Red White and Blue Cheesecake Salad
This Red White and Blue Cheesecake Salad recipe is an easy dessert salad with fresh strawberries and blueberries in a creamy cheesecake dressing. The perfect patriotic dessert or side dish for Memorial Day and Fourth of July!
Servings: 10
Cost: $10
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese at room temperature
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 16 oz fresh strawberries rinsed, dried and cut into bite-sized pieces
- 11 oz fresh blueberries rinsed and dried with stems removed
- 1½ cups mini marshmallows
- 8 oz Cool Whip thawed
Instructions
- Prepare the berries, and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy
- Add the vanilla extract and powdered sugar, and mix until well combined
- Fold in half the Cool Whip. Add the strawberries, blueberries and mini marshmallows to the cheesecake mixture.
- Add the remaining Cool Whip, and stir until creamy. Top with patriotic sprinkles if desired.
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Notes
Make sure cream cheese is at room temperature and Cool Whip is thawed.
Store in refrigerator until ready to serve. Cheesecake salad is best served within a few hours of preparation as it gets wetter the longer it sits.
Frozen berries do not work well in this salad.
Nutrition
Calories: 194kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 94mg | Potassium: 149mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 367IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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