Strawberry Delight

Name: Strawberry Delight
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 300 min
Ingredients: 36 Golden Oreos cookies; ½ cup unsalted butter (melted (1 stick)); ¼ teaspoon salt; 16 ounces full fat cream cheese (at room temperature (2 blocks)); 1 cup powdered sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 8 ounces Cool Whip (thawed); 2 ½ cups diced strawberries; 3 ounce box strawberry Jell-O mix; ¾ cup boiling water; ¾ cup ice water; 8 ounce tub Cool Whip (thawed); 8 ounces Cool Whip (thawed); Additional fresh strawberries; Golden Oreo crumbles (optional)

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This Strawberry Delight is a deliciously light dessert with layers of buttery cookie crust, sweet cheesecake, and a creamy strawberry gelatin. It’s an easy no-bake dessert with fresh strawberries for the ultimate strawberry dessert that is luscious down to the last crumbs on the plate.

Love strawberry desserts? Be sure to check out my easy strawberry fluff salad, this light strawberry poke cake or this amazing strawberry crunch cake.

Slice of strawberry delight on white plate.

Strawberry Lush
Ingredients You’ll Need
Variations To Try
How to Make this No-Bake Dessert
Tips
FAQ’s

Strawberry Lush

This dessert is know by a few names, some call it strawberry lush, strawberry lasagna but we call it strawberry delight. If you have a surplus of fresh strawberries that you are devouring this strawberry season, then you will love this layered strawberry treat.

This has an amazing dreamy filling that just melts in your mouth. This will easily become a go-to dessert for summer cookouts, parties, or an easy family dessert.

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Slice of strawberry delight with fork on small white plate.

Ingredients You’ll Need

Ingredients for Strawberry delight - strawberries, strawberry jello, water, cool whip, powdered sugar, cream cheese, golden oreos, vanilla extract and salt.

Oreos- Golden Oreos add such a great crunch for the crust of this dessert. You can swap for graham crackers if you’d like. You can use classic Oreos, Nilla wafers, or even a graham cracker crumbs for the crust instead of the Golden Oreo flavor. Feel free to change up the crust. Just use a fine crumb crumble to mix with the butter and salt. Or even consider a pecan crust.

Butter – Unsalted butter is recommended. If you use salted, just leave the salt out of the recipe.

Cream Cheese – Opt for full-fat cream cheese for that decadent creamy cheesecake layer. Opt for lower-fat cream cheese to reduce fat in the dessert for the cream cheese layer. The full fat will offer the best texture and richness but it can be swapped.

Powdered Sugar – This is going to add sweetness and thicken up the cheesecake layer.

Cool Whip – You will use a couple of containers of Cool Whip for this strawberry layer recipe. Whip up a creamy dream whip filling to spread on top of the layered dessert for a creamy topping instead of Cool Whip.

Strawberries – Fresh and ripe berries are recommended for this dessert.

Jello – Reach for a box of strawberry Jello mix.

Variations To Try

1.Add other flavors of fruit like raspberries, blueberries, etc.
2. Add a layer of fresh berries right on top of the crust, for added strawberry flavor. Then move to the cheesecake layer on top of the strawberries and follow the regular steps.
3. You could use a strawberry pie filling instead of fresh berries. The strawberry filling will be sweeter as it does have added sugar.

How to Make this No-Bake Dessert

Full steps on how to make strawberry lush are in the printable recipe card along with measurements. This is a quick walkthrough on how to make this refreshing dessert.

Step 1 – Spray a 9×13″ rectangle dish with cooking spray and set it to the side.

Golden oreos crumbled up in food processor.

Step 2 – In a food processor, add the cookies and pulse for a few seconds to create a fine crumb.

Golden oreo breadcrumb and butter combined in glass mixing bowl.

Step 3 – Add the melted butter and salt and mix to combine fully.

Breadcrumb crust lining bottom of baking dish.

Step 4 – Then pour into the prepared dish and press them down evenly and firmly.

Place the dish in the freezer while you prepare the filling.

Step 5 – For the strawberry cheesecake filling, add the softened cream cheese and vanilla into a bowl. Blend well until nice and creamy. Then blend in the powdered sugar

Cream cheese and cool whip in a large mixing bowl.

Mixing bowl consisting of strawberry and cream cheese mixture.

Step 6 – Next, add in the whipped cream and fold it gently in then add in the diced strawberries and stir gently as well.

Strawberry delight in baking dish without topping.

Step 6 – Pour the mixture on top of the crust and spread it in an even layer. Then place the dish back in the freezer again.

Strawberry jello mix in glass mixing bowl.

Cool whip and strawberry jello mix in glass mixing bowl.

Step 7 – Next, boil water in a pot. In another mixing bowl, add the jello packet and add the ¾ cup of boiling water and stir until all the powder is completely melted. Then, add in the ice water and mix well.

Then fold in the Cool Whip and place bowl in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to chill and thicken.

Strawberry delight with strawberry jello layer in large baking dish.

Step 8 – Once the mixture has chilled, spread over the cheesecake layer.

Strawberry delight with cool whip topping in large baking dish.

Step 9 – Then place the finished dessert back in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Strawberry delight in baking dish topped with whole strawberry.

Right before serving, top with one more layer of whipped topping and extra strawberries (whole or sliced strawberries) and/or cookie crumbs.

Tips

Make sure to use softened cream cheese. Otherwise, your cream cheese mixture will have clumps and not mix well together.
Use a spatula to fold in the Cool Whip into the layers, otherwise, it can cause the whipped cream to deflate when mixed.
It is important to freeze the crust, as it will help ensure it sets up fully. Just spread the layers right on top of the frozen crust.
If you are mixing up the layers with a hand mixer start with a low speed so it doesn’t splash out of the bowl.
As the strawberries sit in the refrigerator they will break down and release more liquid. Just know this is normal.
You can make homemade whipped topping but I do find it can fall quicker in the recipe. But just whip heavy whipping cream to stiff peaks with a tiny bit of sugar if you want to make your own whipped cream.

FAQ’s

How to Store?

Store this strawberry no-bake dessert in the fridge in an airtight container for around 4-5 days. The berries will release juice as they sit, so know it is best to eat freshly made. You can make this a day ahead of time if you want. I just recommend waiting to top with the last layer of whipped cream and berries until right before you are ready to serve it up.

Can you freeze strawberry delight?

Due to the jello and other ingredients, you will find this is not a great freezer-friendly dessert as it will create ice crystals usually. I recommend not freezing the leftover strawberry lush.

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