Cheesecake Fruit Salad

A serving bowl of creamy fruit salad with strawberries on top.

Cheesecake Fruit Salad is loaded with fresh berries like raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries! This fruit salad has a cheesecake mixture with fresh fruit and fluffy mini marshmallows that give the creamy fruit salad a cloud-like texture. It's a great dish for summer gatherings.

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword cheesecake fruit salad

Prep Time 10

Chill Time 1

Total Time 1 10

Servings

Calories 254kcal

Author Jessica - Together as Family

Ingredients

1 bar (8 oz) cream cheese softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 ounces Cool Whip thawed
2 cups mini marshmallows
2 pounds strawberries diced
1 pint fresh blueberries
6 ounces fresh raspberries

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer, or in the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until creamy and blended well.
1 bar (8 oz) cream cheese, 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Gently stir in the Cool Whip just until combined well.
8 ounces Cool Whip
Add the mini marshmallows, strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries. Mix gently until combined.
2 cups mini marshmallows, 2 pounds strawberries, 1 pint fresh blueberries, 6 ounces fresh raspberries
Cover the bowl with a lid or plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1-2 hours to chill before serving.

Notes

If you don't want the fruit salad to be on the sweeter side, then I suggest decreasing the powdered sugar (1 cup to 1.5 cups instead of 2 cups). The cheesecake fruit salad is a sweeter side dish/salad.

Cream Cheese Tip : If you didn't remember to soften the cream cheese, here is a quick tip! Cut the cream cheese into chunks, place the chunks of cream cheese in the mixing bowl and use the electric mixer to beat it until smooth and creamy. Then you can add the powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until combined. This will get the lumps out of the cream cheese (cold cream cheese can create lumps in a mixture) and make it smooth before you add the other stuff.

Don't Want To Use Cool Whip? : One 8 ounce container of Cool Whip has 3 cups of whipped topping in it. To make your own, add 1.5 cups heavy whipping cream + 1/3 cup powdered sugar into a large bowl. Use an electric mixer to beat until stiff peaks form; about 4-5 minutes. Use in place of the Cool Whip in the recipe.

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