This is a list of notable cherry dishes and foods that are prepared using cherries as a primary ingredient.
Black Forest gateau – a chocolate sponge cake with a rich cherry filling based on the German dessert Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, literally "Black Forest Cherry-torte".[1]
Cherpumple – a novelty dish where several different flavor pies are baked inside of several different flavors of cake and stacked together. According to the Cherpumple's creator, pop culture humorist Charles Phoenix, "Cherpumple is short for cherry, pumpkin and apple pie. The apple pie is baked in spice cake, the pumpkin in yellow and the cherry in white."[2]
Cherry ice cream – ice cream flavored with cherries. Cherry juice is also sometimes used in its production.[5] Cherry ice cream has been mass-produced in the United States since at least 1917.[6][7]
Cherry Mash - A candy bar consisting of a soft, cherry-flavored center containing maraschino cherries, covered in a mixture of chopped roasted peanuts and chocolate.
Cherry Ripe – a chocolate bar brand manufactured by Cadbury Australia. It was introduced by the Australian confectioner MacRobertson's in 1924, it is now Australia's oldest chocolate bar and one of the top chocolate bar brands sold in the country.[10]
Clafoutis – a French (specifically from Limousin) dessert where black cherries are arranged in a buttered dish and baked in a batter; they are served lukewarm.
Dried cherry – cherries that have been preserved by being dried. Michigan salad is one dish that uses dried cherries as a main ingredient.[13]
Kirschenmichel – a traditional German pudding dessert especially popular in the regions Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, South Bavaria, Franconia and the southern part of Hesse. The dish consists of aged bread, butter, milk, eggs and sugar that is made into a dough, after which sweet or sour cherries are folded into the dough and the mixture is baked in a casserole dish.[15]
Mahleb – an aromatic spice made from the seeds of a species of cherry, Prunus mahaleb. It is used in small quantities to sharpen sweet foods and cakes,[16] and is used in production of tresse cheese.