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The summer has been pretty mild here so far in North Carolina. Last summer we were hitting well into the hundreds and the humidity was killer! We have had a lot of rain so far. But back in my hometown of Utah they are hitting record breaking temperatures. One thing that I love about summer is no bake desserts. Having a cool, delicious, and refreshing summer dessert is the best. And these Piña Colada Bars were fantastic!
I love that you can make a big 9×13 pan of these and they feed a large crowd. But they didn’t last long around here. Feeding 6 guys the pan lasted maybe 5 minutes. They all thought they were amazing!
They have a delicious vanilla wafer crust. I loved how the center had maraschino cherries and pineapple chunks. It was perfect inside the creamy and delicious cool whip and cream cheese coconut filling! The coconut on top of these bars were the perfect touch and reminded me exactly of a piña colada!
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Piña Colada Bars
Ingredients
- 60 Vanilla Wafers, crushed
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 (8-ounce) containers cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup cream of coconut
- 1 (8-ounce) container Cool Whip, thawed
- 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 (10-ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and diced
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the vanilla wafer crumbs and melted butter. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
- Using a hand mixer whisk together the cream cheese and cream of coconut until they are smooth. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture.
- Gently fold the pineapple and cherries into the cream cheese mixture and spread it on the graham cracker crust.
- Top with the shredded coconut and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Thanks for so beautiful recipes all
Are so good hope I can cook like a pro
Does it have middle cooki crust? It looks like it in the picture & I see someone else asked the same thing.
Just the bottom layer is the cookie crust with vanilla wafers. The rest is the mixture mixed together and added to the top of the crust. Hope that explains it better for you. These are so quick and easy to make.
It’s because she has 2 stacked on top of each other. It’s the crust of the one on top of the next square.That’s why you are seeing a “cookie middle “
Can I use graham cracker crumbs to make this crust instead of the wafers? And approx how much would I need to use? Thanks.
This picture confuses me. Why is there a crust layer in the middle and there is no graham cracker crust in the ingredients list.
It is not graham crackers, it is a vanilla wafer crust.
Made this today for a boil at my brother’sand it was a hit.Everyone loved it and was asking for the recipe…
These are absolutely delicious! Everyone loved them…even people who said they were not fans of coconut. Easy to make; wonderful flavor. Thanks!
I tried to give the recipe five stars; it would only allow me to give four. 🙂
We do not have cream of coconut here in Sydney nova Scotia Canada so what can I us?
Here in Ontario, cream of coconut is available at Walmart in the international food aisle. The brand is Aroyo(sp). Black label can.