We love seeing Pacific Northwest businesses find creative ways to celebrate fresh Northwest cherries each season. 🍒🍒

From refreshing cocktails and delicious desserts to unique menu items and handcrafted treats, it’s inspiring to see the creativity our local cherry crop brings to ...communities across the region.

Here are just a few of the businesses we’ve seen showcasing fresh cherry creations this season. Thank you for celebrating Northwest Cherries with us! 🍒 (Please note that some seasonal menu items or recipes may no longer be available.)

And if you’re in the Portland area, don’t miss our Northwest Cherry Trail, featuring six local shops serving up delicious cherry-inspired specialties through the end of July.

@mariners, Seattle - Stone Fruit Parfait featuring Rainier cherries
@thevibecoffee, Yakima Valley - Cherry specialty drink
@rootedyakimavalley - Harvest Cocktails
@swedehill, Yakima - Cherry Shine Smash
@craftedyakima - Cherry Toast
@canyonrivergrill, Yakima River Canyon - Fresh cherry seasonal feature
@pfriembeer, Hood River, OR - Cherry Salad

Did/is your business featuring fresh Northwest Cherries this season? We’d love to recognize you! Share your cherry-inspired recipe, menu item, or creation with us. We love seeing all the creative ways Northwest cherries are enjoyed throughout the Pacific Northwest and around the world.

This Cherry Bomb is about to become your entire summer personality 🍒💣✨

Sweet cherries, vanilla, citrus, and a splash of fizz? Yeah… this one’s dangerously good whether you’re making it as a cocktail or mocktail

Save this recipe for your next summer happy hour ↓
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🍒 Cherry Bomb Recipe 🍒

🍒 ⅓ cup fresh Northwest cherries, pitted + sliced
🥃 1–1.5 oz bourbon (optional)
🍁 ½–1 tbsp pure maple syrup
🍦 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
🍋 1 tsp lemon juice
🧊 Ice cubes or crushed ice
🥤 Club soda

How to make it:
✨ Muddle cherries + maple syrup together
✨ Stir in vanilla, lemon juice, and bourbon if using
✨ Fill glass with ice
✨ Top with club soda
✨ Stir gently and enjoy

Fresh, fizzy, sweet, and basically summer in a glass ❤️🍒

📸 Recipe by @theproducemoms

Meet the people behind your favorite summer fruit 🍒❤️

For this edition of “Know Your Grower,” meet Teah Smith of Zirkle Fruit Company in Selah, Washington

Teah’s story with cherries started early — picking cherries in Wenatchee at just 12 years old. Today, she helps... monitor orchards throughout the growing season, making sure trees stay healthy, strong, pest-free, and ready to produce an incredible harvest ✨

And as every grower knows… all while hoping Mother Nature stays on your side

For Teah, one of the most rewarding moments of harvest is seeing bins filled with big, beautiful fresh-picked cherries — the result of months of teamwork, care, and dedication from countless people working together behind the scenes.

Ice cream, you scream, we all scream, for...

Cherry Oat Dream Sammies 🍒🍦✨

Soft oatmeal cookies hugging creamy Northwest cherry ice cream?
Yeah... this is the kind of dessert that makes people suddenly “just want one bite” and then accidentally eat the whole thing. ...(Don’t worry, we won’t judge.)

And honestly? Compared to most frozen treats, these are bringing a little more to the party.

🍒 Antioxidants from fresh Northwest cherries
🌾 Fiber from hearty oats
💪 Real ingredients you actually recognize
😴 Bonus: cherries naturally contain melatonin

🍪 For The Oatmeal Cookies:
🧈 ½ cup butter, softened
🍬 ½ cup brown sugar
🥚 1 egg
🍦 1 tsp vanilla extract
🌾 1 cup rolled oats
🌾 ¾ cup flour
🥄 ½ tsp baking soda
🧂 Pinch of salt
🍒 ½ cup chopped Northwest cherries

🍦 For The Cherry Ice Cream Filling:
🍒 2 cups Northwest cherries, pitted
🍯 2 tbsp honey or maple syrup
🍦 2 cups vanilla Greek yogurt or vanilla ice cream
🍋 Small squeeze of lemon juice

How to make them ✨
🍒 Simmer cherries + honey until jammy, then cool
🍦 Fold cherry mixture into yogurt or softened ice cream
❄️ Freeze until scoopable
🍪 Bake oatmeal cookies at 350°F for 10-12 minutes
🍦 Sandwich cherry ice cream between cookies
❄️ Freeze 30 minutes if you want them extra firm

Sweet, creamy, chewy, fruity, and dangerously good straight from the freezer 🍒

Weekend mornings call for french toast, or muffins, or avocado toast. Whatever you choose, just add Northwest cherries to your breakfast and start your morning with gem-packed antioxidants! 🍒

Hit our link to get our breakfast recipes.

