This cheesecake fruit salad is awesome for a side at a potluck or BBQ or even as a dessert! Plus it’s so easy it’s foolproof!
How Do You Keep Fruit Salad Fresh?
Add a little lemon or lime juice to your fruit salad to stop fruits from oxidizing, and keep your fruit salad in the refrigerator to keep it from going mushy.
This should keep your salad “fresh” for at least the following day
Ummmmm I could eat this cheesecake fruit salad for the rest of my life and die happy. Seven years ago we posted this recipe and I’ve been waiting all winter for berry season to hit so we could bring this recipe back to the front for everyone to enjoy.
It’s sweet deliciousness. It seems a little wrong to take all of those healthy berries and turn them into a calorie fest with everything you put in this dish, but guess what, WORTH IT!!
Seriously, you should all make this on a perfect sunny day and eat outside with the family. Or maybe take it to a BBQ so everyone can ask you what the amazing recipe is.
Is Fruit Salad a Salad or a Dessert?
Refreshing fruit salad is perfect as a side dish or a healthy dessert.
I looooooove how creamy it is and the cheesecake pudding gives it so much more deliciousness!!! And the best part is that it’s easily adaptable to any personal preferences, add blueberries, forget the peaches, etc.
Where Can I Find Cheesecake Pudding Mix?
Jello brand makes it, you should find it in any grocery store where they sell pudding/gelatin.
Bookmark it, print it, write it down, do whatever you do to save a recipe and make this soon! Looking for a healthier berry salad? No problemo! We have this awesome Triple Berry Spinach Salad with Candied Pecans or see the bottom of the post for more ideas!
Fluffy Cheesecake Fruit Salad
Fluffy Cheesecake Fruit Salad
Description
Ingredients
- 1 Package Instant Dry Cheesecake Pudding, 3.4 oz *see note
- 1 1/2 Cups Cool Whip
- 2 Containers Strawberry Yogurt, 8 oz each
- 1 Banana, chopped
- 1 Pint Raspberries
- 1 Cup Grapes
- 1 Peach, chopped
Instructions
- Mix in a large bowl the dry cheesecake pudding powder, cool whip and strawberry yogurt.
- Fold in the fruit being careful not to smash and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
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Katie H
My family loves this recipe. However, the cheesecake pudding mix is getting harder to find. Any suggestions for a substitute? Thank you
Sweet Basil
Hi Katie! I know!! It is making me so sad! I’ve actually started to use just vanilla pudding mix and then add a little softened cream cheese to the mixture to get that tang. About a half a brick or maybe a little less will do it.
Diane
When I click on SAVED to access my saved recipes only 1 recipe appears. What am I doing wrong? I have many recipes saved not just one. Please advise, because I have many saved recipes that I plan on making. Thank you so much for all of your great recipes!!
Sweet Basil
Hi Diane! Did you create an account with Relish to save the recipes? Once you sign in to your account, all your saved recipes should be there.
Diane
where is the link to access the videos for the recipes?
Thanks,
Sweet Basil
Hi Diane! It’s in the post right near the beginning. If you scroll down past the first picture, it will be the next image.
Wendy Mortensen
Did Cade ever live in Nampa Idaho ?
He seems real familiar to me.
Sweet Basil
Hey Wendy! He lived in Nampa during high school.
JS
Mixing by hand or with mixer?
Sweet Basil
We mix this all by hand.
Jean A.
This looks wonderful. Seriously so wonderful that I hesitate to ask, and I am hoping that Servings 1 is correct and I can eat the entire dish.
Sweet Basil
oh I do believe it’s pulling wrong as it feeds 6
stephanie
So happy to see this recipe. I think it would be great in sugar cookie cups! Or maybe a parfait with graham crumbles! Thank you!
Sweet Basil
It is awesome in sugar cookie and graham cracker cups! In fact, I keep saying I’ll do a post and never do so I’m on it!
Joyce
Is it possible to use real whipped cream as opposed to Cool Whip? Thanks you.
Sweet Basil
Joyce, absolutely! We love the real over the tub 🙂
cookbook queen
Now THIS is the way to eat fruit!! YES!
Michelle Cannon
Can we use frozen fruit? This sounds amazing!!
Sweet Basil
Hi Michelle, Frozen fruit is tricky because it becomes so soft and so much excess liquid comes out. 🙁 If it’s drained really well or it’s your own fresh frozen fruit it has a better chance of working out.
Diana
I just made this with Yoplait 100 calorie Greek whip yogurt in Vanilla Cupcake. It was perfect! Tasted just like eating cheesecake. Thank you for the wonderful recipe.
Sweet Basil
Ohhh, I love that you used that Greek Whip yogurt! I hadn’t thought to do that but I will!
Ali
Do the bananas brown quickly, or does the cheesecake mixture keep them yellow? I am making this soon, but don’t want brown bananas in the mix if it takes a few days to eat it. Thanks for sharing!
Terri
I simply added a couple Tablespoons of fresh lemon juice to my sliced bananas and coated them well before adding. They didn’t turn brown at all.
