15 Unique Strawberry Jam Recipes

Homemade strawberry jam is perfect in its simplicity, no matter whether you make a batch and water-bath process it for shelf stable storage, freeze it, or eat it straight out of the jar with a spoon.

Strawberry and guava come together in one fruit-packed preserve that's bright, fruity, and vibrant, with a perfect amount of sugar and plenty of acid to make the flavors pop.

Classic strawberry jam with a hint of salty-sweet sakura, or Japanese cherry blossoms. Pickled preserved cherry blossoms give this jam its unique flavor, but you could certainly use fresh if you have access to them.

This Strawberry Margarita jam recipe is summer in a jar: all bright fruit and tart lime and a hint of booze that can only mean good times ahead.

Tomatoes are a fruit, after all, so why not treat them as such in this ultra versatile jam that walks the line between sweet and savory.

Chunks of berries and tender ribbons of lemon intermingle in a jam that is tart, sweet, and delightful. It’s perfect spread onto a toasted English muffin, slathered on a buttermilk biscuit, or heated and drizzled over vanilla ice cream or a slice of cheesecake.

Fresh strawberry jam kicked up a notch with the addition of Italian limoncello liqueur for a lovely lemon flavor and subtle boozy bite. Most of the alcohol burns off during the cooking process, so you mostly just taste the strawberry with a hint of tantalizing lemon.

For adventurous canners and eaters alike, the balance between sweetness and spice is perfect. This jam would be divine with cheese, mindblowing on a burger, or the secret to perhaps the world’s greatest peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Strawberry and hibiscus bring out the best in each other, and never is that more apparent than in this delightful jam. Fruity and floral and subtly tropical, this jam is anything but ordinary. (There's also an updated low-sugar version of this recipe in my book!)

The strawberry vanilla jam is a traditional pectin-free jam, with a sweet and sultry flavor that almost tastes like strawberry ice cream on it’s own, but when drizzled over ice cream becomes otherworldly.

For when you want a quick and easy strawberry jam recipe with low sugar and a ton of flavor, look no further than this basic strawberry jam recipe (which can be adapted for peaches too, or better yet, a mix of both!)

Unless you live in Florida, you might have to plan ahead for this one (freezing your citrus until strawberry season arrives or vice versa), but the divine combination of strawberries and blood oranges is worth the foresight. It's the best of both jam and marmalade in one delightful jar. (There's also an old-fashioned version of this recipe, along with a few other blood orange marmalade variations, on the blog if you prefer!)

This recipe from That's My Jam features the always adored combination of strawberries and rhubarb. The strawberries naturally temper rhubarb's tartness, resulting in a lovely spring jam that's perfect in every way.

A perfect amalgam of spring and fall with sweet red strawberries and fragrant fall pears. This jam is perfectly balanced, you'll taste both the strawberry and pear without one overpowering the other.

This sweet and spicy mashup will delight and confuse your taste buds. The first bite tastes like an ordinary strawberry jam, sweet and vibrant like just-picked strawberries, but then the habanero hits the back of your tongue, leaving you scratching your head and craving more.