68 Strawberry Recipe Ideas That You’ll Want to Make All Summer Long

Summer is coming. How about making No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake then? This dessert does not need cooking, is served cold and is made with seasonal fruit. In this variation of the classic cheesecake , the base is made with crumbled biscuits, while the filling is made from cream cheese. The surface will be decorated with a strawberry topping.

With the arrival of the heat, what is needed is a fresh dessert, to be enjoyed to better tolerate the high temperatures: the Strawberry Icebox Cake is easy to prepare and very good. To prepare it you need to create a base with crushed biscuits, chopped strawberries, icing sugar and strawberry yogurt; then you let it cool in the fridge, whip the cream and add it as a topping, before cooling again. Before serving, then, you decorate the cake with fresh, sliced strawberries.

Strawberry & Ricotta Pie is perfect as a spring and summer dessert. It is generally prepared as a snack, but it is also excellent for breakfast, both freshly baked and once cooled. First the dough is prepared. Once it's ready, leave it in the fridge to rest and, in the meantime, prepare the filling, made with strawberries, ricotta cheese, vanilla extract, sugar, lemon zest, eggs and yogurt. Once ready, roll out the dough and place a part on the mold, to recreate the base. Fill the tart, then use the rest of the dough to make the strips to place on the surface. Once ready, you just have to wait for it to bake in the oven and then dust it with icing sugar before serving it.

Craving a refreshingly sweet treat for teatime or dessert? Look no further than the Strawberry Jello Swiss Roll! If you're looking for a show-stopping dessert that's both light and bursting with flavor, this Strawberry Jello Roll is your answer. This dessert combines fluffy cake with a creamy dream filling and a vibrant strawberry jello layer. It's impressive but surprisingly easy to make, perfect for any occasion! No complicated techniques are required, just a few simple steps that will have you creating a bakery-worthy centerpiece in no time. So ditch the store-bought cakes and artificial flavors.  This Strawberry Jello Swiss Roll is the perfect way to impress your guests or indulge in a delightful homemade delicacy.

Strawberry & Cream Mille Feuille is a very fresh dessert, a variant of the classic mille feuille, perfect as an end to a meal for spring days or as a dessert for special occasions. Strawberries, in season in the months from April to June, enhance their slightly acidic taste thanks to the combination with the yellow and velvety cream, already the protagonist of the classic mille feuille cake. A very easy and very quick recipe, thanks to the use of ready-made puff pastry; just caramelize the pastry in the oven for a few minutes and then assemble the layers of custard and fresh strawberries.

Strawberry Spritz is a simple and refreshing cocktail, ideal for a spring or summer aperitif with friends. The drink is inspired by the Classic Italian Aperol Spritz, but with the addition of strawberries, to be crushed directly inside of the glass and mixed with prosecco, bitter, lemon soda and lime juice. The cocktail will then be served decorated with a strawberry, to make it even more inviting.

The Strawberry Dessert Cups are a quick, delicious and spectacular dessert, ideal as a last minute idea or a delicious snack. To make it we prepared a base with crumbled biscuits and butter, added strawberries blended with sugar and whipped cream, immediately ready to taste. To make the preparation even quicker, you can also use strawberries cut into pieces, without blending them.

3-Ingredient Strawberry Mousse is a very easy and quick to prepare dessert, perfect for spring, when strawberries are in season. All you'll need to do to prepare it is blend the strawberries with the sugar and then add in the whipped cream. For optimal results, it is important to pay attention when incorporating the whipped cream into the strawberry puree, mixing delicately and with movements from bottom to top so as not to dismantle it and obtain a nice puffy and frothy mixture.

3-ingredient strawberry tarts are a delicious, sweet and easy idea for a quick dessert to serve in spring, either at the end of a meal in your garden or as a snack to relax a bit during the long afternoons, perhaps served with a glass of iced tea. Really quick and easy to prepare, all you need is three ingredients: strawberries, honey and puff pastry. To prepare them, simply cut the strawberries into slices, place them over honey on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, cover with another drizzle of honey and then with a square of puff pastry: the tarts will be baked in the oven and then ready to serve, once they have cooled down a bit.

