Strawberry Cream Cheese Pudding Pie
This Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie recipe combines the sweetness of fresh strawberries with creamy cream cheese, all nestled in a buttery graham cracker crust. It’s sure to be an instant hit at your next gathering or dinner party! With its simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions, this pie comes together quickly and is sure to disappear in a jiffy.
All it takes is a little Cool Whip and a box of JELL-O to make delicious pudding pies.
To help minimize the chaos at our house with the start of school, I decided to make a couple of them – one for my husband who does not eat chocolate, and another for those of us who do. Then when someone wants a snack or when we have guests over and want dessert, all I have to do is pull one out of the freezer.
The base of the pies is made with a box of JELL-O pudding and an 8-ounce carton of Cool Whip. Pudding pies are a cinch to make and you could easily adapt the base recipe to suit your tastes.
Instructions
To make this creamy cool dessert, you need the following ingedients:
- a box of JELL-O Strawberry Crème instant pudding mix,
- 2 8-ounce cartons of Cool Whip,
- cream cheese,
- some strawberry kefir,
- some sliced sweetened strawberries,
- and a prepared graham cracker pie crust.
How To Make Strawberry Cream Cheese Pudding Pie
Start by allowing the cream cheese and Cool Whip a little bit of time to soften and thaw (about 30 minutes). Once the Cool Whip has thawed, you’ll be able to whip up the pie in only a matter of minutes. Granted, it does need to freeze for a couple of hours before serving, but the amount of work going into the pie is minimal.
Whip the cream cheese in a mixer for 1 minute until light and creamy. Add the strawberry beverage (kefir) and mix at low speed for 30 seconds, carefully scraping the side of the mixer. Beat at low speed until the cream cheese has a crumbly appearance.
Next, add the pudding mixture and mix on low speed for 30 seconds. Increase speed to high and beat for 1-2 minutes.
Add 8 ounces of Cool Whip and mix on low speed until the mixture is well blended.
Pour the pudding pie mixture into the prepared pie crust.
Using a large decorator tip, fill a pastry bag with the remaining Cool Whip. Pipe rosettes around the edge of the top. Freeze the pie for at least 2 hours. Garnish with sweetened, sliced strawberries if desired.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Pudding Pie
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup strawberry kefir or yogurt drink
- 3.4 ounces JELL-O Strawberry Crème instant pudding mix
- 16 ounces Cool Whip thawed
- 1 large prepared graham cracker crust
- Sweetened sliced strawberries
Instructions
- Whip cream cheese in mixer for 1 minute until light and creamy. Add strawberry beverage and mix at low speed for 30 seconds, carefully scraping side of mixer. Beat at low speed until cream cheese has crumbly appearance.
- Add pudding mixture and mix on low speed for 30 seconds. Increase speed to high and beat for 1-2 minutes.
- Add 8 ounces of Cool Whip and mix on low speed until mixture is well blended.
- Pour pudding mixture into prepared pie crust.
- Using a large decorator tip, fill pastry bag with remaining Cool Whip. Pipe rosettes around edge of top. Freeze pie for at least 2 hours.
- Garnish with sweetened, sliced strawberries if desired.
Nutrition
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I cannot find strawberry creme pudding mix. Is there any other pudding you can use?
I think you could probably substitute any flavor of instant pudding. If you do that, then use half-and-half in place of the kefir.
@Lynda, thanks.