No Bake Lemon Cheesecake Pie

Lemon Cheesecake Cream Pie is a no bake dessert that is so creamy and bursting with fresh and sweet lemon flavor! Perfect for a summer dessert, at a bbq, or picnic. It's also a make ahead dessert that is so pretty and perfect for summer.

Lemon Cheesecake Pie is a no bake dessert that is so creamy and bursting with fresh lemon flavor! Lemon pudding, cream cheese, and Cool Whip inside a crumb crust.

Course Dessert

Keyword lemon cheesecake pie, lemon pie, no bake pie

Prep Time 10

refrigeration time 6

Total Time 10

Servings slices

Calories 171kcal

Author Jessica

Ingredients

1 (6 oz) ready-to-use Nilla Wafer or Graham Cracker crust
2 boxes (3.4 oz each) lemon instant pudding mix
2 cups half & half
1 bar (8 oz) cream cheese softened
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 tub (8 oz) cool whip
fresh lemon slices for garnish optional

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine the dry pudding mix and half & half milk. Whisk together for 1-2 minutes. Let sit for a few minutes so the pudding can get nice and thick.
2 boxes (3.4 oz each) lemon instant pudding mix, 2 cups half & half
Spread 1½ cups of the lemon pudding into the pie crust. Set aside the remaining pudding.
1 (6 oz) ready-to-use Nilla Wafer or Graham Cracker crust
In a separate mixing bowl, using a handheld blender, beat together the softened cream cheese and powdered sugar until it's creamy and combined.
1 bar (8 oz) cream cheese, 1/3 cup powdered sugar
Using a spatula, fold the cool whip in and mix until combined. Add half of the cream cheese mixture into the remaining lemon pudding mix. Spread it into the pie crust to form the 2nd layer.
1 tub (8 oz) cool whip
Spread the remaining cool whip/cream cheese mixture on top of the pie, or use a piping tip and bag to pipe it on as wanted.
^{* You can use this as a 3rd layer OR save it for right before serving and pipe it around the edges of the pie for a decorative finish.}
It's best to let the pie refrigerate overnight OR at least for 6-8 hours so that it can firm up, come together, and get nice & cold.
When ready to serve, garnish with fresh lemon slices if wanted.

Notes

The granulated sugar will dissolve into the cream cheese. I know some may worry about it being grainy, but I promise it won't. Just make sure the cream cheese is softened well so it can all mix together.

I use this Wilton 1A piping tip and these piping bags. Put the tip in, cut the corner and then put the piping bag into a tall cup. I then use a spatula to put the cream cheese/cool whip mixture into the bag and then pipe it onto the pie as wanted.

I put the cream cheese, unwrapped, onto a microwave safe plate and the microwave it for about 25 seconds or so. You want the cream cheese nice and softened so it blends in easily with the sugar.

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