No Bake Berry Dessert Lush Recipe

Name: No Bake Berry Dessert Lush Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 35 vanilla wafer cookies (1 1/2 cups), (plus more for the top); 5 tablespoons (70g) Challenge Unsalted Butter (melted); 8 ounces (226g) cream cheese (softened); 1 cup (113g) powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 8 ounce containers whipped topping (thawed); 1-2 pounds fresh berries ((strawberries & blueberries or your favorite))

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This is the perfect no-bake recipe: a Berry Dessert Lush, which is a layered no bake cheesecake with fresh berries and a vanilla wafer cookie crust. It’s easy to make and assemble and SO good to eat!

berry lush dessert topped with blueberries and bread crumbs.

One of the BEST Berry Desserts
Crunchy Vanilla Wafer Crust
No Bake Cheesecake Filling
Best Berries for Berry Desserts
How to assemble a lush dessert
No Bake Berry Dessert Lush Recipe Recipe

One of the BEST Berry Desserts

There are so many names for desserts like this: No Bake Dessert, Delight, Lasagna, Dream Dessert. But whatever you call it, call it delicious.

This Berry Dessert Lush is a one pan layered dessert that’s perfect for summer. It’s layered with no-bake cheesecake and a vanilla wafer crust. This dessert is the perfect amount of sweet, creamy and crunch with lots of pops of fresh strawberries and blueberries.

This is one of the best berry desserts I’ve ever had – it’s easy, fluffy, and the perfect summer recipe for fresh fruit.

Crunchy Vanilla Wafer Crust

I love using vanilla wafer cookies for crust recipes because they are easy to crush without a food processor. They also have a bit more flavor than plain graham crackers, and are a nice surprise in this dessert.

Vanilla wafer cookies
Challenge Unsalted Butter
Sealable plastic bag and rolling pin

Simply add your cookies to the bag and crust with a rolling pin. I love that you don’t need a food processor for this – and it’s fun to get the kids in the kitchen to help you crush the cookies.

Just like making any no-bake crust, you need butter to bind the cookies together. I always use Challenge Butter, because it’s the best. As you all know, it’s the only butter I grew up eating (ask my dad about butter and he’ll tell you all about it!) Challenge Butter is made the old fashioned way from cows at more than 400 family owned dairies in the Challenge cooperative.

Challenge Unsalted Butter was also selected as Cook’s Illustrated’s favorite among top-selling brands, so when you use it you’re know you’re getting the best.

No Bake Cheesecake Filling

The cheesecake filling couldn’t be more easy. You just need a bowl and a hand mixer to whip it up quick!

Cream Cheese
Powdered Sugar
Vanilla
Whipped Topping

Just mix softened cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla, then mix in thawed whipped topping. The cheesecake mixture is a perfect mix: creamy and not too sweet!

Best Berries for Berry Desserts

I decided to use strawberries and blueberries in my dessert, but you can pick what you think looks the best at the store. Pick ANY combinations of fresh berries for this recipe. Just don’t use frozen fruit; once it thaws it’s pretty wet and will make your dessert soggy.

You’ll need about a pound of strawberries and half pound of blueberries. The amount kind of depends on the size of the fruit but figure between 1-2 pounds of your choice of: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries or even peaches.

How to assemble a lush dessert

Start with an 8-inch or 9-inch square pan.
Press the crust in the bottom of the pan. Chill while you make the filling.
Top the crust with half the no bake cheesecake filling. Layer with half the berries.
Repeat the layers until you’re all out of fruit and filling. Then top with whipped topping and crushed vanilla wafers.
You can eat this dessert right away, but it tastes better after it sits in the refrigerator for an hour or two.

FAQs

How do you store berry desserts?

You’ll want to store this in the refrigerator. Keep it covered with plastic wrap. This is best within 1-2 days. After that the fruit will start to get weepy and make the cheesecake and crust soggy. Good luck making it even last that long!

Why did my berry dessert get soggy?

Over time the berries will weep and the cheesecake will get wet and soggy, so be sure to eat this within 1-2 days.