No Bake Berry Delight is super easy, yet delicious and pretty too. The 2 berry layers are made with four ingredients: strawberries, blueberries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch. The crust is a mix of sweet graham crackers and just a touch of butter, while the topping is luscious and super creamy!
No Bake Berry Delight is bursting with fresh strawberries and blueberries! Together they can transform simple ingredients into a super refreshing and colorful no-bake dessert. Even a crust is no fuss: golden graham cracker crumbs are mixed with butter, then layered with juicy berries, cheesecake mixture and whipped cream. It’s delicious and perfect for summer!
When all berry layers are combined with the creamy cheesecake filling – the entire thing transforms into a mouthwatering berry delight that’s sweet, luscious, and super creamy. Fresh blueberries and strawberries make this dessert perfect for both spring and summer. And if you have any leftover berries, bake them up into Berry Cobbler Cookies.
Baking equipment you’ll need
- 9×13 baking dish to showcase this amazing no bake dessert in! I like to useglass dish or white ceramic one.
- Medium saucepans to cook strawberry and blueberry mixtures. I recommend two saucepans to prevent overlap of colors.
- Mixing bowls – prepare 4 mixing bowls and you will be all set!
- Measuring cups and spoons, and a spatula or two.
Key Ingredients
All you need is fresh blueberries, strawberries, sugar, corn starch for the berry layers and graham cracker crumbs with butter for the crust. And of course cream cheese, whipped cream, and butter for the cream cheese mixture. Yep, just very simple ingredients, zero eggs, and almost zero effort.
Can I substitute or add ingredients?
Mix up your berries and fruit! Yes, you can substitute different fruits for fillings, such as peaches, blackberries or raspberries.
Premade pie crust: You could also use pie filling for a very easy dessert.
Graham Cracker Base
Make the crust by adding your graham cracker crumbs and sugar into a rectangular baking dish.
Then pour melted butter over the crumbs and mix in with the fork and when it’s all mixed -press the crust down evenly into the pan with a flat side of a measuring cup.
Make berry filling
Add blueberries, lemon juice and sugar to the saucepan on medium-low and cook down the fruit for about 20-30 minutes until soft and most of its liquid is absorbed. Add lemon juice and cornstarch.
Repeat same steps for the strawberries. Set both saucepans aside.
While the berry mixtures are cooling, work on the cream cheese layer.
Cream cheese filling
Cream cheese layer: In a large mixing bowl add your room temperature cream cheese and butter; and cream them together with a hand mixer or in a stand mixer. Add your powdered sugar and vanilla and start mixing on low until the sugar is incorporated and then turn your mixer up to medium low and mix until smooth.
With a spoon or spatula, fold your whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture, being careful not to deflate the cream. Make sure the mixture is easy to spread.
How to assemble berry delight
Assemble your berry delight by starting with ⅓ of the cream cheese mixture – spread it over the graham cracker base.
Next spread your cooled strawberry filling using a spatula. Add another ⅓ amount of your cream cheese mixture over the strawberry layer, carefully with a clean spatula.
Now add the blueberry layer being careful with the dark blueberry mixture – use a clean spatula again.
Top the layered dessert with the remaining amount of cream cheese mixture and smooth out the top.
Decorate with fresh strawberries and blueberries.
Chill the dessert for at least an hour or overnight.
Tips for success
Be Prepared: Gather all your ingredients at once and prepare equipment ahead of time. Make sure all your ingredients are at room temperature unless mentioned not to.
Be slow with the slurry: Make sure your cornstarch slurry is real liquidy and not lumpy. Add the slurry slowly, stirring the fruit while you add cornstarch slurry.
Keep it Cool: Make sure your fruit fillings are completely cool before assembling your cheesecake. You can even set it in the refrigerator for several minutes after it cools down on the counter or stove.
Make sure it’s light and fluffy: Make sure your cream cheese and whip topping mixture has enough whip topping to make those layers easy to spread over the fruit. If it starts to pull on the fruit add a little more whip topping.
FAQs
How long will it take to make the berry delight? It should take you approximately 10 minutes to gather your ingredients, 20-30 minutes to cook your fruit filling and 30 or more minutes to cool and mix the cream cheese filling. Assembly will take about 10 minutes. Chill your dessert for at least an hour or overnight.
Storage
Store your no bake berry delight in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If you have a lid for your baking dish, cover it up and store it inside the baking dish – this would be the easiest way to avoid extra dishes and cleaning hassle.
Delicious strawberry (no bake) desserts
No Bake Strawberry Tiramisu (no eggs)
More delicious no bake desserts
No Bake Oreo Cheesecake Dessert
Pistachio Cheesecake (No Bake)
No Bake Black Forest Oreo Cheesecake
No Bake Strawberry Blueberry Cake
Ingredients
Graham Cracker Crust
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- ⅔ cups butter, melted
- ¼ cups white sugar
Blueberry Layer
- 2 ½ cups blueberries, fresh of frozen
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoon corn starch
Strawberry Layer
- 3 cups strawberries, fresh, diced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2 ½ tablespoon corn starch
Cheesecake Layer
- 16 oz cream cheese, 2 blocks, at room temperature
- ½ cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 oz Cool Whip, 1 large tub
Topping
- 1 cup whipped cream, piped
- ½ cup blueberries and strawberries , (sliced)
Instructions
Graham Cracker Crust
- In a 9×13 cake pan or glass baking dish, add your graham cracker crumbs and sugar; and whisk together with a fork. Pour melted butter over the crumbs and mix in with the fork and when it’s all mixed -press the crust down evenly into the pan with a flat side of a measuring cup.
Blueberry Layer
- Ina medium saucepan, add blueberries, lemon juice and sugar. Heat the pan on medium-low and cook down the fruit for about 20-30 minutes until soft and most of its liquid is absorbed. Turn the heat down to low.
- Add a squirt of lemon juice to the cornstarch, enough to make a slurry (liquid cornstarch) and slowly add to the pan and stir in. Allow to cook and thicken for another 2-3 minutes. If it doesn’t seem to be thickening to the consistency you’d like, add more cornstarch slurry, about a tablespoon at a time.
Strawberry Layer
- At the same time you can cook your strawberries in a medium saucepan. Add the strawberries, lemon juice and brown sugar and repeat the steps of the blueberries until it’s the consistency you prefer as well (basically use more corn starch).Allow both berry fillings to cool down to at least room temperature.
Cream Cheese Mixture
- In a large mixing bowl add your room temperature cream cheese and butter; and cream them together with a hand mixer or in a stand mixer. Add your powdered sugar and vanilla and start mixing on low until the sugar is incorporated and then turn your mixer up to medium low and mix until smooth.
- With a spoon or spatula, fold your whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture, being careful not to deflate the cream. Make sure the mixture is easy to spread.
Final Assembly
- Assemble your layered dessert by starting with ⅓ of the cream cheese mixture – spread it over the graham cracker base. Next spread your cooled strawberry filling using a spatula.
- Add another ⅓ amount of your cream cheese mixture over the strawberry layer, carefully with a clean spatula. Now add the blueberry layer being careful with the dark blueberry mixture – use a clean spatula again.
- Top the layered dessert with the remaining amount of cream cheese mixture and smooth out the top. Chill the desert for at least an hour or overnight.
- Decorate the top of your dessert with strawberries and blueberries and/or additional whipped cream piped dollops. Enjoy!!
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy only. This information comes from online calculators. Although whatsinthepan.com attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
Can I use heavy cream?!
Yes – you can whip it fresh.