Description
A delicious and layered dessert featuring creamy cheesecake, sweet cherries, and crunchy graham cracker crumbs.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups cherry pie filling
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- Fresh cherries for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract, mixing until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
- Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until fully incorporated.
- In a trifle dish or individual cups, layer graham cracker crumbs, cheesecake mixture, and cherry pie filling.
- Repeat the layers until all ingredients are used, finishing with cherry pie filling on top.
- Garnish with fresh cherries and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
Notes
- For a lighter version, use low-fat cream cheese and whipped topping.
- Feel free to substitute the cherry pie filling with other fruit fillings like blueberry or strawberry.
- This dessert can be made a day in advance for better flavor.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 60mg
Keywords: Cherry Cheesecake Trifle, dessert, no-bake dessert, cheesecake, cherry dessert