This flatbread tastes like the kind of appetizer you accidentally eat for dinner 🍒🫓✨

Sweet cherries, melty mozzarella, tangy gorgonzola, fresh basil, crispy flatbread - t’s sweet, savory, salty, cheesy, and giving “ordered at a wine bar and immediately became obsessed” ...energy

Cherry Gorgonzola Flatbread

🫓 Ingredients:
🫓 2 flatbreads
🫒 1 tbsp olive oil
🧀 ½ cup shredded mozzarella
🍒 ½ cup fresh Northwest cherries, pitted + halved
🧀 2 tbsp crumbled gorgonzola
🧅 Thinly sliced red onion
🌿 Fresh basil

How to make it ✨
🔥 Preheat oven to 425°
🫓 Brush flatbread with olive oil
🧀 Add mozzarella
🍒 Top with cherries, gorgonzola, and red onion
🔥 Bake 10–12 minutes until golden + melty
🌿 Finish with fresh basil and serve

📣 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Celebrating National Cherry Day by crowning our WINNERS!

It’s time to announce the winners of the Ultimate Northwest Cherry Giveaway!

But first... how many cherries were on the tree?

The answer is...

🍒 2,132 cherries! 🍒
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The person who was closest to that answer and the winner of our grand prize is Robin M. from Las Vegas, NV! Congratulations to you and the other 24 winners who are receiving exciting cherry-filled prizes. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Stay tuned for more chances to win great prizes during this Northwest cherry season!

🍒 Fresh Cherry Bread with Homemade Buttercream Cherry Frosting 🍒

This is your sign to bake with fresh Northwest cherries while they’re at their sweetest. This fluffy, moist cherry bread is made with Greek yogurt for the perfect tender texture, then topped with a naturally pink ...cherry buttercream frosting. No artificial food dye needed, just that gorgeous cherry color doing its thing.

Save this recipe for a sweet summer treat!

Ingredients for the cherry bread:
🍒 Fresh Northwest cherries, pitted and halved
🧈 Softened butter
🍚 Sugar
🌼 Vanilla extract
🥚 Eggs
🥣 Greek yogurt
🌾 Flour
🥄 Baking powder
🤎 Brown sugar

Ingredients for the cherry buttercream frosting:
🍒 Fresh cherry puree, reduced until jammy
🧈 Butter
🍚 Powdered sugar
🌼 Vanilla extract
🧂 Salt

How to make it:

Rinse, pit and halve your fresh cherries.
Beat softened butter and sugar until fluffy, then mix in vanilla, eggs and Greek yogurt.
In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
Fold two-thirds of the cherries into the batter, then transfer to a lined loaf pan.
Top with the remaining cherries and a sprinkle of brown sugar.
Bake at 350°F for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool completely before frosting.

For the frosting:

Puree fresh cherries, then cook the puree over medium heat until reduced to a few tablespoons with a jammy texture.
Whip butter with half of the powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
Add vanilla and half of the cherry reduction, then mix.
Add the remaining powdered sugar, cherry reduction and salt.
Spread over the cooled cherry bread, slice and enjoy!

Getting these little beauties from orchard to bowl is no small thing. 🍒❤️

Every Northwest cherry is carefully handpicked by growers who know exactly when it’s ready - no shortcuts, no machines deciding what makes the cut.

Only the cherries that hit the sweet spot make it ...to your kitchen.

🍒 Peak ripeness
☀️ Perfect summer sweetness
✨ That juicy “just one more” energy

It’s months of hard work, early mornings, careful timing, and generations of growing expertise packed into every bite.

So the next time you grab a bowl of Northwest cherries, just know: a whole lot of care went into making cherry season this sweet ❤️