🍒 Cherry Delight (No-Bake Dessert)
A creamy, layered dessert with a graham cracker crust, fluffy cream cheese filling, and sweet cherry topping. It’s similar in style to classic no-bake cheesecake and often uses canned cherry pie filling.
🛒 Ingredients (9×9-inch dish)
Crust
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- ½ cup (1 stick / 115 g) melted butter
- 2–3 tbsp sugar
Filling
- 8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tub (8 oz) whipped topping (like Cool Whip)
Topping
- 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
👩🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Make the crust
Mix graham crumbs, melted butter, and sugar. Press firmly into a 9×9 dish. Chill 20–30 minutes.
2️⃣ Prepare filling
Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; mix well.
Fold in whipped topping gently until fluffy.
3️⃣ Layer
Spread filling evenly over chilled crust.
4️⃣ Top
Spoon cherry pie filling evenly over the top.
5️⃣ Chill
Refrigerate at least 3–4 hours (overnight is best) before slicing.
🍓 Variations
- Swap cherries for blueberry or strawberry pie filling
- Add a layer of crushed pineapple (well drained)
- Use homemade whipped cream instead of whipped topping
- Make it in a 9×13 pan (double recipe)
If you’d like, I can also share:
- A baked cheesecake-style version
- A chocolate cherry variation
- A lighter, reduced-sugar option
- A from-scratch cherry topping recipe 🍒
