Name: Blueberry Topping for Waffles, Pancakes, or Ice Cream
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 cups
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries; 3 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1/3 cup cold water

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My mom’s recipe for blueberry topping sauce for waffles, pancakes, or ice cream (or anything else your heart desires!) is so fun, fresh, and sweet! It’s the perfect sauce to add on to so many breakfast and dessert recipes!

I guarantee your family will love this blueberry sauce on top of these Extra Light and Fluffy Homemade Waffles or my Classic Waffle Recipe! Try them out for breakfast this week!

The Best Blueberry Topping Sauce Recipe

Are you a sweet or a savory breakfast kind of person? I hate to pick either one because there’s a spot in my heart for omelettes and hashbrowns just as big as waffles and muffins. However, this blueberry topping recipe might just steal my affection to the sweet side because it is absolutely divine, and totally irresistible. By simmering the fresh or frozen berries with some sugar, cornstarch, and water over the stove, it almost caramelizes the mixture into a gooey, slightly thick syrup-like consistency with bites of real berry in it.

Can you handle that?! It’s SO good, and I grew up eating it with waffles and pancakes all the time when my mom would make it. She’d use really any kind of berry we had on hand, and the recipe works well with all kinds (with some minor sugar and water adjustments for sweetness and thickness). She’d often use frozen strawberries from her garden in the winter months, and to this day, it’s one of my favorite foods from childhood that I love making now for my own children (and, who are we kidding, for myself, too!).

How do you sweeten fresh blueberries?

Fresh blueberries (and frozen, too) are fairly sweet and bursting with fruity flavor on their own, but to make them a tad sweeter and more syrup-like, cook them over the stove with some sugar, cornstarch, and cold water until thick and gooey.

What do you eat blueberry topping with?

Oh, my goodness — what CAN’T you eat blueberry topping with? I mean, it may not be as good on savory things like French fries, but I also subscribe to the idea of not knocking it ’til you try it… Anyway, I do know it goes great on waffles, pancakes, and ice cream, of course, as well as granola, biscuits, graham crackers, oatmeal, and just about any other sweet-ish breakfast, snack, or dessert.

How do you thicken fruit sauce?

For a thicker blueberry topping sauce, let it cook a bit longer than the 5 to 8 minute suggested time. Be careful not to overcook it, but 10 to 12 minutes should do the trick! (And, to thin it out, mix in a splash of water.)

How long does blueberry topping last?

This is great to make and store in the fridge for future breakfasts or desserts. Store it in an airtight container (I like using a Mason jar for easy pouring or scooping) in the fridge for up to 5 days.