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We have a few bags of Key limes in our refrigerator – just waiting to be used! And as I searched around for some recipe inspiration, I came across these 30+ Fantastic Key Lime Recipes – so I had to share them with you today!
Key limes are named after the Florida Keys where the fruit is now naturalized, but this unique variety of limes is actually native to Southeast Asia. Key limes are smaller and seedier with a thinner skin, and they have a distinctive and more-tart flavor than the typical Persian limes that are readily available at your local supermarket.
Key limes are great for cooking (so grab them when you find them at the market)! Today’s collection of 30+ fantastic key lime recipes includes both savory and sweet recipes, as well as some delicious beverages. Use the pin button above to save this entire collection, or click through to the original blog to pin each individual recipe.
SAVORY
Grilled Key Lime Chicken – Recipe Critic
Creamy Key Lime Chicken Enchiladas – Betty Crocker
Key Lime Grilled Chicken Taco Skewers – Little Leopard Book
SWEET
Perfect Key Lime Pie – Your Homebased Mom
Key Lime Pie Tartlets – Gimme Some Oven
Key Lime Bundt Cake – 36th Avenue
Easy Key Lime Cake with Key Lime Frosting – Call me PMc
Macadamia Key Lime Pie – The Recipe Critic
Chocolate Covered Key Lime Pie – So, How’s It Taste?
Key Lime Ice Cream with Graham Cracker Pistachio Crumb Topping
Key Lime Pie Popsicles – Spoonful of Flavor
Key Lime Pie Ice Cream – My Baking Addiction via Good Life Eats
Key Lime Macaroons – Dessert Now Dinner Later
Key Lime Pie Sugar Cookies – Lemons for Lulu
Key Lime Meltaway Shortbread – Cookies and Cups
Key Lime Cooler Cookies – Flavor the Moments
Key Lime Pie Truffles – Cookies and Cups
Dark Chocolate Chunk Key Lime Pound Cake – Baker by Nature
Coconut Key Lime Bread – Will Cook for Smiles
Key Lime Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting – The Cupcake Daily Blog
No Bake Key Lime Cheesecakes – Eat Drink Love
Individual Frozen Key Lime Pies – This Silly Girl’s Life
Key Lime Cheesecake – Food Pusher
Key Lime Cheesecake Pancakes – Will Cook for Smiles
BEVERAGES
Key Lime Colada – Cake Then Crumbs
Coconut Key Lime Martini – Home Cooking Memories
Key Lime Whipped Lemonade – Real Housemoms
Key Lime Pie Milkshakes – Sally’s Baking Addiction
Key Lime Pie Smoothie – Vegan Sprinkles
How do I get the key lime recipes – are they in a book? My tree is absolutely loaded with them
Lucky you Margaret! As you scroll down the post, we linked the recipe title next to the image right to the website with the recipe.
how do I get the recipe for Key Lime Shrimp and Scallops?
Hi Colleen – Looks like that website we linked to is no longer active… 🙁 Sorry – we’ll have to update our post to remove that link.
Bought a bag of key limes & was looking for recipes. The scallops/shrimp & margaritas looked great but I received errors when tried to access.
Disappointing!
Hi Vicki – Thanks for letting us know about the broken links. We do try to keep up with changes when we link to other blogs, but often we don’t know when link changes happen or blogs decide to close down until we hear from readers like you. I’ve updated the link to the scallops and shrimp, but it looks like the blogger we linked to for the margarita recipe is no longer active. Hopefully you can find another recipe from our collection, or through other searches. Thanks again for alerting us to the issue.
I love the key lime in baked goods! All the food look soooo good and wish I could try them all right now!
Thanks Jamie!
So many amazing recipes! Thank you for including my cake 🙂
You’re very welcome Ashley! It’s a great recipe!
So much amazing key lime goodness! They all look delicious. Thanks for including my key lime pie!
You’re welcome Leigh Anne! I couldn’t do a Key lime roundup without a perfect pie recipe!
I LOVE key limes and I would devour all of these 30+ recipes in a heartbeat! Yummy!
Thank you for including me!
Pinned 🙂
They were such great recipes Lyuba – I had to include them!
I’m in love with this key lime round up! It’s one of my favorite ingredients. 🙂
Thanks Marcie!