Caramelized Peaches {Grilled or Broiled}
Caramelized peaches make an amazing summer dessert or side dish with your light and healthy grilled dinner recipes. You can make broiled peaches or grilled peaches depending on how you plan to cook the rest of your dinner menu.
Caramelized peaches are cooked under the oven broiler or on the grill to give them a slightly charred texture and even-sweeter taste.
These warm fresh peaches make an amazing side dish for our rum glazed pork but would be even more delicious as a dessert topped with vanilla ice cream.
No matter how you plan to enjoy them, the recipe takes just 5 minutes to serve and are worth grabbing a bag of peaches during your next trip to the grocery store.
Why This is the Best Recipe
Living in the South, I get so excited when peach season starts up again. I firmly believe this is the best broiled peaches recipe because:
- Easy Prep: With just 3 ingredients and 3 minutes of cooking time, you can have this recipe ready to serve in a pinch.
- Sweet or Savory: Serve them as a side dish or as a dessert, summer is all about flexibility!
- Popular with the Kids: This is such a fun new way to serve fruit for dinner, the kids will love it.
Ingredients
This simple recipe only requires 3 ingredients:
- Fresh Peaches: This will not work with canned or frozen peaches.
- Butter
- Brown Sugar
Prep the Peaches
Wash the peaches but do not peel them.
Slice them in half and remove the pits.
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Broiling Instructions
My husband was busy manning the grill and we like to stay out of each other's way. I chose to broil the peaches for our dinner, you can absolutely choose your own adventure: Grill or Broiler. Either one works the same.
First, preheat the broiler. While it is heating up, brush a little melted butter over the tops of the open peaches.
Sprinkle them with a tiny bit of brown sugar:
Cook the peaches under the broiler for 3 - 4 minutes.
TOP TIP: Be careful, the sugar from the peaches and the brown sugar on top means this dish can burn quickly if you aren't paying attention.
I caught mine just in time. They didn't taste at all burned so don't panic if you have a bit more char than you expected.
Grilling Instructions
To grill the peaches, you will follow the same steps in prepping and sprinkling the peach halves with brown sugar.
Then just place them cut side up on the grill and cook for 2 - 3 minutes or until they have caramelized.
You may want to use a grill pan so the peaches don't fall through the grates.
Slice the Peaches
Once the broiled peaches had cooled enough to touch, I sliced them into wedges for serving.
The full peach halves would make a pretty presentation, too, but this helps stretch the dish a little farther.
Serving Suggestions
These caramelized peaches made a perfect side dish for our rum blazed pork.
You could also pair them with your favorite summer barbecue chicken.
We also enjoyed them on toasted crostini with a little goat cheese which is still an obsession because of this peach appetizer recipe here. Or you could use them in place of the uncooked peaches in my favorite peach salsa.
I could also see putting these grilled peaches over some vanilla ice cream or just straight up enjoying on their own.
They were crazy easy to make, only took a few extra minutes on top of our dinner prep and were such a wonderful summertime treat.
📖 Recipe
Caramelized Peaches
Ingredients
- 4 fresh peaches firm but ripe
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1-2 tablespoons brown sugar
Instructions
- Wash and cut the peaches in half. Remove the pits.
Broiling Instructions
- Line a broiler-safe pan with aluminum foil and place the peaches cut side up on the pan.
- Brush the tops of the peaches with butter and sprinkle the brown sugar over the top.
- Place the pan under the broiler for 3-4 minutes. Watch carefully, the peaches will burn quickly if you don't pay attention.
Grilling Instructions
- Place the peaches cut side up on a prep tray. Brush the tops with melted butter and sprinkle the brown sugar over the top.
- Preheat the grill to medium high. Grill the peaches sugar side up for 3 - 4 minutes or until they have slightly charred and the sugar has melted. You may wish to use a grill pan so the peaches don't fall through the grill grates.
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