This creamy, fruity dessert is a nice choice for the summer but it also makes a great dessert at any other time of the year. It’s a combination of nuts, wafer crumbs, butter, sugar, cream cheese, whipped topping, pudding mix, milk, and strawberries.
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Classic, old-fashioned desserts like this one were always popular at grandma’s house. Did your grandma like to make indulgent creamy desserts too?
You can always customize this strawberry lush recipe, either because you prefer different flavors or because you want to make it closer to what you remember your grandmother making. Switch the instant pudding flavor or use fresh cream instead of Cool Whip. You can sprinkle whatever you like on top. Chopped nuts are always good or you can try colored sprinkles instead.
You’ll find the recipe very easy to make. There are no hard-to-find ingredients and no complicated steps to make it.
Why You’ll Love the Recipe:
This is an incredibly easy dish to make and there is no cooking involved. A nutty crust is topped with pudding, cream cheese and strawberries, and the dessert is light and fluffy – ideal for a summer’s day.
How to Serve It:
Serve chilled.
Ingredients:
- Crushed Nilla wafer cookies
- Nuts
- Powdered sugar
- Butter
- Cool Whip
- Strawberries
- Milk
- Instant vanilla pudding mix
- Cream cheese
How to make Strawberries and Cream Lush:
Pulse the cookies and nuts in a blender until you have a fine crumb.
Add the melted butter and pulse again to blend.
Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of a 13×9-inch cake pan in an even layer.
Mix 1½ cups of the Cool Whip with the powdered sugar and cream cheese, beating until smooth.
Spoon this over the crust.
Whisk the instant pudding mix into the milk until smooth and thick.
Add this on top of the cream cheese layer.
Arrange a layer of strawberries on top of that, keeping some aside for a garnish.
Cover the dessert with the remaining Cool Whip.
Chop the rest of the strawberries and sprinkle them on top, along with some cookie crumbs if liked.
Everything from the cookie crust to the pudding layer and fresh plump strawberries make this a wonderful dessert. It’s an old-fashioned dessert which never loses its appeal.
Strawberries and Cream Lush
Ingredients
- 1 cup crushed Nilla wafer cookies
- 1 cup chopped mixed nuts
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 melted stick unsalted butter
- 1 large tub Cool Whip
- 1 quart sliced fresh strawberries
- 3 cups milk
- 2 small packs instant vanilla pudding mix
- 8 ounces room temperature cream cheese
Instructions
- Pulse the cookies and nuts in a blender until you have a fine crumb.
- Add the melted butter and pulse again to blend.
- Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of a 13×9-inch cake pan in an even layer.
- Mix 1½ cups of the Cool Whip with the powdered sugar and cream cheese, beating until smooth.
- Spoon this over the crust.
- Whisk the instant pudding mix into the milk until smooth and thick.
- Add this on top of the cream cheese layer.
- Arrange a layer of strawberries on top of that, keeping some aside for a garnish.
- Cover the dessert with the remaining Cool Whip.
- Chop the rest of the strawberries and sprinkle them on top, along with some cookie crumbs if liked.
Can You Make It Ahead?
Yes, as long as you keep it refrigerated.
Storage Instructions:
This will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Keep it loosely covered.
Variations and Substitutions:
Graham crackers are good in the crust in place of the wafer crumbs, or you can sub any type of fruit for the strawberries
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