A sweet snack that’s healthy too? These Frozen Yogurt Clusters are a great way to satisfy your sweet tooth without completely overindulging in calories. Made popular by TikTok foodies, fruit clusters are the latest rage in kitchens. Made with Greek yogurt, chocolate, strawberries, and honey, and they are the perfect combination of sweet, creamy, and crunchy. Not only are they incredibly tasty, but they also offer many health benefits. Packed with vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber, these chocolate-covered fruit treats are a guilt-free way to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Chocolate and strawberry cake is a delicious and elegant dessert, perfect for a birthday party, an anniversary or a special occasion, such as International Women's Day. Fresh strawberries, a spring fruit with a marked sweetness and irresistible fragrance, are combined with the strong taste of dark chocolate, giving life to one of the most beloved and successful combinations of local and international pastry making.

This super tasty strawberry dump cake couldn't be easier to make. All you need to do to make this beautiful, sweet treat is combine cake mix, butter, strawberry pie filling, and fresh strawberries in a baking dish, then pop it in the oven, and voila! One hour later, you'll have a delicious dessert the whole family will love. 

Looking for a sweet and fruity treat that is perfect for any occasion? Look no further than these strawberry cookies! These delectable cookies are bursting with the delicious taste of fresh strawberries, making them a perfect option for anyone who loves the taste of this juicy fruit. They’re soft and chewy, with beautiful pops of color from the fresh pieces of strawberries! Whether you are looking for a tasty snack to enjoy on a lazy afternoon or need a dessert to impress your guests, these strawberry cookies are sure to hit the spot. So why wait? Grab your ingredients and get ready to bake up a batch of these delicious cookies today!

These Strawberry and Cream Popsicles are perfect for summer—fun and easy to make. It’s just the frozen dessert recipe you need to cool you down in the hot weather. To make it, you need juicy, ripe strawberries, icing sugar, and whipped cream. The strawberries make the popsicles sweet and fruity, with just the right amount of tartness. The cream adds richness, balancing out the fruitiness of the strawberries.

Muffins are the perfect on-the-go snack. Easy to make, delicious to eat, and you can add them to your lunch box for work or school. These easy strawberry chocolate muffins are made with fresh strawberries, so not only does it make a delicious dessert for a crowd, you can also enjoy them as a healthy snack. They’re sweet with a soft, moist, crumbly texture.

What’s not to love about a truffle? It’s like dessert in a single bite! These strawberry coconut truffles are just as delicious as they look. They’re pink in color with a soft texture. They’re packed with coconut and strawberry flavor.

This cake is so delicious and chock full of strawberries, you might just want to have it for breakfast! And don’t worry, if you don’t have an oven, you can still make this Strawberry Upside-Down Cake.

Tiramisu means “pick me up” in Italian and is a deliciously indulgent dessert. It’s usually made from espresso-soaked finger biscuits and then layered with mascarpone cream. It’s rich and indulgent.

There’s no reason why cooks should be a hassle to make. This fresh Strawberry Cake is an easy dessert recipe perfect for spring and summer. Packed with fresh strawberries, quick to whip up, and delicious to eat—it’s everything you want in a homemade cake.

Looking for a fresh, light cake that happens to be quick and easy to whip up? Then look no further than this Gluten-Free Strawberry Ricotta Cake. It’s an easy, Italian-inspired dessert recipe made without flour which also makes it gluten-free!

Decadently creamy, sweet, and bursting with the beautiful flavor of perfectly ripe strawberries, this easy strawberry cheesecake is always a huge hit. It is a fantastic baked dessert, the strawberry version of the classic cheesecake. It's perfect to make it during spring and summer when strawberries are in season.

Maybe you're in the mood for a light, salty-sweet dessert, or perhaps you have too many strawberries on hand. Either way, it's the perfect excuse to make old-fashioned strawberry pretzel salad. This delicious layered dessert is an amazing treat to bring to a potluck, picnic, or barbecue.

Looking for an easy dessert that still looks impressive? Then look no further than the Strawberry Paris Brest. A Paris-Brest (pronounced pah-ree brest) is an easy, rich French recipe you can make at home. Like the classic Paris Brest, it consists of choux pastry that is split horizontally (it’s called even zeppolone) and filled with custard and whipped cream mixture. But unlike the classic recipe, it has the addition of juicy, fresh strawberries.

