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Berry Cheesecake Salad has only the freshest berries combined with a creamy cheesecake fluff. This is so amazing and will be the hit of any gathering!
Cheesecake and berries makes a perfect combination! Here are more berry cheesecake recipes that are a MUST make, like these Bars, Brownies or Cheesecake.
Berry Cheesecake Salad
I am loving the fresh and delicious berries that are starting to pop up in the stores right now. I love fresh fruit! We eat so much fruit around here it is crazy. I am always trying to think of yummy ways to use up our fruit. This is probably hands down my family’s all-time favorite fruit salad. It is a little bit sweet, a little bit creamy, and a whole lot of scrumptious. With berries and cream cheese, it’s sure to be a winner!
Yes, I know, you are looking at the ingredients and thinking it’s a dessert, not a salad. It’s a salad or dessert. I’ll let you decide. I will tell you though, I took this to a large gathering and it was scraped clean in a matter of minutes. The berries are so refreshing and the cream cheese fluff is light and a little bit sweet. Everyone is going to love this incredible side dish, you will not have to worry about leftovers, which is a good thing. This salad only stores well for about 2 days. Make this for your next potluck or BBQ and watch the rave reviews come in. This is so GOOD!
What You Need For Berry Cheesecake
Super easy and fast, it’s perfect for when you need a dynamite salad fast!
- Cream cheese: Leaving the cream cheese on the counter for an hour will help softened it when blending it together.
- Sugar: This adds in the sweetness! It will alter your taste but using less sugar or substituting it for a lower calorie sugar works too.
- Cool Whip: This is found in the freezer isle near the ice cream. Make sure to let it thaw before using in the cheesecake salad.
- Strawberries: Slice the strawberries into fourths or long ways for bite sized spoonfuls.
- Blackberries, Blueberries and Raspberries: Fresh, washed, and ripe are the best for this salad.
How to Make Cheesecake Salad with Berries
Super creamy and fresh, this is an absolute summer must make!
- Creamy filling: In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese and sugar until smooth and creamy. Fold in the thawed cool whip.
- Fold and serve; Add strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries. Fold carefully into the cream cheese mixture. Serve immediately.
Very Berry Creamy Cheesecake Salad Tips and Variations
This salad is almost a dessert, but no one will care, it is just too good!
- Fruit: Look for the ripest, freshest berries you can find. They should be firm, but not underripe, vibrant colors, and free from blemishes. Slice the strawberries till they are bite-size for easy eating. The berries you will not need to cut.
- Frozen Fruit: I do not like to use frozen fruit, because the berries release too much liquid and your salad may become a mushy mess. To help alleviate that you can rinse the frozen fruit, once it’s thawed, with water till it runs clear. The fruit will still not be as plump and firm, but it will still taste delicious.
- Cream Cheese: To ensure everything mixes in smoothly, make sure your cream cheese is really soft, and then beat it really well. It makes the berries easier to mix in as well.
- Cool whip topping: A great substitute for cool whip would be 2 cups of vanilla yogurt.
- Sugar: If you are worried about the sugar dissolving use powdered sugar instead of granulated. It will give you a smoother consistency. I kind of like the little bit of crunch regular sugar gives.
- Flavors: You can add a bit of flavor to your salad by adding 1/2 tsp of vanilla, or almond extract. Or add lemon or lime zest for a bit of zing.
- Stir in: Add broken-up chocolate-covered graham crackers, cookies, or even chopped snickers for more of a dessert than a salad.
What to serve with Berry Salad
You are going to love how light and refreshing this salad is, and the fact that it’s a bit sweet means it will go perfectly with a meaty, savory main dish. Perfect for your next Potluck or BBQ, this salad brings both color and flavor to the table. I will warn you it is addicting, so you may want to double the recipe so you have enough.
More Berry Salads
Berries are a delicious part of summer. They are ripe and bursting with juicy sweetness. We love just eating them by the hand full, but to add them to salads is divine. It’s a wonderful way to sneak extra fruit into your diet! These salads with fruit in them make them refreshing, light, and inviting. These fruit salads will be the perfect side dish for your next big gathering or BBQ.
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Very Berry Cheesecake Salad
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounces) cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 8 ounces cool whip thawed*
- 6 cups berries I used:
- 3 cups strawberries sliced
- 1 cup blackberries
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup raspberries
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese and sugar until smooth and creamy. Fold in the thawed cool whip.
- Add strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries. Fold carefully into the cream cheese mixture. Serve immediately.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
A Reader’s Review
“Made this yesterday for a family BBQ, and it was a total hit!! People were raving about it and asking for the recipe!! So simple to make and so light and refreshing! I made it exactly as written except I doubled the recipe, and it was all gone except for a little that I hid away for myself for later!! Thanks for sharing!!” -Bobby
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This is what I exactly need.
I’ve made this several times. I’m taking it to a birthday party today. Easy and a hit every time.
Can you use a little sweetened condensed milk in place of the sugar?
I have not tried it with the sweetened condensed milk but if you do, please let me know how it turns out.
what a delicious food my mouth is watering thank you for sharing this
What a delicious recipe! Already my mouth is watery, with such a quintessential delicacy. I never thought that a Salad could be so wonderful and worth craving.
I am notorious for buying fresh fruit and having it go bad before we get to it, so when I opened the fridge and remembered that I’d purchased blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries a couple days ago, I set out to find a recipe to use them in. I found this recipe and modified it just a bit to fit the ingredients we have on hand. I added a scoop of strawberry preserves to the cream cheese/sugar mixture, plus a dash of vanilla. I used plain greek yogurt in place of the Cool Whip. I served it to my family and offered a variety of toppings/mix-ins. We chose from walnuts, mini chocolate chips, toffee, and a couple varieties of granola. I thought we’d eat half and save the rest for later, but everyone enjoyed it so much that we polished it off in one sitting among the 4 of us! Everyone says this one is a keeper!
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Janet
July 5 2020 9:41am
Can I refrigerate this the night before a party?
Yes, it is best to serve right away but the night before will be okay.
I made this using whipped cream that I infused with fresh orange mint. It was fantastic.
Just curious can i use stevia in this instance of suger and make it more dietbet friendly.
I have not tried it that way but that should work out great! Enjoy!
Used whipped cream instead of Cool Whip. Amazingly delicious! No doubt, I will be making this one over and over. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Actually Delicious dish i have never tried this one but i would like to have. Can we add some more fruit along with berry? and can we use this in a wedding
Yes, of course! That sounds great!
What can I substitute for Cool Whip, as it’s not available in my area
Cool whip is the best but heavy whipping cream and cream cheese do work as a substitute. It will just not be as thick and heavy.
Can I use Stevia instead of regular sugar?
Yes! That will be a great substitution.