Some friends of ours recently had a cookout and one couple made these wonderful berry cheesecake parfaits. I knew I had to try them! She had found them in the Spring Food & Family magazine. I made them this past weekend when my mom, stepdad, & brother came over for dinner. These were so good! I loved the creaminess of the pudding mixture combined with the crunch of the vanilla wafers and the sweetness of the fruit. A perfect summer dessert! I also made this low-fat, so it's a healthier way to have a sweet treat!
Berry Cheesecake Parfaits
Source: Kraft Food & Family Spring 2009
Ingredients:
1 pkg. (8 oz.) Fat Free Cream Cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups cold skim milk
1 pkg. small sugar free/fat free Vanilla Instant Pudding
1-1/2 cups thawed fat free cool whip, divided
24 reduced fat vanilla wafers, coarsely chopped
1-1/2 cups frozen mixed berries, thawed (or fresh blackberries, raspberries, blueberries & strawberries)
1-1/2 cups cold skim milk
1 pkg. small sugar free/fat free Vanilla Instant Pudding
1-1/2 cups thawed fat free cool whip, divided
24 reduced fat vanilla wafers, coarsely chopped
1-1/2 cups frozen mixed berries, thawed (or fresh blackberries, raspberries, blueberries & strawberries)
Directions:
Beat cream cheese with mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in milk. Add dry pudding mix; mix well. Whisk in 1 cup cool whip.
Layer half each of wafers, berries and pudding mixture in 4 parfait glasses. Repeat layers.
Top with remaining cool whip if desired. Serve immediately, or refrigerate about 20 minutes and serve cold.
Beat cream cheese with mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in milk. Add dry pudding mix; mix well. Whisk in 1 cup cool whip.
Layer half each of wafers, berries and pudding mixture in 4 parfait glasses. Repeat layers.
Top with remaining cool whip if desired. Serve immediately, or refrigerate about 20 minutes and serve cold.
Those look delicious... perfect for breakfast right now! :)
ReplyDeleteThese look great! And parfaits always look so fancy!
ReplyDeleteThese look great! I think I would like to make them for my bbq, but it would be time consuming (and would take up a lot of fridge space) to do them separately (even though I know that is the idea and they look fancy). Would this work in a big (glass) serving bowl? Then people could just scoop some out.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I love your blog :)
Those look wonderful. I would love to try one of them!
ReplyDeleteI think you could definitely do this in a large glass serving bowl! That would work well for a larger crowd for sure. You might just want to double the recipe to make sure you have enough of the pudding mixture for layering purposes.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty treat, and so light and perfect for summer!
ReplyDeletewow.I love cheesecake and I don't know how to bake. This would be perfect..
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