Deep-fried strawberries are perfect for a quick, sweet snack and makes an easy dessert recipe. Juicy strawberries are covered in batter and fried until golden. The inside is soft and fluffy with crispy edges. Serve it warm, while the batter is still crispy!

Few things scream summer like an ice-cold, fruity granita. Because it’s served cold, this strawberry granita is an easy Italian frozen iced dessert recipe. It’s super easy to make and is also a great way to use up leftover strawberries before they go to waste. Unlike a sorbet, which is usually smoother, the granita has an icy, granular texture. In Sicily, it’s even enjoyed as a breakfast sometimes!

So many home cooks have never made a cake roll which is also known as a Swiss roll. The reason is probably that this beautiful cake looks so complicated to make—but that’s far from the truth. This easy strawberry cake roll is an easy, impressive spring-summer dessert recipe that is perfect to feed a crowd.

If you’re looking for a new, fresh twist on a classic strawberry cheesecake, look no further than this No-Bake Strawberry Jello Cheesecake. It’s a light, no-bake dessert recipe with a creamy filling and textured cookie crust.

Looking for a dessert that’s both fancy and delicious? Then look no further. While the colorful Strawberry Crepe Cake makes quite the impression on the table, it’s actually an easy recipe. It’s based on a Mille Crepe Cake, which originated in France, in the late 19th century. Mille means thousand, and although a thousand might be somewhat of an overstatement, it does refer to the many layers in the dessert.

If you love smoothies and have been searching for an easy way to make them, look no further. This amazing strawberry smoothie recipe is one of our all-time favorites. You'll only need three ingredients to make a deliciously creamy smoothie that's packed with strawberry flavor.

Think it’s impossible to make a delicious dessert with only 3 ingredients? Think again! These Strawberry Jello Parfaits are not only quick and easy to make, but they’re also very elegant. And you only need three ingredients: fresh strawberries, strawberry jello, and cool whip—and of course, not counting the water.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Fudge are the perfect bites for those days when you want something sweet. This easy no-bake dessert is rich in chocolate flavor, with just the right amount of tartness from the strawberries. And boy, do they look pretty too! The ripe strawberries add a pop of color to the dark-brown fudge.

With their fresh berry flavor and lighter-than-air texture, there's nothing quite like whipping up a batch of homemade strawberry shortcakes. These delicious treats are simpler and quicker to make than your classic strawberry cake and feature delicious layers of biscuits, sweetened strawberries, and homemade whipped cream.

Strawberry meringue cake is a greedy and spectacular dessert made with two crunchy discs of French meringue, filled with whipped cream and strawberries, and finally garnished with many small meringues and a sprinkling of powdered sugar. It is a simple yet impressive dessert, perfect for an important occasion such as a birthday or a dinner with special guests. The meringues need a slow and prolonged cooking, so that they are perfectly dry and flawless, but once they are ready to assemble the cake will be quick and easy. So let’s find out how to make the strawberry meringue cake by following our recipe step by step.

Homemade strawberry lemonade is a delicious and refreshing drink made with lemon juice, sugar and water to which you add blended strawberries. This recipe is very quick and easy, ideal when you want to make a healthy and refreshing drink on hot summer afternoons, a drink rich in vitamin C that will be also loved by children. Serve it with some ice cubes and lemon slices or with whole strawberries. It is an excellent idea for a non-alcoholic aperitif to share with friends. So let's see how to make strawberry lemonade perfectly.

Looking for a quick and easy no-bake dessert? Then this Strawberry Fudge recipe is just what you need! These strawberry fudge cubes are sweet in flavor, while the texture is soft and creamy. Unlike peanut butter fudge, they’re light and pink in color, thanks to the inclusion of strawberries. Because of their festive color, they’re perfect to serve on the holidays. You only need four ingredients: white chocolate chips, strawberry sauce, lemon juice, and salt. This is a super simple and delicious fudge that just takes a few minutes to put together!  Not only is it delicious but it’s so pretty!

Trifle is a traditional British dessert consisting of layers of fruits, sponge cake pieces, cream, and sometimes even a bit of alcohol. This Strawberry Trifle is a perfect dessert recipe for spring. It celebrates the freshness of the season thanks to ripe strawberries, and the sponge cake and whipped cream add just the right amount of sweetness. The flavor is sweet and light, while the texture is creamy. While the dessert is super easy, it’s perfect to serve to guests, as the layers make this strawberry trifle very impressive. Just what you need on your dining table this Spring! You only need a handful of ingredients (pudding mix, whipped cream, strawberries, powdered sugar), and by assembling the ingredients in layers, you will have a beautiful dessert in no time!

