This Summer Berry Frozen Dessert is an easy no bake cake recipe that makes for a refreshing summer treat. It’s a delicious, creamy cheesecake with a mix of fresh summer berries, graham cracker crust and crunchy crumb topping. A festive, red, white and blue dessert, perfect for a 4th of July celebration. For more red, white and blue dessert, check my No Bake Summer Berry Lasagna and No Bake Summer Berry Salad.
A Summer Berry Cheesecake Dessert Recipe
Summer Berry Frozen Dessert is completely no bake recipe.
First comes the crust. It’s just a simple mixture of graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and melted butter.
Then, there’s mouthwatering no bake cheesecake filling. The filling is made of cream cheese, lemon juice, sweetened condensed milk and it’s so creamy and smooth. It’s overloaded with mix of juicy fresh summer berries: blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. YUM!!!
Finally, there are a lot of delicious , buttery graham cracker crumb on top,too.
This Summer Berry Frozen Dessert recipe is one of the easiest recipes I’ve ever made. It has only few simple ingredients! And it’s done in literally 15 minutes.
Tips on Making a No Bake Cheesecake:
Just mix the graham cracker crumbs with melted butter, press half of the mixture in the bottom of the pan. Whip the cheesecake and fold in the fresh berries and pour it into the crust. Sprinkle the top with remaining graham cracker crumbs and chill until set.
As I said, the filling is red, white and blue. Therefore, it’s perfect for your fourth of July festivities. You can easily double the recipe and feed the crowd. Bring this to a summer gathering or BBQ and you will be the star of any party.
But this delicious treat, has one flaw. Its meant to be a frozen dessert, so you must store it in the freezer until ready to serve. That’s could be the problem during the summer if you want to take it to a picnic and you don’t have the freezer for storage.
Summer Berry Frozen Dessert
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: 12 slices 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Summer Berry Frozen Dessert is an easy no bake cake recipe that makes for a refreshing summer treat. It’s a delicious, creamy cheesecake with a mix of fresh summer berries, graham cracker crust and crunchy crumb topping. A festive, red, white and blue dessert, perfect for a 4th of July celebration.
Ingredients
Graham Cracker Crust and Crumb Topping:
- 3 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 6 Tablespoons light brown sugar
- ¾ cup unsalted butter-melted
- Berry Cheesecake Filling:
- 16 oz. cream cheese-softened (use brick style cream cheese)
- 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 ½–3 cup fresh berries ( I used about 1 ¼ cup blueberries, 3/4 cup raspberries and 1/3 cup diced strawberries)
Instructions
- In a bowl stir together graham cracker crumbs and brown sugar. Then add melted butter and stir well until evenly moistened.
- Grease bottom of 9×9 inch dish with non-stick spray. Press almost 2/3 of the mixture in the bottom of the dish and chill in the freezer while making the filling.
- To make the filling using an electric mixer set at medium-high speed, beat the cream cheese in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in the condensed milk a little at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl, as necessary. Beat in the lemon juice and vanilla. Finally, fold in berries.
- Spread the filling over chilled crust and sprinkle with remaining crumbs.
- Freeze at least 5-6 hours or overnight.
19 comments
Your recipes look amazing, I have strawberries growing in my garden and I can’t wait for them to be ready as they taste delicious, I must compliment you on your food photography, the pictures look so scrumptious!
Thank yo so much Kate!
What is Graham cracker crumbs, we don’t have that in Scotland. What can I use instead?
Hi Morag, you ca use digestive biscuit crumbs or other cookie crumbs!
What if I don’t have an electronic mixer?
I was just wondering how many people this dessert serves?
Hi Abby, it serves 9
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Can you just refrigerate it or does it have to be frozen?
It’s so good! I’ve made it! Serves a lot of people! Probably 10!
Thanks Lisa!
Could you use frozen berries??
Hi Jackie, I haven’t tried but I think it won’t work.
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Hi, I was wondering how you store it once it has froze and set.
Wanting to make this for the fourth. If freeze overnight, how long do I take it out of freezer before serving.
I made this for the 4th, it was easy and a HUGE hit. I had kids who claimed they wouldn’t like it because it had fruit in it asking for seconds. This will be a new staple for my family for sure!
If I freeze overnight, how far in advance will I need take it out of the freezer before serving? And how long can this stay in the freezer?