Why have breakfast for breakfast when you can have breakfast for dinner? And lunch. And snack. And okay fine also breakfast.
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This is very easy to make and tastes yummy. Everyone loves and prefers this tasty recipe over syrup for our pancakes. ❤️
Because this sweet, chunky, glazey, drippy blueberry sauce is basically screaming to be drizzled over some light fluffy pancakes or golden crisp waffles right now. But we want to be honest, we drizzle it over everything over here. Ice cream, check. Greek yogurt, uh huh. Crackers, pie crust, a bowl of cottage cheese, oatmeal, toast, fresh tarts, rounding out your charcuterie board…watch out!
Drizzled over a beautiful grilled flank steak or pork loin?! We don’t know, probably! Someone try!
So I guess more specifically, why limit this super easy, super delectable blueberry sauce to just breakfast when you could have it on everything. All day long. Everything all day blueberry sauce, yes and yes.
In This Post: Everything You Need For Easy Homemade Blueberry Sauce
- Watch How to Make Blueberry Sauce
- Ingredients for This Blueberry Sauce Recipes
- How to Make Homemade Blueberry Sauce
- What to Put This Sauce On
- Easy Homemade Blueberry Sauce: Frequently Asked Questions
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Ingredients For This Blueberry Sauce Recipe
The list is so very short and simple to make this dream a reality, so get all your drizzle plans ready.
- blueberries (fresh or frozen!)
- sugar
- cornstarch
- vanilla
- water
That’s it! Go! Grab them!
How To Make Homemade Blueberry Sauce
Now that you’ve rifled through your freezer and pantry like a wild person, your next question is assuredly, “Okay, how?!” So easy. Let’s do this.
- Place half the blueberries in a small saucepan and cover with water, add sugar and vanilla. Let the mixture come to a low boil over medium heat and the blueberries just start to break apart.
- Add in dissolved cornstarch and bring mixture to a rolling boil. Let it simmer on low for a bit until you reach your ideal consistency. (You can add teensy bits of water if it gets too thick.)
- Remove from heat, transfer to a small bowl, and add the rest of the blueberries! Grab a spoonful of these berries and serve hot or cold on everything forever.
What To Put This Sauce On
We kind of want to cheat here and just say “What NOT to put this sauce on” and then just leave this section blank.
But seriously, get creative. Get excited. Get it on all the things. Want to try it on these whole grain power pancakes or double up your blueberry joy by drizzling over these fluffiest blueberry pancakes? Over a fresh blueberry peach cake? Maybe on these overnight oats? Maybe on a big ol’ slice of cheesecake? You could also just grab that vanilla ice cream out of your freezer and set yourself up for a real treat. Pretty much all desserts will be singing songs with this sauce piled high on top.
Or make a loaf of no-knead bread, tear off a warm steamy hunk and absolutely douse it in butter and a smear of this sauce. Yes. YES MA’AM.
Very excited for you to have this in your life right now. And do report back if you try that steak thing. Inquiring blueberry sauce lovers are dying to know.
Easy Homemade Blueberry Sauce: Frequently Asked Questions
Sure can…if you even have leftovers!
Ummm it would be AMAZING on cheesecake!
That should work! Strawberries, blackberries, whatever you like.
Easy Homemade Blueberry Sauce
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
This easy blueberry sauce is made with fresh blueberries, sugar, vanilla, and corn starch. Thick, sweet, and perfect for topping pancakes.
Ingredients
- 3 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved into 3 tablespoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Place 1 1/2 cups blueberries in a small saucepan. Cover with water and add sugar and vanilla. Heat over medium-high heat until mixture comes to a low boil and blueberries just start to break apart.
- Add dissolved cornstarch to saucepan and bring mixture to a rolling boil. Turn heat down and simmer on low heat for 2-3 minutes, or until sauce reaches desired consistency. Add water, one tablespoon at a time, if the sauce gets too thick.