Is there any other dessert that screams spring or summer like ice cream? This strawberry ice cream is just what you need this season—it’s fresh, sweet, and delicious! It’s a popular and classic ice cream recipe that is rich in strawberry flavor, with a super creamy texture. This fruity recipe doesn’t include any eggs and involves no cooking, which makes it quick and easy to prepare. You don’t even need an ice cream maker. Simply whip up all the ingredients and pour them into a container. Once frozen, you will have a yummy dessert that will cool you off and satisfy your sweet tooth.

This is a quick and easy strawberry muffin recipe which is perfect for the spring and summer. It’s also something different from the typical blueberry muffins which are so popular. Strawberries are often cheaper than blueberries, and they taste just as great. The top of the muffins become crisp, while the inside is moist. The strawberries add just the right amount of tartness and juiciness. There are no fancy steps involved. Simply mix your wet and dry ingredients separately, whisk them together, and bake until golden perfection. You don’t need expensive ingredients either. Just a handful of fresh strawberries, flour, sugar, eggs, and yogurt. You will love these strawberry muffins!

Usually, slushies are something enjoyed by kids on a hot summer’s afternoon. But what about the adults? Well, this strawberry peach wine slushie recipe is just for you. It’s a quick and refreshing cocktail recipe perfect for summer. The texture is typical of that you’d expect in a slushie, but the fruity flavors are mixed with wine to give a refreshing, yet delicious drink. It’s also easy to modify the sweetness to your taste. And you literally need only four ingredients: peaches, strawberries, wine, and ice cubes. That’s it. Four ingredients and a few minutes away to your new favorite drink!

Deliciously sweet with the perfect amount of tartness, strawberry cobbler is a fantastic Southern dessert with a crisp top and delectable strawberries packed into every bite. It's similar to the classic peach cobbler but is made with beautiful ripe strawberries, as well as your standard cobbler ingredients like flour, sugar, and milk. You'll wow your guests with this simple yet elegant dessert. Homemade fresh strawberry cobbler makes a wonderful homemade treat to serve at picnics, parties, or with tea.

Fruit desserts are always such an impressive dish to serve to guests. Sweet fruit, soft pastry, and a serving of whipped cream…what more do you want? This strawberry brioche tart recipe is similar to a classic strawberry tart. And while it looks elegant and fancy, it’s pretty simple to make. First, a brioche dough is made, and then the filling  which is a simple strawberry compote. The dough is braided, filled, and baked to perfection. You get the soft texture of the pastry, with added sweet strawberry flavor. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream, and you’ve got a delicious dessert ready to go. Juicy strawberry tart with whipped cream, the perfect combination of flavors in one delicious cake.

Nothing says summer more than the classic Piña Colada, right? Well, maybe we can improve on the classic. This Strawberry Piña Colada is a sweet and easy cocktail recipe—perfect for the summer season. It’s fruitier than the classic Piña colada. To make it, you of course need the basics of this drink: rum, pineapple juice, lime juice, and ice. The two other layers are made with peaches and strawberries. The result? A super fruity, refreshing Piña Colada packed with summer-loving fruits. It’s like having a Strawberry Daquiri and Piña Colada all in one glass! Hosting an event soon? Make sure you serve these Strawberry Piña Coladas.

The soft strawberry tart is a greedy and good-looking dessert, ideal for the spring season. A soft and light base baked in a special tart mold is filled with a delicate ricotta cheese cream and fresh strawberries. Perfect for any occasion, from a snack to a birthday party, it is a very simple cake to prepare that will be very popular with adults and children. So let’s find out how to make the strawberry tart by following our recipe step by step.

Jam and other fruit preserves are surprisingly easy to make. Strawberry Jam is in fact mostly strawberries and fruit, and just need a little bit of time on the stove for the texture to develop. The Homemade Strawberry Jam is delicious to enjoy at breakfast, but it can also be used in desserts. The flavor is so much better than the store-bought version (say hello to strawberry flavor!), while the texture is similar. This recipe is made without pectin, and you likely have all the ingredients already in your pantry. Go on, make your own Homemade Strawberry Jam… you wouldn’t want to eat store-bought jam again!

