Made with a handful of simple ingredients, this homemade blueberry parfait recipe comes together so quickly and easily! Frozen blueberries cooked down into a delicious sauce and then layered with creamy yogurt and crunchy granola, this blueberry yogurt parfait is perfect to enjoy for breakfast, a snack, or as a dessert.

There’s something so nice about waking up in the morning and having a parfait ready to enjoy. It feels ✨extra fancy✨ when, in reality, it only took a few short steps to put together.

A jar of blueberry parfait topped with fresh mint with a second jar in the background.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

You only need a few ingredients to make this blueberry parfait. There are literally four ingredients if you don’t want to garnish with some fresh mint.
The hardest part about making this parfait is making the blueberry sauce, but it just involves simmering and mashing frozen blueberries.
Did I mention how easy this is? Even better, it looks quite fancy, making it the perfect dish for entertaining as you can make it ahead of time and then serve it for dessert.

Ingredients You’ll Need

Ingredients needed to make blueberry parfaits.

blueberries — to keep this blueberry parfait budget-friendly, I use frozen blueberries. It’s much cheaper than fresh blueberries and available year round.
maple syrup — I cook the blueberries with some maple syrup to add a little extra sweetness. You can also use brown sugar or white sugar. You can also adjust the amount added while you cook the blueberries until they reach your desired sweetness level.
yogurt — I use Greek yogurt as it has more protein than regular yogurt and who doesn’t want more protein in their day?
granola — you can use homemade for storebought granola.

How to Make Blueberry Parfaits

Set of two photos showing the blueberry sauce cooking in a saucepan.

Add the blueberries and maple syrup to a saucepan and cook over medium heat. Stir as the blueberries release their juices.

Set of two photos showing the cooked blueberry sauce in a pot and then yogurt added to a jar.

As the blueberries cook, start mashing them to break them down to your desired chunkiness. This can take anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes, depending on how chunky you’d like your blueberry sauce.
To a mason jar, assemble the parfaits by adding ¼ cup of yogurt, ¼ cup of granola, ¼ cup of blueberry sauce, and then another ¼ cup of yogurt, ¼ cup of granola, and ¼ cup of blueberry sauce. Garnish with fresh blueberries and mint if desired.

Set of two photos showing granola and blueberry sauce added to the jar.

Set of two photos showing a layer of yogurt, granola, blueberry sauce, and fresh blueberries added into the jar.

Overhead view of a jar of blueberry parfait showing the yogurt, granola, blueberry sauce, fresh blueberries, and mint.

Recipe Tips and Notes

Add some lemon zest to the Greek yogurt to make this into a zesty blueberry lemon parfait!
I like to garnish with some fresh mint, but it’s not mandatory.
You want your jars (or cups) to be able to comfortably fit 1½ cups of parfait content. My jars are smaller for aesthetics, but when making these outside of a photoshoot, I use a much larger mason jar or cup.

A jar of blueberry parfait topped with fresh mint and blueberries with more jars around it and toppings scattered around.

Make Ahead Tips

Meal prep: make sure you are using jars or cups with an airtight lid. The granola does get a little soft after two days in the fridge, so I wouldn’t recommend making them too far in advance until you don’t mind the granola losing some of its crunch. You can also cook the blueberry sauce ahead of time and keep everything separate and assemble them before serving. The blueberry sauce will keep for 4 to 5 days in the fridge in an airtight container.

Blueberry Parfait

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Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Cool Time: 10

Total Time: 35

Servings: servings

Ingredients

2⅓ cup frozen blueberries
2 cups Greek yogurt, (vanilla or your flavor of choice)
3 tablespoons maple syrup, or sugar, or more
2 cups granola

Equipment

Mason jars

Instructions

Add the blueberries and maple syrup to a saucepan and cook over medium heat. Stir and mash as the blueberries release their juices and breaks down into a saucy consistency. Cook for 10 to 20 minutes, depending on how chunky you'd like the sauce to be.
To a mason jar, assemble the parfaits by adding ¼ cup of yogurt, ¼ cup of granola, ¼ cup of blueberry sauce, and then another ¼ cup of yogurt, ¼ cup of granola, and ¼ cup of blueberry sauce. Garnish with fresh blueberries and mint if desired.

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Author: Carmy

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

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