Sweet Basil
works every time. Thanks for the reminder!
Sweet Basil
Ours don’t really brown as we coat them in the fluff so quickly, but as mentioned in the comments you could always add a little lemon juice. Enjoy!
capturing joy with kristen duke
YUM!! This sounds amazing!
Terri
Made this for the 2nd time last night. It was the best ever and pretty much guilt free.
I used the sugar free fat free pudding powder and sugar free coolwhip. But what really made it good and taste like cheese cake was, I used Yoplait Greek 100 strawberry cheesecake yogurts. It was so good. I also used a peach, raspberries, blueberries, grapes and a banana. Hubby loved it.
Sweet Basil
GENIUS!! I love that idea!
Terri
You can easily make it taste more like cheese cake by mixing the dry pudding mix with one package cream cheese, then mix in the cool whip. Using plain Greek yogurt instead of strawberry also helps towards that end. Just sweeten it up a bit to taste with your choice of sweetener.
Sweet Basil
and now I’m hungry. lol
Katrina Swilley
Can you use plain yogurt instead of the strawberry yogurt. You could hardly taste the cheesecake flavor. I am thinking the plain yogurt would probably be better so that you could taste the flavor of the cheesecake
Sweet Basil
I think the pudding is just light on the flavor. You could try adding half a package more and doing plain yogurt. I’ll have to experiment too!
Katrina Swilley
I used the Vanilla yogurt and it was better to me. But still not a real strong cheesecake flavor.
Katrina Swilley
It would not hurt to add a half of pack more of the cheesecake pudding? I guess I am just looking for a stonger flavor of cheesecake. Love the recipe. I have made it twice in a weeks time. First time w/ strawberry yogurt and the second time w/ vanilla yogurt. Some people liked the strawberry and others liked the vanilla better.
Bev
Where do I find Cheesecake pudding? My local stores don’t carry it.
Katrina Swilley
Food Lion has it
Karla
Could you please tell me what you would suggest in place of the yogurt if you don’t care for yogurt? This sounds so yummy and I would love to make it but I am not a huge yogurt fan. Thank you karla.
Sweet Basil
Hi Karla,
You can’t really tell it’s yogurt, but if you wanted to you could try using double the cool whip and adding a little strawberry cream cheese instead. That would be delicious as well!
Karla
Thanks so much for the cream cheese idea. I will definitely try that. It sure looks like a good salad…karla
Diane Vincent
Sandy of WV…stay off the site or delete it for gods sake.
Sweet Basil
Hi friends,
Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and to talk about the fruit salad. I apologize if the recipe wasn’t or still isn’t clear. I’m so grateful for my readers and the comments and while I know that we all don’t know each other personally I do hope this will be received in the best way. Please, let’s keep things positive and kind. I appreciate you all so much, but I don’t think that being unkind ever brings much to the world other than more negativity. Thanks!
Connie
Use your common sense and reread what you think were mistakes. No where does it say packages. Also it says to mix the pudding mix with the yogurt and cool whip which will make the liquid then fold in the fruit carefully.Don’t be so quick to criticize.
Sandy_of_WV
@ Connie on April 5, 2014 comment
@ Theresa on February 8, 2014 comment
Corrections were made to recipe after I submitted my comments.
Sweet Basil
Hi everyone, please see my above comment. Sandy, thank you for being kind in your response, and I’m sorry these comments are happening. I do hope everyone can be a little more forgiving and kind.
Bianca
Could I use frozen mixed berries or frozen fruit instead of fresh?
Sandy_of_WV
Would you make some corrections to your recipe…
Read over responses and noticed… some asking about pudding — could you state “dry” in ingredient list/directions.
Also, it is typed… 1 instant cheesecake pudding packages –believe it should be package without “s” since it is only 1.
Sorry… about pointing this out. 🙁
I do love your recipes and the time you put into it but when questions come up about recipes – would you address that in recipe – having to read through the responses is very time-consuming.
Theresa
REALLY?
Ola
Wow really. No you wouldn’t.
Erin
Wow…really….yes you would prepare the pudding first
Norma Perez
Do I prepare the pudding or do I just use the powder?
Sweet Basil
Hi Norma, just use the powder. Thanks!
Maggie
Making this right now! Do I actually prepare the cheesecake pudding, or just use the powder?
Lindsay
That looks so good! I am going to have to try that my kids would love it!
Leslie
I could die too!!! Maybe we could use the light or fat free cool whip to lighten it up a bit! But whats the fun in that???? lol
julie
One word; MMMMMM. Sounds delicious!
Gourmified
Okay I haven't made this before but I have eaten it. It's TO DIE FOR!!!!! So addicting and really, if you swapped some of the ingredients for fat free…it could be completely healthy! oh yeah, baby! YUM-O!
mayasmom23
NUM! This sounds delicious! I am definitley going to try this. Thanks.
Linda www.mykindofcooking.com
This sounds so good! Cheesecake jello pudding and fruit, tasty combo!
Linda www.mykindofcooking.com
This sounds so good! Cheesecake jello pudding and fruit, tasty combo!