are reminiscent of bissap, a hibiscus-infused beverage enjoyed in countries like Guinea, or Sorrel, a festive beverage enjoyed during the holidays in Jamaica. The internationally-inspired treat is packed with rich flavor and vibrant red color.

This fresh and fun sorbet is perfect for a bridal brunch or special luncheon. It’s sweet, flavorful and totally elegant. We love that basil adds herbal flavor, while Limoncello adds vibrant citrus. A pinch of salt helps bring out the sweetness with gentle balance.

This four-ingredient sorbet is rich in chocolate flavor, light in texture and so smooth it’s hard to imagine that it’s both dairy-free and made without an ice cream machine. The secret is beating the sorbet with an electric mixer at different stages during freezing, a process that slowly incorporates air to mimic the texture of churned sorbet. We used a combination of dark chocolate and cocoa powder and tested with varying amounts to arrive at the ideal balance of chocolatey taste and excellent mouthfeel, then gave everything a boost with a bit of sea salt. Check that your sugar and chocolate are vegan and your treat will be vegan as well dairy-free.

This delicious treat tastes just like biting into a frozen mango. In fact, mango, water and a bit of lime are all you need to help it come together in just a few steps. Simply pulse frozen mango and a bit of hot water until smooth, then garnish with some toasted coconut and a squeeze of lime juice.

Nothing could be easier, tastier, or more fun to watch blend together, than this two-ingredient sorbet. All it takes is a few pulses in your food processor—simply puree frozen raspberries and limeade for a few minutes for a colorful and refreshing dessert.

Acai is the purple, berrylike fruit from a palm tree that grows in Central and South America. It's packed with antioxidants and healthy omega-3 fatty acids. In this recipe, we partnered with frozen banana for a low-calorie, low-carbohydrate sorbet that’s totally refreshing and sweet.

Mango sorbet is a classic, but adding a bit of rosewater takes the typical dessert and amps it up with extra floral flavor. A bit of lime juice adds vibrant zest, while white wine makes it extra tangy. Garnish with fresh mint for a bit of color and even more herbal flavor.

This colorful sorbet balances the sweet, tart and floral flavors of lychee and strawberries. The key is reducing the syrup from the canned lychees to concentrate its intense sweet flavor. Blended with the lychees and strawberries, then churned in an ice cream maker, the result is a brilliantly red, refreshing dessert.

If you’re looking for an impressive treat to serve at your next dinner party, lemon sorbet in lemon cups is as pretty to look at as it is delicious to eat. Perfectly sweet and tart, this refreshing dessert is nicely balanced for anyone who doesn’t like heavy, rich desserts.

After a hot and muggy day there’s nothing more refreshing than an icy cup of sorbet. This recipe takes the best of summer’s bounty of berries or stone fruit—like blueberries, plums, strawberries and nectarines—to make a sweet and tart dessert. It’s light, fresh and easy to whip up.

Sweet and super creamy, this sorbet recipe uses a mascarpone base to create a cold dessert that’s part ice cream, part sorbetto. A rosemary honey is the perfect way to top it off—it adds sweet, herbal and floral flavor to offset the sweetness of the cream.