You might be thinking…what in the world is berry sauce? Well, it is a simple invention that makes homemade flavored yogurt, strawberry milk, and berry ice cream a piece of cake! All you have to do is mix a few teaspoons of the finished sauce into whatever your heart desires, although I do recommend sieving out the seeds for the optimal berry-flavored milk. Please no more Hershey’s “Strawberry Syrup” which is pure high-fructose corn syrup! This berry sauce is also a great topping on pancakes and waffles. The possibilities are endless!
Berry sauce swirled into plain yogurt
Berry Sauce
Ingredients
- ¾ cup frozen berries
- 1 ½ – 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup (depending on how sweet you like it)
- ¼ cup water
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Bring to a light simmer.
- Cook until the berries have softened, about 5 – 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and puree with hand immersion blender or countertop blender.
Use immediately or store in the fridge for later.
I just made this sauce with frozen cranberries. I then mixed it with greek yogurt – DELISH!!!! My one year old loved it as well. Thanks for the great idea!!
It doesn’t get much easier than this. I have made this a few times with strawberries and mix it with Greek yogurt. I think I will try blueberries next time.
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Just wondering how long this will typically keep in the fridge? TIA! Excited to try it SOON!!!
Finally! Strawberry sauce that isn’t complete junk! My daughter ALWAYS asks for me to buy “Strawberry” milk and I had to listen to so many fits for not buying that junk. Used this in milk and in yogurt and everyone loves it!
Everything I make from your recipes I love!
Hi Jen. One of our team members said she kept it for more than a week. You could always freeze it, too. ~Amy
Could you make it with fresh strawberries?
Hello Corrie. I don’t see why not. Let us know how it turns out. ~Amy
We don’t use maple syrup. my kids don’t like it. Could you us honey instead?
I used honey to make ours and came out great.
Made this last night for my daughters yogurt and milk and she loved it! I’m slowly switching my daughter to real foods and you are such an inspiration!
I made 2 batches of this tonight, 1 blueberry and 1 strawberry. I froze them in an ice cube tray, and there was enough in 1 batch for 6 cubes. Perfect!
How long would you say this keeps in the fridge? Have you ever frozen it?
Oops, already answered. Sorry!
I used fresh strawberries & honey…YUM! My kids love it and so do I.
Irf you use fresh strawberries do you have to cook it? Can’t you just puree whole berries or does it not taste as good?
Hi Silia. Sure, it would just be less sauce and more fresh fruit puree. The taste and texture will be different. ~Amy
If using honey, do you use the same measurements as the maple syrup?
Hi Hailey. Yes, they can be exchanged 1:1 and the flavor will obviously be somewhat different. ~Amy
I followed the recipe exactly. I added it to plain yogurt. I liked it, but my kids hated it. Haven’t found any yogurt they like that’s not pre-sweetened!
Marsy, have you tried pureeing bananas and adding it to the yogurt? I used do this for my son when he was a baby. I have one of those tiny food processors (got it at Walmart on black Friday for $4) and I just drop a banana in, and blend until it is smooth. Then I mix it in with the yogurt and sometimes add granola on top. It is really sweet without any added sugar. We love it!
For my son, I started sweetening plain, whole milk yogurt with maple syrup. Measure and used what i thought was too sweet and slowly reduced. It took a few weeks, but he now eats barely sweetened yogurt.
We all love our yogurts and yogurt tubes around here but, since finding your site and reading the ingredients on those labels, I’ve stopped buying them. Instead, I now keep a regular supply of homemade mini-yogurts in my fridge. For each yogurt, I use 1/4 cup plain, full-fat organic yogurt with slightly less than 2 TBSP of your berry sauce added. My daughter and I LOVE them (I usually can’t resist eating one as soon as I finish making them). My son isn’t convinced yet that they are as tasty as the yogurt tubes but he has asked to try them a few times so he may change his mind eventually. For the recipe, I usually increase the amount of berries to 1 cup since it gives me a little extra sauce and a couple of extra mini-yogurts.
I am fairly new to cooking so this question might seem odd. Why must you cook it all together? I have a Ninja blender and thought if I just did it in there, it would blend perfectly. Thus, eliminating the need to cook everything together. Would that work?
Hi Libby. You could do a puree in the blender instead of a sauce on the stove top. The consistency and taste will be different. Let us know how it worked. ~Amy
Am making this tonight, straining it and trying with snow cone maker tomorrow!!!
Making this for the first time
My daughter adores strawberry milk but I stopped buying Hershey’s ages ago. I think she will love this!
I just did this recipe( using blueberries) in my vitamix and blended until it was heated ( not sure if the ninja blends to heat?) but this gave me a very smooth consistency and good taste. Once it cooled though it started to thicken so ‘m not sure if the stove top version does this? I hope to try it on the stove to compare. We used it for our pancakes and then added to our plain yogurt. I liked it but my kids were on the fence. I’m going to try strawberries as well.
This sounds great! Do you think it could be stored in jars after processing in a hot water bath, like jam?
This berry sauce is very easy and fast to make. I love to put it in my plain yogut with the homemade granola…m m m…
Hi Jenna. I’m not sure. You could certainly preserve it by freezing it in freezer safe jars. ~Amy