Homemade strawberry liqueur is a fragrant and delicious fruity liqueur with an intense red color, excellent to be served fresh to friends and relatives at the end of a meal. To make it you will only need fresh strawberries, granulated sugar, water and alcohol. The strawberries will have to macerate for 20 days in alcohol, before adding the sugar syrup, mix and taste. It's a simple preparation that will allow you to obtain a sweet and delicate liqueur that everyone will love. Once ready you can store it for months. It's also excellent as a gift idea for your loved ones, to be used diluted to flavor fruit salads or to wet ladyfingers and sponge cakes for your sweet preparations. So let’s see all the steps to prepare it.

The strawberry and custard crumble cake is a rich and good looking dessert, a fresh and fragrant alternative to the classic strawberry crumble cake. It looks like a chest of shortcrust pastry that contains a soft and fragrant filling of custard and fresh strawberries. The shortcrust pastry crumbs, swelling slightly during cooking, will give the cake crunchiness, in pleasant contrast with the melting heart. Perfect for any occasion, from a dinner with friends to a birthday party, this cake is simple and very easy. It can also be made the day before and stored in the refrigerator until it's time to bake. So let’s find out how to make it by following our recipe step by step.

If you’re looking for a quick and easy cookie recipe, look no further. This recipe is much easier (not to mention quicker) than the classic strawberry cookie. These Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies are all you want in a cookie. They’re soft and chewy, and the coolest pink color! White chocolate chips are added that adds a pop of white to the pink cookies. Because of their fun color, they’re perfect to serve on Valentine's Day, Mother’s Day, or any special event for someone who loves pink. They make a great gift too. Simply add to a nice gift box, add a beautiful ribbon, and you have a lovely, thoughtful gift for someone special.

If you’re looking for a quick, easy dessert, then look no further. This Strawberry Poke Cake is an easy dessert to make, and even the most amateur baker will be able to pull it off. It’s perfect for summer or spring season, and is often described as a fruity version of the red velvet poke cake. It’s light and fluffy, with a deliciously fruity flavor. Keep a few boxes of vanilla cake mix in your cupboard and you’ll always be ready to make this dessert. Simply mix the cake mix and bake. Top with a fruity milk topping and leave to set. Incredibly moist and delicious, this fluffy cake is filled with strawberry cream and topped with fresh whipped cream and strawberries. A sweet, fruity dessert is now ready to be devoured!

The strawberry caipiroska is an alcoholic cocktail made of fresh strawberries, lime and dry vodka that gives a new twist to the classic Caipiroska. It is a fruity cocktail, delicate and sugary with its 24°, perfect for an aperitif on the beach or for an evening with friends. Making strawberry caipiroska is very easy, you just need a few ingredients and a bit of skill and it can also be prepared in many variations according to the fruit you like best.

Strawberries and bananas are truly a match made in heaven and this light, ultra-moist strawberry banana cake is the perfect way to get the most out of that winning pairing. With its soft texture and bright flavors, this easy-to-make dessert is a stunning cake to make during spring and summer. If you're a fan of banana cake, but want more fruit flavor, you'll love strawberry banana cake. It's super easy to bake with just the right amount of sweetness and a light hint of coconut thanks to the addition of coconut oil. Great for breakfast, brunch, as a snack or dessert, this sensational cake is a real crowdpleaser.

Fans of fruit desserts will love strawberry cream cheese pie. It's a killer way to make the most out of fresh strawberries when they're in season. This no-bake pie features loads of gorgeous ripe strawberries which top the rich, decadent perfectly sweetened cream cheese filling, finished off with a buttery graham cracker crust. Strawberry cream cheese pie is incredibly easy to make. No fussing around with the oven or waiting for your pie to bake. Within half an hour, you'll have a stunning pie that's as delicious as it is eye-catching. Make strawberry cream cheese pie in spring or summer – it's a delightfully light dessert that's sure to impress.

