This Easy Homemade Strawberry Sauce is perfect to use as a cheesecake topping, on pancakes, in smoothie bowls and so much more.

Not only is this strawberry sauce easy to make and delicious but it is a great way to use up berries that might be almost ready to get tossed.

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This fruity sauce is not overly sweet, just sweet enough in my opinion.

This is definitely a strawberry dessert sauce, not really a jam or jelly. If you want to try your hand at a strawberry jam, try this Strawberry Freezer Jam.

If you find yourself with more leftover strawberries even after you prepare this strawberry sauce, another great use for them is this 4 ingredient strawberry sorbet or Strawberry Cheesecake Tacos!

🥘Ingredients

With only three ingredients, you'll find this homemade strawberry sauce so easy to prepare. That's right, the only ingredients needed are:

strawberries
vanilla extract
sugar

🍲Texture / consistency

Personally, I prefer my fruity dessert sauces a little chunky. This is subjective and you can make your own decision regarding this.

Smoother consistency - puree all the berries
Chunky consistency - don't puree at all, simply mash a bit in pan
A little Chunky - only puree some of the berries but reserve some and stir in at the end

🔪Instructions

As I already mentioned, this fruit sauce is very easy to make.

Add all ingredients (except optional reserved strawberries) to a pan over medium heat. Allow mixture to cook down.

Use an immersion blender to quickly breakdown the berries. You could also use a potato masher if no immersion blender.

A wooden cutting board is the background. On top of it is a pan with the cooked berry mixture. To the left of that is an immersion blender.

sauce complete and smooth after being blended in pan on cutting board

Stir in the reserved berries, if using. Refrigerate.

Do you love strawberry treats? If so, make sure to try these Strawberry Pie Bars and also my super popular recipe for Bakery Style Strawberry Blueberry Muffins!

🍽️Serving suggestions

While there are many uses for this homemade strawberry sauce, here are a few of my favorites:

cheesecake
angel food cake
pancakes
cake filling
ice cream topping
smoothie bowls
parfaits
biscuits
trifles

Helpful tips

A word about pureeing this Easy Homemade Strawberry Sauce. I find the easiest way to do this is using an immersion blender on the lowest setting. If you don't have access to an immersion blender, you can toss it in a regular blender I suppose, but then you've got a blender to clean. I suggest getting an immersion blender. I find I get the most use out of it for sauces like this and also for tomato sauces.

If you are lucky enough to have fresh strawberries in your area those are best. In a pinch, you could use frozen/defrosted.

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