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Ingredients for elderberry syrup: honey, dried elderberries and apple cider vinegar.

29 of the BEST Elderberry Recipes (Dried Elderberry Recipes)

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By now we're all familiar with elderberries for their amazing health benefits and immune-building properties. I make homemade elderberry syrup year-round to have in times of illness, but what else can be done with elderberries? I've round up 29 of the best elderberry recipes.

Ingredients for elderberry syrup: honey, dried elderberries and apple cider vinegar.

Elderberry is antiviral, meaning it inhibits viral replication, it binds influenza virus so it can’t infect host cells, it's antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antioxidant, immune-modulating, and immune-boosting.

With all those benefits it's a wonder more people aren't utilizing its amazing health-promoting properties!

You can plant and grow your own elderberry bushes to be able to harvest this amazing fruit, but if you can't grow your own, I recommend buying elderberries from my good friends over at Farmhouse Teas.

Once you have your hands on some fresh or dried elderberries, check out all the recipes below for ways to get this amazing fruit into your diet.

Elderberry syrup being poured from a measuring cup into a small glass jar.

Homemade Elderberry Syrup

Elderberry syrup is a must-have remedy in every home. It combats the flu, boosts the immune system, and tastes amazing on pancakes or waffles.

You can also make an elderberry tincture which will allow your elderberry remedy to be stored long-term. In our family, we use up our elderberry syrup quickly, so we never need to worry about it going bad.

Elderberry gummies in a jar spilled over onto a table.
Image Courtesy of Healthy Christian Home

Elderberry Gummies

Sometimes kids don't care for the tart flavor of elderberry syrup. Give them their daily dose of elderberry in a delicious and fun gummy instead!

  • 4-Ingredient Elderberry Gummies
  • Elderberry & Apple Cider Gummies
  • Easy Elderberry Gummies
  • Elderberry Gummies
  • Elderberry Gummies
  • Elderberry Sea Moss Gummies with Bladderwrack
Two glasses of elderberry tea on a tray with fresh elderberry clusters.
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Elderberry Tea Recipes

Sipping tea is one of my favorite ways to boost my immune system naturally. When the weather turns colder, having a hot beverage is just so comforting, and when that beverage helps boost the immune system, it's a win-win in my book!

  • How to Make Elderberry Tea
  • Immune Boosting Elderberry Tea
  • Elderberry Tea (Plus Benefits)
Multiple jars of elderberry jelly in jars sitting on a counter.
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Elderberry Jam & Jelly Recipes

Preserve those elderberries and bring them out all year round to spread on your toast, serve alongside your Thanksgiving dinner, or add to some homemade yogurt!

  • Elderberry Jam
  • Homemade Cider Elderberry Cranberry Sauce (hello Thanksgiving!)
  • Elderberry Jelly Recipe
Two glasses of elderberry kombucha with ice.
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Elderberry Drinks

There's nothing like a refreshing ice cold beverage after working in the garden on a hot day, am I right? Just like a hot cup of tea in the wintertime, I love a good glass of kombucha, water kefir, or iced tea in the summer. Here are a handful of elderberry drink recipes to choose from.

  • Probiotic Elderberry Water Kefir
  • Elderberry Tea (Two Ways)
  • Elderberry Kombucha
  • Immune Boosting Herbal Tea (With Elderberries)
  • Elderberry Wine
  • Elderberry Shrub
A woman pouring elderberry syrup onto a spoon with an elderberry fool on the counter.
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Other Elderberry Recipes

Got a sore throat? Try the elderberry lozenges. How about a delicious elderberry dessert? Have you ever tried a “fool” before? SO DELICIOUS! And if you make a batch of elderberry vinegar you can use it to marinate meat, make a sweet and tangy salad dressing, or even make a homemade elderberry switchel!

  • Elderberry Sore Throat Lozenges
  • Elderberry Fool
  • Elderberry Vinegar
  • Overnight Oats With Elderberry
Two glasses of elderflower champagne.
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Elderflower Recipes

If you're growing elderberries, or you have access to them locally, you can also harvest the blooms, or elderflowers, and make some pretty remarkable drinks with them (check out those elderflower fritters!).

  • Elderflower Kombucha Recipe
  • Honey-Sweetened Elderflower Champagne
  • Healing Elderflower Tea
  • Elderflower Honey (Plus Foraging and Drying Tips!)
  • Elderflower Fritters

More Articles on Natural Remedies:

  • 8 Tips for Strengthening Your Immune System Naturally
  • How to Use Herbs and Natural Remedies at Home
  • 8 Medicinal Herbs and Plants You Need to Add to Your Garden This Year
  • 7 Natural Cough & Cold Herbal Remedies

Melissa Norris

Melissa K. Norris inspires people's faith and pioneer roots with her books, podcast, and blog. Melissa lives with her husband and two children in their own little house in the big woods in the foothills of the North Cascade Mountains. When she's not wrangling chickens and cattle, you can find her stuffing Mason jars with homegrown food and playing with flour and sugar in the kitchen.

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Comments:

  1. MK Sheads

    2 years ago

    Are these recipes in any of your cookbooks?

    Reply
  2. Peggy Harris

    2 years ago

    I cannot locate where you buy your sleeves of canning lids; can you provide the link? I want to make sure I’m not buying a poor quality lid.

    Reply
    • Melissa Norris

      2 years ago

      I’m not sure if they’re back in stock yet, but it’s https://melissaknorris.com/canninglids

      Reply
  3. Kim

    10 months ago

    So I have fresh elderberries that I have frozen in the freezer. Can I use these the same as I would the dried elderberries?

    Reply

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