Swiss rolls are not only impressive, but they’re delicious too. In fact, it’s a classic children’s favorite. Unfortunately, they’re often difficult and cumbersome to make. That’s why we decided to make these bite-sized Mini Sponge Cake Rolls. They have everything you’d expect in a swiss roll—a light, sweet flavor, with a soft and fluffy texture.

Mini desserts are always a hit when you serve then to your guests. Who doesn’t love an adorable, bite-sized dessert to end of a tasty meal? These Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes are quick to prepare and re also perfect for making in advance.

This recipe qualifies as breakfast, brunch, and even dessert. No bread? No problem! Instead of using bread as in the traditional French toast recipe, we used canned biscuit dough, which you can easily buy at a supermarket near you. It’s gives the perfect texture to with the sweetness of the strawberries. This recipe is so easy to make! And there are many variations (see our recipe notes below). Feel free to change up the ingredients to your liking. Just remember to always include the egg filling as this is what binds the French Toast.

The French have delivered many delicious dishes to our menus, and the clafoutis is one of those. Clafoutis (pronounced kla-foo-tee) is a rustic dessert consisting of an egg-rich thick batter studded with fruit. The traditional Clafoutis is made with un-pitted black cherries. As the desserts baked in the oven, the cherry pits released a subtle almond flavor.  The date of origin is unknown, but by the 19th century, chefs all over France started baking their own versions of the Clafoutis. The batter is thick and eggy, similar to that of a flan. The eggs contribute a rich custardy flavor, that goes well with the sweet and sour taste of fruit. The recipe needs to raising agents like baking powder as the eggs provide all the lift it needs.

These homemade strawberry cookies are like strawberry shortcake in an easy-to-make hand-held treat.

The strawberry and mascarpone cake is a very simple to make dessert; instead of butter in this cake we find the creamy mascarpone cheese that gives it an extraordinary softness. Very easy to remember, the recipe states that the weight of the flour, eggs, sugar and fresh cheese must be the same. Finally, strawberries are added to the dough to give an additional touch of fresh sweetness. Soft but moist, this dessert is perfect for a delicious breakfast or a healthy and genuine snack.

Strawberry spumone is a fresh and creamy dessert, halfway between an ice cream and a mousse, to be served at the end of your dinners. Ideal to be enjoyed alone with a few slices of juicy strawberry, or to accompany a fruit salad.

Strawberry pancakes are an imaginative and original idea to be served for a brunch in spring, a party with friends and, why not, also for a romantic surprise. It is in fact a revisited version of the classic American breakfast pancakes, in a red version, just like the Red Velvet, the beloved typical cake of the USA.

Strawberry frost is a fresh and delicious dessert to prepare in no time; ideal to serve at the end of a meal. It is a spring variant of melon frost dessert, and it is a sort of pudding but less gelatinous; it is made only with strawberries, water, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice, without jelly. The strawberries will be blended and thickened on the fire with cornstarch. You will then have to put the creamy mixture in the refrigerator, in small bowls, and enjoy it very cold with a few leaves of mint or as you like. So let’s see all the steps to prepare strawberry frost in the best way.

What could be better than a refreshing strawberry and yogurt popsicle on a hot day?

Strawberry tiramisu with chocolate is a fresh and tasty dessert, prepared with ladyfingers soaked in blended strawberries and orange juice. A really delicious dessert, suitable for all occasions; it can be served after dinner or for a party or a birthday. In our recipe we used chopped dark chocolate, added to the tiramisu stuffing together with strawberries and cream made with egg yolks, sugar and mascarpone.

This recipe is a riot of fresh fruity flavors and to a hard core sweet eater, is medicinal. You will just love the way this dish looks on the dinner table with such bright and appealing colors.

Do you want to tell in a special way that you love him or her? Surprise your great love by serving this delicious dessert after a romantic dinner. And if you still do not have a partner, it is also a nice way to show your friends how much you love them, I am sure that after giving them to try this delight, they will love you much more.

While this strawberry bread would probably be considered a breakfast food due to its muffin like qualities, it is so good that it can definitely pass for a dessert! Fresh strawberries are key in making this bread super moist and flavorful so try to avoid using any frozen berries or freeze dried fruits. This recipe will also work fantastically if you choose to add other types of berries so get creative!

Strawberry spinach salad is a colorful, refreshing recipe you can serve as a healthy side dish, or even as a light main course together with bread or croutons.