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    Home » Recipes » Desserts

    Triple Berry Cheesecake Tart

    By: Jane · Updated: 23 May, '16 · This post may contain affiliate links · 5 Comments

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    Are you looking for an easy dessert for Memorial Day weekend? If so, this is it! This no-bake triple berry cheesecake tart is light, not very sweet, and refreshing. The best part is that you can prepare it a day in advance of when you need it.

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    This recipe has been around forever. I remember making it years ago and just recently ran across the recipe in my binder. Since the weather is warming up, this is a great summer recipe because it is easy to make and easy to take!

    What you need

    • about 50-55 finely crushed Nilla wafers (about 1 ½ cups)
    • 1 stick of butter, melted
    • 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
    • ¼ cup sugar
    • 1 cup thawed Cool Whip
    • 2 cups mixed berries such as strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries
    • ¾ cup boiling water
    • 1 package Lemon flavor Jello
    • 1 cup ice cubes

    How to make

    Mix the Nilla wafer crumbs and the butter.

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    Press onto the bottom and sides of an 11 inch tart pan.

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    Freeze while preparing the filling.

    To make the filling:

    Mix cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Gently stir in the Cool Whip. Spoon into the crust.

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    Arrange berries over the cream cheese filling.

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    After you have your fruit arranged on top of the filling, refrigerate the tart while you are preparing the final step.

    Stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in medium bowl 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Add ice cubes; stir until ice is completely melted. Refrigerate 5-10 minutes or until slightly thickened with the consistency of unbeaten egg whites. (I left mine in the fridge just a little too long, but it was ok. It is just better if the Jello is not all gloppy because you can spread it easier if it is not too jelled.)

    Spoon the gelatin over the fruit in the tart pan. Refrigerate at least 3 hours.

    This triple berry cheesecake tart can be made with reduced fat cream cheese and Cool Whip. You could also use Splenda instead of sugar, and you could use sugar-free Jello according to reviews I've read on the internet. So I guess that makes this a

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    1. Susan in SC

      May 21, 2011 at 11:45 am

      Looks delicious! Wonder if you could use strawberry gelatin?

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    2. Barbara F.

      May 21, 2011 at 7:21 am

      Beautiful arrangement of berries on top of the cheesecake. And keeping it reduced fat with the cream cheese and Cool-Whip is a good thing! xo,

      Reply
    3. Vickie

      May 21, 2011 at 5:52 am

      I am so going to try this. We have dinner after church every other week, and everyone is either on a diet or has medical restrictions on fat etc. This will be perfect with the nofat-lowfat cream cheese etc. It is beautiful to boot-can;t beat that.

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      • jane james

        May 04, 2013 at 4:26 pm

        I make something similar but easier called...Fruit Pizza.....
        use sugar cookie dough for bottom layer (on Pam sprayed pizza pan)
        bake as directed...NOT TOO DARK
        AFTER COOLED..add: 1-8 oz cream cheese (I use little more..like 12 oz)
        mixed with 1/2 cup sugar or splenda & dash vanila flavoring
        spread over cream cheese mixture...Let sit an hr or so
        TOP with whatever fruit you like...I use bananas, strawberries,kiwi, canned sliced peaches.
        Can use a marmalade glaze atop of you like...I do....
        Everywhere I go they are looking for my fruit pizza...!!!

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        • jane james

          May 04, 2013 at 4:27 pm

          that was to be 1/3 cup sugar above !!!!

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