Make the most of a good sale or freshly picked berries whenever you can by stocking up and stashing them into the freezer. This super easy method for how to freeze strawberries will preserve your berries until you’re ready to turn them into smoothies, muffins, bread, or any other favorite recipe!

How to Freeze Strawberries

There is a certain time in the late spring and early summer when strawberries are available for so much less than through the rest of the year that it can pay to stock up and stash them in the freezer. And, if you’ve ever gone strawberry picking and needed a way to preserve them before they could go bad, freezing them is a quick and easy method.

TIP: If I ever see strawberries at my grocery store for a lower than usual price, I buy an extra container or two and use this method to freeze them for a future week.

Ingredients You Need

You really just need fresh berries, from the supermarket, farmer’s market, or a farm, and a zip top freezer bag. Oh and a colander and a towel to get them prepped for the freezer.

TIP: You can use conventional or organic. Both work!

Step-by-Step Instructions

Here’s a quick look at the overview of freezing these berries. Scroll down to the full recipe for more specifics.

1. Wash your berries
2. Dry your berries
3. Slice them.
4. Add to a bag.

TIP: You’ll want to remove as much air as possible and lay them flat to freeze.

What can I use frozen strawberries in?

Here are a few of my favorite recipes for using them:

Best Tips for Freezing Strawberries

• Try to dry the berries thoroughly to reduce the amount of ice that freezes on them.
• Remove the stem before slicing.
• Roughly slicing them makes them more versatile in recipes, but if you just plan to use them in smoothies, you can simply cut off the stem and freeze without slicing them. Then just pop the whole berries into your blender.
• To use frozen strawberries in baked goods like muffins or breads, you can quickly cut them smaller if needed with a pair of kitchen scissors.
• You can freeze a whole container or just a few at a time if they start to go bad faster than you can use them fresh.
• You’ll want to remove as much air as possible and lay them flat to freeze. This will prevent the berries from freezing into one giant clump and will make it easy for you to break them apart and measure them out for recipes.
• You may also like How to Freeze Peaches, How to Freeze Blueberries, and How to Freeze Greens.

If you try this method or you do your berries a different way, I’d love to hear about it in the comments!

This post was first published June 2020.

How to Freeze Strawberries

You can do a whole container at once or simply freeze a few at a time if they start going bad before you can use them fresh. Use these in smoothies, muffins, breads, oatmeal, or other favorite strawberry recipes.

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 0 mins

Total Time 4 hrs 10 mins

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Calories 36 kcal

Ingredients  

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• 16 ounces strawberries or more or less as you like

Instructions 

• Place the berries into a colander. Rinse well.

• Place onto a clean kitchen towel and pat dry. The dryer they are, the less ice will form on the berries. (It’s okay if some ice forms though!)

• Remove the stem and slice into halves or thirds.

• Place into a zip top freezer bag. Remove as much air as possible and seal.

• Lay flat to freeze in the freezer for at least 4 hours and up to 1 year.

Notes

• Try to dry the berries thoroughly to reduce the amount of ice that freezes on them.
• Remove the stem before slicing.
• Roughly slicing them makes them more versatile in recipes, but if you just plan to use them in smoothies, you can simply cut off the stem and freeze without slicing them. Then just pop the whole berries into your blender.
• To use frozen strawberries in baked goods like muffins or breads, you can quickly cut them smaller if needed with a pair of kitchen scissors.
• You can freeze a whole container or just a few at a time if they start to go bad faster than you can use them fresh.
• You’ll want to remove as much air as possible and lay them flat to freeze. This will prevent the berries from freezing into one giant clump and will make it easy for you to break them apart and measure them out for recipes.

Nutrition

Calories: 36kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 174mgFiber: 2gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 14IUVitamin C: 67mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg

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