This Cheesecake Fruit Salad is the perfect combination of creamy, light, and fresh! Fresh berries tossed in a cream cheese pudding mixture—it’s the perfect side, or crepe filling!
Perfect as a filling or a side to any BBQ or summer gathering, this creamy salad is filled with fruit, and has become a go-to dish alongside our Fruit Dip and Fruit Pizza!
so fruity + delicious!
With weather starting to warm up, I’m getting in the mood for BBQ’s, salads, and cool desserts.
If you’ve been a fan of the site for a while, you’ve probably seen the recipe for Dirt Cake – one of our all time favorite cool desserts. It has the most amazing cheesecake pudding base, and I love it so much, that I’ve used it in other recipes like the Paradise Parfait and today’s cheesecake fruit salad.
We’ve always loved cream cheese-based dips for our fruit and knew this would be great mixed with fresh berries.
Everyone who has tried it, loves it. It’s not only great on its own as a side dish, but makes a fantastic Swedish Pancake or crepe filling as well.
How to make cheesecake salad
Beat the cream cheese and margarine (or butter, if you prefer) together until smooth. Mix in the powdered sugar, and then fold in the cool whip.
In a separate bowl, mix together milk, vanilla, and pudding mix. Once that’s all combined, fold it into the cream cheese mixture. Fold in the berries, and refrigerate for at least an hour before serving. Simple as that!
We’ve already made this a few times since we originally made it and are so glad to add a new favorite treat to the line up for some upcoming family events (like Easter).
If you love berries and cheesecake-type, creamy desserts, then you’ll love this Berry Cheesecake Salad.
Are there other fruits you can use besides berries? Although this is written as a berry cheesecake recipe you can mix up what fruit goes in as you please.
The total amount of fruit included in the cheesecake salad should be about 3 cups. I would, however, avoid fruits that retain a lot of moisture (like pineapple or watermelon). Other great fruits to include:
- kiwi
- bananas
- clementines
- raspberries
MAKING AHEAD & STORING
How do you store this recipe and how long can it last? To store, keep in an air-tight container in the fridge. It will last up to 3 days, but the fruit juices will start to make the salad soggy.
Can this be made ahead of time? This dish is best when made the day of. If you need to make it a day ahead, we suggest preparing the berries (wash, dry, cut, etc.), and the cheesecake pudding separately, and store in the fridge until ready to combine and serve.
For even more berry goodness, check out:
- Strawberry Shortcake Bars
- Fruit Pizza
- Blackberry Cobbler
- Strawberry Blueberry Smoothie
- Triple Berry Crisp
Cheesecake Fruit Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 oz PHILADELPHIA cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup margarine or butter
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 8 oz cool whip
- 3.4 oz INSTANT white chocolate pudding or vanilla
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup strawberries halved
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup blackberries
Instructions
- In a bowl, beat cream cheese and margarine (or butter) until smooth. Mix in powdered sugar and fold in whipped topping. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl mix pudding, milk and vanilla. Fold this mixture in with the cream cheese mixture.
- Fold in fruit and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving. ENJOY!
WHY CAN I NOT PRINT AND RECIPES FROM YOU SITE, LOT OF GOOD ONES I WOULD LOVE TO TEY BUT CAN NOT PRINT
I’m not sure what shows up on your computer, but I do have a print button on each recipe. Let me know if you have more problems. Thanks!
What size of pudding do you use?
Also, is the cool whip an 8oz?
It’s the 3.4 ounce or close to that and yes, the 8 ounce 🙂 Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Oh my gosh, this would not last more than 5 minutes after making it! So good1
Adding cream cheese to fruit salad? YUM! My kids will love this recipe.
Such a yummy summer dessert! Easy and delicious!
this is the perfect summer salad!! Seriously so delicious and so fun! THanks for sharing!
I could eat these types of salad all summer long!! Love that you can easily change up the fruit & the cream mixture is delicious!
This is delicious!
This is a perfect summer dessert! Great for cookouts.
This was such a cool and refreshing treat; perfect for summer! My family couldn’t get enough; yum!
A perfect side dish for those summer barbecues. We like the fruit paired with the pudding cream cheese mixture. Cool and refreshing!
Can this be made without the SUGAR
I haven’t tried leaving it out, but you could.
look at all those Yummy ingredients! This is Heavenly!
Best fruit salad ever. The entire family loves it. Thanks.
Awe, I am so glad!! Thank you for letting me know. Thanks for trying it!
I make a similar cheesecake salad but totally different. I put a big plain yogurt in the bowl, mix in powdered cheesecake pudding, stir to combine, add a big cool whip and fold it in. Add berries or whatever fruit you want then refrigerate. Then eat. Super yummy. I think I also need to try your version of cheesecake salad. It sounds yummy also.
Let me know if you try it out. I’d love to hear how it went!