- Remove from heat. Add remaining blueberries and stir gently. Serve warm or cold.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: blueberry sauce, blueberries, pancake sauce, fruit sauce
Recipe says 3 cups berries but instructions say to use 1-1/2 cups…..huh??
You’ll see in step 3 that you add the remaining blueberries.
Hi Lindsay (my niece’s name):
I only suggest more clarity in your instructions. It seems you have water that covers the blueberries and, later, water to still be added. Then you say “dissolved into”. when I think you should just say add water to the corn starch until mix is dissolved. I could be wrong but I’ll work it out either way. Thank you.
Feel free to delete after understanding my concern.
I made it & it was okay. Nothing special.
Why do you say 3 cups of blueberries but in the instructions it days 1 1/2 ?
Hi! You’ll see the remaining blueberries are added in step 3.
Could this sauce be canned? And, could I use tapioca for thickening instead of flour??
This was absolutely delicious! My family and I loved it! Will definitely be making again!
Can this sauce be frozen?
Yes!
Can this be put into freezer safe containers and frozen?
Yes!
I had fresh blueberries and made a blueberry sauce and put the sauce over pork chops and it was sooo good
Hi Lindsay. I just wanted to say Yum! I’ve made this so many times. It’s great with anything or just by itself! Love love! I was wondering if you’ve made it with other fruits? Delish!
Hi Tracy! We haven’t tried, but it would probably work well with strawberries or raspberries!
This recipe was very tasty and easy to make. I made one small tweak. Instead of dissolving the cornstarch into water I used lemon juice to add a little tartness. It came out really well!
I made this for topping a no bake cheesecake and it turned out wonderfully!
Great recipe!! (Much better than any store bought product)
Very good recipe! Thank you
Made this sauce this morning with some sour blueberries and it was amazing! We put it on top of pancakes and it was so good. Thanks for the great, easy recipe!
I love this recipe! I like to use it to top my Lemon cheesecake however it’s also so so good thickened even more than the recipe states and using it as more of a jam for toast or Waffles! Very easy recipe to follow too!
If you cut this recipe in half, which I’m planning to do as I’m using leftover blueberries and don’t have a full three cups, I’m confused by the directions. It calls for one and one half cup of blueberries, but then states to put the total one and one half cup in the saucepan with the sugar, water, and vanilla, and then states “add remaining blueberries” at the end. Should it be 3/4 cup of blueberries in the saucepan at the beginning?
Cooked perfectly according to directions.
I am sure it will be delicious over nearly anything. Thank-You🌹
I have made this recipe twice. The second time I doubled the batch because it was so yummy. This time I added a couple tablespoons of Amaretto to the batch. This recipe is a keeper.
Hello there! I have to say this recipe was so easy and tasted so delicious!! I made a cheesecake and put this on top. This dessert was for my friends retirement party and everyone loved it so much I was asked to make another one, for my friends nieces graduation, a few weeks later. Her niece said that I must have bought this cake because it tasted like a professional baker had made it! I was very pleased by the comparison, and I assured her I stayed up many hours making this for her special day. Needless to say, the blueberry sauce was the highlight of the cake! Thank you so much! Kelly
Can you keep this in the fridge? Thanks
Yes, this should be kept in the fridge!
I’m in love with this recipe. I had a huge bag of frozen blueberries, wondering other than use in a pastry of some sorts, what else?
This sauce is delicious, easy to make and YES, I put it on everything or just eat it out of my jar.
Glad you enjoyed it, Cynthia!
I just made this wonderful sauce with fresh blueberries that needed to be used. Served it over my pound cake and fell in love!!! Thank you so much for sharing! Will make this for our next family gathering. All the grands love blueberries, especially one of the boys. And who doesn’t love pound cake? Will share the sauce recipe with family and friends. So happy I found your page!
I recomend experimenting with xantan or guar gums as they can provide different thickening charecteristics depending on your end use. Guar gum in particular maintains a good thickness when frozen, which is great for adding to icecreams.
Can this sauce be frozen?
We haven’t tried freezing this sauce yet, but we’re guessing it would work just fine!
So easy. So delicious on pancakes!