Blueberry Delight Recipe

This Blueberry delight recipe is a chilled layered dessert of shortbread, cream cheese, and sweet blueberry topping, all prepped in only 15 minutes!

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So many great layers!

Our mom makes this refreshing blueberry dessert EVERY summer. It features a buttery Easy Shortbread Cookie crust topped with tangy cream cheese and a sweet blueberry topping.

Being massive fans of layered desserts in our house this blueberry delight recipes checks all of the boxes and is assembled in only 15 minutes! If you love this fruity layered summer dessert, you’ll also love Lemon Lasagna and Pretzel Salad!

Ingredients

PREP TIME: 10 minutes

COOK TIME: 5 minutes

CHILL TIME: 1 hour

• 10 ounces shortbread cookies – or use graham crackers, vanilla wafers, or pecan sandies
• ¼ cup butter, melted – We used unsalted butter but salted butter can be used.
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar – sifted
• 1 (8-ounce) tub whipped cream, about 3 cups – Cool Whip or Homemade Whipped Topping
• 12-ounce canned blueberry pie filling – or homemade Blueberry Pie filling, or raspberry, cherry, or strawberry pie filling
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• optional topping – a dollop of whipped cream, fresh blueberries, lemon zest

How to Make Blueberry Delight

1. PREP. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
   • Crush 10-ounces shortbread cookies in a ziploc bag with a rolling pin or pulse in a food processor. Take out ½ cup of the mixture and set aside.
2. CRUST. Stir the remaining crushed cookie mix with ¼ cup melted butter. Press buttered crumbs into the bottom of an 8.5-inch x 11.5-inch baking dish. Bake for 5 minutes and let cool.
3. FILLING. In a bowl, beat 8 ounces of cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, and an 8-ounce tub of cool whip until mixed well. Spread over the bottom crust later.
4. LAYER. Pour 12 ounces blueberry pie filling slowly over the cream cheese layer. Cover the entire cream cheese layer.
5. CHILL. Sprinkle 1 cup crushed pecans over the pie filling. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour until ready to serve.
6. SERVE. Top with Cool Whip or Homemade Whipped Cream and reserved cookie crumbs and ENJOY!

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5 from 16 votes

Blueberry Delight Recipe

By: Kristyn Merkley

This Blueberry delight recipe is a chilled layered dessert of shortbread, cream cheese, and sweet blueberry topping, all prepped in only 15 minutes!

Servings: 12

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 5 minutes mins

Refrigerate: 1 hour hr

Total: 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 10 ounces shortbread cookies
• ▢ ¼ cup butter, melted
• ▢ 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• ▢ 1 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 1 (8-ounce) tub whipped cream, about 3 cups
• ▢ 12 ounces blueberry pie filling
• ▢ 1 cup chopped pecans

Instructions 

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Crush shortbread cookies in a bag. Take out about ½ cup of the mixture and set aside. Mix the remaining crushed cookie mix with the melted butter.
• Place buttered crumbs into the bottom of an 8.5 x 11.5-inch pan. Bake for 5 minutes and let cool.
• In a bowl, beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and container of Cool Whip until mixed well. Spread over the bottom crust later.
• Slowly pour blueberry pie filling over the cream cheese layer making sure it is spread all over.
• Sprinkle crushed pecans over the pie filling.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour until ready to serve.
• Right before serving add some Cool Whip and reserved cookie crumbs. ENJOY!

Notes

Make ahead of time. Cover with plastic and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. To freeze, wrap it tightly with plastic wrap and again with foil. Label and freeze for up to 1 month. Thaw in the fridge.

Store. Cover the dish or divide it into individual airtight storage containers and keep it in the refrigerator for 2-3 days or freeze for 3-4 weeks.

Nutrition

Calories: 409kcal, Carbohydrates: 42g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 26g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Cholesterol: 47mg, Sodium: 223mg, Potassium: 142mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 26g, Vitamin A: 506IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 57mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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