Cherry Delight (No-Bake Cherry Cream Cheese Dessert) 🍒 — a classic layered dessert with a graham cracker crust, cream cheese filling, and cherry pie topping.
Here’s the full recipe.
🍒 Cherry Delight (No-Bake Dessert)
🧾 Ingredients
Crust
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2 cups graham cracker crumbs
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½ cup unsalted butter (melted)
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¼ cup sugar
Cream Cheese Layer
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8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
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1 cup powdered sugar
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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1½ cups whipped topping (like Cool Whip) or homemade whipped cream
Topping
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1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling (like Duncan Hines or Comstock)
👩🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Make the crust
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Mix graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and sugar.
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Press mixture firmly into the bottom of a 9×13 inch dish.
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Refrigerate for 20 minutes to set.
2️⃣ Prepare cream cheese layer
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Beat cream cheese until smooth.
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Add powdered sugar and vanilla.
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Fold in whipped topping until light and fluffy.
3️⃣ Assemble
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Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over the crust.
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Spoon the cherry pie filling on top.
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Spread gently with a spatula (like in your picture).
4️⃣ Chill
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Refrigerate for at least 3–4 hours (overnight is even better).
✅ Serve cold.
💡 Variations
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Use blueberry or strawberry pie filling instead.
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Add a second cream layer for extra thickness.
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Use a shortbread or vanilla wafer crust.
If you want, I can also give you:
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⭐ The famous 5-minute lazy version
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🍒 The bakery-style Cherry Delight recipe
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🥧 How to make the cherry topping from scratch (no canned filling).